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Den norske bassisten Jo Berger Myhre (Nils Petter Molvær, Splashgirl, Susanna, Mariam the Believer) og den islandske trommeslageren/keyboardisten Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (Sigur Rós, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Skúli Sverrisson) forener krefter og lager instrumental musikk som får tiden til å stoppe.Deres første album «The Third Script» ble sluppet på Hubro i Juni 2017. I det stille vant det hjertene til både kritikere, publikum og fagfeller, noe som bl.a. resulterte i flotte omtaler, en invitasjon til Sigur Rós Nordur og Nidur festival, radiospilling over hele verden og nominasjon til Spellemann i åpen klasse.
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Dette er musikk som virkelig er åpen, der assosiasjoner får plass til å gro og forfølges. "The Third Script" er en svært innovativ ambient-gotisk improvisasjonsplate, der innholdet spenner fra det krystallklare til det antydende, alltid med en sterk nerve tilstede. Musikken er ofte så sparsomt instrumentert, og følelsen av rom og rekkevidde så enorm, at lytteren nærmest aktivt blir invitert til å bidra med detaljer i lydbildet. Med trommer, kontrabass og et Farfisa-orgel, lager Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson en slående original lydverden som egentlig ikke minner om noe annet.
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Norway meets Iceland in wildly inventive ambient-gothic improvisations recorded in an abandoned Reykjavik warehouse Jo Berger Myhre and Ólafur Björn Ólafsson have created a strikingly original sound-world that, while it may have its antecedents, doesn’t really remind you of anyone else.
Despite a dodgy tendency towards what might be called geographical or even metereological determinism whereby we attempt to identify and define art according to where in the world it comes from, and whether it was likely to be sunny or rainy, warm or cold, it’s impossible to ignore issues of provenance. Perhaps because music is the most abstract of the arts, it can’t help but absorb and reflect aspects related to its conception and production, which are then reflected once again by the experiences and imagination of the listener. If the music is truly open, these associations have room to grow and deepen. So it is with the thrillingly vivid and allusive contents of ‘The Third Script’, made in a Reykjavik studio by a Norwegian, Jo Berger Myhre (double bass, electronics), and an Icelander, Ólafur Björn Ólafsson (keyboards, drums).
“Our collaboration on the album was super spontaneous”, Olafsson continues.”We did a track a day from scratch and tried to be as open as possible to all ideas. The main thing was to come up with a nice set-up in the room that we felt good playing in.”
The sheer sound of the album is a work of art in itself, too. Mastered by Deathprod (Helge Sten), at Audio Virus lab in Oslo, with everything written, performed, recorded and produced by the two principals, with Ólafsson also responsible for the album’s final mix, it’s a record that demands to be heard, preferably on vinyl in the old style: Side A followed by Side B.
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