Jaga Jazzist - What We Must (rock, album, members, quote)

riseagainstrocks · 09-11-2006, 04:32 PM

1. All I Know Is Tonight
2. Stardust Hotel
3. For All You Happy People
4. Oslo Skyline
5. Swedenborgske Rom
6. Mikado
7. I Have A Ghost Now What?

First of all, I owe Adam forever for showing me these guys. One of the most chill bands of all time. Free flowing jazz that has structure to it. Think it's impossible? Just listen. It's hard to describe their music. It's busy, yet relaxed. Complicated, yet simple. The 10 members of Jaga Jazzist mean every note they play and the end result is nothing short of breathtaking.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8OZHNA21

**right-track** · 09-11-2006, 04:34 PM

Any chance of upping that, as opposed to a rar file?

Yes I had winrar, but we didn't get along.

swim · 09-11-2006, 05:23 PM

I liked that a lot. It's like post rock meets jazz.

I can upload it for you rt.

**right-track** · 09-11-2006, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimintheundertow

I liked that a lot. It's like post rock meets jazz.

I can upload it for you rt.

Nice one swim.

RAR's post has me interested.

**LesPaul43** · 09-11-2006, 08:01 PM

Im listening to this album right now...its absolutely amazing soo far..i hope it keeps up like this..Thank you RAR

Sound Devastation · 09-12-2006, 05:27 AM

i love Jaga Jazzist

**right-track** · 09-12-2006, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimintheundertow

I can upload it for you rt.

*coughswimupitcough*

swim · 09-12-2006, 02:15 PM

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9AOZFU8S

**right-track** · 09-12-2006, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimintheundertow

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9AOZFU8S

**right-track** · 09-13-2006, 03:45 PM

This is good stuff. It got me interested.
I did a bit of research on Jaga Jazzist and came up with this review for an earlier album entitled...'The Stix'.

The second full-length by Norwegian jazz enfant terribles Jaga Jazzist proves to even the most ardently pigheaded that their debut, A Livingroom Hush, was no fluke. (Jazz "purists" -- as if jazz were a "pure" music -- will even have to take note on compositional, swing, and improvisational levels but will no doubt, like any music fascist, dismiss this as somehow inauthentic because of the presence of electronics.) The Stix ups the ante a notch and foregoes much of the restraint displayed on the previous album, delving deeper into jazz motifs and the latest innovations in electronic music with a vengeance. Featuring ten original compositions by Lars and Martin Hornveth, Jurgen Munkeby, and others from the ensemble, The Stix moves into realms of ensemble interaction that cross barriers of swing, soundtrack architectures, sampladelica, and modal jazz often in the same tune. Melodic lines become riffs that give way to ensemble counterpoint and solo improvisations. Here, as on "Another Day," horns, electric guitars, looped snares, acoustic bass, strings, and an insane, treated trumpet solo offer a view from the pastoral to the incendiary in a seamless fugue of harmonic and scalar interludes. Likewise the strange sci-fi Braziliana and shimmering electronics at the heart of the futuristic bossa "I Could Have Killed Him in the Sauna" offer a futuristic view of Charles Mingus and his Tijuana Moods album if it were recorded in the 21st century. It has all the chamber pieces and the intimacy of close-distance group interplay and the expansive view of the terrain and atmospherics to offer the listener an aural view of a universe, ever present yet just beyond her reach. Once again, Jaga Jazzist have proven that the European jazz identity is a highly individualistic one and reflects different musical considerations in regard to mood, texture, and communication and a powerful set of dynamic perceptions to stand outside everything of concern and makes it human, warm, and vibrant -- all of our musically racist notions about Scandinavia are blown to bits here over and again. This music is compelling, hip, groundbreaking, and stunningly, achingly beautiful as well as challenging. The Stix needs top be recognized as one of the finest jazz records of 2003. Period.

...anyone bothering to read all that, can't fail to be impressed.
Can anyone up it please?

