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Nash Kontroll
»Your Left Hand Just Exploded« |
This is without doubt one of the best recorded and coolest sounding advanced-experimental music records we have laid our ears upon. It's a document of the true power in sound and noise recorded at the Swedish National Radio. In the hands of Mats Gustavsson, Dror Feiler and Lasse Marhaug sound and noise are getting vital again. Three true masters that whip the cream and blood outta their equipment, taking us to unknown territories of music, challenge and sound. A modern power trio, and debut album by this proud line up.
About the band members:
Mats Gustafsson (b. 1964) Maybe the most important and well-known improvisational musician in Sweden today. Since the late 80's he has collaborated with such names as Peter Brotzmann, Sonic Youth, Otomo Yoshihide and Ken Vandermark on a regular basis but is also known for his exciting solo projects for solo saxophone, most recently the amazing "Slide" album for Firework Editions and "Catapult" for Doubtmusic. He is also playing with Ingebrigt Haaker-Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love as The Thing and with Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke as Diskaholics Anonymous Trio, amongst other shapes and forms with different artists.
Dror Feiler (b. 1951) Dror Feiler is based in Stockholm and have since his arrival to the city in the late 70's become a very important figure for the Swedish modern art & music scene. Feiler is a very political person and is very outspoken and sometimes controversial. He has been a key figure for many years at Fylkingen in Stockholm and is working with visual arts, electro-acoustic composition , noise, opera, ballet and compositions for orchestras. As an improviser, he is infamous for his group Lokomotiv Konkret who has blown audiences away since 1977.
Lasse Marhaug (b. 1974) Lasse has over the last ten years been one of the leading forces in the so-called Norwegian noise scene. As a performer and composer he has over a hundred releases to his name, as well as extensive touring and performing in Europe, Asia and America. In addition to his solo work, Marhaug plays regularly in projects Jazzkammer, DEL, Rishaug Marhaug and a duo with Frode Gjerstad. Past projects include Origami Replika and Lasse Marhaug Band. He has collaborated with several artists in his own field of music, but has over the years also worked with artists in the improv, free jazz, drone rock and extreme metal scenes, as well as theatre, dance and video.
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Opinions
»This is not only one of the best noise records I’ve yet heard, it’s among the best improv and free jazz recordings, because it sits at the swirling vortex into which all three approaches implode, and Marhaug, Gustafsson and Feiler harness the fallout with absolute mastery - and because they probably don’t give a shit about such pea-brained pigeonholes in the first place.« - by Matthew Wuethrich, Dusted Magazine
»Never heard of Nash Kontroll? Neither did I, but flipping the CD box will learn you that this a trio of Dror Feiler, Mats Gustafsson and noise loverboy Lasse Marhaug. He's the most well-known bloke, but the other two have a history of their own. Dror Feiler is a well-known and controversial artist and a saxophone player with a love of volume. Mats Gustafsson (also from Sweden, and not Norway as the presence of Marhaug may suggest) plays also flute and saxophones. The recordings here were made by Swedish radio and by god, do they really broadcast that? Because the three tracks carved into this CD is one hell of a noise party, certainly the first half of the CD, with at the central control, Marhaug operating his laptop, electronics and broken guitar and as his sparring partners two guys blowing their lungs out. It is easy to see a direct link between Nash Kontroll and Borbetomagus, but the latter is even a few steps away from Nash Kontroll, as the Scandinavian counter part also knows how to play a soft piece, such as the ending of the title track. Here things go down, way down and in the third track, the three play even melancholiac tunes. Quite a CD that would blow you away - literally. A fine range from noise to more obscured moments - all created in the world of improvisation. And if I understood correctly Nash Kontroll will be a band, not an one-off project. « - by Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly |
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