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Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit

Review by Paul Clarke

It’s unlikely to be coincidence that Jaga Jazzist’s third album ends with the noise of helicopters. This is, after all, a record t»

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the brand new brilliant and unique album from norwegian supergroup jaga jazzist. it has been four years since we heard from the band that perhaps more than any has defined the contemporary norwegian music scene in the intersecting landscapes of jazz, pop and electronica. jaga jazzist has been referred to as a ten-headed chimera; a sweet sounding powerhouse of swaggering horns, feline jazz, clever electronics and subtle rock; an instrumental panoply brought together in travels along lush melodic ridges or pooled into cascades of catchy music. now a new record is completed, but this time around the ten heads have been replaced with another image; that of the one-armed bandit.
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