Cartography (album)

Cartography
Studio album by Arve Henriksen
Released	November 3, 2008
Length	42:43
Label	ECM Records
Producer	Arve Henriksen
Arve Henriksen chronology
Strjon (2007) Cartography (2008) Places Of Worship (2013)

Cartography (released 3 November 2008 in Germany on the label ECM Records – ECM 2086) is an album by Arve Henriksen.^[1][2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[1]
Allmusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]

Background

On the album Cartography, Henriksen takes us into varied soundscapes that evoke streams of images. Together with his longtime companions Jan Bang and Erik Honore, they add all sort of sampling, processing and production to the mix.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Poverty And Its Opposite" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Audun Kleive, Jan Bang)	5:35
2.	"Before And Afterlife" (Written by Arve Henriksen, David Sylvian, Jan Bang)	6:43
3.	"Migration" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang)	5:41
4.	"From Birth" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Audun Kleive, Jan Bang)	2:44
5.	"Ouija" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Erik Honoré, Jan Bang)	2:40
6.	"Recording Angel" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang)	6:23
7.	"Assembly" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Erik Honoré, Jan Bang)	3:55
8.	"Loved One" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang)	4:04
9.	"The Unremarkable Child" (Written by Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang)	2:04
10.	"Famine’s Ghost" (Part one written by Henriksen, Honoré, Bang, William Brooks, Part two written by Henriksen, Kleive, Bang, Storløkken)	4:28
11.	"Thermal" (Lyrics by David Sylvian, music written by Henriksen, Kleive, Aarset, Bang)	2:27
12.	"Sorrow And Its Opposite" (Written by Asbjørn Arntsen, Eyvind Skeie)	4:29

Personnel

• Arve Henriksen - trumpet, voice, field recordings
• Jan Bang – live sampling, beats programming, dictaphone, organ samples
• Erik Honoré – synthesizer, samples, field recordings, choir samples
• Eivind Aarset – guitars
• Ståle Storløkken – synthesizer, samples
• Lars Danielsson – double bass
• Audun Kleive – percussion, drums
• Vérène Andronikof – vocals
• Anna Maria Friman – voice
• Trio Mediæval – voice samples
• David Sylvian – voice, samples, programming

Credits

• String arrangement, programming by Helge Sunde
• Vocal arrangements by Vytas Sondeckis
• Design by Sascha Kleis
• Treatment effects by Arnaud Mercier
• Mastered by Helge Sten
• Cover photography by Thomas Wunsch
• Linear photography by Johanna Diehl
• Recording, engineering, mixing by Erik Honoré and Jan Bang (tracks: #3-10.1, 12)
• Produced by Erik Honoré, Jan Bang

Notes

• Recorded, engineered and mixed at Punkt Studio, Kristiansand, except
  • Track 1 - Recorded live at Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, June 2005, Overdubs recorded at Punkt Studio
  • Track 2, Part one - Recorded at Samadhisound, Trumpet recorded at 7.de Etage Additional trumpet recorded at Punkt Studio
  • Track 10, Part Two - Recorded live at Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, August 2006
  • Track 11 - Recorded live at Stadtgarten, Cologne, Assembled at Punkt Studio, Voice recorded at Samadhisound
• Mastered at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo
• An ECM Production^[2][5]

References

1. Kelman, John (2012-07-04). "Arve Henriksen: Cartography (2008)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
2. "Arve Henriksen – Cartography". ECM Records. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
3. Nastos, Michael G. "Arve Henriksen - Cartography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
4. Nicholson, Stuart (2009-01-18). "Arve Henriksen, Cartography". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
5. "Arve Henriksen – Cartography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

External links

• Arve Henriksen Official Website