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It´s been a long, long time but finally it´s here. Originally planned as an update and slightly revised edition of the long deleted 2cd / book of the same name released in 2003 to celebrate 5 years of Rune Grammofon, this has now turned into a completely new and absolutely gorgeous book, quite simply a must have. Completely redisigned and improved with all new art from Kim Hiorthøy, more pages, slightly bigger and with 4 different types of paper, it features graphic works, photos, video stills, used and unused sleeve art, complete discography and more. The essays on the musical and visual profiles of the label from the first book are included, as is the original interview Kim did with label founder Rune Kristoffersen in 2003. New to this edition is a new interview as well as forewords by Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis and David Fricke, senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine. Alog contributes one track to the compilation, a live collaboration with Spunk called "Picnic avec", and Phonophani is represented with a track called "the Atlantic". Link |
 ALOG JANA WINDEREN ALEXANDER RISHAUG & MARIUS WATZ LIVE at AD & A Gallery, OSAKA 22.10 – 07.30 pm Link: http://adanda.jp/workshop/maxmsp/2008/09/elextra-sound-art-from-norway-concert.html /- - - - - - - - //- - - - - - - - - -/// ALOG JANA WINDEREN ALEXANDER RISHAUG & MARIUS WATZ + secret guests LIVE at Superdeluxe, Tokyo 24.10 – 08.00 pm Link: http://www.super-deluxe.com/#Norwegian%20Music - - - - /// - - - - - - - - - / - - - - - The tour is supported by The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo and MIC/UD. Booked and organized by Tetsuro Yasunaga. |
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) Japan 23. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan 24. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan 25. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan 8. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Toulouse, France 11. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Perpignan, France 6. Dec. 08 Alog, Urbaines Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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