Krokofant

Krokofant certainly are a progressive free of charge jazz-rock instrumental trio from Kongsberg, Bukserud, Norway, comprising guitarist Tom Hasslan, saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen, and drummer Axel Skalstad. They consider their name from a mythical creature out of a favorite Norwegian children’s track, referred to as “a lumbering trumpeting beast having a fearsome selection of tooth in its snapping jaws,” a lifeless mix between an elephant and a crocodile. It explains their sound flawlessly. The group was created in 2011 like a guitar-and-drum duo when Hasslan fulfilled Skalstad inside a acoustic guitar shop plus they started playing together, training an explosive prog-rock-meets-free-jazz sound. The trio was finished in 2012 if they experienced Mathisen, already a practiced veteran, having performed in Norwegian organizations Shagma, the Primary, and Zanussi Five. The band’s audio weds progressive rock and roll influenced by Ruler Crimson and Henry Cow towards the improvisational power of electrical jazz ensembles such as for example Terje Rypdal’s early quartet, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the free of charge jazz tendencies of Last Leave, as well as the mathy steel accuracy of Meshuggah. The trio quickly obtained recognition in Norway within a burgeoning 21st hundred years jazz-rock picture. Their self-titled debut recording was released by Rune Grammofon in March of 2014. Greeted with excitement by both rock and roll and jazz followers, the music group toured the event circuit in European countries over a lot of the next 12 months. In 2016, they surfaced using their sophomore recording, the a lot more intense Krokofant 2.