It doesn't matter how often MOTORPSYCHO release something new – it is eagerly awaited by their fans as if their lives depended on it – and just as eagerly debated once it has been heard. The new album by MOTORPSYCHO has been titled «Phanerothyme», a strange word coined by ALDOUS HUXLEY:

«To make this trivial world sublime
Take half a gramme of phanerothyme»

was what he wrote to friend HUMPHREY OSMOND, who answered:

«To fathom hell or soar angelic
Just take a pinch of psychedelic».

You are not, however, going to experience a 60's throwback acid-rock-drenched album of 20 minute-long guitar- and (even worse) drum-solos. But you just might find the terms «sublime» and even «soar angelic» quite appropriate. Listen and enjoy.

After several dozen releases, massive touring every year and an almost-constant «presence» in the press, there's not really a need to rehash the history of the band anymore. Should you need the information or you're just plain interested, check out the biographies here:
http://motorpsycho.fix.no/thisis/biography/
and
http://www.stickman-records.de.

Shortly upon release of the album MOTORPSYCHO will be embarking on another European-wide tour, from Norway to Greece and back again. MOTORPSYCHO live is definitely something to take a dose of, so don't miss the chance!

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MOTORPSYCHOPHANEROTHYME

Produced by DEATHPROD and MOTORPSYCHO

Recorded at Lydlab Studios, Oslo, Norway
Engineering and mix: ULF HOLLAND
Marginal 2nd Engineer: JOHN MARIUS AARESKJOLD
Assistant and tape-operator:
FINGERSNAPPIN' GEORGE TANDERO
Mastering: BJÖRN ENGELMANN at Cutting Room
Illustration and Sleeve Design: KIM HIORTHØY

All songs arranged by HÅKON GEBHARDT,
HANS MAGNUS RYAN and BENT SÆTHER
Orchestral arrangements by BÅRD SLAGSVOLD
Except «When You're Dead»
Orchestral arrangements by LARS HORNTVETH

EVEN S. ANDERSEN: trombone
MATHIAS EICK: Trumpet & flugelhorn
KETIL VESTRUM EINARSEN: flute
ØVIND FOSSHEIM: Violin
HÅKON GEBHARDT: drums, percussion, vocals, guitars, banjo, lap-steel, glockenspiel, cittern
LARS HORNTVETH: tenor sax and bass-clarinette
LINE HORNTVETH: tuba
VEGARD JOHNSEN: violin
ANDRÉ ORVIK: violin
ANNE-GRETHE ORVIK: oboe
HANS MAGNUS RYAN: guitars, vocals, bass, viscount organ, mellotron, piano, fingersnaps
BÅRD SLAGSVOLD: piano, wurlitzer, fender rhodes, clavinette, vocals
HELGE STEN: audio virus, filters, ringmodulators, echoplex, theremin, fingersnaps
HANS MORTEN STENSLAND: violin
BENT SÆTHER: bass, vocals, guitars, drums, mellotron, percussion, viscount organ, 12-string guitarmando, fingersnaps
JON W. SØNSTEBØ: viola
ANNE BRITT SÆVIG ÅRDAL: cello

The extended family: CECILIE LYKKE, MORTEN FAGERVIK, PIDAH KLOOS, MORTEN THOBRO, KEN KUIPERS, STEFFEN TELSTAD, AUDUN STRYPE, RONNY KVALVÆR, ROLF and JEANETTE GUSTAVUS, and psychonauts everywhere

Thanx to: TROND BRANDAL & ERIK NADHEIM for working the "system". JAN & PER at Sony Norway for "systemizing" the work, BERTRAND at Napo & KNUT at Kissass for stuff, and everybody we might have forgotten for everything.
Be seeing you!

Contact: Motorpsychodelic Trips | P.O. Box 2640 |
7001 Trondheim | Norway
EMail: motorpsycho@online.no