Name: Khmer
Brand: Nils Petter Molvaer

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7742658

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Black

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Download code: Yes

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-06-07

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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0602577426582

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Nils Petter Molvaer

Genre GB

Jazz

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ECM Records, also known as "The Creative Label," is a German independent label that was co-founded by producer Manfred Eicher, Manfred Scheffner, and Karl Egger in Munich (Pasing) in 1969. With the label code LC 2516 / LC 02516, ECM stands for Edition of Contemporary Music and focuses on jazz and Western classical music. They showcase both acoustic and electronic artists who produce eclectic versions of contemporary music.

ECM's extensive catalog features a wide range of genres, from contemporary works by renowned composers like Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, and Philip Glass to experimental and electronic jazz from artists such as Nils Petter Molvær, Pat Metheny Group, and Jan Garbarek. Over the past 40+ years, ECM has released more than 1500 recordings that have been acclaimed for their exceptional music quality, creative production techniques, and outstanding sound.

Although an independent label, ECM titles are distributed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in the US, Japan, and throughout Europe. However, they have also collaborated with other distributors over the years. Notably during the period when Polydor distributed ECM products in Germany; [l447694] was used for pressing identified by a CP suffix on labels and runouts. Afterward,[l25946] became their primary distributor.

Now released for the first time on vinyl, massive beats and throbbing grooves underpin the Norwegian trumpeter’s fiery solos in a project that forms a bridge between ECM’s improvised soundscapes and the brave new world of trip-hop, drum’n’bass, ambient/ illbient, techno, industrial, electronica and samples. Khmer topped the German jazz charts, and Molvær’s band has been highly successful on the festival circuit. 

”[The album] draws from techno, drum ‘n’ bass, and ambient music, yet makes no attempt at dance floor populism, instead concentrating on texture, abstraction and sound quality. Funky digital grooves are disrupted by shifting me signatures; weird natural sounds are rendered unrecognizable by treatments; Indo-Arabic rhythms threaten to get funky but remain joyously understated throughout. And on top of everything comes Molvær’s trumpet- lonesome, haunting and utterly majestic.” - John Lewis, Time Out

Personnel: Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, samples), Eivind Aarset (guitars, treatments, talk box), Morten Mølster (guitar), Roger Ludvigsen (guitar, percussion, dulcimer), Rune Arnesen (drums), Ulf. W.Ø. Holand (samples), Reidar Skar (sound treatment)

Tracks: Khmer / Tløn / Access / Song of Sand / On Stream / Platonic Years / Phum / Song of Sand II / Exit

Khmer

Music GB