July 18, 2017

Spunk

Still Eating Gingerbread for Breakfast
Rune Grammofon RCD 2188

Ni l’un ni l’autre could be the defining phrase applied to Spunk, the four-piece Norwegian band which celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of this distinctive two-track CD. Featuring Lene Grenager’s cello Kristin Andersen’s trumpet and recorder, Hild Sofie Tafjord’s French horn, and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje’s vocalizing, with the latter two also wielding a workshop-like collection of processors and samplers, the quartet melds strands of improvised, notated, folkloric and electronic sounds into a singular niche. MORE

December 6, 2015

Spunk & Joëlle Léandre

Live in Molde
+3dB Records +3dB021

Sonic Communion

The Bridge Sessions 01

TBS 01

Already established as one of the most accomplished bassist in Free Music on her own or with regularly constituted ensembles, Paris-based Joëlle Léandre also prides herself on fitting into new situations. Like a journalist capable of writing features and hard news with equal facility, Léandre whose playing partners have ranged from composer Anthony Braxton to French saxophonist Daunik Lazro, the bassist is both a willing participant as well as a distinct personality in these quite different group sessions. MORE