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Tour Info 2004 23-28th Feb appearing at London's Ronnie Scott's March-April dates in Scandinavia May-Germany Summer festivals in UK/Scandinavia

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InterStatic: Arise

Read "Arise" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


UK-reared keyboardist Roy Powell (Mumpbeak, Naked Truth)has called Norway home for several years while serving as a prime motivator for this futuristic UK-based, record label via sideman duties, and co-leading groups such as Interstatic. The band pushes the envelope yet again on this psycho, acid-rock slant on the jazz organ trio format. Nonetheless, the trio ups the ante a bit on its third album, featuring ECM Records recording artist Jacob Young and notable session drummer Jarle Vespestad. A little genre-busting ...

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InterStatic: Arise

Read "Arise" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Interstatic è una sorta di power trio formato da virtuosi strumentisti quali il tastierista Roy Powell (Anthony Braxton, Art Farmer, Terje Rypdal), il batterista Jarle Vespestad (Supersilent, Tord Gustavsen) e il chitarrista Jacob Young (Karin Krog, Nils Petter Molvaer, Christian Wallumrod). Trio che ha trovato ragioni comuni solide e importanti visto che è alla terza incisione in tre anni. E prosegue a battere le strade di quella miscela stilistica di jazz, rock, ambient, noise che ha contraddistinto fino ad ora ...

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InterStatic: Arise

Read "Arise" reviewed by John Kelman


Its beginnings may have been a little closer to the jazz side of the jazz-rock equation with Anthem (PVY Records, 2011), but British expat keyboardist Roy Powell's and trio with Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young and drummer Jarle Vespestad has, since changing its moniker to InterStatic with the release of its first album on UK's RareNoiseRecords label, InterStatic (2012), ratcheted up the energy, the volume and the rock quotient. If InterStatic was the trio's first shot across the bow, then Arise ...

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Arise

RareNoiseRecords
2014

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