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1. Lawrence
2. I Could Die
3. When You Cry
4. No More Words
5. Nothing More To Say
6. I Lose
7. Cut Up
8. Bury Me
9. Kiss Goodbye
10. Séance On A Wet Afternoon

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen is a guitar heroine for our times. Born in the Norwegian town of oelesund in the early 80s, she first picked up her mother's nylon-strung acoustic guitar at the age of ten. As an exploratory teenager she dug deep into her father's jazz and rock record collection and translated a biography of Jimi Hendrix for a school project.

Then she was given an electric guitar and amplifier as a confirmation present, and never looked back. But there's nothing pious about her music. Her molten, overdriven guitar sound is forged in the same fiery furnace as Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, then plunged into a steaming vat of free jazz in the Sonny Sharrock/Fred Frith mould.

In tracks like 'The Rex' and 'Lake Acid', you'll hear the megalithic riffology of Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' and 'Rock 'N' Roll', but with an agility and intensity peculiar to the dark Northern regions where she and her bandmates were raised.

Her drummer Ivar Loe Bjørnstad grew up in a Norwegian hillbilly town where the kids taste moonshine before they've started school. And bassist Ellen Brekken was raised on a farm and is extremely fascinated by trains ' which, given her impeccable timekeeping, seems highly appropriate. 'Now we are kind of married', says Hedvig.

All Of Them Witches follows the Trio's previous Rune Grammofon release, Shoot! (2011) and, like labelmates Elephant9 and Grand General, represent a thrilling new progressive wave of Norwegian avant rock/free metal energy. This latest batch of electrifying instrumentals was recorded live in the island environment of Ocean Sound studio, a grass-roofed wooden barn on the edge of the Norwegian Sea fitted with state of the art equipment, where the Trio could swim in the freezing waters before breakfast and stretch their gaze out to the horizon in mid-take.

It's no surprise that such widescreen surroundings shoul1st d give rise to epic concepts, and the title of first track 'Sing, Goddess' takes its name from the opening line of Homer's Iliad. Inspired by the wide open skies, 'Shawshank' and 'Ghrá Rúnda' are more reflective pieces, bathed in controlled feedback. 'We have named our pieces of music after things we care for, matters we think about, or feelings that we carry,' says Hedvig. 'Some of them are dedicated to people we love, art we like, experiences we have had.

Some of the titles are humorous and with one specific meaning to us, and some are more connected to the title All Of Them Witches, like 'Achilles' and 'Code Of Hammurabi' ' the ancient law that, among other things, describes how witches should be treated.' Witches have historically been victims of persecution, but as Hedvig reminds us, black magicians can also hold the reins of power. 'There is so much change in the world,' she says, 'and this is nothing new for our age. There are always people screwing up, for reasons we don't understand, driving their country and its people over the edge.

Too many people have too little, because a few people need to have much more than enough. Witches now are the state leaders that let their people suffer; witches then were both the ones thrown into the sea by law, and the very ones throwing them.'

Personnel Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen ' guitar, Ellen Brekken ' bass, Ivar Loe Bjørnstad ' drums

Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Sing, Goddess
2. The Rex
3. Lake Acid
4. Achilles

Side B:
1. The New Judas
2. Code Of Hammurabi
3. Indian Driving
4. Shawshank
5. Ghrá Rúnda
6. Kathmandu

Flower of Evil is twelve sublime cover versions of mostly well known songs as well as two Susanna originals, all beautifully sung by one of the most exceptional new voices of recent years, lovely accompanied by her trusted band members Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent) and Pål Hausken (In The Country) and with Bonnie Prince Billy guesting on two songs.

Whether it's Thin Lizzy or Sandy Denny, Black Sabbath or Nico, Lou Reed or Abba, all are given the very personal Susanna treatment. Susanna is known as an extraordinary interpreter of songs, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Hallelujah" from Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's "Melody Mountain" have been widely hailed as excellent versions of "difficult" songs.

The limited double vinyl edition. Includes free MP3 download of the whole album.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Jailbreak
2. Can't Shake Loose
3. Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Side B:
1. Vicious
2. Without You
3. Dance On
4. Joy And Jubilee

Side C:
1. Janitor Of Lunacy
2. Changes
3. Wild Is The Will
4. Don't Come Around Here No More

Side D:
1. Goodbye
2. Forever
3. Lay All Your Love On Me

Newcomers The Last Hurrah!! was a pleasant surprise with their much acclaimed debut album "Spiritual Non-Believers" earlier this year.

