Rune Grammofon
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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 -
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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 -
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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