Khmer (album)

The album mixes elements of electronica and jazz.^[1][2][3]

The album is based on sampled and artificially generated sounds, backed by beats from house and drum'n'bass. However, the often very slow rhythms are played on acoustic drums.^[4]

Christian Genzel of AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars. He wrote, "Khmer is surely the most unusual album ever released by ECM" due to the CD's then-unprecedented mix of jazz and electronica.^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

1. "Khmer" (4:59)
2. "Tløn" (7:52)
3. "Felles spor" (5:50)
   • "Access"
   • "Song of Sand I"
4. "On Stream" (5:01)
5. "Platonic Years" (6:33)
6. "Phum" (3:39)
7. "Song of Sand II" (6:10)
8. "Exit" (2:42)

• Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet (tracks 1–7), bass (tracks 2–5, 7), sampler (all tracks), percussion (sampler) (tracks 1, 8), guitar (tracks 3, 7)

• Rune Arnesen – drums (tracks 1–3, 5, 7)
• Eivind Aarset – guitar (EBow) (tracks 1, 8), guitar (3, 4, 7), guitar (ambient) (track 5), sampler (tracks 1, 5), guitar treatments and talk box (track 2)
• Morten Mølster – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5)
• Ulf W. Ø. Holand – sampler (tracks 2–4, 7)
• Roger Ludvigsen – percussion and dulcimer (track 1), acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 8)
• Reidar Skår – effects (track 3)
• Ab und Zu – samples (track 5)

• Manfred Eicher, Ulf W. Ø. Holand – producer
• Ulf W. Ø. Holand – engineer
• Bill Laswell – sample production (track 5)
• Design – Sascha Kleis
• John Gollings – cover photography
• Knut Strand – liner photo