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09-11-2006, 04:32 PM
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: JMU Posts: 3,141	Jaga Jazzist - What We Must 1. All I Know Is Tonight 2. Stardust Hotel 3. For All You Happy People 4. Oslo Skyline 5. Swedenborgske Rom 6. Mikado 7. I Have A Ghost Now What? First of all, I owe Adam forever for showing me these guys. One of the most chill bands of all time. Free flowing jazz that has structure to it. Think it's impossible? Just listen. It's hard to describe their music. It's busy, yet relaxed. Complicated, yet simple. The 10 members of Jaga Jazzist mean every note they play and the end result is nothing short of breathtaking. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8OZHNA21 __________________ www.siegemusic.blogspot.com One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

09-11-2006, 04:34 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 4,932	Any chance of upping that, as opposed to a rar file? Yes I had winrar, but we didn't get along.

09-11-2006, 05:23 PM
swim Everyone Does Everything. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: I'm back f-ucking or sleeping or something Posts: 4,394	I liked that a lot. It's like post rock meets jazz. I can upload it for you rt. __________________ you should be ashamed to be so proud of what you got

09-11-2006, 08:01 PM
LesPaul43 Bring da Ruckus Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3,874	Im listening to this album right now...its absolutely amazing soo far..i hope it keeps up like this..Thank you RAR __________________ I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses can't define how I be droppin these mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits Tremendous. When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

09-12-2006, 05:27 AM
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09-12-2006, 02:15 PM
swim Everyone Does Everything. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: I'm back f-ucking or sleeping or something Posts: 4,394	http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9AOZFU8S __________________ you should be ashamed to be so proud of what you got

09-13-2006, 03:45 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 4,932	This is good stuff. It got me interested. I did a bit of research on Jaga Jazzist and came up with this review for an earlier album entitled...'The Stix'. The second full-length by Norwegian jazz enfant terribles Jaga Jazzist proves to even the most ardently pigheaded that their debut, A Livingroom Hush, was no fluke. (Jazz "purists" -- as if jazz were a "pure" music -- will even have to take note on compositional, swing, and improvisational levels but will no doubt, like any music fascist, dismiss this as somehow inauthentic because of the presence of electronics.) The Stix ups the ante a notch and foregoes much of the restraint displayed on the previous album, delving deeper into jazz motifs and the latest innovations in electronic music with a vengeance. Featuring ten original compositions by Lars and Martin Hornveth, Jurgen Munkeby, and others from the ensemble, The Stix moves into realms of ensemble interaction that cross barriers of swing, soundtrack architectures, sampladelica, and modal jazz often in the same tune. Melodic lines become riffs that give way to ensemble counterpoint and solo improvisations. Here, as on "Another Day," horns, electric guitars, looped snares, acoustic bass, strings, and an insane, treated trumpet solo offer a view from the pastoral to the incendiary in a seamless fugue of harmonic and scalar interludes. Likewise the strange sci-fi Braziliana and shimmering electronics at the heart of the futuristic bossa "I Could Have Killed Him in the Sauna" offer a futuristic view of Charles Mingus and his Tijuana Moods album if it were recorded in the 21st century. It has all the chamber pieces and the intimacy of close-distance group interplay and the expansive view of the terrain and atmospherics to offer the listener an aural view of a universe, ever present yet just beyond her reach. Once again, Jaga Jazzist have proven that the European jazz identity is a highly individualistic one and reflects different musical considerations in regard to mood, texture, and communication and a powerful set of dynamic perceptions to stand outside everything of concern and makes it human, warm, and vibrant -- all of our musically racist notions about Scandinavia are blown to bits here over and again. This music is compelling, hip, groundbreaking, and stunningly, achingly beautiful as well as challenging. The Stix needs top be recognized as one of the finest jazz records of 2003. Period. ...anyone bothering to read all that, can't fail to be impressed. Can anyone up it please?