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Norwegian jazz is as vital as ever and one can but wonder where it all comes from. With ”Night Owl”, their second album for Rune Grammofon, pianist Eyolf Dale (29) and sax player André Roligheten (29) are already five albums into their career and showing a maturity in writing and playing that is betraying their age considerably.Visit product page →
Their previous album, "Tree House" with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, also showed that they can write for a large ensemble, this being a commissioned work from Molde International Jazz Festival in 2013.
"Night Owl" was recorded at Fattoria Musica in rural Osnabrück, Germany, a studio that has hosted many famous musicians and is known for its top quality equipment and ambiance.
The music can be described as contemporary jazz with threads to both American and European traditions - highly original, structured compositions paired with improvisation; playful and melodic, modern and accessible. -
Sold outVisit product page →Alog's Follow-up to "Red Shift Swing", an album that received massive critical acclaim and showed a totally fresh approach to the art of sampling.
"Duck-Rabbit" follows this course but is to a greater extent born from improvisations during and after concerts, something that has given the album a more extrovert and energetic feel.
Tracklisting:
1. Islands Of Memory
2. Objects Began To Appear From The Future
3. Violence And Magical Danger
4. Fire's For Burning
5. Duck-Rabbit
6. Idea-Changing Liquid Alchemy
7. Your Secret Flesh
8. As Complicated And As Beautiful As Always
9. Drunk Dj's -
Visit product page →The third album from the duo described as setting new standards in contemporary music (The Milkfactory) and one of modern music's most interesting groups (BBC Online).
Their debut Red Shift Swing was a breath of fresh air at the tail-end of last century, a mature and original release from two sonic explorers, already masters at seamlessly blending electronic and acoustic elements.
Their sound has since been perfected through the follow-up Duck-Rabitt (RCD 2020) and concert activities before arriving with this, their best collection so far. Inventive and intriguing electronica with a human and organic nerve.
Tracklisting:
1. Severe Punishment And Lasting Bliss
2. Steady Jogging Of The Heart
3. St. Paul Sessions II
4. The Youth Of Mysterious Conversations
5. Leyden Jar
6. Pesce Spada
7. Buffalo Demon
8. Change Position
9. Building Instruments -
Sold outVisit product page →Mainstays with Rune Grammofon since their debut Red Shift Swing in 1999, their new album Unemployed finds them on top of their game with what is arguably their finest effort so far.
It was recorded in a wide range of spaces and places, from recordings of Haugan and Eide as street musicians in San Francisco while touring, to scavenging old collections of 78-records in the mining town of Bjørnevatn in the far north-eastern part of Norway.
From on-the-spot recordings of Sigbjørn Apeland's legendary collection of vintage harmoniums in the St. Jakobs Church in Bergen, to high-end capture of the unique sounds of Alog's many custom built instruments in the studios of Notam in Oslo and BEK in Bergen.
For a period of three years Alog collected material from all kind of sources, times and situations and made new songs that constantly pushed their creative freedom in unexpected directions.
Playful, adventurous, mysterious and exploring, this is 76 minutes of experimental, yet accessible, music of the very finest sort and comes highly recommended.
Tracklisting:
1. Orgosolo I
2. Orgosolo II
3. The Weatherman
4. Zebra
5. Unemployed
6. Arkipel
7. Last Day At The Assembly Line
8. The Mountaineer
9. Baklandet
10. Bømlo Brenn Om Natta
11. Et Besøk
12. Spanish Record No. 9
13. Januar
14. Apeland -
Sold out"Breathtakingly beautiful", "magical", "epic", "magnificent" and "instantly memorable" were among the words used in reviews of her much applauded comeback album "Rocks & Straws" from 2015, her first in 10 years. Brimming with memorable melodies, subtle arrangements, evocative lyrics, strong musicianship and a vital album production, it showed a mature and confident artist moving in a somewhat surprising direction, given her background in electronic music with Bel Canto, Röyksopp and her first solo efforts.Visit product page →
It would be no mean feat to follow up the huge artistic success of "Rocks & Straws", but to our ears "Revelation For Personal Use" is an improvement on all accounts. It is also very much a follow-up, an ode to her native town and region, and again with all the songs being based on lyrics by local cult poet Arvid Hanssen and translated to English by artist and writer Roy-Frode Løvland.
Anneli has written the album's eight lovely songs, plays piano and keyboards and has produced the album. It largely moves in the same musical landscape as the previous album, with the Arctic Philharmonic present on six tracks and string arranger Sindre Hotvedt, guitarist Eivind Aarset and drummer Rune Arnesen on board again. If anything, a couple of the tracks show a slightly sharper rock edge than its predecessor.
Tracklisting:
Side A
1. Blue Evening
2. Sun-wave
3. Days
4. On The Road
Side B
5. Raindrops
6. Snow
7. Waiting Time
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Anneli Drecker's ethereal voice first became known through the music of her band, Bel Canto, back in the late 80s. Only 17, Anneli left her Arctic hometown of Tromsø with band members Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) and Nils Johansen, for the pulsating indie scene in Bruxelles.Visit product page →
Signed to the legendary Belgian label Crammed Discs, Bel Canto captured the zeitgeist of European electronic music. Their first two albums, "White Out Conditions" and "Birds Of Passage", were released internationally and won the Norwegian grammy award three times.
With her characteristic singing style, often compared to other wonderful singers such as Lisa Gerrard and Liz Fraser, Anneli has collaborated with artists such as Hector Zazou, Jah Wobble, Gavin Friday, DJ Krush, Tim Simenon, Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, Guy Sigsworth and Ketil Bjørnstad. She also joined a-ha on two world tours as their guest singer and has toured the world for more than 10 years singing with Røyksopp and co-writing a number of songs with them.
"Rocks & Straws" is a homecoming album, an ode to her native town and region. The songs, all composed by Anneli, are based on lyrics by cult poet Arvid Hanssen and translated to English by artist and writer Roy-Frode Løvland.
Hanssen's poems are strongly influenced by the mysterious and powerful nature of this arctic region, like the writings of Knut Hamsun, born only a few miles from Hanssen's birthplace. "Rocks & Straws" is also very much an acoustic record based on recording techniques from the 70s.
The music is played live, with some of Norway's finest musicians: Guitarist Eivind Aarset, drummer Rune Arnesen, bassist Ole Vegard Skauge and The Arctic Philharmonic, Tromsø's acclaimed orchestra.
Apart from singing Anneli plays the piano and organ, and has produced the record.
Tracklisting:
1. Alone
2. Circulating Light
3. Come Summer's Wind
4. Green Leaves In The Snow
5. Fisherman's Blues
6. Ocean's Organ
7. Rain
8. Rock & Straws
9. Seagull's melody
10. Waiting For A Boat -
Visit product page →"Chiaroscuro" was Arve's second solo album, it was hailed by critics everywhere and remains one of our most popular releases. Here are some quotes from back then:
If music is measured solely on its spiritual impact, then Chiaroscuro is clearly a strong contender for album of the year. Allaboutjazz (US)
A profound and singularly moving statement. BBC Online (UK)
Certainly, this beautiful CD is the first recording to make me cry in a very long time.
The Wire (UK)It's an extraordinary record now squatting my cd machine like a gentle dogkicker. Beautiful. Straight No Chaser (UK)
One of the most telling and significant records in new Norwegian music in a long time. Dagsavisen (NO)
I haven't heard music this beautiful in a long time. A complete, organic, focused expression from beginning to end. 6/6. VG (NO)
Tracklisting:
1. Opening Image
2. Bird's-Eye-View
3. Chiaro
4. Holography
5. Blue Silk
6. Parallel Action
7. Circled Take
8. Scuro
9. Time Lapse
10. Ending Image -
Visit product page →Vinyl edition is the first pressing of 500. Includes a CD.
Worship can come in many forms, and can happen in many different kinds of place. Music can make its church anywhere. With Places Of Worship, Arve Henriksen moves into the front rank of world class musicians.
The Norwegian trumpet player has made his mark over many years, not only as the horn player with the consistently challenging and long lived group Supersilent, but also as the purveyor of exquisite and distinctive solo work that stretches to four solo albums since 2001, which Rune Grammofon recently repackaged as a career-spanning box set, Solidification.Deeply rooted in the sublime geology of his Norwegian homeland, Henriksen's music has developed into something beautifully at one with natural habitats and reflecting the hybrid, cosmopolitan environments of the twenty-first century. On Places Of Worship, he inhabits the space between these two worlds, in a series of tone poems and mood pieces located around religious buildings and ruins.
These still, silent quarters and abandoned houses of the holy can be where we experience our deepest moments of reflection, silence and occasionally fear. Making the aura of these places audible, Henriksen's haunted horn and idiosyncratic treble vocals carry an air of treading on forbidden territory, stirring up the dust of forgotten spirits.
As well as suggesting the creaking timbers and salty tang of North African ports ('Alhambra') and the whiff of Gallic scirocco ('Le Cimitière Marin'), it stirs fond memories of fellow musical souls, both alive and dead: the Miles Davis of Sketches Of Spain and Aura; the Fourth World exotica of Jon Hassell.
Arve Henriksen played in various jazz ensembles in his youth before co-forming Supersilent in 1997. His trumpet, augmented with effects and electronics, has appeared with David Sylvian, Terje Rypdal, Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Balke, Terje Isungset and Iain Ballamy's Food.
With Supersilent he recently collaborated with former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
His own music, which has reached a new intensity on Places Of Worship, will leave you becalmed, bewildered, bewitched¦. And full of praise.
Tracklisting:
1. Adhan
2. Saraswati
3. Le Cimetière Marin
4. The Sacristan
5. Lament
6. Portal
7. Alhambra
8. Bayon
9. Abandoned Cathedral
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"The Height Of The Reeds" started as a commissioned work to the city of Hull, Great Britain's cultural capital 2017. Composed by Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, the work celebrates the longstanding seafaring relationship between Hull and Scandinavia.Visit product page →
It was originally the musical companion to a sound walk that took place in April, May and June 2017. Those who took part could listen to the music on headphones while crossing the Humber Bridge.
Initially intended for April only, the arrangement proved so popular it ended up with selling out three months, a total of 15.000 tickets. Whether it will be repeated in the future remains to be seen, but at least the evocative music can now be experienced on this release. Only minor adjustments have been done to justify the transition from sound walk to album.
Other than Henriksen, Aarset and Bang, the work includes important contributions from Hull sound artist Jez Riley French, providing field recordings from the bridge itself: the river below, the noise of engines, the creaking of steel wires, wheels against asphalt and the song of the reeds in the wind.
Opera North's choir and orchestra provides the necessary musical space for the soloists, and two actors and a child are reading from translated poems by Norwegian poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad.
This is a beautiful addition to Arve Henriksen's large and fast growing discography, and sits well with his very popular Jan Bang contributions "Chiaroscuro" (2004) and "Places Of Worship" (2013).
Tracklisting:
1. Come April
2. Reefs And Roots
3. The Swans Bend Their Necks Backward To See God
4. Height Of The Reeds In The Wetlands
5. Is There A Limit For The Internal?
6. Nymphs And Eurasian Horses
7. Waders
8. The Wind In The Willows
9. Pink Cherry Trees -
"The Nature Of Connections" almost entirely features pieces composed by Arve'™s collaborators.Visit product page →
Recorded in the sparkling acoustic of Oslo'™s legendary Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug, it'™s an album with closer ties to Nordic folk and contemporary, minimalist chamber music than any of Arve'™s previous releases. At the same time it features some of the most melodic and seductive music he has recorded.
The trumpeter had planned to make an album with a string quartet for many years but never quite found the right formula. Finally, a special commissioned tour brought him together with violinists Nils Økland and Gjermund Larsen, cellist Svante Henryson and double bassist Mats Eilertsen, all of whom now appear as the central planks in "The Nature Of Connections".
Another welcome guest is drummer Audun Kleive, veteran of Norwegian jazz ensembles including Oslo 13, JøKleBa!, Generator X, Terje Rypdal and Jon Balke.
Tracklisting:
1. Blå Veg
2. Hambopolskavalsen
3. Budbringeren
4. Seclusive Song
5. Hymn
6. Aceh
7. Keen
8. Arco Akropolis
9. Salm -
In a world where being loud seems to be the only ticket for attention, Arve Henriksen has somewhat quietly and without much ado established himself as an important, major player on the European jazz scene. In his 20 years with Rune Grammofon we're counting 11 solo albums (including one for ECM) and 12 albums with Supersilent (including two for Smalltown Supersound), in addition to four albums with Food as well as numerous collaborations, far too many to mention here.Visit product page →
During these years he has also performed quite extensively in Europe, in later years being more choosy, often preferring more unique venues and locations. Consisting of unreleased material from around ten years back and up until 2019, "The Timeless Nowhere" is not a compilation in the traditional sense, but can still be seen as a career overview including many facets of his work, at the same time portraying an artist on an unstoppable quest for discovery through exploration.
Indeed, these are also four individual albums that could easily have justified separate releases, but at this stage in Arve's artistic journey it also made perfect sense to assemble them as a box set.
The common denominator is about inspiration drawn from composers, collaborators, new discoveries and more specifically; spontaneous interaction with other musicians without other purposes than the music itself. No talk, no demands, no intentions, no explaining; just music in a timeless nowhere.
"Captured Under Mountainsides" points to the wild landscape scenery of the area where Arve grew up in the western part of Norway; overwhelming and often strikingly beautiful, but also isolated and with a sense of melancholy.
"Acousmograph" is Arve on his own, inspired by compositions and musicians, more experimental in nature and partly based on sketch recordings in odd locations.
"Cryosphere" is a co-production with long time collaborator Jan Bang re-modelling material from a series of evolving concert performances.
"Towards Language - Live at Punkt" could be seen as a departure from Arve's usual approach, but at the same time it's not. This is not a static run through - Arve would never allow that - but rather the kind of re-imagining process that is such a vital part of his music making.
Tracklisting:
Towards Language - Live At Punkt
1. Traces Of Words
2. Aspirations
3. Patient Zero
4. Towards Language
5. Guarded
6. Groundswell
7. Turf War
8. Vivification
9. Biding Time
10. Paridae
Acousmograph
1. Shadow Lines
2. Prelude Unfolding
3. Pathless Forest
4. Cinématique Graphique
5. Port Of Call
6. Monochrome Garden
7. The Timeless Nowhere
8. Chamber Calibration
9. Embracing Life Of Solitude
10. Dimly Lit Frescoes
11. Point Of Departure
Captured Under Mountainsides
1. Amazed By Its Beauty
2. From A Distance
3. Fog And Light
4. Traces, Marks And Imprints Of Time
5. Abandoned Schoolhouse
6. Valley Echolocation
7. The Storyteller
8. The Painter, The Poet And The Past
9. Bedehus - House Of Prayer
10. Tún - Old Remains Of Settlement
11. Water Inscriptions
12. Tilia Cordata
13. Cryosphere
Cryosphere
1. Origin
2. Perfectly Diffuse
3. Subsurface
4. Radiative
5. Eating Stars
6. Intoku
7. Levitation
8. Aerial
9. Myosis -
Visit product page →With 'Towards Language' trumpeter Arve Henriksen is back with his trusted long time musical partners Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. Arve first collaborated with the pair on the much loved and highly praised 'Chiaroscuro' (2004), Arve's second album, and later on 'Cartography' (ECM 2008) and 'Places Of Worship' (2013).
Also an important part of the line-up is Eivind Aarset, the ECM associated guitarist extraordinaire. 'Towards Language' is Arve's ninth album (eight on Rune Grammofon and one on ECM) under his own name, in addition he has collaborated on records with artists like David Sylvian, Jon Balke, Trygve Seim and Trio Mediaeval, as well as a dozen albums as founder member of free noise trio Supersilent.
Arve has never been short of praise when it comes to expressing the importance his collaborators and musicians have on the creative process. Asked to comment on his new album, and its title, here's what he has to say: 'To express something on your own can be quite challenging at times. I have for years been in creative collaborations with musicians and producers that have ecouraged and inspired me. With this help and inspiration to discover new sounds and music I have struggled and made my way to gradually be able to create some sort of language and a way of telling stories with my trumpet and singing.
They have all coloured and gradually transformed me through different artistic timezones that I have passed through. All the information, concerts, discussions and impressions have had a significant impact on the process of gradually coming closer towards the core of communication through music.
