Sly & Robbie meets Nils Petter Molvær & Eivind Aarset - Strange Bright Crowd | Live at Moods

📺 Watch the full concert on Qwest TV https://videos.qwest.tv/content/d9102854-f45c-485c-af5a-31ef3c4ab0f2 🔔 Subscribe, watch live and join the community of music lovers: https://www.youtube.com/@QwestTV?sub_confirmation=1 💻 Enjoy more than +1,300 full length concerts, premium documentaries and exclusive interviews: https://videos.qwest.tv/ ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Sometimes we come across unexpected, if not incongruous, encounters that turn out to be amazing, disturbing and inventive. This concert is a perfect example of this phenomenon. We see Norwegian musicians Nils Petter Molvær and Eivind Aarset fusing jazz, rock and ambient music with a World-class Jamaican rhythm section composed of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare – both of whom shaped the "Rub A Dub Style" and hundreds of Reggae music hits since the ‘80s. This meeting was initiated by Robbie Shakespeare, who admits that he has always had a fascination with the imagination of the trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. And whilst this clash between aesthetically distant musical worlds is already enough of a gamble, it pays off – the project is delivered with total adhesion, eventually finding its discographic form through the album *Nordub* in 2018. As if giving us a clue or a unique entry point, during the performance Robbie sings a few verses from The Abbyssinians: "The book of life; there is a land far from away". With these musicians, that book of life opens onto a dreamlike country where the floating atmosphere of Norwegian Nu jazz transcends the 'riddims' of Jamaica, where melancholic reveries are anchored in an earthy dimension carried by the dry drumming. Truly fascinating. **Philippe Lesage** Production year: 2018 Follow Qwest TV Website: https://www.qwest.tv/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/qwest.tv Facebook: https://facebook.com/qwesttv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@qwest_tv Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qwest-tv 🎶 'From Bebop to Hip Hop' 🎤 Qwest TV is Quincy Jones’ premium video streaming service exploring jazz, its global influence, and its many futures. Through premium documentaries, unforgettable live concerts, rare archival footage, and exclusive interviews, Qwest TV celebrates the artists, stories, and movements that shape music history. Curated by music legends and leading experts. Timeless music, endless stories. ✨