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2000-collected album reviews

groove magazine
"So the Norwegians want to rule music as well?
I present to you, improvised music for 2000."

"Rhythm rodeo, hero bonanza, beat bacchanal -
this is the best band in the country.
Period."
[ VART LAND]

[ OSLOPOSTEN ]
"'Do the Crawl' is a zany experience. A must-try."

[Stavanger Aftenblad]
"Cloroform is actually everything that's ever been done since one joyful Bach moulded his first hit cantatas until today - in condensed form.

[ Adresseavisa ]
"Big time contemporary rock"

[ AFTENPOSTEN ]
"They carry the musical burden of our time effortlessly. The oil capital Stavanger knows how to create wealth, and now it's done it again. Cloroform is ready to take on the world."

- [ NETTPULS ]
"I hereby declare Cloroform, this Stavanger-based trio currently located in the capital, the most important musical collective on Norwegian soil."

[ Dagsavisen ]
"An album for the here, the now, and the time to come."

[ VG ]
"ASTOUNDING - There are no other bands quite like Cloroform in Norway today. Actually, make that the world."

[ AVIS 1 ]
"It may take time for Cloroform to take effect, but when it kicks in, coming down gets tricky."

[ Rogalands Avis ]
"Hail Mary, Jesus and Joseph, how some of the chase scenarios that Kaada & Co. conjure up, rock."

[ Midt i Musikken P2 ] "With this album, Cloroform has positioned itself in the foreground of the alternative music scene."

[ Sunnmorsposten ]
"I personally think this must be the healthiest acid trip on the market."

- [ FARO ]
"Something genuine, fresh and novel for your listening pleasure."

[ TARKUS ]
"If Cloroform fails to draw due attention from the more established and reflected sphere of critics, all hope must surely be lost."

[Planetarium C ]
"These Stavanger artists are, in short, large."

[ Bergens Avisen ]
"A bloody marvellous band. 'Do the Crawl' is an event."

- [ Drammens Tidende/Buskerud Blad ]
"music that funksters, jazz cats, rockers and other deviants alike will crave madly, instinctively."

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1999-collected album reviews

FAROjournalen:
'Something genuine, fresh, and new is now being served.'

Tarkus:
'This Stavanger trio is quite a find!...never thought something so in-your-face could come out of the old country. If Cloroform doesn't get the attention of more serious and thoughtful critics, then all hope is lost.'

Planetarium C:
'Heavy, experimental, and extremely engaging...These Stavanger musicians are, quite simply, amazing.'

Stavanger Aftenblad:
'It's difficult not to like this band...swinging originality.' Rogalands Avis: 'Last year's debut album made the critics look up. This year they should STAND up.'

VG
'Contemporary music, in the best possible sense.'

Dagsavisen:
'If you're ready for an existential turbo-journey, hop on board.'

Drammens Tidene Buskerud Blad:
'Music that funksters, jazzers, rockers, and others will instinctively groove to.'

1998-collected album reviews

Klassekampen:
It's impossible to be bored and on the contrary grows and grows each time you hear it."

Dagsavisen-Arbeiderbladet:
"a pearl in the Norwegian jazz spring"

Osloposten:
"The trio Cloroform's debut release is the most exciting,new, creative and fun record I've heard in Norwegian jazz for a very long time."

Dagbladet:
"John Erik Kaada could very easily be one of the dominant personalities on the Norwegian jazz scene perhaps more, well into the next millennium"

Kaadas debut album Deconstruction was awarded one of the best Norwegian jazz releases of 1998