ATOMIC
Magnus Broo-trumpet, Fredrik Ljungkvist-tenor saxophone, Haavard Wiik-piano, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten-bass, Paal Nilssen-Love-drums
The Norwegian/Swedish Atomic is one of the key groups of the ‘new wave’ of Scandinavian jazz. Inspired by American titans like Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus, George Russell and Keith Jarrett and the European free jazz of the 60’s, this acoustic quintet plays with explosive rhythmic energy which leads to the most inflammable construction of traditional references and free expression. About the title of their debut album the band says: ‘The music is groovy, in a way it needs people, it’s searching for human contact, it’s not introverted music! We see the music for outgoing people and hopefully they see it that way too.’