CIRCULASIONE TOTALE ORCHESTRA: Bandwidth (Rune Grammofon)

themilkman on Dec 17th 2009 12:49 am

Circulasione Totale Orchestra: Bandwidth

CIRCULASIONE TOTALE ORCHESTRA
Bandwidth
RCD2089
Rune Grammofon 2009
12 Tracks. 171mins31secs

Icon: arrow Amazon UK: CD | DLD Amazon US: CD | DLD Boomkat: CD

Led by Norwegian saxophonist Frode Gjerstad, Circulacione Totale Orchestra is an ever-changing formation, which he started in the mid-eighties as a forum for musicians to experiment with improvised music. Over the years, CTO has counted as many as thirteen musicians in one performance, although it is more usual to find around ten members at any one time. In this particular incarnation, CTO features two slightly different casts of internationally renowned musicians such as drummer extraordinaire Paal Nilssen-Love, noise authority Lasse Marhaug, Morten Johan Olsen (drums and electronics), who is regularly found fuelling the rhythmic section of MoHa! and Ultralyd, American cornet player Bobby Bradford, an early collaborator with Ornette Coleman, or Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten, of The Thing and Scorch Trio, and a long-term collaborator with Nilssen-Love, on acoustic bass, to name but a few.

Something of a mastodon release, Bandwidth, CTO’s fifth album, their first for Rune Grammofon, spills over three CDs and almost three hours. Continue Reading »

Filed in Albums | Comments (2)