Balls & Kittens, Draught And Strangling Rain, by Jæ

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1.	Adam´s Place 03:17	buy track
2.	Red Around The Eyes 03:02	buy track
3.	Jim´s Place 04:40	buy track
4.	Song Came from M. 05:22	buy track
5.	Lest I Ever Wanted 04:39	buy track
6.	Reverse 04:02	buy track
7.	Shots Being Fired 02:34	buy track
8.	Over, The White Snow 05:13	buy track
9.	Gentle Friend 04:49	buy track
10.	I Still Owe The Morning 05:47	buy track

about

We are proud to be able to present JÆ’s stunning debut album ‘Balls and Kittens, Draught and Strangling Rain’. JÆ is a solo project from the very talented Dutch musician, songwriter and singer Jessica Sligter, who has divided her time between Oslo and Amsterdam in recent years.

JÆ’s music is an eclectic mix of influences from folk, pre-war blues, jazz, classical music, free improvisation and more. Ragged and windblown, seductive and captivating, always with something unexpected lurking right around the corner. ‘I don’t attempt to polish the music into utter perfection – I’m more interested in character,’ .

Sligter is originally from Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was trained at the music conservatories in Utrecht and Amsterdam. She found a group of musicians who suited her project perfectly in Oslo’s music community. ‘I didn’t see any possibility of doing what I wanted to do musically in Amsterdam, and couldn’t find a milieu that suited me. But I did find one in Norway! When I arrived in Oslo I booked a room at a hostel, took the underground up to the Norwegian Academy of Music, and asked people coming out of the building if they were studying jazz! It was fun, but I wouldn’t do the same thing now,’ she says. ‘But that’s how I got to know some people from the young improv community, and then it was easy to make contact with many more.’

She has a versatile group of musicians joining her on the record. They come from bands/projects including Christian Wallumrød ensemble, Rockettothesky and Ingrid Olava. Contemporary composer Ole Henrik Moe jr and his wife Kari Rønnekleiv are responsibel for all string arrangements. All the members of Splashgirl, who was responsible for the first ever release on HUBRO, contribute on this quite extraordinary album.

Recorded at Grand Sport Studios, Oslo, and at home.
Mixed by Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Bonnie Prince Billy), Nashville.
Cover design: Yokoland

credits

released January 1, 2011

recorded by Christian Engfeldt @ Grand Sport Studio, Oslo,
and by Jessica Sligter
mixed by Mark Nevers @ Beech House Recording, Nashville USA
mastered @ Sten Audio Virus Lab, Oslo to be confirmed!
all songs composed, arranged and edited by J. Sligter
coverdesign by Yokoland

thanks to: all musicians, tusen takk! all friends&fam., love you. Christian Engfeldt,
Helge, Mark, Andreas & Hubro, Lars Myrvoll, Stein Torvin. Those I forgot to mention.

1: Adam's Place:
vocals, guitar, melodica: J. Sligter
strings: Ole Henrik Moe & Kari Rønnekleiv
el.bass: Juhani Silvola
tuba: Martin Taxt
bells: Jan Martin Smørdal
percussion: Kyrre Låstad

2: Red Around the Eyes:
vocals, piano: J. Sligter
guitar: Jan Martin Smørdal
piano: Andreas Løwe

3: Jim´s Place:
vocals: J. Sligter
vocals: Daniel Meyer Grønvold
guitar, vocals: Jan Martin Smørdal
piano, harmonium: Andreas Løwe
percussion: Kyrre Låstad, Andreas Lonmø Knudsrød
strings: Ole Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv

4: Song came from M.:
vocals, piano: J. Sligter
vocals, ukelele: Daniel Meyer Grønvold
vocals, guitar: Jan Martin Smørdal
tuba: Martin Taxt
tenor saxophone, flute: Espen Reinertsen

5: Reverse:
vocals, flute, recorder: J. Sligter
guitar: Jan Martin Smørdal
ukelele: Daniel Meyer Grønvold
mandolin: Juhani Silvola
tuba: Martin Taxt
trumpet: Eivind Lønning
singing saw, violin: Ole Henrik Moe
tambourine: Kyrre Låstad

6: Shots Being Fired:
vocals, whistling, piano, recorder, flute: J. Sligter
vocals: Daniel Meyer Grønvold
vocals: Jan Martin Smørdal
tuba: Martin Taxt
trumpet: Eivind Lønning

7: Over, the White Snow:
vocals, whistling: J. Sligter
guitar, vocals: Jan Martin Smørdal
ukelele, vocals: Daniel Meyer Grønvold
strings: Ole Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv

8: Gentle Friend:
vocals, guitar: J. Sligter
guitar: Viljam Nybacka
bass, autoharp: Jo Berger Myhre
strings: Ole Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv
singing saw: Ole Henrik Moe

9: I still owe the morning:
vocals: J. Sligter
guitar: Håvard Skaset
drums, percussion: Kyrre Låstad
trumpet: Eivind Lønning
singing saw: Ole Henrik Moe

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