REVIEW: PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE - STICKS AND STONES

 

PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE - STICKS AND STONES (Sofa Recs. , 2001):

Technical Data:

Recorded in Sofienberg Cgurch, Oslo - February 2001 by Thomas Hukkelberg

Produced by Paal Nilssen-Love. Co-produced by Ivar Grydeland.

Cover Painting: "Tangle" by Terry Nilssen-Love

Track list: 1-No way Out II, 2-Snap, 3-Sweet and Lovely, 4-Butterfly Wings, 5-Gulebøy, 6-Dots, 7-Spots, 8-Fast Colour, 9-B, 10-Hedda, 11-No Way In

Master percussionist/drummer Paal Nilssen Love recorded this CD on February of this year in the Sofienberg Church in Oslo. To express himself as can be heard through all this recording he used three different kits: a stripped down kit (consisting in hihat, snare and cymbal), a conventional jazz kit and an extended kit with additional cymbals, bells and stuff. What can I say? This guy knows how to express himself through his instrument and he has a great technique to play it. I find very interesting the difference between all the tracks here, some of them more complex, some of them less but always imaginative and creative. Tracks like "Sweet and Lovely" or "Butterfly Wings" show how much Nilssen-Love can explore and improvise with his instrument giving new meaning to the term drum playing. Recommended for drummers and fans of experimentation. Favorite tracks: "Fast Colour", "Spots" and "No Way In". Contact: www.norcd.no/sofa or sofa@norcd.no