Cartography (album)

Cartography
Cartography
Studio album by Arve Henriksen
Released	November 3, 2008
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:43
Label	ECM
Producer	Arve Henriksen
Arve Henriksen chronology

Last updated January 02, 2026

Cartography is an album by Arve Henriksen.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]

Background

On the album Cartography, Henriksen takes us into varied soundscapes that evoke streams of images. Together with his longtime companions Jan Bang and Erik Honore, they add all sort of sampling, processing and production to the mix.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Poverty and Its Opposite"	Arve Henriksen, Audun Kleive, Jan Bang	5:35
2.	"Before and Afterlife"	Arve Henriksen, David Sylvian, Jan Bang	6:43
3.	"Migration"	Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang	5:41
4.	"From Birth"	Arve Henriksen, Audun Kleive, Jan Bang	2:44
5.	"Ouija"	Arve Henriksen, Erik Honoré, Jan Bang	2:40
6.	"Recording Angel"	Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang	6:23
7.	"Assembly"	Arve Henriksen, Erik Honoré, Jan Bang	3:55
8.	"Loved One"	Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang	4:04
9.	"The Unremarkable Child"	Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang	2:04
10.	"Famine’s Ghost"	Part One: Henriksen, Honoré, Bang, William Brooks; Part Two: Henriksen, Kleive, Bang, Storløkken	4:28
11.	"Thermal"	lyrics: David Sylvian; music: Henriksen, Kleive, Aarset, Bang	2:27
12.	"Sorrow and Its Opposite"	Asbjørn Arntsen, Eyvind Skeie	4:29

Personnel

Arve Henriksen - trumpet, voice, field recordings
Jan Bang – live sampling, beats programming, dictaphone, organ samples
Erik Honoré – synthesizer, samples, field recordings, choir samples
Eivind Aarset – guitars
Ståle Storløkken – synthesizer, samples
Lars Danielsson – double bass
Audun Kleive – percussion, drums
Vérène Andronikof – vocals
Anna Maria Friman – voice
Trio Mediæval – voice samples
David Sylvian – voice, samples, programming

Credits

String arrangement, programming by Helge Sunde
Vocal arrangements by Vytas Sondeckis
Design by Sascha Kleis
Treatment effects by Arnaud Mercier
Mastered by Helge Sten
Cover photography by Thomas Wunsch
Linear photography by Johanna Diehl
Recording, engineering, mixing by Erik Honoré and Jan Bang (tracks: #3–10.1, 12)
Produced by Erik Honoré, Jan Bang

References

1 2 3 Kelman, John (2012-07-04). "Arve Henriksen: Cartography (2008)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
↑ Nastos, Michael G. "Arve Henriksen - Cartography". Allmusic . Retrieved 2015-04-10.
↑ Nicholson, Stuart (2009-01-18). "Arve Henriksen, Cartography". The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-10.

External links

Arve Henriksen Official Website

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[allaboutjazz-1] 1 2 3 Kelman, John (2012-07-04). "Arve Henriksen: Cartography (2008)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[allmusic-2] Nastos, Michael G. "Arve Henriksen - Cartography". Allmusic . Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[theguardian-3] Nicholson, Stuart (2009-01-18). "Arve Henriksen, Cartography". The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-10.

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