Sonic Codex


Sonic Codex is an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.

Background

This fourth solo album Sonic Codex from Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset incorporates concepts from his earlier albums, restates, elaborates and reinforces them to generate a genuine masterpiece, that might be a defining moment in both Aarset's career and the history of Jazzland. Sonic Codex puts forward rules of engagement that Aarset collaborate with the audience, and very deliberately quotes and redefines the musicality that made up his previous three albums, “Electronique Noire”, “Light Extracts”, and “Connected”, yet also points his way forward: it is an innovative present that simultaneously summarizes the past, and predicts the future.

Reception

The review of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

  1. «Sign Of Seven»
Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
Baritone guitar & celesta – Audun Erlien
  1. «Quicksilver Dream»
Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
Drums – Anders Engen
Featuring – Punkt
  1. «Dröbak Saray»
Synthesizer – Audun Erlien & Wetle Holte
  1. «Cameo»
Celesta – Wetle Holte
  1. «Still Changing»
Banjo – Tor Egil Kreken
Organ, vocal sampler – Audun Erlien
Synthesizer & piano – Wetle Holte
  1. «Black Noise/White Silence»
Electric bass – Marius Reksjø
  1. «Family Pictures III»
Electric bass – Eivind Aarset
Sampler, producer – Erik Honoré
Sampler & producer – Jan Bang
  1. «Sleeps With Fishes»
  2. «The Return Of Black Noise And Murky Lamabada»
Electric bass – Marius Reksjø

Credits

  • Acoustic bass – Marius Reksjø
  • Drums, percussion & programming – Wetle Holte
  • Electric bass – Audun Erlien
  • Guitars, kalimba, percussion, programming, glockenspiel & additional recordings – Eivind Aarset
  • Artwork – Stoffen Games
  • Mastering – Thomas Eberger
  • Mixing – Erik Honoré, Mike Hartung, Reidar Skår, Ulf Holand
  • Photography – Fin Sersk-Hanssen
  • Photography – Johannes Rodach
  • Producer – Eivind Aarset, Erik Honoré, Jan Bang
  • Recording – Erik Honoré, Espen Gundersen, Mike Hartung
  • Recording – Pelle Fridell