THE VERGE

Dizzying, free-form project from Kanaan, Caramel and Aksel Rønning Trio members.

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FOR NEARLY FOUR years, The Verge’s mystifying self-titled debut album sat unreleased. Written by four musicians during their time at the NTNU jazz school in Trondheim, Norway, each member has since gone on to form their own projects. But they never forgot about the record they created together, one full of heady complexity, jagged angles and trapped-in-a-whirlpool motifs. The project has now been given a second life by Is It Jazz? Records, who instantly fell in love with the record and knew it needed to be heard. Drummer Ingvald André Vassbø calls NTNU “a fruitful milieu for musicians”, with the record carved out of elongated jam sessions between lectures. “We learned a lot about improvising individually and collectively and how you can use it,” he explains. “I feel like our…

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