New music from DUPLEX feat. two exciting guests!

DUPLEX'(Harald Lassen and Christian Meaas Svendsen) new release Setsuna is now available wherever you get your music. On this track we´ve invited Anja Lauvdal(Broen, Moskus) and Per Oddvar Johansen(The Source) to enrich our music. Lovely contribution! 

Setsuna may be your winter track this year ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

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Rainbow Session receives almost 5 out of 5 possible stars in DownBeat!

Recorded at Rainbow Studios, the brilliant, self-produced Rainbow Session is Norwegian saxophonist Harald Lassen’s move away from his better-known indie excursions (Pixel, Mopti, Duplex). Six Lassen pieces with Belgian’s LABtrio range from swinging ("Life So Far") to outward-bound (“Gayspectations”). 
Lassen’s full-throated tenor (think Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, Chris Potter) meshes surprisingly well on this made-on-tour recording. There’s an ease with pulse and cadence that channels early Ornette Coleman on the playful “Okay, I’m Harald.” The almost-11-minute “Your Impression” is a good example of Lassen’s penchant for letting others shine. This quiet number is a showcase for pianist Bram De Looze, the music introspective, patient, open-ended and quietly explosive. DB
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Source: http://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/rainbow...

Rainbow Session (CD & vinyl) is now available in web store

Rainbow Session is now available in Harald Lassen Store and ready to be shipped (almost) wherever you are! 

And there is more: in just few weeks a new hillarious product will be available. Something you can where. Something for the old cats and the young hipsters. Oh yeah!

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One of the most important jazz albums this year - Dagens Næringsliv
The musicianship, soundscapes and compositions are all present to such an extent one can’t help but be impressed - Jazznytt
Norway´s new talent with fresh and characteristic music - JazzTokyo
What a fun and wildly expressive album! - BirdIsTheWorm
Acoustic jazz at its best! - Dagsavisen
What a debut! - Tor Hammerø
Beautiful! - LondonJazzNews

PIXEL releasing new live video

Pixel just released a new live music video for our song "Slinky". Some months ago we went to a building at Frysja in Oslo and we recorded different songs in this beautiful painted hall. Few weeks later this art center and building was demolished because our government rather would have soulless apartments than art centers in our city:/ We're happy we got to record our songs at Frysja and we hope that you like them! First out: Slinky. Enjoy!
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Pixel performs the song "Slinky" from the album "Golden Years" (Cuneiform Records, 2015) at Frysja i Oslo, Norway Video by Revers Produksjon. Jonas Kilmork Vemøy // Ellen Andrea Wang // Harald Lassen // Jon Audun Baar

R.I.P. Harald Lassen New Quartet. Long live LASSEN!

We´re changing our band name! Harald Lassen New Quartet will from now on be called LASSEN. Short, hot and sexy:)The fun thing is that the meaning of "lassen" in German is "to let" which I find quite poetic and it fits well with the vibe of the band and our music. The original name felt more like buiIding up my own name and carrier - too much ME ME ME - rather than creating something together. LASSEN feels more like a band - which it is. I believe in the fellowship and community in music and improvisation. Not the individuals. It's interesting and a bit depressing to see how focused the jazz scene is on individuals and their names - which is kind of a paradox when you think about the core of this music - the collective improvisation and interplay.

Anyway - luckily there will be no other changes (except from ongoing development in the music).  Still the best line up ever with Bram De Looze, Stian Andersen and Tore Flatjord