Horntveth, Lars

***BACK IN STOCK!!! Follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut album, Pooka, by JAGA JAZZIST leader LARS HORNTVETH. Kaleidoscopic consists of one 37-minute long composition and was recorded with 41 members of the LATVIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA (34 string players, 3 percussionists, clarinet, flute, bass trombone & one harp), with Horntveth himself playing piano, horns & clarinets. Lars' dogma in creating this album was to write the music chronologically into an open, endless score, similar to a diary. Intending for the music to flow from idea to idea, Lars wanted the score to grow and develop along with his state of mind. The album is a journey in sound, its form fitting somewhere between Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians & KLF's Chill Out. It is a musical experience from start to finish, an auditory trip into very different rooms & moods, with great contrast & surprises from one musical genre to the next.