{"id":38963,"date":"2010-10-11T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/?post_type=product&p=38963"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:38:10","slug":"balls-kittens-draught-and-strangling-rain","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/grappa.no\/en\/albums\/hubro\/balls-kittens-draught-and-strangling-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Balls & Kittens, Draught And Strangling Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are proud to be able to present J\u00c6\u2019s stunning debut album \u2018Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain\u2019. J\u00c6 is a solo project from the very talented Dutch musician, songwriter and singer Jessica Sligter, who has divided her time between Oslo and Amsterdam in recent years.<\/p>\n

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J\u00c6\u2019s music is an eclectic mix of influences from folk, pre-war blues, jazz, classical music, free improvisation and more. Ragged and windblown, seductive and captivating, always with something unexpected lurking right around the corner. \u2018I don\u2019t attempt to polish the music into utter perfection\u2013I\u2019m more interested in character,\u2019.<\/div>\n
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Sligter is originally from Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was trained at the music conservatories in Utrecht and Amsterdam. She found a group of musicians who suited her project perfectly in Oslo\u2019s music community. \u2018I didn\u2019t see any possibility of doing what I wanted to do musically in Amsterdam, and couldn\u2019t find a milieu that suited me. But I did find one in Norway! When I arrived in Oslo I booked a room at a hostel, took the underground up to the Norwegian Academy of Music, and asked people coming out of the building if they were studying jazz! It was fun, but I wouldn\u2019t do the same thing now,\u2019 she says. \u2018But that\u2019s how I got to know some people from the young improv community, and then it was easy to make contact with many more.\u2019<\/div>\n
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She has a versatile group of musicians joining her on the record. They come from bands\/projects including Christian Wallumr\u00f8d ensemble, Rocket to the sky and Ingrid Olava. Contemporary composer Ole Henrik Moe jr and his wife Kari R\u00f8nnekleiv are responsible for all string arrangements. All the members of Splashgirl, who was responsible for the first ever release on HUBRO, contribute on this quite extraordinary album.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We are proud to be able to present J\u00c6\u2019s stunning debut album \u2018Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain\u2019. J\u00c6 is a solo project from the very talented Dutch musician, songwriter and singer Jessica Sligter, who has divided her time between Oslo and Amsterdam in recent years.<\/p>\n

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