Reading The Air

Jan Bang

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Cat No: 3779474

Release Date: 16 February 2024

Label: Jazzland

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 0687437794735

Genres: Jazz

Release Date: 16 February 2024

Label: Jazzland

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 0687437794742

Genres: Jazz

Description

Composer/singer/producer Jan Bang is known for albums and live performances in collaboration with musicians like Jon Hassell, Sidsel Endresen, Tigran Hamasyan, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Erik Honore. After a string of instrumental releases and two song based albums with the project Dark Star Safari, 'Reading the Air' is his first vocal based solo album since 1998.

The album's lyrical, lingering compositions, built around Bang's voice, keyboards and electronics, are enhanced by an accomplished team: Vocalists Anneli Drecker, Simin Tander and Benedikte Klow Askedalen, trumpeter Arve Henriksen, duduk player Canberk Ulas, guitarist Eivind Aarset, bassist Audun Erlien and drummer Anders Engen.

'Reading the Air' is co-produced and mixed by Jan Bang's longtime partner and Punkt Festival co-founder Erik Honore, who also wrote the lyrics - ambiguous meditations on loss and transience, with glimpses of hope and reconciliation: The title Reading the Air borrows a Japanese term that means "understanding the situation without words" or "sensing someone's feelings".

'Reading the Air' will be available on CD, vinyl and digitally, with cover design by Nina Birkeland.

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Slippes i mars 2023 pa det nyetablerte plateselskapet Punkt Editions sitt andre album: Jan Bangs Reading the Air.
Komponist/sanger/produsent Jan Bang er kjent for album og liveopptredener i samarbeid med musikere som Jon Hassell, Sidsel Endresen, Tigran Hamasyan, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset og Erik Honore. Etter en rekke instrumentalutgivelser og to sangbaserte album med prosjektet Dark Star Safari, er Reading the Air hans forste vokalbaserte soloalbum siden 1998.
Albumets lyriske, dvelende komposisjoner, bygget rundt Bangs stemme, keyboard og elektronikk, forsterkes av et dyktig team: Vokalistene Anneli Drecker, Simin Tander og Benedikte Klow Askedalen, trompetisten Arve Henriksen, dudukspilleren Canberk Ulas, gitaristen Eivind Aarset, bassisten Audun Erlien og trommeslageren Anders Engen.
Reading the Air er co-produsert og mikset av Jan Bangs mangearige partner og Punkt Festival-medgrunnlegger Erik Honore, som ogsa skrev teksten - tvetydige meditasjoner over tap og forgjengelighet, med glimt av hap og forsoning: Tittelen Reading the Air laner et japansk begrep som betyr "forsta situasjonen uten ord" eller "fole noens folelser".
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