A member of drone-improv band Huntsville and the more abstruse Dans les arbres who has given Ballrogg a facelift with Cabin Music (Hubro, 2012), Norwegian guitarist Ivar Grydeland has built a busy career as a performer and as co-head of the extremely left-of-center SOFA Music. In most live contexts, like his 2007 Punkt Festival appearances with Huntsville and Dans les arbres—and whether acoustic or electric, effected or not—Grydeland has always positioned himself on the outré side of things, often being nearly indiscernible as a guitarist, so unorthodox is his overall technique. Melodies seem...
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