Audio CD: Steinar Aadnekvam presents; from Pernambuco – Brasil; ABACAXEIRO (2011)

released October 1, 2011

Steinar Aadnekvam – Guitar | Alexandre Ferreira – Flute, Sax, Pifanú |
Junior Areia – Bass | Carlos Amarelo – Percussion | Guga ‘Rasta’ Santos – Poem (track 1)

Recorded at Estudio Muzak, Recife – PE (Brasil). Engineer André Oliveira. Nature ambience (Engenho Santa Fé, Nazaré Da Mata) on-location recordings by Flavio ‘Mamoha’ Andrade. Editet by Povel Ohlsson. Mixed and Mastered by Jon Allan at OAL Studio, Sollentuna – Sweden. Graphic designer Patric Thorman. Photos by Mariana Menezes Lindén. Produced by Steinar Aadnekvam.

Selected album reviews:
“Extraordinary! A pleasant and enriching experience of the new musical cosmos. Along with diverse sounds from the rain forest
here is a display of brilliant and inventive guitar playing.” – Rocktimes (Germany) | “An evocative audition of the regions rythms and ambient sounds. A quirky, spirited audio postcard from the Brazilian backlands” – fRoots Magazine (UK) | “Sammen med fløytist/saksofonist Alexandre Ferreira, kontrabassist Junior Areia og perkusjonist Carlos Amarelo spiller han den temperamentfulle musikken med stort hjerte og ditto ferdighet. Globetrotteren Aadnekvam er stadig en sjelden fugl i den norske gitaristfaunaen, og han blir ikke mindre interessant å følge etter denne brasilianske erklæringen.” – Dagbladet (Norge) | “Man kann “Abacaxeiro” hören, so oft man will. Was immer bleiben wird, ist die Faszination an einer Gitarre, die, weit weg von den kunstvollen, klugen Erfindungen der Musiker in den großen Städten, dorthin zurückgebracht worden ist, wo sie und alle Musik einst herkamen – in die Natur. Von einem weltläufigen Norweger, der sein Herz in Brasilien keineswegs verloren, wohl aber bis zum Rand mit Inspiration gefüllt hat.” – JazzPodium (Germany)