Starfire (Jaga Jazzist album)

Starfire
Studio album by Jaga Jazzist
Released	June 1, 2015 (2015-6-01)
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)

Professional ratings

Review 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

• 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

• 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

All tracks written by Lars Hornveth.

No.	Title	Length
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

1. "Allmusic review". AllMusic . Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
2. "avclub review". TheGuardian.com . Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
3. "Metacritic". 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

• Starfire at Discogs