Butcher and Nilssen-Love met for the first time when Paal opened up for John's concert at Blå, Oslo in 1999. But their first playing together was in 2002, when Paal organised a small tour in Scandinavia. Music from 2 of these concerts is out as Concentric on the Portugese Clean Feed label.
Interestingly, Matt Hutchinson - synthist in Chris Burn's Ensemble - played with Paal's father, Terry Love, in the 1960s.

In April 2006 John was invited to play two concerts with the Sten Sendall Trio - with Paal and Johan Berthling - and this quartet visited the Vancouver Jazz Festival in summer 2007. Their first concert has been released as the CD Strokes.

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Sten Sandell - piano & electronics
John Butcher - saxophones, acoustic/amplified/feedback
Johan Berthling - bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums and percussion

Read :: David Grubbs' Sleeve Notes :: Dusted

Concentric

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John Butcher - saxophones
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums and percussion

Read :: Bill Meyer's Sleeve Notes :: Paris Transatlantic :: all about jazz

"Not so much sheets of sound, but entire kingsize mattresses rain down." Wire.

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