Thread for Ola Kvernberg

Seems there's been some interest generated in the EOY slander & hype thread abt his new album Steamdome2: the Hypogean I stumbled across it on rym & was pleasantly surprised; I've gotten tons of mileage out of it & I think its prob one of the standout releases this year

This thread was prob necessary just in order for me crowdfarm an adequate description: rym refers to it as "nu-jazz & progressive electronic" & thats prob good for the first track Arpy which starts out as charming neoprog & becomes, a few minutes in, entirely subsumed by windtunnel italo (as imago referred to it, "RIDING a HORSE THROUGH SPACE", lol) but much of the rest of the album is devoted to a sort of weird proggy version of 70s afrobeat? It sounded kinda corny tp me, like maybe 70s film scores corny? But the corniness is a distinctly ILX-friendly version of corniness...like almost a disco vibe? So maybe its like balearic afrobeat neoprog idk? I'll leave links to most of the album so maybe you guys can come up w something...

"Arpy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWwkmDwTC2U

"Get Down"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvBOejHbmP4

"Hypogean"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JLK_OebkQw

"Devil Worm"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMeDr5jzOBI

Yeah, it's great. 'Arpy' was one of the last things to make it (high) on my ballot, would have voted for the album too if I'd managed to get in a proper number of listens before deadline.

I realise "great" is not adequately descriptive for your purposes, sorry. ;_;

I sent this to a friend and called it Norwegian space-prog-jazz, but I'm not sure that's otm either. I don't much hear afrobeat in the mix (I might just interpret that as jazz), but I am still learning this album

I first used the phrase 'riding a horse through space' to refer to Michael Garrison's 'Escape'. It is a fine birthright to obtain and this is a fine album, although I too voted Arpy rather than the whole thing

"space/prog/jazz" works for me!

Norwegian space-prog-jazz nonetheless

(I dont listen to a ton of jazz so its possible that I might not even recognize it but say the low end on Get Down feels v Fela to me)

I forgot to post Carbonado, which is another track I love; there's this bonkers climb about three-fourths the way through that almost gives me the spins every time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyAh9HQvB0

the low end on Get Down feels v Fela to me

ok queuing up this track I immediately get what you're saying