GUSTAVSEN TORD/WAHT WE SAID

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WHAT WAS SAID BRINGS NEW COLOURS TO TORD GUSTAVSENS MUSICAL PALETTE. HIS LATEST TRIO PROJECT BUILDS UPON THE SUBTLE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS LONG MUSICAL ASSOCIATION WITH DRUMMER JARLE VESPESTAD INTRODUCES GERMAN-AFGHAN VOCALIST SIMIN TANDER AND EXPLORES THE TRADITION OF NORWEGIAN CHURCH MUSIC IN UNTRADITIONAL WAYS: FOR THE REPERTOIRE OF THE NEW PROJECT SIMIN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AFGHAN POET B. HAMSAAYA TRANSLATING AND SHAPING A SELECTION OF HYMNS THAT I GREW UP WITH IN NORWAY INTO PASHTO GUSTAVSEN EXPLAINS. THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CHALLENGING AND REALLY FRUITFUL. WE HAVE GONE QUITE FAR IN INTERPRETING THE LYRICS IN A MORE INTEGRAL MANNER REACHING INTO A SPACE WHERE I FEEL THAT SUFISM AND CHRISTIANITY ACTUALLY MEET. SIMIN TANDER ALSO SINGS IN ENGLISH VERSE OF PERSIAN MYSTIC JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-73) AND US PROTO-BEAT POET KENNETH REXROTH (1905-82). AS A PURE PLAY OF SOUNDS TOO THE COMBINATION OF TANDERS VOICE AND GUSTAVSENS PIANO AND DISCREET ELECTRONICS HAS AN EMOTIONAL PERSUASIVENESS OF ITS OWN OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF LANGUAGE. THE TRIO TAKES ITS PROGRAMME OF HYMNS AND VISIONS TO THE CONCERT HALLS AND CLUBS OF EUROPE IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 2016.WHAT WAS SAID WAS RECORDED AT OSLOS RAINBOW STUDIO IN APRIL 2015 AND PRODUCED BY MANFRED EICHER.