Sonic Codex

Sonic Codex is an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.^[1][2]

This fourth solo album Sonic Codex from Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset incorporates concepts from his earlier albums, restates, elaborates and reinforces them to generate a genuine masterpiece, that might be a defining moment in both Aarset's career and the history of Jazzland. Sonic Codex puts forward rules of engagement that Aarset collaborate with the audience, and very deliberately quotes and redefines the musicality that made up his previous three albums, “Electronique Noire”, “Light Extracts”, and “Connected”, yet also points his way forward: it is an innovative present that simultaneously summarizes the past, and predicts the future.

The review of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album 4 stars (dice).^[2]

1. «Sign Of Seven» (6:26) Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik Baritone guitar & celesta – Audun Erlien
2. «Quicksilver Dream» (6:23) Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik Drums – Anders Engen Featuring (sample) – Punkt
3. «Dröbak Saray» (6:47) Synthesizer – Audun Erlien & Wetle Holte
4. «Cameo» (5:17) Celesta – Wetle Holte
5. «Still Changing» (8:11) Banjo – Tor Egil Kreken Organ (Wurlitzer), vocal sampler – Audun Erlien Synthesizer & piano – Wetle Holte
6. «Black Noise/White Silence» (3:06) Electric bass – Marius Reksjø
7. «Family Pictures III» (3:38) Electric bass – Eivind Aarset Sampler (field Recording), producer – Erik Honoré Sampler & producer – Jan Bang
8. «Sleeps With Fishes» (6:28)
9. «The Return Of Black Noise And Murky Lamabada» (11:34) Electric bass – Marius Reksjø

• Acoustic bass – Marius Reksjø (tracks: 1–2, 8)
• Drums, percussion & programming – Wetle Holte
• Electric bass – Audun Erlien (tracks: 3–5)
• Guitars, kalimba, percussion (logdrum), programming, glockenspiel & additional recordings – Eivind Aarset
• Artwork – Stoffen Games
• Mastering – Thomas Eberger
• Mezcla: Erik Honoré, Mike Hartung (pistas: 1, 5), Reidar Skår (pistas: 2, 6, 8–9), Ulf Holand (pistas: 3–4)
• Fotografía (portada) – Fin Sersk-Hanssen
• Fotografía (de Eivind Aarset) – Johannes Rodach
• Productor: Eivind Aarset, Erik Honoré (pistas: 7), Jan Bang (pistas: 7)
• Grabación: Erik Honoré (pistas: 7), Espen Gundersen (pistas: 3 a 5), ​​Mike Hartung (pistas: 1 a 2, 6, 8 a 9)
• Grabación (clarinete y clarinete bajo) – Pelle Fridell (pistas: 1–2, 5)

• Fragmento de la pista 2 tomado de "Body Language", que aparece en el álbum "Crime Scenes".
• Las pistas 1, 2, 6, 8 y 9 fueron grabadas en Propeller Studio.
• Las pistas 3 a 5 fueron grabadas en Audiopol.
• La pista 7 fue grabada en Punkt Studios.
• Clarinete y clarinete bajo grabados en la sala Pelles.
• Grabaciones adicionales en Katakomben
• Las pistas 1 y 5 se mezclaron en Propeller Studio.
• Las pistas 3 y 4 se mezclaron en Lydlab.
• Las pistas 2, 6, 8 y 9 se mezclaron a 7 etg.
• La pista 7 se mezcló en Punkt Studios.
• Masterizado en Cutting Room, Estocolmo ^{[ 3 ]}

• Sitio web oficial de Eivind Aarset