Svarte Greiner/Alexander Rishaug "Black oyster" tour album

Svarte Greiner and Alexander Rishaug are heading out on tour together and have put together a special mini-album CDr for the occasion which can be previewed above. 100 copies only, featuring two solo tracks and two cooperative ones for a total of about 30 minutes.

Svarte Greiner and Alexander Rishaug Black Oyster tour

Norwegian experimental artists Svarte Greiner and Alexander Rishaug are joining forces for the "Black Oyster" tour in November:

11/01 - NK, Berlin (GER)
11/03 - Worm, Rotterdam (NL)
11/05 - h(ear), Kunstencentrum Signe, Heerlen (NL)
11/08 - Espace B, Paris (FRA)
11/09 - Plattfon, Basel (CH)
11/10 - Alchemia, Krakow (POL)
11/12 - Nil Desperandum, Rhiz, Vienna (AUS)

For more Svarte Greiner/Deaf Center/Erik K Skodvin live dates this fall, hit up his website: http://www.miasmah.com/eks/

Phonophani, Sigbjørn Apeland, Alexander Rishaug to tour Japan

Norwegian experimental/electronic artists Phonophani, Sigbjørn Apeland and Alexander Rishaug will be heading to Japan in February:

02/16 - Gift, Tokyo
02/17 - Urbanguilde, Kyoto
02/18 - Common Cafe, Osaka
02/19 - Guggenheim House, Kobe
02/24 - Sample, Nara
02/25 - K.D.Japon, Nagoya
02/26 - Soup, Tokyo

As mentioned before, Norwegian experimental "sound art" artists Alog, Jana Winderen and Alexander Rishaug/Marius Watz are heading to Japan at the end of the month for a few performances:

10/22 - AD&A Gallery, Osaka (info)
10/24 - Superdeluxe, Tokyo (info)

See the above info links for more details on each of the artists and the work they will be performing.

Alog will be heading to Japan in late October along with fellow Norwegian sound artists Alexander Rishaug/Marius Watz and Jana Winderen:

10/22 - tba, Osaka
10/23 - tba, Kyoto
10/24 - Loopline, Tokyo
10/25 - tba, Tokyo

Alexander Rishaug, probably my favorite Norwegian experimental/electronic artist right now, has posted some samples from his forthcoming album "Shadow of events": http://www.myspace.com/alexanderrishaug

Splendid reviews Norwegian electronic artist Alexander Rishaug: http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=1090922889330072

Norweigan eclectic/experimental label Smalltown Supersound will celebrate their 10-year anniversary with three dates at Blå in Oslo, Norway on Febuary 19-21. Confirmed artists scheduled to appear: Jaga Jazzist, Kim Hiorthøy, The Thing, Mental Overdrive, Jazzkammer/Sir Dupermann, Martin Horntveth, Alexander Rishaug, Per Martinsen (DJ), Rune Danielsen (DJ), Paal Nilssen-Love/Mats Gustafsson and Joakim Haugland (DJ). More details soon.

Details for the upcoming Smalltown Supersounds laptop brigade US tour featuring Sir Dupermann, Lasse Marhaug and Alexander Rishaug:

10/16 - Nom D'artiste, Boston
10/17 - MNY Homeoffice, NYC
10/19 - Empty Bottle, Chicago
10/21 - Recombinant Media Labs, San Francisco

Smalltown Supersound artists Sir Dupermann, Lasse Marhaug and Alexander Rishaug will be touring the US together in October. No exact details yet, but they'll definitely be hitting San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and New York.

The Office for Contemporary Art of Norway (OCA) is putting out a compilation of Scandinavian experimental electronic music entitled "Electric Leak - the North of It". The track listing was researched and compiled by Christiane Erharter, curator at the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, along with Yngvild Færøy, Søssa Jørgensen and Elin T. Sørensen from the "artist-initiated online sound gallery" BallongMagasinet. Here's a sampling of what to expect:

Hugger-Mugger's untidy no-music attitude sounds strictly post punk. Anton Nikkilä and Tommy Olsson treat readymade sound in a subtle and poetic way. Single Unit and Pink Twins are re-interpreting heavy guitar riffs and drum sets by combining them with electronic experimental sound. Henrik Rylander feeds back 'no input' effects. Emi Maeda's interpretations of the harp create a strange yet original piece of sound. Pål Asle Pettersen contributesa multi-layered electro acoustic composition. Alexander Rishaug creates flickering soundscapes and Fe-mail's approach towards noise welcomes the unexpected but in a playful way. The compilation also presents Erkki Kurenniemi and Åke Hodell, two important figures in the history and development of electronic sound art.

