April 28th.

We are going to premier the new home-made instrument, the Ligetizer. An instrument built around the metronom. We are also going back to reel to reel tape-loops

http://stedelijk.nl/en/now-at-the-stedelijk/public-program/do-it/do-it-ts2-28-04-2011

This is four of the covers/comic-book strips, for Junko and Alog´s upcoming compact disc/comic-book ´Twin Concerts´ (Working title). Junko deliver the Manga comic-book, Alog deliver recordings from concerts in Tokyo and Osaka.

Alog will release a double live album with recordings from Osaka and Tokyo next year. Each cover will be hand-drawn by japanese Manga-artist Junko.
Here are some early drafts of three of the covers

We have the opening-track on Rune Grammofons brand new compilation-album 'Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep', celebrating the company's 100th (!) release. It's available on 2LP or CD and to pre-order as a super limited box set here: http://runegrammofon.com/artists/various/rcd-2100-various_-twenty-centuries-of-stony-sleep
Our track 'my card is 7' is what Alog would have sounded like if we were a more conventional pop-group with Espen on drums and vocals and Dag-Are on guitar and vocals.

Press release from Rune Grammofon: Kreken” is the fourth album from Phonophani, aka Espen Sommer Eide, possibly Norway´s most original and inventive electronica musician today. In addition to being a multi-instrumentalist he is also a digital electronics expert, programmer and instrument builder, which goes a long way in explaining why he doesn´t sound much like anything else. His music is about rediscovering the great mystery of music through dissecting the sound of ordinary or ”real” instruments such as cello, vibraphone, guitars and the human voice and dissolving melodies into their elementary particles.

While he has previously turned his attention to other cultures and traditions, with ”Kreken” he has now tuned his ears to Norway´s own traditional folk music and instruments, it´s melodic content and special tuning systems, all treated electronically in one way or another. Among the guests are Jenny Hval (Rockettothesky) and American guitarist David Grubbs (Gastr Del Sol, The Red Krayola). 

Also available as a very special limited edition in only 250 numbered copies.

Released 21.06.10

Both available in the Alog store! More info at the "eyes on your instruments" blog and at rune grammofon.

 
Two packages arrived at the studio today. One from France and one from Germany. The Doepfer Dark Enery on my analog right hand, and the OTO Biscuit on my digital left hand. This is my first experiment hooking up the two for some noisy fun.