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| The front of the MONUMENTS EP |
GAAAH!
The EP's finally finished. It's now purchasable whenever you see me play or if you come to Kristiania Epsressobar (Fehrbelliner Strasse 5, Prenzlauer Berg). It's 5 € (I guess that's a pretty decent price) and contains 6 tracks. It runs for about 45 minutes. Here's the track listing for you:
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| The back of the MONUMENTS EP |
1 . Rot Month (a song about the confusion and emptiness that appears when you leave your life and city for new ones, the constant disappointments of social life)
2 . The Story of ... (a song about leaving Sweden, leaving old acquaintances and traditions behind you, looking to the colossal cities of Youroupe)
3 . Square (a song about the difficult role as a father figure and how they are always haunted by and unable to get away from their patriarchal heritage)
4 . Cottage (a song about the simplicity of living in the countryside, complete with Knickerbocker scenery backed up by reggae rhythm)
5 . When this Civilization ends (a song about when your whole world collapses along with everything else that can possibly collapse, such as the Rolling Stones)
6 . Painted Hand (a song about the new social rules, about telling out your entire life story to any stranger that might be interested, and about an optimism that I have only experienced a handful of times)
The entire EP is listen- and downloadable on my Soundcloud page. Unfortunately, for you who prefer Myspace, because of a bug or another, I've yet been unable to upload any song to my Myspace profile. However, one day it will work. Until then, use the Soundcloud page (which, you will find, is actually a zillion times better than Myspace), and if you like what you hear, comment, order the CD, or whatever.
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| Antje Øklesund |
Last weeks gig at Antje Øklesund went well, a bunch of nice people showed up, RoyalChord did a good set (eventhough I was a bit to washed out to fully appreciate it). There are some nice pictures, which will eventually be posted here. It was great to have a proper sound engineer who made sure the frequencies were right and all. A lot of bass!!! That was fun. All people present would probably agree to that.
I might be playing at the square of Stortorget in Lund, Sweden, on Nov 30th. At least I just got a request from Mejeriet Band Booker Martin B to be one of three live acts to play in a tent handed out by the Municipality of Lund. We'll see how it goes, transporting gear from Berlin and all.
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| Antje Øklesund |
And oh, there's probably another Vorspiel mit Frans coming up at Kristiania Espressobar. In perhaps two weeks or so. I'll inform you. Trust me!
Last week we went to see Beach Fossils perform at the Bang Bang. They were very inspiring. A truly wonderful sound, simple but efficient songs. I have to admit, I'm envious of people who can do non-complex music. I feel handicapped by my multi-layering technique. It is about to transform though. Via every possible genre I'm now trying to find how I want to do it. And it's tough.
Thank you
