Friday, August 20, 2004  

Min Bul, "Champagne of Course"
from Min Bul (Universal Norway, 1970)

Txt ripped (and then edited, somewhat) from Forced Exposure, but hyperlink'd for your EDUTAINMENT by The Burbs:

Official, remastered reissue of this underground classic from 1970 (originally issued by Polydor, in Scandinavia only). Never reissued before, long awaited. Terje Rypdal: (guitar and soprano saxophone); Bjornar Andresen: (bass); Espen Rud: (drums). "The trio Min Bul came out of a progressive environment of jazz and experimental music in the late '60s surrounded by innovators such as Jan Garbarek, Karin Krog and Arne Norheim. The trio included some of the most important figures in the development of modern music in Norway in the late '60s. Terje Rypdal was by now known from the groundbreaking Jan Garbarek quartet with bassist Arild Andersen and drummer Jon Christensen. All the four of them are today in the heavyweight league of European jazz. Drummer Espen Rud and bassist Bjornar Andresen came from the free-jazz group Svein Finnerud Trio, which performed regularly at Heine Onstad Art Centre outside of Oslo. The Finnerud Trio albums are, as the Min Bul album, cult classics for record collectors and listed high on the hard-to-get list. Today Terje Rypdal is recording regularly for the German ECM label. This spring he was invited to compose the opening concert at Norwegian jazz festival Vossajazz. Espen Rud is recording and performing with artists such as Knut Riisnaes and Staffan William Olsson. Bjornar Andresen is active in the Oslo-based improv scene and is to be found on the upcoming Jazzland release Samsara, which includes piano and keyboard player Bugge Wesseltoft and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. The music on this CD, available for the first time since the release in 1970, sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday. The opening track 'I Cried a Million Tears Last Night' blows out like a noisy Sonic Youth burnout and the 11-minute long, groovy-bass-riff tune 'Champagne of Course' represents the funk side of the group. Min Bul also has a mellow side, like the midtempo closing track 'Strange Beauty,' which has some strong references to the early work of Carlos Santana. Enjoy the experience of this great music sprung out for more than three decades ago."

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