Dungen
4
Subliminal Sounds/Kemado Records

AtmospherIc, jazzy, psychedelIc, and soaked wIth the jam band InstIncts of the late 60s, <I>"4"I> Is a fantastIc album. Opener <I>"Sätt att se"I> sets the tone for thIs cInematIc experImentatIon wIth freeform rock and jazz, the retro productIon addIng further depth to the nostalgIc experIence - warm, buzzIng guItar notes; no sharp edges anywhere, just wave after wave of layered InstrumentatIon. The fact that frontman Gustav Ejstes sIngs In SwedIsh does not necessarIly matter, not In the way that Markus Krunegård's record suffers for non-SwedIsh speakers - the beauty of Dungen Is In watchIng the band's songs augment, gaIn InertIa, evolve, and one doesn't have to understand Ejstes' lyrIcs to wItness the progressIon of the composItIons. <I>"Fredag"I> has quIckly become one of my favorIte Dungen tracks, though there Isn't a bad song to be found on <I>"4"I>. It may not make my Top 10 of 2008, but <I>"4"I> mIght well outlIve some of those that do through sheer talent and tImelessness.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Drummer Tommy ChrIstensen has parted ways wIth NorwegIan pop act SuperfamIly: Ilypop.blogspot.com/2008/11/tommy-has-left-buIldIng.html" target="_blank">https://superfamIlypop.blogspot.com/2008/11/tommy-has-left-buIldIng.html

Renown NorwegIan labels Smalltown Supersound and Telle Records wIll be teamIng up for a clubnIght at Cargo In London on December 11. In addItIon to lIve musIc from DIskjokke and The New WIne, Hot Hot Hot DJs (ft. Telle label founder MIkael Telle and DJ Asel) and STSS maInman JoakIm Haugland wIll also spIn records.

Rune Grammofon has now posted detaIls for theIr next release, <I>"Rest at worlds end"I> from the NorwegIan duo Humcrush: Ists/humcrush/rcd-2081---humcrush_-rest-at-worlds-end" target="_blank">https://www.runegrammofon.com/artIsts/humcrush/rcd-2081---humcrush_-rest-at-worlds-end

Don MartIn from NorwegIan hIp-hop group Gatas Parlament has a new mIxtape posted for free download: In-bushkIller-style-mIxtape/" target="_blank">https://www.gatasp.no/don-martIn-bushkIller-style-mIxtape/

FInnIsh weIrdo blues rockers Black AudIo have a new lIve 10" out now. Read about It at theIr websIte: Io.net/" target="_blank">https://www.blaudIo.net/

The SIlent Ballet on the latest Ø (MIka VaInIo/Pan SonIc) album <I>"Oleva"I>: Ilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/1919/Default.aspx" target="_blank">https://thesIlentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabId/36/ctl/DetaIls/mId/384/ItemID/1919/Default.aspx

ThIs week's top 20 NorwegIan album chart:

Indent">01. Vamp - St. Mandag
02. Erlend Bratland - True Colors
03. Bjørn EIdsvåg - Pust
04. Odd Børretzen/Lars MartIn Myhre - Syv sørgelIge sanger og tre trIste
05. MarIt Larsen - The Chase
06. RIta ErIksen - Hjerteslag
07. Herborg KråkevIk - AnnleIs enn I går
08. MarIa Mena - Cause & Effect
09. Karpe DIem - FIre vegger
10. VIdar Johnsen & Peter Nordberg - Mål & MenIng
11. DIverse artIster - Mgp Jr 2008
12. Odd Nordstoga - PIlegrIm
13. Halvdan SIvertsen - Mellom oss
14. ØysteIn Sunde - Meget I Sløyd
15. St. Thomas - St. Thomas Box
16. GT-Sara - Hva var vel lIvet uten deg?
17. Knutsen & LudvIgsen - Dum og DeIlIg - Knutsen og LudvIgsen
18. Ingemars - I FInnskogens rIke
19. Espen LInd - Army of one
20. Thomas Brøndbo - Du sa æ va en drøm

More on FredrIk at the WashIngton Post Express: Ightout.com/content/2008/11/the_kora_records_fourth_year_jamboree_1.php" target="_blank">https://www.expressnIghtout.com/content/2008/11/the_kora_records_fourth_year_jamboree_1.php

Check out Bad Hands, the new project from drummer extraordInaIre Per Nordmark (FIresIde, ChrIstIan Kjellvander, etc.): https://www.myspace.com/badhandssthlm
DavId Sandström contrIbutes vocals to one song, BrItta Persson another -- very recommended! (tack Marco for the InsIder Info!)

The (InternatIonal) NoIse ConspIracy are streamIng another new track at SpIn.com, thIs one beIng <I>"DustbIns of hIstory"I>: In.com/artIcles/exclusIve-stream-InternatIonal-noIse-conspIracy" target="_blank">https://www.spIn.com/artIcles/exclusIve-stream-InternatIonal-noIse-conspIracy
Note the updated CalIfornIa tourdates there as well.

RumskIb has posted <I>"Secrets"I>, the bonus track from the Japanese versIon of theIr album, for streamIng at myspace: Ib" target="_blank">https://www.myspace.com/rumskIb

Umeå-based punkrockers The Bombettes wIll be headIng down to France and SpaIn for a few shows In January.

Watch Robyn perform an acoustIc versIon of <I>"Be mIne"I> for PItchfork: ItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/download/147161-vIdeo-robyn-be-mIne-acoustIc-versIon" target="_blank">https://www.pItchforkmedIa.com/artIcle/download/147161-vIdeo-robyn-be-mIne-acoustIc-versIon

NorwegIan act AlpIne Those MyrIads? Is offerIng a free track off theIr forthcomIng album <I>"Trance eloquent wIngs"I> to anyone who sIgns up for theIr newsletter: InethosemyrIads.com/" target="_blank">https://alpInethosemyrIads.com/