Christian Wallumrod

“The immense sonic resources of these players seem to keep on growing” noted The Guardian of their last release, Fabula Suite Lugano, and the ensemble of Christian Wallumrød continues to evolve in its own idiosyncratic way on Outstairs. By now, Wallumrød’s compositional signature is instantly recognizable. Nobody else writes pieces like this – multi-dimensional chamber music inspired by the sonorities of Norwegian folk and church music, influenced by early music and the post-Cage avant-garde, and liberated by jazz’s freedom of thought. This time around, the ensemble members share the arranging credits between them, making the music still more organic and flexible. New sound combinations emerge, but the genre, the idiom, remains uniquely Wallumrød’s.

PERSONNEL:

CHRISTIAN WALLUMROD, piano, harmonium, toy piano
EIVIND LONNING, trumpet
GJERMUND LARSEN, violin, hardanger fiddle, viola
ESPEN REINERTSEN, tenor saxophone
TOVE TÖRNGREN, cello
PER ODDVAR JOHANSEN, drums, vibraphone

Recorded May 5-7, 2012 / Auditorio RSI, Lugano

TRACKS:

01 Stille Rock
02 Bunadsbangla
03 Tridili #2
04 Very Slow
05 Startic
06 Beatknit
07 Folkskiss
08 Third Try
09 Ornament
10 Outstairs
11 Exp