Jazzland Recordings: Jazzland Nº 2 / 471 991 8
http://www.jazzlandrec.com/
http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=102&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=lucidity
* Håvard Wiik : piano
* Fredrik Ljungkvist : tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet
* Magnus Broo : trumpet
* Ingebrigt Håker Flaten : bass
* Hans Hulbækmo : drums
http://www.atomicjazz.com/
http://www.atomicjazz.bandcamp.com/
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_%28band%29
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/atomic-mn0000510044
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5vard_Wiik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Ljungkvist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Broo
http://www.ingebrigtflaten.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hulb%C3%A6kmo
Recorded by Stephan van Wylick at Fattoria Musica
in Osnabrück on September 5th & 6th, 2014.
Reviews
By John Fordham
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/16/atomic-lucidity-review
The new album from this 15-year-old Scandinavian free-jazz quintet captures
their shrewdly varied take on both the paint-stripping and lyrical varieties of
free-improv very well. Drummer Hans Hulboekmo creditably replaces the
remarkable Paal Nilssen-Love, while the frontline chemistry of saxophonist
Fredrik Ljungkvist and trumpeter Magnus Broo exhibits its familiar volatility,
and pianist Håvard Wiik and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten steer a steadfast
course through the melee. Some pieces open with glistening piano meditations,
warmly harmonised, Cool School counterpoint or pure, long-tone trumpet figures,
then turn to collective-improv tussles and sharply punctuated group motifs;
elsewhere there are arco-bass scufflings and skimmings that become slow-march
murmurs; the title track is a hard-boppish swinger with a deliciously byzantine
melody and a string of taut solos; and A MacGuffin’s Tale is a fine vehicle for
Ljungkvist’s resourcefulness on clarinet. Free-jazz and old-school swing rarely
sound more compatible than they do here.
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By Paul Acquaro
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2015/02/atomic-lucidity-jazz-land-2015.html
By Glenn Astarita
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lucidity-atomic-jazzland-recordings-review-by-glenn-astarita.php
By Troy Collins
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lucidity-atomic-jazzland-recordings-review-by-troy-collins.php
By Tim Niland
http://www.jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2015/03/atomic-lucidity-jazzland-2015.html
By Stuart Broomer
http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/jazzaimprovised/25429-lucidity-atomic
Ben Taffijn (nl)
http://www.draaiomjeoren.blogspot.com/2015/08/cd-atomic-lucidity-jazzland-2015-opname.html
Roald Helgheim (no)
http://www.dagsavisen.no/helg-nye-inntrykk/jazz/heilt-atomic-1.351649
Magnus Säll (se)
http://www.lira.se/skivrecension/lucidity/
Piotr Rudnicki (pl)
http://jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/lucidity
Tiago Ferreira (pt-br)
http://namiradogroove.com.br/criticas/jazz-criticas/atomic-lucidity
Da Vincenzo Roggero (it)
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lucidity-atomic-jazzland-recordings-review-by-vincenzo-roggero.php
Por Pachi Tapiz (es)
http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=19893