Khmer
Context
Opening track of Nils Petter Molvær's album Khmer (ECM 1560), produced by Manfred Eicher and Ulf W.Ø. Holand and recorded in 1996-1997 at Lydlab studio in Oslo. The record combines trumpet, samples and house or drum'n'bass rhythms, often very slow and played on an acoustic drum kit; AllMusic (Christian Genzel) gives it 4.5 stars and judges it very unusual for ECM.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to ECM and European jazz. Among the origins and influences of ECM and European jazz: Free jazz, Modal, French jazz, Polish jazz, Free improvisation and European free.