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Juergen: I did not recognize the instrumental, nor have I heard the Ã…lesund show. Can I describe the song? It was a rather fast and energetic song, if I remember correctly. Other songs were also played at a furious speed, it almost seemed as if Bent had trouble keeping up during Whip that ghost.
The guy at 2:14 may have liked some Blissard songs, but he only got one. I think it went like this:
Year Zero
Hell
August
Vanishing Point
Ãœberwagner
Whip that ghost
Barleycorn
In the Family
Greener
Cornucupia/Go to California
Instrumental
You Lied
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Hogwash
(1h55m)
Not the best Motorpsycho-show I've ever seen, but still very good. The catchy, snappy songs were better received; the jammy parts less so. For me, the highlights were Barleycorn, Greener and the instrumental they played before You Lied.
Reine Fiske is a great addition. I hope he remains with them for a long time.
A review from Bergens Tidende (5/6)
http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/konsert/Tre-timer-pa-Motorsyre-2878517.html
Wow. How excellent was that? A great, great show, made even better by the fact that the audience was actually listening. The quiet parts are normally spoiled by people talking; this time there was complete silence.
Highlights? Plenty. They played five Bliss-songs (Sinful, Drug thing, Greener [final encore], STG, and a marvellous Manmower). The highlight was another mid-nineties song though, an out of this world-version of Un Chien.
I haven't heard the Eggplant yet. Some new songs appealed to me, others did not. Ratcatcher, for instance, didn't impress me too much. Nevertheless, a very fine concert.
A short review in Aftenposten yesterday:
Gitaristenes helaften
Mer fra progrockernes overskuddslager
I over 20 år har trønderske Motorpsycho kompromissløst dervet med sitt, på et tosifret antall utgivelser av ymse slag og kvalitet. Fjorårets konseptalbum TDDU var et høydepunkt med sin ekstremmiks av rock, prog, støyjazz og strykere. Dette er, som bandet sier, "annen musikk" og ikke like spennende. Fem låter fra hard rock via reale prog-partier til renere pop, dominert av gitarer i fritt spill. Snah får musikalsk besøk av svenske Reine Fiske fra Dungen. Selv om ting til tider kan føles noe stillestående, er det en fryd å høre gnistrende samspill midtveis i 17 minutter lange "Ratcatcher". Best er likevel den avsluttende popflørten "The afterglow". Peker den mot neste?
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I still haven't heard the album myself, but I'm heading for Bergen in a couple of hours, and will probably hear some it live tonight.
Dagbladet is rather satisfied with the album. 5/6
http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/04/12/kultur/musikkanmeldelser/musikk/anmeldelser/motorpsycho/26622150/
Stickfrau om Twitter: New Motorpsycho album, "Still Life With Eggplant", has been announced!
From http://www.stickman-records.de/:
Motorpsycho is back once again with a new album, this time with the great title of "Still Life With Eggplant". Compact and presenting the band from their rockin' side, it also features some amazing guest guitar work from Swedish musician Reine Fiske (Dungen, etc.). A European tour will be following directly after the release on April 12th, and the first confirmed dates can already be found on our tour dates page. Reine will be joining them for these dates, so we can look forward to seeing some more magical chemistry happening onstage!
The album will be available on CD, LP and digitally as usual.
This looks promising: February 27th, the author Johan Harstad will discuss his Blissard book with Snah and Bent at Litteraturhuset, Oslo.
I don't know if this has been mentioned somewhere, and I certainly don't know if this belongs in this thread, but anyway:
At Oslo Jazzfestival there will be a double-header, in Oslo domkirke, Friday August 17th: Ståle Storløkken solo + Snah solo. (More info will appear on this page within a week or so, it seems: http://www.oslojazz.no/programNO.php?artistid=16&eng=)
"an I guess one is enough"
sterosofa, sorry for nit-picking, but the word is called "and", not "an". :oops:
That four-star Mojo review in full:
Modern day Norwegian psychsters Motorpsycho reached a career peak with their last album, the fantastically named Heavy Metal Fruit. Taking its name from a lyric in Blue Oyster Cult's apocalyptic tune, Me 262, the album rippled with post-Deep Purple dynamism and jazz inflections. The latter are given full and further rein on this 2-CD set, the music for which was commissioned in 2010 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Molde International Jazz Festival. Teamed with keyboard player Ståle Storløkken and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, the power trio sculpt a phenomenal album which cuts across rock, jazz and neo-classical music with gleeful abandon. From volcanic guitarmageddon (Hollow Lands) to moments of grand ambition (the 10-minute plus swoop of Into The Gyre), this is as bold and as progressive as rock gets.
(Review by Phil Alexander)
Supernaut: like I said earlier, I probably should have moved around a bit. Mainly for my own enjoyment, but probably also, as you point out, to make sure that I (for once) knew what i was writing/talking about. But my legs are old and weary, so I decided to stay put.
And it turns out that my ears must be old and weary, too. OtherFool: We must have been standing very close to each other – I was standing on the floor, right in front of the gallery.
