Art Metal (album)
Art Metal is an album by bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg, released in 2007 through Bardo Records. It is the debut recording by Hellborg's project of the same name, Art Metal, borrowing the aesthetic of contemporary metal expanded with Indian and jazz improvisational disciplines.
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | at The Bunker, The Red House and at Aspoe Island | |||
| Genre | Art rock, heavy metal, world music, jazz, rock, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 49:40 | |||
| Label | Bardo | |||
| Producer | Jonas Hellborg | |||
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With longtime collaborator, South Indian percussion master V. Selvaganesh, the bass virtuoso explores this new path with three Swedish exponents of the modern metal scene, Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Stratovarius) and Anders Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen and HammerFall) and, completing the ensemble, guitarist Mattias IA Eklundh. The music has been slowly brewed over 18 months to find the spaces where the elements of the seemingly disparate musical traditions can comfortably coexist, even gel into new forms of sonic art.[1][2][3]
Songs / tracks listing
All tracks are written by Jonas Hellborg
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Muthucutpor" | 5:08 |
| 2. | "Manirambha" | 5:48 |
| 3. | "Nataraja" | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Solitude" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "The Three Princes of Serendip" | 11:18 |
| 6. | "Round Metal Hat" | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Vyakhyan - kar" | 5:58 |
| 8. | "Art Metal" | 9:23 |
Personnel
- Cover Art – Magnus Bergström
- Bass – Jonas Hellborg
- Drums – Anders Johansson
- Guitar – Mattias IA Eklundh
- Kanjira – Selvaganesh
- Keyboards – Jens Johansson
- Mixed By, Mastered By – Jens Johansson, Jonas Hellborg
- Producer – Jonas Hellborg
References
- Friedland, Ed (June 2008). "Jonas Hellborg: Take the Reins". JazzTimes Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- Milkowski, Bill (May 2008). "Jonas Hellborg Art Metal". JazzTimes Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
Hellborg's latest outing, his 22nd as a leader, is as original as it is audacious.
- Bardo Music Inc. (October 2007). "Art Metal". bardorecords.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
This CD subtitled Vyakhyan-kar, north Indian name for a travelling story teller, is a free and open display of symbiotic musical streams that have traveled down mountain ranges in very separate parts of the world but carried the same musical water. When mixed there is no separation it is clear and fresh. Because water is water as music is music.