Name: Gladiator
Brand: Per Mathisen, Jan Gunnar Hoff and Gary Novak

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LOS2362

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-05

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

7090025832369

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Per Mathisen, Jan Gunnar Hoff and Gary Novak

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Losen Records

In this release, electric/acoustic jazz fusion trio Per Mathisen, Jan Gunnar Hoff Hoff and Gary Novak use the rise and fall of the Roman empire as a metaphor to today's world events. They start with the uprising of hostility and fear-mongering, where freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of gatherings, even rights to decide over our own bodies, are all taken away in an instance.

If you follow the tracks and titles from start to end, the album has a curve , beginning with the composition, 'Turn the Tide'. It has an uneasy A section which gives the feeling of something worrying in the air, but when the very optimistic B part comes the fear and anxiety disappears. It tells us that everything is fine but is a cover-up for what's coming. Moving on, the themes reflect war and conflict, but there are also quieter moments, inspired by the fact that the sun comes up everyday, even in the most devastating times.

Gladiator

Music GB