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挪威超級即興團體Supersilent的小喇叭手Arve Henriksen，之前發行的兩張個人專輯「Sakuteiki」與「Chiaroscuro」皆令人驚豔於他利用效果器轉換後的樂器吹奏和假聲哼唱所呈現的前衛聲響，如何因為融入了經典ECM的民族音樂傾向而空靈飄渺，優美抒情。這張以他故鄉命名的最新專輯「Strjon」，則是更具野心的不同嘗試：一方面透露了當地自然環境所予以他的啟發，更重要的是代表著他剖析自身今日音樂性格之養成的心靈探索。Henriksen找出自己從16歲起所做的許多電子即興、音景等聲音實驗片段，仰賴Supersilent夥伴Helga Sten的製作功力（以及Ståle Storløkken的鍵盤演奏），將之重新編排改寫，在保留首作的日式冥想空間並延續前作光與影之間的憂鬱對話之餘，這音樂含有更多Supersilent招牌的晦暗糾結張力，明顯更加成熟，尤其最後那彷彿穿越峽灣進入遼闊草原的豁然開朗，絕對是種昇華。
On his third and quite brilliant new album, ”Strjon”, Arve Henriksen is joined by his Supersilent colleagues Helge Sten and Ståle Storløkken. Sten has also produced the album. ”Strjon” brings together the various sides of Henriksen, from the zen-like solo pieces of his debut album ”Sakuteiki” to the open-ended melancholia of ”Chiaroscuro” and dark, brooding lyricism of Supersilent. ”Strjon” is the mediaeval name of Arve´s hometown Stryn on the westcoast of Norway, referring to a streaming river or water. The nature around Stryn is fantastic and the changes between winter and summer are quite drastic, from crashing avalanches in steep mountains to calm beauty and majestic tranquility. Some of the music dates back to sketches made by a young Arve Henriksen in these surroundings, later worked on by both Arve himself and Helge Sten.
Release: 26.02.07
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