Starfire (Jaga Jazzist album)

2015 studio album by Jaga Jazzist

Starfire

Studio album by

Jaga Jazzist

Released| June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01)
Genre| Post-rock, progressive rock, future jazz, jazz fusion
Length| 49:53
Label| Ninja Tune
Producer| Lars Horntveth and Jørgen Træen
Jaga Jazzist chronology
| Live with Britten Sinfonia
(2013)  | Starfire
(2015)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Guardian| [2]
Metacritic| [3]
Drowned in Sound| [4]
Resident Advisor| [5]
Consequence of Sound| positive[6]

Starfire is the sixth studio album by the Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist. It was released 1 June 2015 by Ninja Tune to positive reviews.

## Recording

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* All songs produced by Lars Horntveth and Jørgen Træen except Big City Music co-produced by Marcus Forsgren.
* Arranged by Lars Hornveth and Jaga Jazzist.
* Mixed by Jørgen Træen in Duper.
* Mastered by Greg Calbi.
* Recorded by Lars Horntveth in Pooka Studio (Oslo/Los Angeles), Jørgen Træen and Marcus Forsgren in EngfeltForsgren Studio (Oslo), Even Ormestad in Albatross Recorders (Oslo) and Martin Horntveth in Wallpaper (Oslo).

## Personnel

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* Marcus Forsgren \- Electric guitar, synthesizers, programming and vocals
* Lars Horntveth \- guitars, lap steel guitar, clarinets, saxophones, flute, synthesizers, bass guitar, programming, piano and vocals
* Even Ormestad \- bass guitar and bass synthesizer
* Line Horntveth \- tuba, flute, glockenspiel, euphonium and vocals
* Erik Johannessen \- trombone and vocals
* Martin Horntveth \- drums, typatune, tubular bells, percussion and programming
* Øystein Moen \- synthesizers, programming, piano and Hammond Organ
* Andreas Mjos \- vibraphone, guitar and synthesizers

## Track listing

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All tracks written by Lars Hornveth.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Starfire"| 8:47
2.| "Big City Music"| 14:07
3.| "Shinkansen"| 7:43
4.| "Oban"| 12:41
5.| "Prungen"| 6:35
Total length:| 49:53

## References

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1. ^ "Allmusic review". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
2. ^ "avclub review". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
3. ^ "Metacritic". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
4. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
5. ^ "Resident Advisor review". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
6. ^ "Consequence of Sound review". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.

## External links

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* Starfire at Discogs

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Jaga Jazzist

* Lars Horntveth
* Line Horntveth
* Martin Horntveth
* Andreas Mjøs
* Even Ormestad
* Erik Johannessen
* Øystein Moen
* Marcus Forsgren

* Harald Frøland
* Ivar Christian Johansen
* Jonas Bendiksen
* Lars Wabø
* Mads Jansen
* Marius Hesby
* Tomas Viken
* Lars Erik Myran
* Jørgen Munkeby
* Håvard Myklebust
* Torgeir Audunson
* Bjørn Strand
* Sjur Miljeteig
* Mathias Eick
* Morten Qvenild
* Ketil Einarsen
* Andreas Hessen Schei
* Anders Hana
* Stian Westerhus

Studio albums|

* Jævla Jazzist Grete Stitz (1996)
* A Livingroom Hush (2002)
* The Stix (2003)
* What We Must (2005)
* One-Armed Bandit (2010)
* Starfire (2015)
* Pyramid (2020)

Collaboration albums|

* In the Fishtank 10 (2003)

Live albums|

* Live with Britten Sinfonia (2013)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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