Dented Time, by Per Oddvar Johansen / Seijiro Murayama

Dented Time

by Per Oddvar Johansen / Seijiro Murayama

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	1.	Improvisation 1 05:09
	2.	Improvisation 2 06:24
	3.	Improvisation 3 06:11
	4.	Improvisation 4 09:01
	5.	Improvisation 5 06:11
	6.	Improvisation 6 07:32
	7.	Composition 1 09:20
	8.	Composition 2 10:14

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Jazz drummer Per Oddvar Johansen was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1968. He has earned six Spellemannsprisen, Norway's equivalent to Grammy Awards. One of Norway's leading drummers, he has participated in over 80 albums. In May 2018, Johansen came to Japan with his own trio. Paris-based drummer/percussionist Seijiro Murayama is familiar to Ftarri listeners for his many releases of solo and collaborative performances on the Ftarri, Hitorri and Meenna labels.

The eight tracks on this CD (each 5 to 10 minutes long) are duo performances by Johansen and Murayama, recorded in Norway in July 2019. Six of the tracks are improvisation, and the last two are composed pieces. Both musicians used very simple sets combining snare drum with small objects and cymbals. There's a notable restraint in terms of both the volume and the number of sounds. Together, the two veteran drummers play in similar styles, producing simmering, rattling, bubbling and clinking sounds. More than "playing," one might say they're releasing sounds. Though it's a performance by two drummers, there's no clumping together and leaping about of many percussive sounds; one can almost distinguish each individual sound. Naturally, even in this type of performance, the musicians' amazing technique and musicality are fully and clearly heard. Far removed from images commonly associated with a duo drum performance, this album abounds in fascinating qualities of a completely different kind.

Per Oddvar Johansen は1968年、ノルウェー、オスロ出身のジャズ・ドラマー。ノルウェーのグラミー賞にあたる Spellemannsprisen をこれまでに６度受賞。80作以上のアルバムに参加する、ノルウェーを代表するドラマーのひとり。最近では、2018年５月に自身のトリオで来日している。一方の村山政二朗は、Ftarri ではお馴染みのフランス、パリ在住のドラマー / パーカッショニスト。Ftarri、Hitorri、Meenna レーベルから、ソロと共演作合わせて多くのリリースがある。

本CDには、2019年７月にノルウェーで録音したデュオ演奏、５分から10分の全8曲を収録。６曲は即興演奏、最後の２曲のみ作曲作品。ふたりとも、スネア・ドラムに小物やシンバルを組み合わせた非常にシンプルなセットを使い、音数、音量ともにかなり抑制が利いている。ヴェテランの域に達するドラマーがふたりしてコトコト、ガチャガチャ、シュワシュワ、チャリーン、似たようなことをやっていて、演奏しているというよりも音を出していると言うべきか。ドラマーふたりの共演なのに、いつくもの打音がひとかたまりになって飛び込んでくることなく、ひとつひとつの音の聴き分けが可能なくらい。もちろんそのような演奏においても、彼らの技巧や音楽性は失われることなく明白だ。ドラマーの共演と聞いて一般に連想するものからは大いにかけ離れた、次元の異なる魅力に満ちたアルバム。

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released September 6, 2020

Duo percussion by
Per Oddvar Johansen (right side): snare drum, etc.
and
Seijiro Murayama (left side): snare drum, etc.

Recorded at Steinsrud, Lommedalen, Norway, July 2019

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