"sonic tapestries blending field recordings with acoustic and electric instruments, often warped into strange new shapes" ★★★★ MOJO
"a seductive ambient heat haze of rarefied beauty." PROG
"a beautifully and slowly evolving album that takes us on a transcendental journey that feels simultaneously unfamiliar, benign and inviting…. Tortusa’s finest and most distinctive work to date" 8/10, FUTURE MUSIC
“The whole album explores the limits of sound design in music, playing with sampling and recording, the final result is just great.”
www.synthsofeden.com
«A wonderful album to relax and discover. Mastery!»
10/10 FAZE mag (Germany)
"One of the deeper, darker sets we’ve heard from the Jazzland label in recent years – a set that blends the saxophone of Inge Weatherhead Breistein with lots of layered electronics – at a level that takes us back to our favorite records from the early days of the label! Things here are relatively abstract, with the core elements moved into darkly melodic territory that almost feels like a later more mature answer to sonic territory explored by ECM and 4AD in decades past – delivered here also as a statement to the studio talents of Tortusa, who produced the whole record."
https://www.dustygroove.com/
"Maybe this is what traversing trough the nordic woods of Norway sounds like? Magical and dark, but hopeful"
www.schmutzberlin.com
“Et slående trekk ved «Mind Vessel» er at disse to musikerne kler hverandre.” “ I likhet med en rekke andre artister som har søkt seg til spesielle bygg, har Tortusa – Breistein klart å integrere selve romkvaliteten i uttrykkene sine. «Mind Vessel» er et vellykket album.”
Arild R. Andersen – JazziNorge.no
"Det er en veldig spennende dynamikk som oppstår ved en-mot-en live sampling. Breistein spiller på samme tid med seg selv og med en helt annen musiker, og at Breisteins lyder utgjør det andre instrumentet, gjør at lydbildet er utrolig intrikat og enkelt på en gang. Lydene er saksofonens, men manipulasjonen og improvisasjonen gjør at de kan gjenoppdages som noe helt nytt i samme øyeblikk som de produseres. Og det Bishop driver med er ekstremt imponerende. Han mestrer det kompliserte instrumentet utrolig godt, og evner å fange opp både melodiøse lyder helt i ytterkanten av Breisteins register og lydene som er fraværet av toner, enten det er de mekaniske sax-lydene av klaffene eller luft- og tungelyden før og etter tonen. Herfra lager han både abstrakte cinematiske landskap og house- og hip hop-aktige beats, melodifragmenter blir til nye låtgrunnlag som Breistein igjen improviserer over."
Susanne Lohne Iversen - JazziNorge.no
"Rarely does it get hectic, only in «Corrosion Is A Natural Process» is electronically feverishly knelt here, and the saxophone is knocked out of the quiet path. This moment shows just how versatile this cooperation can be and that it can also sound bright. But you also have to admit that the quiet parts are implemented very well. Very compact and yet played with a light hand. Very exciting!"
Hauke Heesch - www.foerdefluesterer.de
"Mind Vessel which is a collaboration between Tortusa and Breistein, is a fitting followup to the critically acclaimed I Know This Place-The Eivind Aarset Collage. There’s not a weak track on this captivating album of carefully crafted collages where musical genres combine.Tortusa and Breistein combine elements of ambient, avant-garde, electronic, free jazz, improv, jazz, Nordic Wave and minimalist music. These musical genres are weaved by Tortusa and Breistein during Mind Vessel, which is carefully crafted genre-melting album from two musical pioneers that is ambitious and innovative."
Derek Anderson - www.dereksmusicblog.com
"a seductive ambient heat haze of rarefied beauty." PROG
"a beautifully and slowly evolving album that takes us on a transcendental journey that feels simultaneously unfamiliar, benign and inviting…. Tortusa’s finest and most distinctive work to date" 8/10, FUTURE MUSIC
“The whole album explores the limits of sound design in music, playing with sampling and recording, the final result is just great.”
www.synthsofeden.com
«A wonderful album to relax and discover. Mastery!»
10/10 FAZE mag (Germany)
"One of the deeper, darker sets we’ve heard from the Jazzland label in recent years – a set that blends the saxophone of Inge Weatherhead Breistein with lots of layered electronics – at a level that takes us back to our favorite records from the early days of the label! Things here are relatively abstract, with the core elements moved into darkly melodic territory that almost feels like a later more mature answer to sonic territory explored by ECM and 4AD in decades past – delivered here also as a statement to the studio talents of Tortusa, who produced the whole record."
https://www.dustygroove.com/
"Maybe this is what traversing trough the nordic woods of Norway sounds like? Magical and dark, but hopeful"
www.schmutzberlin.com
“Et slående trekk ved «Mind Vessel» er at disse to musikerne kler hverandre.” “ I likhet med en rekke andre artister som har søkt seg til spesielle bygg, har Tortusa – Breistein klart å integrere selve romkvaliteten i uttrykkene sine. «Mind Vessel» er et vellykket album.”
Arild R. Andersen – JazziNorge.no
"Det er en veldig spennende dynamikk som oppstår ved en-mot-en live sampling. Breistein spiller på samme tid med seg selv og med en helt annen musiker, og at Breisteins lyder utgjør det andre instrumentet, gjør at lydbildet er utrolig intrikat og enkelt på en gang. Lydene er saksofonens, men manipulasjonen og improvisasjonen gjør at de kan gjenoppdages som noe helt nytt i samme øyeblikk som de produseres. Og det Bishop driver med er ekstremt imponerende. Han mestrer det kompliserte instrumentet utrolig godt, og evner å fange opp både melodiøse lyder helt i ytterkanten av Breisteins register og lydene som er fraværet av toner, enten det er de mekaniske sax-lydene av klaffene eller luft- og tungelyden før og etter tonen. Herfra lager han både abstrakte cinematiske landskap og house- og hip hop-aktige beats, melodifragmenter blir til nye låtgrunnlag som Breistein igjen improviserer over."
Susanne Lohne Iversen - JazziNorge.no
"Rarely does it get hectic, only in «Corrosion Is A Natural Process» is electronically feverishly knelt here, and the saxophone is knocked out of the quiet path. This moment shows just how versatile this cooperation can be and that it can also sound bright. But you also have to admit that the quiet parts are implemented very well. Very compact and yet played with a light hand. Very exciting!"
Hauke Heesch - www.foerdefluesterer.de
"Mind Vessel which is a collaboration between Tortusa and Breistein, is a fitting followup to the critically acclaimed I Know This Place-The Eivind Aarset Collage. There’s not a weak track on this captivating album of carefully crafted collages where musical genres combine.Tortusa and Breistein combine elements of ambient, avant-garde, electronic, free jazz, improv, jazz, Nordic Wave and minimalist music. These musical genres are weaved by Tortusa and Breistein during Mind Vessel, which is carefully crafted genre-melting album from two musical pioneers that is ambitious and innovative."
Derek Anderson - www.dereksmusicblog.com
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