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Magnetic North Orchestra Today Continues To Develop An Original Sound Resting On The Traditions Of Jazz North– And West–african And Contemporary Classical Music.The Concept Is Based On Avoiding Application Of Elements Of These Forms And Rather Developing A New Kind Of Pulsating Chamber Music By Learning From The Inner Energy That These Traditional Forms Posess. MNO Had Its Debut At The Vossajazz Festival In Norway. The Idea Was To Combine A Large Percussion Group A String-Quartet And A Jazz Sextet To Explore The Palette Of Sound And Possibilities That This Instrumentation Could Give. From This Starting Point The Orchestra Has Developed Into A Kind Of "umbrella" Concept That Includes A Nucleus Of 8 Musicians That Cooperates With Larger Groups On Special Projects And Splits Up In Smaller Segments For Special Purposes. The Trilogy "Further" ECM Records 1992 "Solarized" Emarcy And "Kyanos" ECM Cover The Groups Developments Over 10 Years Of Touring And Performing Around The World. "Diverted Travels" 2004 Marks The Start Of A New Direction For The Group. The Orchestra Has Toured With Different Line-Ups And Has Enjoyed The Collaboration With The Outstanding Percussion Players Like Marilyn Mazur And Rubem Dantas As Well As Fine String Players Like The Cikada String Quartet And Trondheimsolistene. Important Is Also The Multi-Media Stage Productions "SPINN" With Dancer Isnel Da Silveira And "EXPLO 97" A Concert Including Dancers Giorgio Rossi And Flavia Marini Plus 30 Amateur Dancers From Molde Norway.
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Magnetic North Orchestra Today Continues To Develop An Original Sound Resting On The Traditions Of Jazz North– And West–african And Contemporary Classical Music.The Concept Is Based On Avoiding Application Of Elements Of These Forms And Rather Developing A New Kind Of Pulsating Chamber Music By Learning From The Inner Energy That These Traditional Forms Posess. MNO Had Its Debut At The Vossajazz Festival In Norway. The Idea Was To Combine A Large Percussion Group A String-Quartet And A Jazz Sextet To Explore The Palette Of Sound And Possibilities That This Instrumentation Could Give. From This Starting Point The Orchestra Has Developed Into A Kind Of "umbrella" Concept That Includes A Nucleus Of 8 Musicians That Cooperates With Larger Groups On Special Projects And Splits Up In Smaller Segments For Special Purposes. The Trilogy "Further" ECM Records 1992 "Solarized" Emarcy And "Kyanos" ECM Cover The Groups Developments Over 10 Years Of Touring And Performing Around The World. "Diverted Travels" 2004 Marks The Start Of A New Direction For The Group. The Orchestra Has Toured With Different Line-Ups And Has Enjoyed The Collaboration With The Outstanding Percussion Players Like Marilyn Mazur And Rubem Dantas As Well As Fine String Players Like The Cikada String Quartet And Trondheimsolistene. Important Is Also The Multi-Media Stage Productions "SPINN" With Dancer Isnel Da Silveira And "EXPLO 97" A Concert Including Dancers Giorgio Rossi And Flavia Marini Plus 30 Amateur Dancers From Molde Norway.
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