EIVIND AARSET w/ JAN BANG: DREAM LOGIC
Kristinansand is meant to be a metaphor, not pure realism. Jon Wozencraft would call it „psycho-geography“.
After returning from Kristiansand and sitting in the car on my way to the Deutschlandfunk, I immediately put DREAM LOGIC in my cd-player. Though I interviewed Eivind Aarset days before (with new Manafonista Henning), I was now hearing the record for the first time. A fantastic one, surely my favourite Eivind album. A perfect balance of moody and abstract textures, full of twists and strange sounds that are the ice on the cake and prevent nostalgia from taking control. Great, too, for driving by night! Eivind, old Punkt matador since year 1, will be on „Dream Logic“-tour in Germany in November (Stadtgarten, Zeche Carl and other good and small places).
(The headline is a bit long, but will do its job to create an unforgettable mental note.)