Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - (Exit) Knarr live at artacts '22 (2025)

Experience the power and emotion of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr in this rare live recording. Originally commissioned by the renowned Vossa Jazz Festival in 2020, this large-ensemble work is a deeply personal journey, paying homage to the people, music, and places that have shaped Ingebrigt’s career as a touring musician across Austin, Chicago, and Europe.

Drawing inspiration from jazz, free jazz, avant-garde, world music, and psychedelic rock, the music features an extraordinary ensemble of talents. From celebrated artists like Mette Rasmussen, Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir, Erik Kimestad Pedersen, Joakim Rainer Petersen, Olaf Olsen, and Atle Nymo, each musician contributes to the vibrant and exploratory energy of the performance.

This album captures the spirit of a live concert from the last concert of an EU tour (and last tour with this lineup) at artacts '22 festival, recorded at the Alte Gerberei in St. Johann in Tirol.

"From loose elements to a cohesive form: this is one of the great strengths of Håker Flaten's (Exit) Knarr. In the vinyl recording of the concert at the St. Johann artacts 2022 festival, this approach is no different than on the magnificent preceding album, Breezy. What begins with Spanish-inspired chords in Håkkåran culminates in a collective anthem where all the performers play their souls, steering toward a finale reminiscent of Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra.

In Chaos Pad / À la lalala love you, there’s a sharp uptick in tempo, accompanied by a powerful horn section. Such saxophones! Side two of the record opens as an expansive centerpiece, before Pedersen’s trumpet steps into the spotlight, true to the title Miles Ave. Meanwhile, Jonsdottir—daughter of Jon—creates unexpected counterpoints on electric guitar.

The concluding track, Museumsplein, begins as another anthem but is gradually deconstructed, torpedoed until it falls apart into its individual fragments, leaving us staring at the shards before us." - Freistil