{"id":14569,"date":"2026-04-24T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/?page_id=14569"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:37:50","slug":"elephant9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/elephant9\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid qodef-section vc_custom_1652090445565 qodef-content-aligment-left qodef-grid-section\" style=\"\"><div class=\"clearfix qodef-section-inner\"><div class=\"qodef-section-inner-margin clearfix\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1491905695911\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder qodef-responsive-mode-768\" ><div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item\" data-item-class=\"qodef-elements-holder-custom-896524\" data-1024-1280=\"0 14% 0 0\" data-600-768=\"0 0 0 0\" data-480-600=\"0 0 0 4%\" data-480=\"0 0 0 4%\" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-elements-holder-item-content qodef-elements-holder-custom-896524\" style=\"padding: 0 35% 0 0\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1777016244554\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Elephant9 (Norway)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 10px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><em>Torstein Lofthus (drums), Nikolai H\u00e6ngsle (bass guitar), St\u00e5le Storl\u00f8kken (keyboards, organ)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"qodef-separator-holder clearfix  qodef-separator-left\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-separator\" style=\"border-color: #ffffff;border-style: solid;width: 32px;border-bottom-width: 6px;margin-top: 24px;margin-bottom: 25px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  archive-artist-anchors\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>When Rolling Stone\u2019s prominent music journalist David Fricke heard the collaboration between Elephant9 and legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal, he was reminded of classic live albums by bands like Mahavishnu Orchestra, ELP and King Crimson. That\u2019s fair, considering the boundless energy that they have been unleashing over 20 years of live performances and album releases with eclectic label Rune Grammofon. The trio might have their roots in groups like Bigbang, Shining, Motorpsycho and Supersilent, but are more than happy to filter their tastes through the worlds of Tangerine Dream, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Soft Machine and Fela Kuti, melding a cohesive collective sound. A paradox? Maybe, but Elephant9 consistently challenge the boundaries of fusion by adding progressive elements and still manage to sound organic, creating their own kind of riveting, unbridled electric jazz rock<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elephant9 (\u039d\u03bf\u03c1\u03b2\u03b7\u03b3\u03af\u03b1) Torstein Lofthus (\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03c2), Nikolai H\u00e6ngsle (\u03b7\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03bc\u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf), St\u00e5le Storl\u00f8kken (\u03ba\u03af\u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c2, \u03cc\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf) \u038c\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd o David Fricke, \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14518,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14569"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14581,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14569\/revisions\/14581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}