After the jazz/electronic grit of Khmer and Solid Ether, Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer upped the restless qualities of his music for his third release.
NP3 wasn't too much out of synch with his older material -- other than a magnificent ambient opener, Molvaer returned to a base of house, hip-hop, machine-noise, and gap-filled jazz trumpet, and many of his past collaborators also reappeared, including vocalist Sidsel Endresen, guitarist Eivind Aarset, and co-producer Reidar Skaar.
The album's major difference was its magnified sense of structure.
Much of the music felt cold and overwrought.
There was a growing dance element and even moments of politics, as in the slap on U.S.
foreign policy "Axis of Ignorance," which proved to be a mixed blessing.
Molvaer was in need of fresh blood here while his musicianship had never been better.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabula Rasa | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| 2 | Axis of Ignorance | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Hurry Slowly | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 07:33 | 17 MB | 44 MB |
| 4 | Marrow | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 07:20 | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| 5 | Frozen | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 06:37 | 15 MB | 40 MB |
| 6 | Presence | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 05:43 | 13 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Simply So | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 06:51 | 15 MB | 38 MB |
| 8 | Little Indian | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Nebulizer | Nils Petter Molvær | Play | 08:02 | 18 MB | 43 MB |
| 54 mins | 123 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 305 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Petter Molvær | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |