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Visit product page →Neo Dada is an album brimming with musical adventure, odd turns, colourful combinations of sounds and instruments, complex signatures and a good portion of pure joy, all mysteriously sugared with melodic hooks that will stick to your brain like any annoying pop tune, but in a good way.
There are elements from the Canterbury and Rock In Opposition scenes and traces of artists such as Frank Zappa, Henry Cow, Magma and Gentle Giant, but Jono has used his time since the previous album well, and taken large steps when it comes to establishing a strong musical signature.
The instrumentations and arrangements are also more adventurous, there are more rock sonics and Jono has succesfully picked up the guitar again.Tracklisting:
1. Neo Dada
2. Ballet Morbido In A Dozen Tiny Movements
3. Oslo City Suite
4. Your Mother Eats Like A Platipus
5. Big Ben Dover
6. Three Variations On A Mainstream Neurosis
7. Choco King -
Visit product page →Vinyl edition includes voucher for MP3 download of the whole album.
His previous album Neo Dada (2009) was a masterstroke; brimming with creative ideas, odd turns, weird combinations of sounds and instruments, complex time signatures and a healthy dose of pure musical joy, all mysteriously sugared with melodic hooks that would stick to your brain like any annoying pop tune.
As far as musical form and content goes, this can be said to continue with Phantom Stimulance, his fourth album. It's put together to celebrate Jono's 15 years as a composer and performer and 10 years as a band leader, but it's not a mere compilation.
Recorded in Athletic Studio, home to great analogue recordings by Supersilent, Motorpsycho, Scorch Trio and countless others, it's a collection of brand new versions of stage favourites and previously unreleased songs as well as a brand new song.
Jono lists movements like Rock in Opposition and the Canterbury Scene and artists and composers like Frank Zappa, Stravinsky, Magma, Henry Cow and Gentle Giant as inspirational sources but has established his own signature with his latest releases and stage shows.
Instrumentations and arrangements have become more adventurous, he has picked up the electric guitar again and successfully added a rougher edge to the ensemble sound. Simply a must for the progressive rock fan!
Tracklisting:
1. Borrelia Boogie
2. Utopian Semi Waltz
3. La Dolce Vidda
4. Phantom Stimulance
5. Rise Of The Baseless Press-Base Toy
6. Pongery In Evention (As In Owe Egons Dreams)
7. Beggar To Beggar (Including Pfote-Brei, The Poem)
8. Moon-Strictly In Love With A Figment Foetus
9. Negation Penetration
10. Double-Edged Triplets
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Visit product page →The Choko King is Jono's third album since 2009, but the recordings are from the period between 1995 and 2008, some of which predates his first album by four years.
The Choko King offers an open door into Jono's surrealistic musical universe and is a rare gift to his increasing number of fans and anyone interested in the workings of a truly eccentric and artistic mind.
The album has been meticulously assembled from home recordings, demos, rehearsal tapes, live and studio recordings and made into a completely new work by Jono himself.
This edition comes with a 14 minute bonus track. The sleeve paintings are by acknowledged Norwegian artist Christer Karlstad.
The Choko King is also available as a limited, numbered vinyl edition of only 300 copies with inner sleeve containing insanely nerdy details on each track by Jono himself.
Tracklisting:
1. Eva's Horse Dance
2. Vidda-Dixie
3. Chá!
4. Vital Requiem VII "To Live On Ones Poor Lie, Poor Thing"
5. Asia
6. I'm A Balloon I
7. Tango Dob'zanga
8. I'm A Balloon II
9. Pongery In Evention (Revised 1996 Version)
10. Ode To Arne Nordheim (1931-2010)
11. Rapphoenß (Original Version)
12. Pfote-Brei
13. Chai-Niese Bloöeze II
14. Avoiding A Void
15. Twelve Finger Intestinal Tango (First Version)
16. Utopian Dance (Original Version)
17. Vital Requiem IV "Wheelchair Abuser Scat"
18. Lobotomized Healers Rise & Fall
19. Lobotomized Healers Comeback
20. Chai-Niese Bloöeze III
21. Smother Eve
22. Sweet Blood
23. Türbø Meuz
24. Dance Of The Skin-Eating Witch
25. Evas Horse Dance (Demo)
26. Türbø Meuz (Original Version)
27. oessen Gåre Med Morra Ri'a? (How's Yo' Mother?)
28. Big Ben Dover (Vocal Version)
29. Vital Requiem (Complete) CD only Bonus track -
"Melody Of A Muddled Mason" is the natural successor to "Neo Dada", Jono's masterstroke from 2009. Some of Jono's finest writings can be found here, and he has refined his already considerable arranging skills to perfection, just listen to Bach's Beach and the title track for evidence.Visit product page →
Jono lists movements like Rock in Opposition and the Canterbury scene and artists and composers like Frank Zappa, Stravinsky, Magma, Henry Cow and Gentle Giant as sources of inspiration. With his releases and stage shows he has now established his own signature, with mature compositions, refined arrangements, improved guitar playing and the introduction of subtle vocals.
"Melody Of A Muddled Mason" is the sound of a composer and producer at the peak of his powers. The mint green vinyl and Kim Hiorthøy's strikingly original artwork completes this extraordinary release. -
Sold outVisit product page →And now for something completely different!
The young Norwegian outsider composer leads his 9-piece orchestra through a highly personal and unique collection of instrumentals, with nods to early seventees progressive rock, easy listening, film music and sophisticated pop.
A vital and life affirming rollercoaster ride combining intricate arrangements with memorable and melodic hooks.
Tracklisting:
1. Prologue
2. Awake, Wonderful And Lavish
3. I'm Not A Star I'm Just Lost In Space
4. Good Gracious
5. Cuban Serum
6. Rumba For A Slightly Excited Ape
7. Chá!
8. The Frenzied Butterflies
9. Centrifuge In D Minor
10. Tango On The Crest Of Reality
11. Ante's Inferno
12. Ariaph Orahri
13. Isle Of View
14. Epilogue - Encore
