Ketil Bjørnstad: Water Stories

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Ketil Bjørnstad and Terje Rypdal’s ECM recordings together have included Bjørnstad’s “Water Stories” and albums with The Sea, the quartet whose line-up was completed by cellist David Darling and drummer Jon Christensen. In 1999 they made their first experiments with duo playing, and have since toured the world with their highly unorthodox format of cranked-amp guitar and acoustic piano. This constellation has surprised its participants by becoming the primary touring focus for both players, taking them, as Bjørnstad notes, “from Taiwan to Canada, from Italy to the Shetlands, from Lanzarote to the North of Norway. Terje is now the musician with whom I’ve worked most extensively.”

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Tracks:

1. Glacial Reconstruction
2. Levels And Degrees
3. Surface Movements
4. The View I
5. Between Memory And Presentiment
6. Ten Thousand Years Later
7. Waterfall
8. Flotation And Surroundings
9. Riverscape
10.Approaching The Sea
11.The View II
12.History

Ketil Bjørnstad: piano
Terje Rypdal: guitar
Bjørn Kjellemyr: bass
Jon Christensen: drums
Per Hillestad: drums