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Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré: Punkt Live Remixes Vol.2

By Chris May
October 12, 2024
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Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré: Punkt Live Remixes Vol.2

The person who ought to be reviewing this album is, of course, the longtime AAJ writer and editor John Kelman/Dave Binder. Dave attended Punkt festivals on behalf of AAJ from the mid 2000s to the late 2010s, when ill-health stopped him making the long-haul flights to Norway. He was fascinated by Punkt's live- remixes, reporting on them in detail on a daily basis during the festivals. Dave was probably the first North American-based jazz writer to latch on to the remix sessions, and indeed to Punkt in general. He was certainly the first to review the events in depth. He was present at all three of the festivals chronicled on Punkt Live Remixes Vol. 2, which also covers Punkt pop-ups elsewhere in Europe. Sadly, Dave suffered a fatal heart attack in August 2024. He is missed by all who knew him.

Punkt was launched in Kristiansand, Norway in 2005 by singer

Sidsel Endresen

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Sidsel Endresen and electronicists

Jan Bang

live sampling
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Jan Bang and

Erik Honore

samples / effects
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Erik Honore. It continues to be staged each autumn. From the outset, live remixes have been a central part of the programme. The concept involves artists performing live remixes of a concert immediately after it has ended. The idea is to create a dynamic and collaborative exploration of the source material and allow audiences to witness its transformation from concert performance to its reimagined version.

Punkt programmes are so sharp that one can shave with them indefinitely and they never get blunt. Artists providing the source material for the tracks on Punkt Live Remixes Vol. 2, recorded between 2005 and 2012, include the late, great

Jon Hassell

trumpet
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Hassell, Three Trapped Tigers,

Eivind Aarset

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Eivind Aarset, Helena Tulve,

Maja S.K. Ratkje

" data-original-title="" title="">Maja S.K. Ratkje and

Ensemble Super Moderne

" data-original-title="" title="">Ensemble Super Moderne. It is a star-studded bill that would be considered ahead of its time even in 2024.

Endresen, Bang and Honoré each contribute to every remix, taking them so far out that the source material is rendered practically unrecognisable. But it is not necessary to have been at the original concert performances to thrill at their reinventions. Just imagine Jon Hassell with a headful of acid getting invasive with some digital remix/sampling kit in Malaysia or Ibiza, as was his wont, and enter the zone. It is magical realism to the max or, as the late, great

Wayne Shorter

saxophone
1933 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Wayne Shorter might have put it, zero gravity to the 90th dimension.

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Track Listing

Source material from: Maja S.K. Ratkje; Ensemble Modern; Etenesh Wassie; Ensemble Modern; Eivind Aarset; Dai Fujikura; Helena Tulve; Wassie/Sourisseau'Drake; Skuli Sverrisson.

Personnel

Sidsel Endresen

vocals

Jan Bang

live sampling

Erik Honore

samples / effects

Album information

Title: Punkt Live Remixes Vol.2 | Year Released: 2024 | Record Label: Punkt Recordings

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