Reminder, by Pixel

Reminder

by Pixel

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Deidre House A four piece comprised of sax, trumpet, drums, and an upright bass player that provides vocals on some tracks. They play a fresh mix of modern jazz fusion that alternately leans towards indie pop and post-bop. Fun, interesting stuff, I have to recommend this one. I think I found it in Tjarko Busink's and Chris Dinsmore's collections- thanks!

I've selected what I see as the more representative sample of the two preview tracks. Favorite track: Esset.

tOm Great songs, sometimes I hear a bit of Truffaz. Mixture of pop, rock and jazz. I love the singing on top of the instruments. Favorite track: Call Me.

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1.	Prelude 02:26
2.	Home 03:02
3.	Esset 04:50
4.	Call Me 03:25	buy track
5.	She Knows 04:35
6.	Wake Up 03:48
7.	Waltz 1 03:39
8.	Hvor Bie Den Av? 08:37
9.	I Hang 04:20
10.	An Apple in the Country Hill 04:16

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"Reminder is an impressive first outing. Pixel bring a unique creative mix to the scene: difficult music to categorize, easy music to enjoy." – AllAbout Jazz

Pixel, the powerhouse indie-jazz ensemble from Norway, makes an indelible first impression with Reminder. Combining indie-rock energy with the improvisational flexibility of jazz, Pixel are earthy and ethereal, wistful and aggressive, sensuous and pummeling.

Pixel features the same classic, piano-less, 'modern jazz' quartet lineup of sax, trumpet, bass and drums as the epochal jazz quartets led by Ornette Coleman and Gerry Mulligan. Like these antecedents, the band takes full advantage of the harmonic freedom given by the lack of a chordal instrument, but Pixel is more interested in painting scenes than in setting up extended solos. With sharply etched compositions, Pixel has attained preternatural cohesion after two years together, moving seamlessly from composed passages to group improvisation marked by conversational interplay. A radical democracy, no one instrument stays in the foreground for long. With every track but one clocking well under five minutes, Pixel makes every note count, never wasting a moment or letting a tune wear out its welcome.

All four Pixels are ubiquitous on the fiercely creative Scandinavian jazz scene, which has embraced the quartet as an exemplar of Norway’s populist cutting edge. Slated for a series of major festivals and showcases across the region and the UK in conjunction with the release of Reminder, Pixel is poised to take the jazz world by storm. Like similarly forward thinking groups such as The Bad Plus and Rob Mazurek's Chicago Underground, this is definitely jazz, but it's jazz that rock audiences can relate to.

Reminder is the debut release by the most exciting band to come out of the insanely active Norwegian jazz scene in recent memory. In a country where jazz talent seems to seep out through the tap water, that's saying a lot!

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released May 8, 2012

Ellen Andrea Wang – double bass, vocals, compositions
Jo Audun Baar – drums
Harald Lassen – sax
Jonas Venøy – trumpet

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Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. They have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet. In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.

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