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Blog Volume 2

  • Posted on May 22, 2011
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Joe Higham has taken an in-depth look at Facienda, and has some interesting views on the music.   Read it here

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Review at Free Jazz Blog

  • Posted on May 18, 2011
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Stef from free Jazz Blog did a nice review of “Facienda”.   Read it here

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Nice review in swedish Lira

  • Posted on May 14, 2011
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Swedish Lira gices “Facienda” a great review, stating “it´s confident music that refuses to aknowledge it´s own limitations”. Check it out!   Read it here (in swedish)

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Great review in All About Jazz!

  • Posted on March 25, 2011
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In a review from All About Jazz, John Kelman states that  ”Facienda shows the group heading for even more expressionistic territory than ever before” , and gives the set a great review!   Read it here

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Facienda on top of the year list!

  • Posted on February 20, 2011
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Our latest release, the “Facienda” Box Set, made it to Kongsberg Jazz Festival main man Tor Dalaker Lund´s list of best releases for 2010 in the latest edition of Norwegian Jazznytt. Appreciated!!

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Reanimation!

  • Posted on February 11, 2011
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This review of the Motif concert in Krefeld, Germany in 2009, is built on the thought that …. This one is a bit puzzling even WITHOUT google translate.

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Youtube with Axel Dörner!!!

  • Posted on February 7, 2011
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Check out this nice concert video!  with Axel Dörner in Portugal Click me!

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Clean Feed Record with Axel Dörner!

  • Posted on February 7, 2011
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Axel Dörner, who toured with us in 2009 and 2010, is featured on our next release, to be released on Clean Feed in May/June. To celebrate, we are visiting the CCB in Lisbon and Coimbra Jazz Festival for two releaseconcerts in the beginning of June!!

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Review of our concert in Sendesaal

  • Posted on February 7, 2011
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Our concert in Sendesaal Bremen was reviewed in this blog, run by the people of JFK Syke, which we play in November. Those of you who speak german - enjoy!! Those of you with google translate - enjoy, but be somewhat puzzled!!   Read it

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Left to right: Atle Nymo - Sax, Håkon Mjåset Johansen - Drums, Eivind Lønning - Trumpet, Ole Morten Vågan - Bass, Håvard Wiik - Piano

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Discography

  • Facienda 3CD BoxSet (2010) Jazzland Records

    Released: May 8, 2010

  • Apo Calypso (2008) Jazzland Records

    Released: May 12, 2012

  • Expansion (2005) AIM Records

    Released: May 12, 2012

  • Motif (2004) AIM Records

    Released: May 12, 2004

  • MOTIF feat. Axel Dörner: Art Transplant (Clean Feed, 2011)

    Released: July 12, 2011

Press

  • Facienda - Side 2

    “The bassplayer, composer and band leader Ole Morten Vågan is a mere 31 years old. Despite of his relatively young age, Brønnøysund´s biggest musical export has already done more than his share - amongst them being one of the most promising musicians in Norway.” Tor Hammerø, Side2 READ THE WHOLE REVIEW

  • Facienda - Cardboard Music

    ” The music of Motif is a brilliant mixture of improvised and composed, probably even more developed than their label-mates ‘Atomic’ (a favourite on this blog). Many people talk about the way Ole Morten Vågen mixes classical, jazz and folk together in the compositions, also true for the musicians on here who draw from such [...]

  • Facienda - Free Jazz

    ” The music is composed, with discernible themes and structures, beautifully arranged, often slow to mid-tempo, and could mostly be categorised as mainstream jazz with exuberant soloing, but then you have pieces like “The Korean Barbecue Smokeout”, which is crazy, or “Seksten” which is more explorative…a very strong album, and one that will appeal to [...]

  • Facienda - All About Jazz

    “Facienda’s three discs draw a line between where Apo Calypso left off and where Motif 2011 now lives. Motif has always skirted the line between structure and spontaneity, with a general tendency to live on the freer side of the equation, but Facienda shows the group heading for even more expressionistic territory than ever before; [...]

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