Turntable Surface

The sound of Jazzkammer is collage music mixed with free-improvisation electronica. Timbre sound textures, drones, crashing noise, digital glitches, turntable static, lowercase electronics, pop culture samplings and location recordings creates a strange soundworld. Jazzkammer live is a mixture of free-improvisation and re-composition, using a minimal set-up of casio, turntable, contact-mics, samplers, gameboy, powerbook and electronics, but pushing the limited resources to maximum results. LASSE MARHAUG and JOHN HEGRE formed Jazzkammer in 1998 after the successful live collaboration and album with Helge Sten (Deathprod/Supersilent) titled "The Comfort of Objects" on OHM Records. Their first album, "Timex" was released on Rune Grammofon in late 1999. In early 2000, their second album, titled "Hot Action Sexy Karaoke" was released on US label Ground Fault Recordings. In June Jazzkammer will be ready with a new album, titled Rolex, on Smalltown Supersound. This album will co