A Beautiful Kaleidoscope of Electroacoustic Ambient and Tribal Sounds  Angel Romero  July 7, 2016    1 Comment     ambient electronic music featured Green Isac Orchestra Green Isac Orchestra –  Green Isac Orchestra  (Spotted Peccary, 2015) Green Isac, a fabulous progressive electronic music duo from Norway, has expanded its project to a five-man ensemble called Green Isac Orchestra. Their new album Green Isac Orchestra presents an enthralling mix of electronic sounds with acoustic instruments.  There are mesmerizing, mysterious ambient music passages along with trance-like percussive segments, soaring space guitar, enchanting cello and distant melodies, as well as world music and cinematic elements.  The current lineup of Green Isac includes multi-instrumentalist Morten Lund and percussionist Andreas Eriksen along with the three new members: Frode Larsen on percussion; Tov Ramstad on electric cello and saw; and Jo Wang on piano, m...

  Green Isac Orchestra — Green Isac Orchestra ( Spotted Peccary  SPM-1304, 2015, CD) by  Peter Thelen , Published 2016-03-07 Those who have followed Green Isac from ther very beginnings – the  Strings & Pottery album from 1991 – have witnessed plenty of growth and evolution over the last 25 years, beginning as the duo of Morten Lund (guitars, bass, keyboards, flute, etc.) and Andreas Eriksen (world percussion, keyboards, electronics) with a simple concept of creating an ethnic stew fusing rhythms and electronics, later adding more ideas and instruments to that concept, along with additional guest players as needed to realize the development in progress over the course of five studio albums. Last year the group officially expanded to a five-piece, now including longtime collaborator Tov Ramstad (electric cello), and relative newcomes – since 2014 release  Passengers  – additional percussionist Frode Larsen and keyboardist Jo Wang, allowing Lund to concen...

  Green Isac Orchestra JANUARY 15, 2016   HYPNAGOGUE LEAVE A COMMENT No matter how much music I listen to or write about, it seems that I am constantly introduced to acts and artists who’ve been turning out music for X years without my ever hearing of them. Case in point: Green Isac. From what I read on the Spotted Peccary web site, Andreas Eriksen and Morten Lund have been going strong for 25 years. And yet it’s only now, when they’ve expanded their roster and added the word “Orchestra” to their name that I get to experience this excellent blend of world styles, jazz-informed structures, and cinematic New Age sensibilities. The array of instruments brought into play here is impressively global, and the styles, although most have a bit of Middle Eastern flair, cover pretty fair ground as well. The jazz influence shows up nicely in the piano-fronted “Algebra,” accented with smooth strings and a bit of a Latin feel to the drums. “Hapi” catches me with its chu...

Review Gutsofdarkness   Au rayon des albums qui semblent totalement dénués d'intérêt et qui s'avèrent être de véritables surprises, ce “Green Isac Orchestra” du duo Norvégien Green Isac doit certainement figurer en tête de liste. Flanqué de 3 musiciens invités; Jo Wang aux claviers, Frode Larsen aux percussions et Tov Ramstad au violoncelle, au ukulele, à la scie et à la basse, Morten Lund and Andreas Eriksen donnent ainsi plus de profondeur, plus de richesse et ainsi plus d'horizons sans frontières à une approche clanique toujours imbibée par la poésie Scandinave des influences d'Erik Wollo. D'ailleurs il y a un savoureux mélange entre les influences de Robert Fripp, Markus Reuter et Erik Wollo sur “Green Isac Orchestra” dont les principaux attraits restent néanmoins un solide jeu des percussions manuelles et ces éléments soniques disparates qui délient des ambiances toujours aux portes de l'inattendu. La séduction débute avec ces vaguelettes d'accords qui ...