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ABC Bly de Blyant\u2019s debut album offers inspired, imaginative and rock-oriented music from a trio of improvisers that denies itself nothing. \u201cFree improvisation is a method, not a genre,\u201d wrote drummer \u00d8yvind Skarb\u00f8 (1982, H\u00e5kon Kornstad Tenor Battle) in the cover text. \u201cAs soon as it becomes a genre, you lose all your freedom.\u201d In addition to Skarb\u00f8 the trio comprises Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot, Will Oldham, John Zorn) and Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson (Tyft, Jim Black, Trevor Dunn). Skarb\u00f8 had collaborated with both Jensson and Ismaily on several previous occasions, but Bly de Blyant is the first project where all three are playing together. Freedom and the desire to release control are essential elements of ABC, an album that offers music ranging from jazz, math rock and unexpected miniatures to a Prince cover. The album was recorded at Grieghallen Studio, in Skarb\u00f8\u2019s home city of Bergen, together with technician Davide Bertolini. Inspired by the old-fashioned method of recording music, they decided to place all the musicians in the same room, without headphones.<\/p>\n
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Bly de Blyant\u2019s debut album offers inspired, imaginative and rock-oriented music from a trio of improvisers that denies itself nothing. \u201cFree improvisation is a method, not a genre,\u201d wrote drummer \u00d8yvind Skarb\u00f8 (1982, H\u00e5kon Kornstad Tenor Battle) in the cover text. \u201cAs soon as it becomes a genre, you lose all your freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freedom and the desire to release control are essential elements of ABC, an album that offers music ranging from jazz, math rock and unexpected miniatures to a Prince cover. The album was recorded at Grieghallen Studio, in Skarb\u00f8\u2019s home city of Bergen, together with technician Davide Bertolini. Inspired by the old-fashioned method of recording music, they decided to place all the musicians in the same room, without headphones. \u201cShahzad had his corner, with a recently restored Hammond organ, an ancient Moog synth, and a beautiful Fender Precision bass from the early 70s that Davide let him borrow. Hilmar had his usual rig with a guitar and an extremely ingenious, meticulously thought-out pedal system, and I had my drums with calfskin heads and only two mikes for the whole set. So everything was touched with a little bit of nostalgia, which was more of an inspiration than a hindrance,\u201d recalls Skarb\u00f8.<\/p>\n
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