For the full tracklist and ordering info, go to www.oca.no and look under "Biennials".

Was it just me, or did World Cafe not stream that TSOOL performance yesterday? Did I miss it? Anyone else record it?

Katatonia has put up a 45-second teaser of the new song "Evidence"on their homepage. As stated before, the new album "Viva Emptiness" comes out March 24.

The Hives won two categories at the recent NME awards: 'Best International Band' and 'Best Dressed'. The full list of winners is here.

Isolation Years will release the first single from the new album "It's Golden" on February 17. The track is called "Open Those Eyes" and I have no doubt it will be awesome. The album follows on March 14.

Madrugada is planning to release the song "Majesty" as the next single. It's already been doing quite well in the charts. The rumor is that they're doing an EP and it'll be out on March 5. No word on the b-sides at this time.

Read the transcript of MTVE.com's webchat with The Cardigans. There's actually some pretty good questions from the fans getting asked and answered.

Ulver reports that the "1993-2003: 1st Decade in the Machines" remix comp is now complete. Contributors include the band themselves, Alexander Rishaug, Information, Third Eye Foundation, Upland, Bogdan Raczynski, Martin Horntveth, Neotropic, Stars of the Lid, Fennesz, Pita, Jazzkammer, V/Vm, and Merzbow. It'll be out in March on Jester Records.

In other Ulver news, the band also has announced their next EP will be called "A Quick Fix of Melancholy". It will contain three tracks and over 30 minutes of music that they say will "reflect the title." Author Christian Bök provides the lyrics.

Flow Magazine has themselves an exclusive mp3 from Paragon. The track is called "När Gon Spottar" and was produced by Michel Rocwell. Look for it on the upcoming debut album "Stadsbarn".

This week's Swedish college radio chart (from Dagensskiva):

Leaving the chart:
(07) Turin Brakes "Pain Killer"
(10) Supergrass "Seen the Light"
(12) Ed Harcourt "All of Your Days Will Be Blessed"
(17) Dub Sweden "Walk Me Home"
(19) Paola "Interstellar Love"
(20) Her Majesty "I'm Fire C'mon!"

Big Bongo Records is doing a comp to be called Twenty Years Too Soon One Year Too Late - A Tribute To The Nomads" featuring contributions from Sewergrooves, The Hellacopters, Maryslim, bob hund, The Dictators, Entombed, Sons of Cyrus and Nitwitz. In case you are unaware, The Nomads are the forefathers of Swedish garage rock and two of the members now make up The Hellacopters' rhythm section. I don't have a release date, but it should be out soon.

Here's the top 20 Swedish albums of the week, as reported by Aftonbladet:

01. Kent - Vapen & ammunition
02. The Sounds - Living in America
03. v/a - Fame Factory volym 3 final 2002
04. Barbados - Rewind
05. Robyn - Don´t stop the music
06. A Teens - New arrival
07. Magnus Uggla - Klassiska mästerverk
08. Melody Club - Music machine
09. The Knife - Deep Cuts
10. Johannes Kotschy - And that's why I love you
11. Helen Sjöholm - Visor
12. Sophie Zelmani - Sing and dance
13. Mando Diao - Bring´em in
14. Thåström - På röda sten
15. Joybells gospel choir - Oh happy day - 14 gospel klassiker
16. Nicke & Nilla - Pannkakor med sylt
17. Christian Kjellvander - Songs from a two-room chapel
18. Eric Gadd - Life support
19. Håkan Hellström - Det är så jag säger det
20. v/a - Fame factory vol 2

Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Loell has done a song to be featured in the upcoming Gwyneth Paltrow film "A View from the Top". Read more here. (in Swedish)

The new Lost Patrol record is scheduled to be out in May. For those that don't know, LP is the solo side project of Dennis Lyxzén from The (International) Noise Conspiracy. Among the various guests to appear on the album are singer/songwriter Lisa Miskovsky, David Sandström (The Facers, ex-Refused), Stefan Granberg (Randy), and Peder Stenberg (Bittersweet). Read more here. (in Swedish)

Nasum reports they have completed their new album "Helvete" which was recorded at the band's own Soundlab Studios by singer/guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk. The tracklisting:

01. Violation
02. Scoop
03. Living Next Door to Malice
04. Stormshield
05. Time to Discharge
06. Bullshit
07. Relics
08. We Curse You All
09. Doombringer
10. Just Another Hog
11. Drop Dead
12. I Hate People
13. Go!
14. The Final Sleep
15. Slaves to the Grind
16. Breach of Integrity
17. The Everlasting Shame
18. Your Words Alone
19. Preview of Hell
20. Illogic
21. Whip
22. Worst Case Scenario