An American Compilation

Nils Petter Molvaer

Since releasing his first landmark album with ECM in 1997, Nils Petter Molvaer has been awarded 3 Norwegian Grammys, a German Record Critics Award, and LA Weekly's Jazz Album of the Year, securing his place among the truly meaningful jazz musicians of his generation. Now, after focusing on the global market for years, Nils Petter Molvaer is re-entering the American market, celebrating his return with an album appropriately named An American Compilation.

This album features tracks hand selected by Nils Petter Molvaer from his previous releases, and is designed to reconnect the American audience with the depths of his musical landscape.

Credentials

Water
Double Bass – Ingebrikt Flaten*
Drums, Percussion – Rune Arnesen
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Mixed By, Co-producer – Pal <> Nyhus*, Reidar Skaar*
Programmed By – Pal <> Nyhus*
Programmed By, Edited By – Knut Saevik*
Trumpet, Keyboards, Bass – Nils Petter Molvaer*
Voice – Sidsel Endresen
2 Solid Ether
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Loops, Electronics – Raymond C. Pellicier*
Mixed By – Jack Loveband
Scraper [Vinyl Abuse] – Pal <> Nyhus*
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer*
3 Nebulizer (Edited)
Drums [Additional] – Rune Arnesen
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Mixed By – Helgs Steen*
Producer – Deathprod
Programmed By [Bassline 1], Drum Programming [Additional] – Raymond C. Pellicier*
Programmed By [Bassline 2] – Audun Erlien
Programmed By [Beats], Synth [Synth Riffs] – Teebee
Sounds [Soundscapes] – Pal <> Nyhus*
Trumpet, Voice, Drum Programming [Additional], Sounds [Ambiences] – Nils Petter Molvaer*
4 Kakonita
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Mixed By – Jack Loveband
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer*
5 Kakonita (Deathprod Mix)
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Deathprod
6 Darker (Mungolian Jet Set Metro Mix)
Bass, Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Drum Programming, Bass, Keyboards – Knut Saevik*
Drum Programming, Sounds [Ambiences] – Pal <> Nyhus*
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Knut Saevik*, Pal <> Nyhus*
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer*
7 Vilderness (Live From Hamburg)
Bass – Audun Erlien
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Loops, Electronics – Raymond C. Pellicier*
Sounds [Ambiences] – Pal <> Nyhus*
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer*
8 Little Indian
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Mixed By – Reidar Skaar*
Trumpet, Drum Programming, Sampler [Samples] – Nils Petter Molvaer*
Voice [Distant Voices] – Sidsel Endresen
9 Frozen
Bass – Audun Erlien
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Guitar [Female Arabic Guitars] – Eivind Aarset
Loops, Bass [Distorted], Edited By [Voice Editing] – Raymond C. Pellicier*
Loops, Edited By – Pal <> Nyhus*
Mixed By, Producer – Pal <> Nyhus*, Reidar Skaar*
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvaer*
10 Tabula Rasa
Guitar [Guitar Carpets] – Eivind Aarset
Mixed By – Reidar Skaar*
Trumpet, Programmed By [Treatments, Beats] – Nils Petter Molvaer*
11 Only These Things Count
Double Bass – Ingebrikt Flaten*
Drums, Percussion – Rune Arnesen
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Lyrics By, Vocals – Sidsel Endresen
Mixed By, Co-producer – Pal <> Nyhus*, Reidar Skaar*
Percussion – Helge Nordbakken*
Piano [Acoustic] – Magne Furuholmen
Scratches [Vinyl Channeling] – Pal <> Nyhus*
Trumpet, Keyboards – Nils Petter Molvaer*

Tracklist

Water
Solid Ether
Nebulizer
Katonita
Katonita (Deathprod mix)
Darker
Vilderness (Live from Hamburg)
LIttle Indian
Frozen
Tabul Rasa
Only These Things Count