Ivar Grydeland & Henry Kaiser – In the Arctic Dreamtime (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Ivar Grydeland & Henry Kaiser – In the Arctic Dreamtime (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:02 minutes | 600 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rune Grammofon

These two extraordinary guitarists first met in an Oslo studio in January 2019. Having admired each other’s work for some time, they decided right there and then to record an electric guitar duet collaboration specifically to create a soundtrack for a classic Norwegian silent film. They spent 30 minutes setting up before Kaiser suggested a short test recording to one of the less likely candidates, Roald Amundsen’s 1925 documentary “Ellsworths flyveekspedition 1925”. One hour and 56 minutes later they set down their guitars and shook their heads in wonder. They had played for the entire length of the film without breaks, in the process creating a complete score for the film. Five tracks with a total playing time of 65 minutes were selected for this CD release.

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Henry Kaiser, Stein Urheim, Benedicte Maurseth, Danielle DeGruttola – Be Here Whenever (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Henry Kaiser, Stein Urheim, Benedicte Maurseth, Danielle DeGruttola – Be Here Whenever (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:04 minutes | 953 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © OK World

Be Here Whenever is a perfect circle of nine creations by Danielle de Gruttola (Cello), Henry Kaiser (Guitar), Benedicte Maurseth (Hardanger Fiddle) and Stein Urheim (Guitar). It is music filled with the intense mindfulness that comes when one is confronted by nature at its most awe-inspiring, those places where one becomes acutely aware of how small they are within this world, never mind the cosmos beyond its thin atmosphere.

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Henry Kaiser and Anthony Pirog – Figure/Ground: Electric Guitar Duos (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Henry Kaiser and Anthony Pirog – Figure/Ground: Electric Guitar Duos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 44:36 minutes | 473 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ramble Records

Figure/ground organisation is a type of perpetual grouping that is a vital necessity for recognition objects through vision. In Gestalt psychology it is known as identifying a figure from the background.

Figure/ground perception can be expanded from visiual perception to include non-visual concepts such as melody/harmony, subject/background and positive/negative space.

The concept of figure and ground fully depends on the observer and not on the item itself. In the typical sonic scenarios people encounter auditory figure and ground signals after overlap in time as well as in frequency content.

In these situations, auditory objects are established by integrating sound components over time, timbre, space, and frequency.

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