The debut solo album from Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Jens Fossum. On ‘Bass Detector’ he explores the synergies between different string instruments in the context of contrasting musical cultures – from West to East, from Europe to Latin America and from Africa to India.

‘Bass Detector’ is all about essence, risk, breaks with routine and complete freedom. The album sees Fossum handling a variety of different basses – double bass, electric bass, piccolo bass as well as piccolino bass with a built in midi system – plus a wide range of other instruments, including the Chinese er-hu and pipa next to cello, mandolin and guitar. He challenged himself with finding an organic connection between acoustic- and electronic interfaces. Musically, it encompasses a wide range of styles, from pumping funk rhythms and soulful horn sections to dense ensemble parts and cool licks, running the full gamut of his influences and passions.

In the end, however, none of this could work without the exchange between his many collaborators, including his brother Håvard Fossum on various reed instruments, Anders Aarum on Rhodes/keys, Melvin Smith on trumpet, plus the drummers Ivar Thormodsæther, Tor Bjarne Bjelland, Hermund Nygård and Håkon Mjåset Johansen.