TRICK015
ROTOSCOPE Great curves
Jazz/cut/electronica
Released June 2001
ROTOSCOPE Great curves
Jazz/cut/electronica
Released June 2001
Release info/Press release
Rotoscope: projecting individual frames of live action in a film onto an animationboard in order to combine elements from different film images into a composite picture, creating animation out of live figures.
ROTOSCOPE was formed by Andreas Mjøs (Jaga Jazzist) for a performance at the Norwegian Ultima festival (international festival for contemporary music) autumn 1999. This concert aimed to reconcile the current technological club-music with the more experimental facets of contemporary music. Rotoscope have since performed at Molde International Jazz-festival, enhanced the line-up with vocals, moving towards a hybrid of contemporary music, pop and jazz.
"Great Curves" is ROTOSCOPE's debut album, whereon ten of the act's original songs are warped beyond recognition by themselves with producer Jørgen Træen. Fragments of themes, melodies, vocal lines and analog and digital instruments entwine and exhaust each other, taking the original songs to unheard places.
Jazzooka for those open to music exploring and exploding genres.
Cut press:
"Pilling up references into air-tight compositions, bringing jazz improvisations, noise terrorism, contemporary club ethic and articulate electronica together, Great Curves is no less than an imposing tour de force. With Great Curves, Rotoscope assume the modernist character of Nordic jazz with pride, smashing boundaries and destructuring their sonic landscapes to serve their experimental inspirations and explore new territories." - The Milkfactory (5/5 points)
"Great Curves is the band's first album, though for the most part, it sounds as if these guys (and one gal) are old pros. Some people call this stuff IDM (an inadequate description at best) or electronica (a stupid term altogether), but there are too many roots in traditional sounds and structures here to give all the credit to machines." - Pitchforkmedia
Rotoscope: projecting individual frames of live action in a film onto an animationboard in order to combine elements from different film images into a composite picture, creating animation out of live figures.
ROTOSCOPE was formed by Andreas Mjøs (Jaga Jazzist) for a performance at the Norwegian Ultima festival (international festival for contemporary music) autumn 1999. This concert aimed to reconcile the current technological club-music with the more experimental facets of contemporary music. Rotoscope have since performed at Molde International Jazz-festival, enhanced the line-up with vocals, moving towards a hybrid of contemporary music, pop and jazz.
"Great Curves" is ROTOSCOPE's debut album, whereon ten of the act's original songs are warped beyond recognition by themselves with producer Jørgen Træen. Fragments of themes, melodies, vocal lines and analog and digital instruments entwine and exhaust each other, taking the original songs to unheard places.
Jazzooka for those open to music exploring and exploding genres.
Cut press:
"Pilling up references into air-tight compositions, bringing jazz improvisations, noise terrorism, contemporary club ethic and articulate electronica together, Great Curves is no less than an imposing tour de force. With Great Curves, Rotoscope assume the modernist character of Nordic jazz with pride, smashing boundaries and destructuring their sonic landscapes to serve their experimental inspirations and explore new territories." - The Milkfactory (5/5 points)
"Great Curves is the band's first album, though for the most part, it sounds as if these guys (and one gal) are old pros. Some people call this stuff IDM (an inadequate description at best) or electronica (a stupid term altogether), but there are too many roots in traditional sounds and structures here to give all the credit to machines." - Pitchforkmedia
Reviews
-
Incursion August 2001
-
Brainwashed September 2001
-
The Milk Factory October 2001
-
Ampersand Etcetera October 2001
-
Pitchfork Media December 2001