Oofotr II

Oofotr II (released 2001 in Norway by Grappa Music, Heilo catalog – HCD 7169) is a Norwegian studio album by the band Oofotr performing traditional music from Ofoten, like World Ambient, in a Nordic Traditional style.^[1][2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Dagbladet	[1]

Oofotr II
Studio album by Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk Jørn Øien Kjersti Stubø Arve Furset, Gunnar Andreas Berg Ivar Gafseth
Released	2001
Recorded	Volt Studio, Oslo Skansen Lydstudio, Trondheim
Genre	World Ambient
Length	48:17
Label	Heilo catalog on Grappa Music
Producer	Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk
Oofotr chronology
Oofotr (1985) Oofotr II (2001)

Review

Oofotr II is the second album from this acclaimed Norwegian jazz trio. The project of presenting electronic versions of traditional music from Ofoten in Nordland, is resilient and deserve attention. Keyboardist Jørn Øien and Arve Furset, drummer Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk and vocalist Kjersti Stubø creates intense soundscapes, heavily melody-based, but with a wide enough range of rhythms, harmonies, beats and timbres that they are far more interesting music to listen to, than a lot of other computer based music. The term ambient world is printed on the cover, and it may so be, but the album consists of a series of fine tunes anyway.^[1][2]

Reception

The review by the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 4.^[1]

Personnel

Standard lineup

• Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk – drums and percussions
• Jørn Øien – keyboards
• Kjersti Stubø – vocals

Additional musicians

• Arve Furset – keyboard
• Gunnar Andreas Berg – guitar
• Ivar Gafseth – vocals

Track listing

1. «Meeting of the Hidden» (5:35), vocals by Ivar Gafseth
2. «The Soul» (4:56)
3. «New World» (3:34)
4. «The Message» (6:42)
5. «Walking in the Desert» (4:01)
6. «O Lam jeg Ser» (3:13)
7. «Poorboy» (4:41)
8. «Where You Go» (6:51)
9. «Land Of Babel» (5:15), feat. Gunnar Andreas Berg (mixed by Rune Holme)
10. «The Face» (6:42)

Credits

• Featuring Arve Furset
• All titles based on trad folk songs from Ofoten, Norway
• Recorded and mixed in Volt Studio, Oslo
• Engineer Arve Furset
• Mastered in Skansen Lydstudio, Trondheim, by Stein Brattland
• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 produced by Arve Furset and Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk
• Tracks 3, 5, 9 produced by Arve Furset and Jørn Øien
• Executive producer: Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk^[3]

References

• Norway portal
• Jazz portal

1. Monsnes, Terje (8 January 2002). "Oofotr – Folketoner fra Lofoten i maskindrakt" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
2. Hammerø, Tor (15 May 2001). "Oofotr: Oofotr II – Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
3. "Oofotr – Oofotr II – World Ambient". MusicOnline.no.