Self Portrait will be available to download from all online retailers from 9th Sept 2013.

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Oddarrang make a genre-defying sound, influenced by Jazz, Classical, World music and Postmodern Rock. They have been compared to the cool but moving expression of Icelanders like Björk and Sigur Rós - a mesmerising and spiritual sonic soundscape.

Self-portrait  [SINGLE RELEASE 09.09.13]

Here's one of the tracks from our previous album, Cathedral. 

"...(prayer) develops from flashes of Morse code via Louhivuori’s sombre, almost glacial piano and Sakara’s acoustic guitar, at times almost sounding like the Finnish folk instrument the kantele. Pohjola’s long trombone lines fulfil the role Molvaer’s trumpet might take elsewhere. With subtle electronics and wordless voices also carefully stitched into the fabric of the piece this is a highly atmospheric beginning, the emphasis on the overall sound rather than individual virtuosity and with a superb blend of the electronic and human elements." - Ian Mann (http://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/cathedral/) 


Prayer

Here's a track from our previous album Cathedral.

Third Life

Hi everyone! Here's a new opened track from our previous album Cathedral. Hope you like it.

"The shimmering “Arcane Light” is particularly atmospheric with it’s icy electric guitar glissandos and the almost impossibly deep booming of Pohjola’s trombone allied to the melancholy tones of Ikonen’s cello. I’ve never been to Finland but this conjures up all the old clichés of tundras and forests-but again in a good way." - Ian Mann

Arcane Light

Holy Mountain

Experimental Finnish band Oddarrang make a genre-defying sound, influenced by jazz, classical, world music and postmodern rock. Their new album, 'In Cinema' has been awarded European Jazz Album of the Year 2013, MARLBANK (bit.ly/HFXA4d). They have been compared to the cool but moving expression of Icelanders like Björk and Sigur Rós - a mesmerising and spiritual sonic soundscape.

Oddarrang’s debut album won the Finnish equivalent of the Grammies for best Jazz Album of the Year 2007. Currently on tour in the UK promoting their third album, Oddarrang’s fascinating mix of musical moods and traditions and their unusual instrumentation (trombone, cello, guitar, acoustic bass and drums) are gaining them more fans at every performance.

Olavi Louhivuori drums, composer
Ilmari Pohjola trombone
Osmo Ikonen cello
Lasse Sakara guitar
Lasse Lindgren bass


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