Lakes of Grass and Gold/Svarte Greiner

Svarte Greiner (Erik Skodvin) recently released a split 7" together with Swedish Lakes of Grass and Gold (Erik Enocksson) on Immune (2013).

700 copies made, that may be ordered over at Immune, where you also may listen to the record.

Immune describes Svarte Greiner´s piece as "an experiment with stuttering cello and guitar soundscapes", while Lakes of Grass and Gold does "a two part lamentation over love and nature".

Nice!

Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt, Bertrand Burgalat

Let´s turn spring into summer with a couple of replays!

Bertrand Burgalat´s "Spring isn´t fair", with lyrics by Alfreda Benge, and Robert Wyatt and Bertrand Burgalat´s "This summer time", should do it!

Håkon Kornstad: Snutt

Sax player and opera singer Håkon Kornstad has uploaded several recordnings on SoundCloud lately. You get a lot of his old band qWibutee, but also a short "Snutt", that didn't make it to the solo album "Symphonies in My Head" (2011).
"Snutt" was recorded in the Sofienberg Church in Oslo.

Now do your own research in the "Kornstad Archives".

Stian Westerhus/Jan Bang/Erik Honoré

Here is an excerpt from Stian Westerhus (g), Jan Bang (live sampling, electronics) and Erik Honoré´s (live sampling, electronics) concert at Tape To Zero in Oslo (April 2013). Sounds (and looks) like a great show!

Tord Knudsen: Visuals. Johnny Skalleberg: Live sound. Ingo Biermann: Video.

Please watch more videos from the festival at Kjetil Husebø´s YouTube channel.

Jenny Hval: Innocence is Kinky

Jenny Hval: "Innocence Is Kinky" (Jazzhouse (Copenhagen) Sessions), with Håvard Reite Volden (g) and Kyrre Geithus Laastad (dr).

About time to shop the Rune Grammofon album i think!

Moon Relay (Hubro 2013)

I have already mentioned Moon Relay´s eponymous album, but if some of you are extremely interested in Norwegian music, you might stand another post?

150 copies were released for Record Store Day, but I could not find it, and had to order from Hubro. They still seem to have some copies left!

Moon Relay is Daniel Meyer Grønvold (g), Håvard Volden (g), Ola Høyer (bass) and Martin Larsen (dr, perc), and to cite Hubro: "Moon Relay combines influences from surf, Kosmische, no-wave and electronic music in a quite irresistible way".

Have a listen on SoundCloud.

Wyatt and Stuff Spring Festival 2013

It´s festival season, and here is our spring festival of 2013:

- First out two videos with Evan Parker, John Edwards and John Russell from (the already mentioned) MOPOMOSO tour. More info, and lots of videos on MOPOMOSO´s YouTube.
- John Surman Trio 1975 (full concert). John Surman (bcl,ss,bs), Dieter Feichtner (synthesizer) and Barre Phillips (b).
- Phil Minton and Mick Beck (Sheffield), January 2013.
- Hanne Hukkelberg "My Devils" at Mono (Oslo). Hanne Hukkelberg, Mai Elise Solberg and Ivar Grydeland.
- Hanne Hukkelberg "No Mascara" at Mono (Oslo). Hanne Hukkelberg, Mai Elise Solberg and Ivar Grydeland.
- Michael Francis Duch "Hugh Shrapnel Medley" at Avant Garden (Trondheim), April 2013.