This is the webpage of Alog, Phonophani and other related projects. Below is the a-log, a news and audio blog, featuring bits and pieces recorded and found lately.
Autumn Dates
In a couple of weeks (all dates below) Espen Sommer Eide (Phonophani, Alog) will appear for a special project at the "Tabularasa" room of the Manifesta Exhibition in Bolzano, Italy. At the table I will "refurbish" and "reconstruct" old italian vinyl records to become instruments. A picture of a prototype can be seen below - And in the end there will be a mini-concert with the newly built instruments. If you are in the area at the time please bring your old records to be transformed (you even get to bring the finished instrument back home with you)!
The big ALOG project for the autumn is our first tour of Japan in October. Having done only large scale shows the past year with 3-6 people on stage and a ton of custom made instruments to carry around it will be interesting to go back to doing some intimate duo-shows again. In Japan we team up with Alexander Rishaug/Marius Watz and Jana Winderen. The exact dates and venues are not set yet, but we expect to visit Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. Also we will visit London for a special concert in the woods together with the Owlproject (www.owlproject.com).
Here are all the dates, and hope to see you there!
12. Sep. 08 Phonophani, Manifesta, Bolzano, Italy 2. Oct. 08 Alog, Concrete and Glass, London 14. Oct. 08 Alog Stimul Festival, Prague 22. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Osaka 23. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Kyoto 24. Oct. 08 Alog, Loopline, Tokyo 25. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Tokyo 8. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Toulouse, France 11. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Perpignan, France 6. Dec. 08 Alog, Urbaines Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland posted
by the silent reader 26.8.08
Prototype v.0.2
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by the silent reader 26.8.08
Building Instruments - prototype
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by the silent reader 30.7.08
Downloading Alog and Phonophani MP3s
Tip of the day: If you´d like to download our songs instead of ordering them in physical formats from our webshop, we suggest you use Musiconline, an online store in Norway. They might be a bit more expensive than iTunes, but you get the tracks DRM-free in MP3 format. Links here to their alog and phonophani catalogue. posted
by the silent reader 14.5.08
Hope to see you there! posted
by the silent reader 30.4.08
Slåttberg
A preview of a custom built musical instrument by Espen Sommer Eide, artist and member of Alog and Phonophani. The Slåttberg will premiere at the Borealis Festival for contemporary music Bergen, Norway late february 2008. posted
by the silent reader 31.1.08
Amateur nominated for Spellemann - Norwegian Grammy
The alog album "Amateur" is nominated for a Spellemann award (Norwegian Grammy) to be decided on the 2. February. http://spellemann.no/ posted
by the silent reader 3.1.08
