SOFT FFOG

Krokofant side-project shine on with free-flowing jazz-rock debut.

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NOT CONTENT WITH assaulting the senses with Krokofant, Norwegian guitarist Tom Hasslan has found another way to explore the outer reaches of rock. As showcased on their self-titled debut album, Soft Ffog are a more hazy and free-flowing, jazz-rock beast, with a penchant for freewheeling solos and furious ensemble syncopation. Originally commissioned in 2016, as a one-off project for the globally renowned Kongsberg Jazzfestival, the instrumental quartet have only recently evolved into a real, working band, as Hasslan explains. “The festival just wanted me to do something, and I put together the band and made some music. I liked the music, but I didn’t know for a while if it was going to be anything more. We used to be called the Tom Hasslan Group, which was kind of lame…

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