On the back of this UK music mag Mojo invited them to cover a track from Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon" for their September issue. Their sublime take on the most iconic and uncoverable of Floyd tracks, "The Great Gig In The Sky", had readers and journalists naming it the outstanding contribution to the project.

Here it is in all its glory together with their interpretation of another classic, Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where The Time Goes" and two smashing new originals penned by Hurrah mainman HP Gundersen.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Sleeping Without You
2. Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Side B:
1. Chromatic Hysteria
2. The Great Gig In The Sky

How do you follow up such an artistically and commercially successful venture as The Death Defying Unicorn? First of all by just being Motorpsycho, a band that for close to 25 years have done whatever they want to without considering trends, career moves or expectations.

For Still Life With Eggplant they assembled some 20 songs of what Bent Sæther calls other music, simply songs from the last three years that didn't suit the Unicorn but refused to be ignored. In October the band entered Brygga Studio in Trondheim for the first time in many, many moons, this being the studio where they recorded a few of their first albums (Soothe, Demon Box and Timothy's Monster) some twenty years ago.

This time the core trio was augumented by guitarist Reine Fiske. Best known for his work in Swedish psych-combos Dungen and The Amazing, Reine is an old acquaintance of the band, and his recent exploits with Ståle Storløkken's Elephant9 made the pairing seem like a potentially interesting one for Motorpsycho as well.

The fruits of Reine's involvement, as presented on this album, speak for themselves: his fingerpicking dexterity on the acoustic guitar provides both Barleycorn and the old Love chestnut August with a solid organic bed for the musical escapades of the other three, and on The Afterglow his tasteful guitar shadings and mellotron work adds immensly to the mood of the song.

Tracklisting:
1. Hell, Part 1-3
2. August
3. Barleycorn (Let It Come, Let It Be)
4. Ratcatcher
5. The Afterglow

On their fourth album, counting the limited vinyl only '?Live At The BBC'?, Elephant9 join forces with Reine Fiske, the quite excellent Swedish guitarist from Dungen, The Amazing and Träd, Gräs och Stenar, for yet another heavy slice of mindblowing modern rock'n'jazz psychedelia.

Writers have called upon names like Tony Williams' Lifetime, Deep Purple, Brian Auger, Emerson Lake & Palmer and early seventies Miles Davis to describe the music, pointing to the fact that Elephant9 are comfortable in both rock and jazz. Reine Fiske makes his entrance on the title track, the long intro section almost sounding like it could have come off an early Terje Rypdal album.

No coincident considering Fiske is a big Rypdal fan and Storløkken being Rypdal's keyboard player for well over a decade. His guest spot ends with the final thirteen minute tour de force and its heavy funk intro reminiscent of another guitar great and his Band of Gypsys.

'Atlantis' was recorded at Stockholm's legendary studio with the same name, mixed by Christian Engfelt in Oslo and mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering.

Tracklisting:
1. Black Hole
2. The Riddler
3. Atlantis
4. A Foot In Both
5. Psychedelic Backfire
6. A Place In Neither
7. Freedom's Children

The vinyl edition includes voucher for free MP3 download of the whole album.

We are thrilled to present the brand new studio album from Volcano The Bear, the band that have, in the words of The Wire magazine, produced some of the finest, wildest British music of the last 10 years on record and on stage. Or, as Losing Today puts it, no one sounds, has sounded, or will ever sound quite like Volcano The Bear. A calculated hysterical melting pot of This Heat, Robert Wyatt, Faust and The Residents, of musique concrète and ethno-folk, all seen through a prism of theatrical improvisations and unhinged set pieces.

Formed in 1995, and after several self-released tapes and CD-Rs, VTB so excited Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton that he brought his United Dairies label out of cold storage to release their first album proper, The Inhazer Decline, in 2000. Since then they've released music on such labels as Misra, Beta Lactam Ring, Textile, Digitalis, Pickled Egg, Alt Vinyl as well as their own imprints Volucan and Volfurten with the exceptional Classic Erasmus Fusion from 2006 being a possible highlight.