With this recording, the good help and inspirational artistic contributions from Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang at the recording session in Oslo has led to these selected tracks. Music that has a connection to 'Places of Worship', but this time recorded 'live' in the studio in a chamber music like approach inspired by contemporary elements from composers like Toru Takemitsu and Manuel de Falla, to traditional organ music, and at the end of the album bringing in a traditional 'kven' (ancient Nordic song tradition) theme from the roots of my family from the North of Norway, sung by Anna Maria Friman of Trio Mediaeval.
Tracklisting:
1. Patient Zero
2. Groundswell
3. Towards Language
4. Demarcation Line
5. Transitory
6. Hibernal
7. Realign
8. Vivification
9. Paridae -
Sold outVisit product page →French group Astrïd started life around founder members Cyril Secq and Yvan Ros back in 1997, first as a guitar/drums duo before the arrival of violinist Vanina Andreani the year after and clarinettist Guillaume Wickel in 2005.
Since 2007 they have lived and worked between Nantes and Marseille. The music of Astrïd has roots in improvised music, ambient, 70's folk and jazz, classical and contemporary music from Ravel to Pärt.
There's also a kinship to artist like Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Mark Hollis, No Neck Blues Band and the Rachels (who they have performed with) but first and foremost they have established an unique and personal chamber music seamlessly mixing instruments, structures and approaches from both rock and classical music.
Tracklisting:
1. High Blues
2. Erik S.
3. Suite
4. James
5. Bysimh -
In South Africa, there's a range of hot sauces with names like Bushman's Fire', Bushman's Hot As Hell' - ¦ and the most mouth-searing of all: Bushman's Revenge'.Visit product page →
Three Norwegian musicians had a few memorable encounters'with the sauces on a trip to South Africa some years back, and later when they suddenly realised: have gig in a couple of days, need name now', they chose the name of the spiciest of the lot. I guess you can say that the Revenge made a lasting impression,'says the group's guitarist, Even Helte Hermansen. And the Norwegian Bushman's Revenge recipe offers quite a mouthful in its own right.
Formed in 2003, the Oslo based trio are upfront about their love for the progressive rock of Cream and Jimi Hendrix, the galactic jazz of Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock and Alice Coltrane, plus the raw power of Black Sabbath and The Pixies.
Thou Shalt Boogie! is their sixth album for Rune Grammofon, a relationship that began with 2009's You Lost Me At Hello. Its velvety, warm sound was captured at Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway, close to the Swedish border - a legendary tape-only studio with a 30-year history. Although there are three rooms separated by glass, they kept all the doors open so essentially what you are hearing is everybody in one big room', says Even.
Superbly paced, and poised in the indefinable zone between composing and improvisation, Thou Shalt Boogie! achieves a fine balance between brute heaviosity and meditative bliss. Even Hermansen brought various ideas for chord sequences and melodies into the studio, but the group collectively make them their own, adopting an everybody solos, nobody solos'approach.
One of the two long set pieces on the record is the 17 minute Baklengs Inn i Fuglekassa', which includes the shimmering drone of an Indian sruti box halfway through - an innovative touch that transports the track to an unearthly plane.
The working title of Thou Shalt Boogie!, Hermansen reveals, was Yoga. The idea was to do a more meditative record than we previously have,'he admits. The drone is a small tip of the hat to Alice Coltrane. Her Journey In Satchidananda is one of my favourite records of all time. I wanted to have some kind of tribute to her on there.'
Although Bushman's Revenge is essentially a trio (with Rune Nergaard, bass, and Gard Nilssen, drums), they were joined on this date by keyboardist David Wallumrød, whose Hammond organ tones provide silky washes of background colour.
The band included him on a tour in early 2013 and he stuck around. The band has never been tighter and we're having more fun than ever,'says Even. The point is to keep moving - forwards, backwards, sideways, up or down, it really doesn't matter as long as you're in motion.'Personnel Even Helte Hermansen - guitar, Rune Nergaard - bass, Gard Nilssen - drums, vibraphone, David Wallumrød - Hammond organ, clavinet, Prophet 5.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. I Am An Astronaut
2. Baklengs Inn i Fuglekassa
Side B:
3. Waltz Me Baby
4. Waltz Me All Night Long
5. Kugeln Und Kraut
6. Hurra For Mamma -
They've been called the missing link between Albert Ayler and Black Sabbath and a Marshall amp version of John Coltrane's Interstellar Space.Visit product page →
With this, their eighth album, they go all the way back to their humble beginnings some twelve years ago and for the first time do what can loosely be dubbed a "proper" jazz album.
