See the whole feature in Guardian
here
.
New Band Of The Day
Razika (No 1,058)
These four Norwegian girls make a joyous, reggae-influenced racket that recalls ska-pop pioneers the …
8. Mungolian Jetset "Moon Rocks 'n' Prog Rocks" (Montezuma remix)
Ten minutes of chugging, grooving disco-funk from the imaginary-empire-builiding Norwegian electro duo "pretending we`re in Weather Report"
The 12" is …
You can read the interview in Stool Pigeon
here
.
Norwegians think of music festivals as more than an opportunity to get drunk enough to make indie bands tolerable, and …
Get Lindstrøm's podcast
here
.
After running a podcast from fellow Norwegian space-disco maverick Diskjokke just two weeks ago, it might seem like it's a little soon to post an …
Check out this Todd Terje live recording from The Nest. Get it
here
.
The Nest: Last month, hundreds of deep house and disco devotees had the pleasure of witnessing …
Razika are from Norway, a country that is famous for black metal. Razika are not Black metal. In fact, they’re light and bubbly, a sunnier, poppier take on post-punk like …
You can hear Razika's "Eg Vetsje" on Pitchfork
here
. And here is what they say: "Eg Vetsje" is a jouncy, ska-inflected post-punk cut taken from Program 91, debut album …
Check out XLR8R's review of Diskjokke "Sagara" here.
It's no secret that the disco-tinged sound of Norway has had its flirtations with ambient music. Going through the scene-encompassing Full …
Razika's Vond I Hjertet is on Time Out London's playlist. You can hear the track
here
.
And this is what they say: “Norway’s latest young (they’re all 19) outfit …
Podcast 202: Diskjokke
Words: Shawn Reynaldo Photo: Stian Andersen
For several years, Diskjokke (a.k.a. Joachim Dyrdahl) was the sort of producer whose music could fairly easily be put into a …
Razika- "Vondt i hjertet"
Every so often, a song written in a completely foreign language comes along and takes me by surprise. "Vondt i hjertet" by Norwegian band Razika is …
Smalltown Supersound will have two parties at Sonar Festival this year. First at Sonar By Night on the Friday and then at Sonar Pro on the Saturday. Check out the …
Check out this nice
New York Times review
of Diskjokke`s Sagara. The album is out Monday the 14th of June.
Joachim Dyrdahl, the Norwegian electronic-music producer known as Diskjokke, knows …
NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL SHOWCASE PRESENTED BY OTHER MUSIC & ACADEMY ANNEX
Other Music is teaming up with our good friends at Academy Annex for a bit of record store solidarity -- …
Get Diskjokke`s Panutup as part of Bleep`s Sonar give-away. Download is available from 1300 (GMT) 9th June for 24 hours. Get it
here
.
After being discovered by Prins Thomas, …
You can hear Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas` remix of DJ Harvey at Pitchfork here.
From Pitchfork: UK electronic artist DJ Harvey has a new self-titled album as Locussolus out …
Todd Terje`s track Snooze 4 Love is named best new music by Pitchfork and here is what they say:
Norwegian producer Todd Terje makes dancefloor-oriented slabs of techno out of …
European Tour Date in Late May/early June 2011
May 25 Primavera Sound Festival,Barcelona,Spain
May 26 Bad Bonn Kilbi Festival,Dudingen,Switzerland
May 27 Palace,St Gallen,Switzerland
May 28 Spot Festival,Aarhus,Denmark
May 29 Festsaal,Belin,Germany …
Check out this great piece on Todd Terje, Lindstrøm and Diskjokke in The Guardian.
The hottest ticket at a recent Oslo festival was a 'one-off' gig with three trailblazers of …
Mungolian Jetset "Moon Jocks n Prog Rocks (the remixes)" 12" with remixes by Todd Terje (two actually), Frisvold & Lindbæk and Montezuma is out now! It is album if the …
"When we think about the Norwegian music scene, black metal is the first thing that comes to mind -- not the actual music, mind you, but rather all of the …
To get details about Diskjokke`s upcoming album Sagara, you can go to Resident Advisors website
here
.
diskJokke will release his next album, Sagara, this June on Smalltown Supersound.
As …
Check out Pechenga`s My Frozen Spirit on 20jazzfunkgreats
here
. Here is their review of the track:
Here at 20JFG we quite obviously find music an incredibly evocative experience. We …
Check out this great interview with Young Galaxy in Planet Notion here.
Young Galaxy Talks Creative Departures and Musical Influences
With their third album, Shapeshifting, Young Galaxy has once …