On record VTB offer stark and stunning absurdities in the most bizarrely beautiful way. Recycling and recontextualising their material is an innate habit, and the variety of recording options they might chose (be it a highly equipped professional studio or a second hand dictaphone) allows their craft to be formed in a myriad of different ways. VTB have toured extensively throughout Europe and North America and in concert they are the duo of Daniel Padden and Aaron Moore. Third member, Clarence Manuelo, no longer performs live but his inimitable sounds and influence are still very much a part of a VTB performance.

In their unique, often chaotic live shows, the adrenalin and invention drips from their earlobes as they thrust spectacular oddities in the faces of their audiences, always aided by their sublime multi-instrumentalism. Absurd humour and eclectic ways of producing sounds are characteristic of their live performances and their extensive knowledge of the traditions of experimental and folk music makes the band difficult to categorise.

The band record everything they play and will often use these recordings as raw material for their albums. VTB have released a number of records since the start, often mixing studio, live and home recordings. Golden Rhythm/Ink Music is their first more or less proper studio album since Amidst The Noise And Twigs back in 2007.

Largely based on the sonic fault-line between Aaron Moore and Daniel Padden, it's also the most focused and driven of VTB's prolific output so far, showcasing the duo's unique musicality and interplay, whilst retaining their trademark eccentricity and humour throughout. It presents rock music as seen through VTB's skewed eye, featuring more of Padden and Moore's drum/guitar combination than on previous albums.

Taking the bizarre energy of their live duo performances into a studio environment, and combining it with VTB's eclectic instrumentation and Clarence Manuelo's singular audio-work, GR/IM shows VTB making their most vital work to date.

Tracklisting:
1. Buffalo Shoulder
2. Baby Photos
3. The Great Reimbursing
4. Bravo
5. Quiet Salad
6. Spurius Ruga
7. Golden Ink
8. Fireman Show

Debut album from young veterans of the Norwegian heavy and progressive scenes, fronted by singer, guitarist, writer and producer Ole Petter Andreassen. This is classic, heavy, guitardriven and melodic progressive rock, the playing and production being top notch with a natural mix of solid riffs, intricate instrumental passages and great hooks.

The core of the band, apart from Andreassen, is Hedvig Mollestad on guitar and Hammond organ and brothers Brynjar and Haavard Takle Ohr from El Cuero on lead guitar and drums respectively. Guests include Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen from Elephant9 on bass, Ståle Storløkken from Elephant9 and Supersilent on Hammond, Mikael Lindquist on Hammond and Mellotron and veteran Jon Eberson on guitar.

Jazz guitarist Eberson, now 60 and more vital than ever, arrived at the studio, insisted on not hearing any music, plugged in, burned his way through It's Electric and The Hook and was home in time for an early dinner. Eilertsen and Storløkken is widely reckognised to be two of Norway's top instrumentalists in any category and Håvard Takle Ohr is probably the best rock drummer in the country at the moment, to watch him live is a revelation.

All the material is written by Andreassen, with some help on four of the tracks. He has been involved in around 20 albums and most notably been a member of Thulsa Doom and The Cumshots but this is the first album where he is in total control. He is also owner of Caliban Studio, home to many great sounding Norwegian albums. He has been nominated for four Norwegian Grammys and won two.

Tracklisting:
1. Fire Don't Know
2. It's Electric
3. With Full Force
4. The Hook
5. The Lights
6. Subtle As A Shithouse
7. Red Flag

Ambitious, epic and grand in scale, In The Country's previous album Whiteout was an artistic triumph. Always a very powerful and exciting live act, it was only natural that a concert album should come at this stage of their career, after three studio albums and a number of Norwegian, European and US tours.

Originally planned as a concert dvd, In The Country invited video director Claus Arthur Breda-Gulbrandsen to bring a crew to film a couple of Norwegian shows in October 2010.

Claus had previously directed two videos for Morten's other band, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra. Not content with merely filming these shows, Claus (and the band as well) had bigger ambitions for a more expanded type of film, of which you can see the quite stunning results on the accompanying dvd, with its mysterious Tarkovsky-like dream sequences mixed with Hipgnosis type of images.

We consider this to be one of the finest music films ever produced in Norway and a treatment rarely given to a jazz band of any origin. Looking like something with a much bigger budget, It needs to be said that this is a labour of love from all involved, and especially the director.

Also watch out for the hidden video after the film has ended.In the meantime, we also decided to make it a part of an ordinary CD and LP package, believing this will actually mean that more people will be able to see and enjoy it.

