Électronique Noire (2001)

"Scandinavia is definitely a place which sends new impulses in jazz. After trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer's "Khmer" in 1997, which presented a fresh combination of ECM jazz, ambient, and electronica, here's guitarist Eivind Aarset, who was on of the musicians on "Khmer". Again, we're exposed to such a mixture, but this time, the stew is spiced up by more different ingredients: programmed beats combine with the live drumming of Anders Engen and Kim Ofstad, creating a whole new drum 'n' bass experience; there are hints of techno and rock, and the styles of jazz and ambient are to a large extent covered in several shades by Aarset's guitars, alternately straight, treated, e-bowed, looped, ugly and pretty, and many of his guitar tracks are heavily processed or "pretty dissonant" to start with. Guests include Molvaer and Bugge Wesseltoft, another important figure in this new jazz movement. As the title suggests, most of the tracks delve into an eerie, haunting mood and are quite dark." (Christian Genzel, Allmusic)

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