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A very positive review.
Tried to fix the picture links and my posts disappeared.
So here we go again.The rest of the pics are here.
The traditional yule show at Byscenen is on.
10.09.2022 – DE Bremen, Hellseatic Festival
23.09.2022 – BE Leuven, Het Depot
13.10.2022 – NO Bø i Telemark, Kroa Bø Jazzklubb
14.10.2022 – NO Drammen, Union Scene
>> 03.12.2022 – NO Trondheim. Byscenen <<
10.12.2022 – NO Asker, Asker Kulturhus
Since Bent mentioned living in that old farmhouse in a couple of interviews, I thought I might pay them a visit. I found Only Tomas at home though, the others where out and about.
Nice place!
@Mark – 8000 is the number from the festival. There where only one concert at a time, so if we subtract a few hundreds in burger, beer and lavatory queues it is still a good crowd. .
google translate:
Motorpsycho on a long trip
Massive, epic and exploratory from a band that never stands still. This time they have set course for the heart of the sun.
Motorpsycho's most exciting album is always their next. Although the back catalog has song favorites from several decades, there is no other band where I want only new songs at a concert. They are always evolving. They always maintain high quality, and they always make it interesting for themselves, and thus for us.
"Ancient Astronauts" has four tracks, and the gold itself is the last two, "Mona Lisa/Azrael" and "Chariot Of The Sun…". Like the suite "NOX" from "The All Is One" (2019), both have their origins in the dance performance "Sacrificing" – which was again inspired by Stravinsky's "Spring Sacrifice" and the question of what humans must sacrifice for the climate cause, in order to maintain their own existence.
Musically, this band is prog at its best. The majestic 12-minute "Mona Lisa/Azrael" can be interpreted as an homage to King Crimson's "Starless", complete with a lovely Mellotron theme, chimes, gongs and quivering Rhodes. Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan unfolds inspired on an unrestrained middle part that borders on free jazz. Wildly ecstatic, noisy, atonal and delicious! Before the theme is repeated and developed in a harder version.
With "Chariot Of The Sun…" they travel even further into the universe, perhaps all the way to the heart of the sun. This too is synth-heavy and elongated (22 minutes), and with the exception of a wordless chorus, entirely instrumental. It is deliciously liberating when the song – or should we say the work – after six minutes turns into a heavy, hard minor part, before they calm down again and slide in and out of different themes with an ambient feel.
The opening track, six-minute long "The Ladder", becomes a lightweight in comparison. The song has a catchy weird riff and grooves fiercely, while "The Flower Of Awareness" is two minutes of soothing noise. As if to let us catch our breath before the spaceship leaves the atmosphere.
The album was recorded live in the studio with Helge "Deathprod" Sten as producer and without Reine Fiske this time. While "Kingdom of Oblivion" (2021) was to a greater extent a straight hard rock record, here we meet the exploratory version of the band. In terms of form, the album has similarities with "The Crucible" (2019), but with greater calmness and a completely different atmosphere. At the same time, this feels more like a record they needed to get out of their system, rather than hinting at a new direction. But what a journey it was!
Reviewed by KAI KRISTIANSEN
@Johnny_Heartfield – In all the 4 recordings I have there is a short stretch of wordless singing just before it all takes off. From 4:25 on the album recording, and again towards the end.
My first thought when they debuted Mona Lisa/Azrael at Verkstedhallen was "Shit! are they really going to do 'Starless'?" Is it just me? I haven't seen that link mentioned in any reviews.
From the Rune emails:
"A certain quantity will be distributed through Cargo Records UK and their European network. Vinyl retailers in Norway will also be able to order from our Norwegian distributor.
A relatively small amount will be sold through Stickman´s website."
and
"if you expect that your local customs office will cause you problems and you don´t want to risk paying possible taxes, we advise that you order from a local distributor like Konkurrent (be-ne-lux), Cargo (Germany) or Goodfellas (Italy). They get their stock from Cargo UK, our main international distributor. Alternatively, contact your local shop or online retailer that normally sell Motorpsycho vinyl."
@aki – there were only one copy per customer (yeah I know, there are probably sharks with multiple addresses out there. But they will not sell cheap).
The latest emails from Rune has some information on alternative distributors, Stickman and others.
"All four tracks are basically the band playing live in the studio".
I love that they are recording the album the jazz way. I guess this is a result of them playing the tracks live several times before entering the studio, and everything was already fitting together. The jazzy feeling is entering the album tracks.
The new teaser on Instagram is sounding great.
