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Master-drummer Audun Kleive returns to the Jazzland-label with his first solo album since 2012's "Release". Kleive is one of the most revered jazz drummers in the Norwegian scene having appeared on (almost literally) countless recordings throughout his career; working along artists as Jon Balke, Petter Wettre, Jan Bang, Kari Bremnes, Arve Henriksen, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Eivind Aarset, Marilyn Mazur, Nils Petter Molvaer, David Sylvian, Arild Andersen, Jon Eberson, Mathias Eick, Jan Eggum, Sidsel Andresen, Bendik Hofseth, Per Husby, Erik Honore, Bugge Wesseltoft and Terje Rypdal.

However, in his solo incarnation, his will to explore presents a musician not to be held captive by labels or expectations. He builds experimental musical structures from unlikely elements in unique percussive forms, deliberately and skilfully avoiding cliché and obvious repetition, crafting his works with meticulous care and a critical ear, mixing (instrumental / innovative) jazz with dark (ambient) electronics.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Force De Trois
2. Procession
3. Three Movements
4. Nikola T
5. Twerk
6. Zeit
7. Dodgy Plonk Jr.
8. Universal Dancer