Places of Worship (album)

Places of Worship (released 1 October 2013 in Oslo, Norway) is an album by Arve Henriksen.^[1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	91/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent on Sunday	[5]
Popmatters	8/10[6]

Places of Worship
Studio album by Arve Henriksen
Released	October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
Length	40:05
Label	Rune Grammofon
Producer	Erik Honoré
Arve Henriksen chronology
Cartography (2008) Places of Worship (2013) The Nature of Connections (2014)

Background

This album marks the return of Henriksen to the label Rune Grammofon and furthers his collaboration with Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. He never separates himself from the environmental information provided by his natural Nordic landscape. The lush, wild, and open physical vistas of its geography provide an inner map for the trumpeter and vocalist that amounts to a deeply focused series of tone poems. While these tracks are impossible to separate from the influences of Jon Hassell's Fourth World Music explorations or the more murky moodscapes of Nils Petter Molvær, they are also more than a few steps removed from them.^[1] The experimentations within soundscapes, spaces, and texture bring the listener into sacred places the world over, hence its title.^[4]

Track listing

• • (All original songs composed by Arve Henriksen, where not otherwise noted)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Adhān"		3:21
2.	"Saraswati"		4:29
3.	"Le Cimetière Marin"		4:28
4.	"The Sacristan"		3:12
5.	"Lament"		3:54
6.	"Portal"		4:11
7.	"Alhambra"		5:04
8.	"Bayon"	Peter Tornquist	3:42
9.	"Abandoned Cathedral"		4:16
10.	"Shelter From The Storm"		3:34

Personnel

• Arve Henriksen - trumpet, voice, field recordings
• Erik Honoré – vocals, synth bass, sampler, drum programming
• Jan Bang – sampler, programming
• Eivind Aarset – guitar samples
• Christian Wallumrød – piano samples
• Jon Balke – piano samples
• Lars Danielsson – double bass
• Ingar Zach – percussion
• Rolf Wallin – samples, crystal chord
• Peter Tornquist – sampler, excerpts from Alba
• Ensemble Stahlquartett – Alexander Fülle, Jan Heinke, Michael Antoni, Peter Andrea
• The Norwegian Wind Ensemble – samples

Credits

• Cover – Kim Hiorthøy
• Mastered By – Helge Sten
• Producer – Erik Honoré, Jan Bang
• Recorded By [Additional Recording By] – Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Ingar Zach
• Recorded By [Basic Tracks] – Thomas Hukkelberg (track: #7)
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Erik Honoré, Jan Bang

Notes

• Recorded and mixed at Punkt Studio, Kristiansand
• Alhambra basic tracks recorded live at Jakobskirken, Oslo
• Mastered at Audio Virus Lab^[7]