Unoffical remix of "Music" by Lindstrøm & Christabelle. For Promotional use only.

Music and vocals by Beatpop
Mixed by Beatpop and Ashley Stubbert
Mastered at Cutting Room Studios, Sweden

Cover by Max Volt

"Music" - Lindstrøm(Beatpop remix)

Premiered as a sold-out event under Stavanger International Chamber Music festival August 2011, Kitchen Baroque was a commissioned work under the compositional direction of Nils Henrik Asheim.

A meeting between Baroque grooves and contemporary improvisation Stavanger Baroque and Kitchen Orchestra join forces to reveal new potential in three hundred year old music.

Six skilled Baroque specialists of varied international background are seated on the left side of stage – on the right side, six improvising musicians from Stavanger, with rock, jazz and classical background, from the adventurous musical collective Kitchen Orchestra. In the middle, a percussion player bridges the two styles.

The instrumentation is set up to correspond by pairs – for example, the innovative and very personal vocal style of Stine Janvin Motland is the strange mirror image of the beautiful soprano of Elin Aase.

It is important for composer Nils Henrik Asheim, who also conducts the project, to be honest towards the musical traditions. So the starting point is to let the Baroque musicians do what they do best, and letting the contemporary musicians play a counterpart to their music instead of messing with it.

Excitingly, things happen as the two cultures clash. Raw, burlesque scenes, open fights, queer reminiscences of tango, dixieland or marches may occur without warning. It reveals a melancholic beauty with an edge, where classical harmony is extended with intriguing modern soundscapes – as if Baroque paintings were rendered with the means of modern video techniques.


Kitchen Baroque - Sample 6

For many years Stavanger, Norway has produced some of Norway’s most profiled improvisational musicians. 24 of these professional players, ranging from local jazz musicians to the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, have come together under the name Kitchen Orchestra as a musical collective exploring the improvisational relationship between the individual and the ensemble in the context of modern and jazz music. Projects vary in size depending on the composer/ band-leader’s desires from solo pieces to full orchestra.

Past collaborators include Alexander von Schlippenbach, Øyvind Torvund, Inbal Pinto, Evan Parker, Keith Tippet, Trevor Wishart, Reidar Larsen, Svein Tang Wa, Steve Beresford, Dave Kane, Per Zanussi and Lotte Anker. Their wide range of musical ventures and collaborations which can be explored on their website www.kitchenorchestra.com. 2013 offers the release of their collaboration with Alexander von Schlippenbach, a commissioned work with Australian composer Anthony Pateras, a continuation of Kitchen Barokk, and the annual festival What’s Cooking.

Kitchen Orchestra is diverse, flexible and always on the look out for interesting collaborations. If you are interested in collaborating with Kitchen Orchestra and/or interested in hosting a workshop, or booking one of the following projects

For booking/ workshops/ collaborations please contact producer Ashley Stubbert
email: kitchenorchestra@gmail.com


Kitchen Baroque - Sample 6

Kitchen Orchestra

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