Hence the album title which translates "Jazz, From Memory" in English. The goal, according to guitarist Even Hermansen, is still to explore the link between the Shorter/Coltrane world on one side and electric blues/Hendrix on the other, but without having to turn everything up to eleven.
Sporting four originals and two cover versions - McCoy Tyner's "Contemplation" and Albert Ayler's "Angels" - this is easily their most confident, spiritual, heartfelt and fully realised album so far.
"Gamle Plata Til Arne" originates from the first ever jam session they had before starting the band all those years ago and the album closer "Lola Mit Dem Gorgonzola' is an elegant slice of Scandinavian summer melancholy, in a jazz tradition first explored by legendary Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johanson in the mid 60s.
Tracklisting:
1. Contemplation
2. 0500
3. Bo Marius
4. Gamle Plata Til Arne
5. Angles
6. Lola Mit Dem Gorgonzola -
Visit product page →This young and extremely eminent trio continue to mix the energy of rock with the freedom of jazz in the most exciting and exhilirating ways.
UK magazine Jazzwise called their previous album insanely good and likened them to Jeff Beck being backed by Elvin Jones.
Jitterbug is even better, the trio having matured through a number of live dates. It's possible to find several references in their music, but quite difficult to name other groups that they actually sound like. In our catalogue they are probably closest to Scorch Trio and Elephant9.
Otherwise, if you dig Jimi Hendrix, Red period King Crimson, Earth and heavy electric jazz it's very likely that you will find plenty to dig into here as well. Needless to say, we highly recommend this great album.Guest on two tracks with his magic Hammond organ: Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent, Elephant9, Humcrush)
Tracklisting:
1. Always In Motion The Future Is
2. Kill Your Jitterbug Darlings
3. While My Guitar Gently Breaks
4. Too Old To Die Young
5. Wind And Fire
6. Professor Chaos
7. Damage Case (Happy Go Lucky Karaoke Version)
8. Personal Poltergeist
9. Waltz For My Good Man -
Visit product page →Vinyl edition includes voucher for free MP3 download of the whole album.
The second album from this trio of young (all are 25) musicians shows a distinct development from their slightly patchy but very promising debut Cowboy Music (Jazzaway, 2007).
Founded by Even and Gard in 2003 in their hometown of Skien, a couple of hours from Oslo, the trio aim to combine the jazz/improv background of the rhythm section with the rock/metal background of leader, composer and guitarist Even Helte Hermansen to create their own expressive music inspired by names like Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix as well as Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler. Even grew up with groups and musicians like Kiss, Pantera, Sepultura, Faith No More, Frank Zappa and John Coltrane.
He is also a member of such diverse groups as Shining and Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra. Rune is from the northern town of Bodø and also plays in Humvee and Eirik Hegdal Quartet, while Gard can be found in Puma, Humvee and Lord Kelvin.
Both have a background from the Jazz Academy in Trondheim, breathing ground for musicians like Arve Henriksen, Ståle Storløkken, Nils Petter Molvær and many more.
Musically You Lost Me At Hello has an untamed energy to it and shows a looser and rougher side than the debut. At the same time the album as a whole seems more focused.
The production is quite heavy with a dark and dirty side to it. In the Rune Grammofon catalogue You Lost Me At Hello is probably most comparable to Scorch Trio, with a more rocking edge to it, and Motorpsycho.
Regarding the origin of the bandname, there's a real this one goes to eleven story attached to it. Even had a nasty and near fatal encounter with an insanely hot South African Chilli sauce of the same name bursting the hot-o-meter and laying waste strong contenders such as Bushman's Fire and Bushman's Hot AZ Hell... A fitting name to a blasting group....
Tracklisting:
1. Count The Holes In Your Head
2. Bølehøgda Rock City
3. Ginsberg
4. Hell Is For Hello
5. King Of Hello
6. Ghostwriters In The Sky
7. No Sleep 'Till Hammerfest
8. Champagne For My Real Friends -
Sold outVisit product page →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
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