Apart from selections from all the studio albums, there are three new tracks here including a beautiful interpretation of Mark Knopfler's Brothers In Arms.

Morten Qvenild formed In The Country with fellow music students Roger Arntzen and Pål Hausken at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in 2003.
They have released three albums, all on Rune Grammofon, This Was The Pace Of My Heartbeat (2005), Losing Stones, Collecting Bones (2006) and Whiteout (2009) to much critical acclaim.

Downbeat called their debut one of the finest and most arresting albums to come out of Europe that year, Mojo said startling,  Straight No Chaser said fantastic and a host of others followed.

Tracks: Afraid, Whiteout, Slow Down, How To Get Acquainted, Kung Home, Brothers In Arms, Torch Fishing, Tree Canopy Walkway.

Said about the previous albums:
An album of wobbly serenity and arid self-assurance. New York Times (US)

Unfurl with subtlety, charm and an unadorned grace.¨ The Independent (UK)

Spaceous and memorable. The Guardian (UK)

One of the finest and most arresting albums to come out of Europe this year.
Downbeat (US)

Carry the emotional power of a screaming stack of Marshall amps. Jazztimes (US)

A startling debut. 4/5. Mojo (UK)

Sounds
1. Afraid
2. Whiteout
3. Slow Down
4. How To Get Acquainted
5. Kung Home
6. Brothers In Arms
7. Torch Fishing
8. Tree Canopy Walkway

Sights
1. Afraid
2. Whiteout
3. Slow Down
4. Kung Home
5. Brothers In Arms
6. Ursa Major
7. Tree Canopy Walkway

Ultralyd can be said to operate in a sonic landscape that has as much in common with modern contemporary music as wiith drone metal.

While their vinyl only release Renditions on The Last Record Company label in 2009 and their contribution to our recent Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep compilation can easily be described as belonging to the former, Inertiadrome introduces a more rhythm based, rough edged sound.

What you get is an instrumental album of ensemble playing, practically free of soloing, largely driven by Olsen's relentless drumming and Brandsdal's monster heavy bass.

Hana and Møster's unorthodox guitar and sax treatments are filling the gaps while a bleak and futuristic sounding production gives it a distict sense of doom.

Tracklisting:
1. Lahtuma
2. Street Sex
3. Contaminated Man
4. Geodesic Portico
5. Cessahtlon

Fourth album from the free spirited power trio that UK magazine The Wire described as a group whose scope of improvisational ideas is breathtaking.

To be able to both listen and react at this level of intensity is a rare gift. Scorch Trio should need no further introduction by now, apart from the significant fact that Chicago based drummer Frank Rosaly has taken over the drum stool from Paal Nilssen-Love and is doing a remarkable job in both keeping the group sound intact while bringing new blood and energy to the proceedings.

Guitarist Raoul Björkenheim and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten are also on top form in a group that never looks back but continue to explore the possibilities of the classic trio format.

As with the previous albums, Melaza was recorded live in the studio with a minimum of overdubs, this time by Robert Mussi at Bill Laswell's New York studio.

Vinyl Edition includes voucher for free MP3 download of the whole album.

Tracklisting:
1. Relajo
2. Bambalán
3. Fajao
4. Orita
5. Melaza
6. Estinche
7. Raitrú
8. Iesnú!

Half Nelson Courtship is the third album and the first on Rune Grammofon from this young trio who musically started out as the younger cousins of Supersilent.

The new album shows a group with a stronger identity, clearer focus, more mature and fully developed musical ideas and directions.

It's actually not so easy to compare them to anyone, but certain aspects of the 1973 period King Crimson concert improvisations wouldn't be too far off the mark. But Puma is first and formeost a contemporary and progressive unit making their own path on the ever growing Norwegian experimental scene mixing improvistaion, jazz, electronics and free rock.


Puma is Øystein Moen (synthesizers and electronics), Stian Westerhus (guitar and electronics) and Gard Nilssen (drums). Recorded and mixed by Jørgen Træen.

Vinyl edition includes voucher for free MP3 download of the whole album.

Tracklisting:
1. Bison Woven
2. Half Nelson Courtship
3. Last Waltz
4. M.E.O.W.
5. Gaberdine Lingerie
6. Innamorati Osculati
7. Knitstep
8. East West Horizontal March
9. Hachioji Silk Blues