Kaleidoscopic

Follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut album, Pooka, by Jaga Jazzist leader. Kaleidoscopic consists of one 37 minute long composition and was recorded with 41 members of the Latvian National Orchestra (34 string players, three percussionists, clarinet, flute, bass trombone and one harp), with Lars Horntveth himself playing piano, horns and clarinets. Lars' dogma in creating this album was to write the music chronologically into an open, endless score, similar to a diary. Intending for the music to flow from idea to idea, Lars wanted the score to grow and develop along with his state of mind. The album is a journey in sound, its form fitting somewhere between Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians and KLF's Chill Out. It is a musical experience from start to finish, an auditory trip into very different rooms and moods, with great contrast and surprises from one musical genre to the next.