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Jan Gunnar Hoff - HOME (2022) Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at May 23, 2022

HOME can be seen both as an homage to and as a statement of belonging to northern Norway, with its naked landscape and its Arctic location. The title can also allude to a quest for identity, both from a personal and from an artistic perspective. All these sentiments and aspirations find expression in the music on this album…

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Gunnar Idenstam - Lofoten Meditations (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 1, 2023

Gunnar Idenstam - Lofoten Meditations (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 63:55 minutes | 565 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

In 2019 the Swedish organist and composer Gunnar Idenstam was commissioned to provide the music to a film, The Vegan Toothbrush, by the Norwegian film-maker Trygve Luktvasslimo, which takes seriously the issue of climate change itself but satirises the quasi-religious intensity of climate activists. Idenstam is one of the few remaining organists who maintain the centuries-old tradition of improvisation at the console, and his extemporisations for the film, all of which are concerned with water, developed into a kind of powerfully atmospheric sea symphony.

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Jan Gunnar Hoff - Stille lys (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at July 16, 2023

Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff has released several albums in the recent years performing original compositions; solo as on LIVING and with his FLY NORTH Quartet. This time Hoff delivers a concept album performing 15 songs and Christmas carols, both Norwegian standards and international classics. "Stille lys" (Quiet Light) is Jan Gunnar Hoff's commission for Nordnorsk Lederutvikling, a group of Northern Trainees aiming to add an artistic and musical profile to their concept with an atmosphere of tranquility and proximity. Seeking inspiration in the North and at Ingmar Bergman Estate by the Baltic Sea, Hoff continues his solo journey, once again recorded by multi-Grammy nominated Morten Lindberg and 2L.

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Jan Gunnar Hoff - Stories (2016) [Official Digital Download - FLAC DXD 24/352] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at July 19, 2023

"Stories" is Jan Gunnar Hoff’s third solo piano album on the 2L label and is a sequel to his critically acclaimed album "Living" from 2013. On the new release Hoff stretches his creative abilities, presenting contrasting compositions and improvisations, in a distinctly personal mixture. Some of the pieces are meditative and expressive, while others have a strong rhythmic vibe. Stories also displays Hoff as an arranger, presenting versions of classics like “God Only Knows” and the traditional Swedish folk song “Värmlandsvisan”.

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Gunnar Idenstam, Lisa Rydberg & Jonas Sjöblom - Urban Folk (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 22, 2022

Gunnar Idenstam, Lisa Rydberg & Jonas Sjöblom - Urban Folk (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 53:15 | 265 / 122 Mb
Genre: Folk Pop / Label: Footprint Records

Welcome to our world of modern folk music from Stockholm, Sweden! This particular constellation, with Lisa Rydberg on violin, Jonas Sjöblom on percussion and vocals, and myself – Gunnar Idenstam – on harmonium and keyboard, for a few years in the early 2000s under the name plan3. During that time, we performed all over Sweden at venues ranging from churches to dance halls and pubs.

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Gunnar Spardel - The Fade to Afterlife (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at April 30, 2023

Gunnar Spardel - The Fade to Afterlife (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 47:07 minutes | 880 MB
Electronic, Ambient, Modern Classical | Label: Sun Sea Sky Productions, Official Digital Download

Neo-Classical Electronica Artist Gunnar Spardel finds comfort in music, as a way to contemplate life and death. In his introspective work, Spardel's atmospheric music draws from nature and life itself, most recently portrayed in his upcoming album "The Fade to Afterlife".

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Espen Eriksen & Gunnar Halle - Sangboka (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 11, 2022

Espen Eriksen & Gunnar Halle - Sangboka (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 33:28 minutes | 611 MB
Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop, Modern Creative | Label: Unit Records, Official Digital Download

Espen Eriksen (piano) and Gunnar Halle (trumpet) have a full 14 years of experience as a duo. On Sangboka, Eriksen and Halle offer both songs from the "Songbook" (Mads Berg's school songbook), and hymns from the hymnbook.

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Gunnar Svensson - Head, Fingers & Heart (1995) Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 13, 2019

Gunnar Svensson, Arne Domnerus, Toots Thielemans, Putte Wickman - Head, Fingers & Heart (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 266.81 Mb | 46:18 | Covers
Post-Bop | Label: Phono Suecia - PSCD83

Compositions by Gunnar Svensson, performed by Arne Domnerus, Toots Thielemans, Putte Wickman and a studio orchestra. Recorded in Atlantis Studio, Stockholm, May-December 1994 (tracks 1 to 6, 11 to 13), background recorded in Atlantis Studio, Stockholm, December 1994, saxophone part recorded in OAL Studio, Sollentuna, February 1995 (track 12), Studio 1, Europafilm, Stockholm, November 1972 (tracks 7-10), live at Berns, Stockholm, October 1979 (track 14).

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Jan Gunnar Hoff - HOME (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at May 17, 2022

Jan Gunnar Hoff - HOME (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/176.4 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 59:05 minutes | 1,51 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

HOME can be seen both as an homage to and as a statement of belonging to northern Norway, with its naked landscape and its Arctic location.

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Jan Gunnar Hoff - Home (2022) {SACD} Audio CD Layer Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 19, 2023

Jan Gunnar Hoff - Home (2022) {SACD} Audio CD Layer
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 206 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 151 Mb
Scans Included | 00:59:07 | RAR 5% Recovery
Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz | 2L #2L-168-SABD

HOME can be seen both as a homage to and as a statement of belonging to northern Norway, with it's naked landscape and it's Arctic location. The title can also allude to a quest for identity, both from a personal and from an artistic perspective. All these sentiments and aspirations find expression in the music on this album. Many of the pieces here are interpretations of well-known themes, while others are original compositions by Hoff. Some of the pieces are completely improvisatory.

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