Opstein: The Interaction of Non-Interaction 1



from:
A Thousand Ancestors
by Michelle Arcila & Eivind Opsvik
Loyal Label (LL017)

A Thousand Ancestors is the culmination of a long-standing collaboration between photographer Michelle Arcila and musician Eivind Opsvik which synthesize the strong influence of visual imagery on music, and vice versa. Hailing from Costa Rica and Norway, two different countries with distinct cultural traditions and folklore, A Thousand Ancestors is an exploration of family history and the continuing influence of ancestral narratives on the present generation. The project is a limited edition box set (numbered edition of 500) designed by Espen Friberg containing a ten-track vinyl LP (plus a CD and download card), ten photographic prints, each of which correspond to a track on the record, and a poster.

The artists aim to slow time for the observer, and allow him/her to perhaps uncover distant, buried memories of their own during the encounter. A beautiful example of this can be experienced in “A Strange Gratitude”-- the second track and print on A Thousand Ancestors pairs a steady, escalating tension of bass strings with a slightly ominous, dreamlike image of two silver-haired figures obscured by a thin veil of dying tree branches in the foreground, hazy snow-covered mountains stretching behind.

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Eivind Opsvik/Michelle Arcila : A Strange Gratitude (from "A Thousand Ancestors")

taken from: Eivind Opsvik - Overseas Live 2002-2012 (Loyal Label, LLDL023)

Recorded live at Nublu (East Village, NYC) in 2003, the band features Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Jacob Sacks (wurlitzer piano), Gerald Cleaver (drums) and Dan Weiss (tabla/kanjira)

OS live

Eivind Opsvik Overseas - Redford (live at Nublu, 2003)

taken from: Eivind Opsvik - Overseas Live 2002-2012
Live at 55bar, NYC, June 11th 2005
Tony Malaby - sax
Craig Taborn - farfisa organ
Eivind Opsvik - bass

Eivind Opsvik Overseas: Kapp Det Gode Håp (live at The 55 Bar, 2005)

(Neil Young)
Eivind Opsvik - bass and voice

Powderfinger

Guitarrón

A song I recorded last summer for a C60 cassette tape compilation to be released by Metronomicon Audio sometime soon..

Eivind Opsvik - all instruments and vocals

Hazy Days

from a solo set recorded live at WKCR in August 2012
http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/

live at WKCR

An early, discarded, version of 'Windswept' (on "A Dream I Used to Remember" from 2009)
http://www.opsvikandjennings.com/

Opsvik & Jennings: Windswept (80s version)

taken from "Overseas Live 2002-2012" LLDL023
Release date: June 2020
Eivind Opsvik – upright bass and compositions
Tony Malaby – tenor saxophone
Jacob Sacks – fender rhodes
Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion
Craig Taborn – farfisa organ

Overseas Live 2002-2012

Indian Summer (live at The 55 Bar, 2005)

Eivind Opsvik Overseas: Indian Summer (live At The 55 Bar, 2005)

OVERSEAS: Tony Malaby - sax, Jacob Sacks - keyboards, Brandon Seabrook - guitar, Kenny Wollesen - drums, Eivind Opsvik - bass
Thursday March 14th 2013 at Nublu, NYC

Overseas: Stranded (live)

Eivind Opsvik is a Norwegian musician who’s been living in New York for close to 200 years. His main instrument is the upright bass, but he also spends time playing lap steel guitar, old keyboards and drums, composing music, recording, mixing and producing, and running a record label.

Eivind Opsvik

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