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Shining (Norway) (Music)
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Shining is a Genre-Busting band from Norway that has had several distinct shifts in style through its history. The band is a Spin-Off of Jaga Jazzist started by saxophonist, guitarist, vocalist, flautist, clarinetist, etc. Jørgen Munkeby, who has been the only consistent member. They should not be confused with the identically named band from Sweden, as they often are. They are sometimes referred to as "Shining (Nor)" or "Shining (Norway)" to avert this (similarly, the Swedes would be referred to as "Shining (Swe)" or "Shining (Sweden)").Shining started out performing fairly traditional acoustic jazz on their first album, 2001's Where the Ragged People Go (named after a line from Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer"). Their second album, Sweet Shanghai Devil (2003), was also acoustic, but incorporated more influence from avant-garde jazz musicians like Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane.The band's first major transformation came with 2005's In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (named after a line from Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, later reused for a song title on their next album). On this album, they introduced vocals, electric guitars and, on some songs, heavy metal riffs. The style and instrumentation between songs varied widely, and the album is generally categorised as jazz fusion, Progressive Rock, and/or Avant-Garde Music. It is their last album with their original lineup before they became a Revolving Door Band, and it is considered their commerical and artistic breakthrough. Its successor Grindstone (2007) continued in a similar style, but it is usually considered an Even Better Sequel and something of a refinement of this style (despite also being even more avant-garde than its predecessor).Around this time, Shining and their compatriots in the legendary progressive black metal band Enslaved were commissioned to compose and perform a work that was ultimately entitled The Armageddon Concerto. It has not been officially released in its entirety, though it was broadcast on the Internet, and some of its movements were later rearranged for Shining's next album, 2010's Blackjazz (the seventh movement became "Fisheye", and the opening served as the vinyl bonus track "RMGDN").Blackjazz served to introduce the band to even wider audiences, and it saw the band incorporate Industrial Metal and Black Metal influence into its sound without (as its title implied) losing the jazz influence. Jørgen Munkeby attributed the shift in sound partially to the Armageddon Concerto, partially to his work with compatriots In Lingua Mortua (also progressive black metal), and partially due to pragmatism: the complexity of the earlier albums' arrangements made many songs impractical to reproduce live, necessitating radical rearrangements. The band's new style, by contrast, could be reproduced live more or less note-for-note. There was something of a Broken Base as some listeners found the new sound too abrasive to stomach, but many more came in, some from Munkeby's frequent collaborations with other artists (Ihsahn was another) and some from the widespread praise the album received throughout the rock, metal, and jazz presses.Live Blackjazz (2011) showed off the band's live sound and received similar acclaim. One One One (2013) demonstrated a move to more concise songwriting, but otherwise maintained the instrumental complexity of the band's earlier material. International Blackjazz Society (2015) is somewhere between the styles of Blackjazz and One One One.Shining continues to evolve as a band, remaining one of the most unpredictable and innovative bands in whatever genre they choose to work.Albums | |
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