alogic studios

Temporary stereo-resonator in Tromsø

ropeedge — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Field-recording in Malmö in the 90's

ropeedge — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Photo:d-a haugan

Every Word Was Once An Animal

the silent reader — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our new 12" split record is out now... and available in the Alog Shop!

Some early reviews:

Boomkat writes: "for Fat cat they've handed over a total game-changer, a mindblowing piece of Afro-cosmic disco that sounds like a cross between the Animal Collective, Ike Release, and Tony Allen - except even better then that sounds. Perhaps spurred by fellow Norwegians Lindstrom and Prins Thomas, over 12 minutes 'Every Word Was Once An Animal' trip centres around hypnotically slow-pulsing rhythms with fluid guitar trickling beneath noisy electronic textures and Nicholas H. Møllehaug's vocal incantations lending a primally meditative feel with hints of free-roaming Krautrock. It's just an untouchable slice of cross-platform genius and we just cant get enough of it."

Julian at Address Drudion writes: "Finally, Vinyl of Month must surely go to the split LP from Norway’s Alog and England’s Astral Social Club, whose epic and dyslexic electro-meditations have created a bizarre throwback of the kind released on ye hoary 12” single format throughout the early ‘80s (via Rough Trade, natch!). Released on Fat Cat Records (www.fat-cat.co.uk), side one showcases a single 13-minute-long Alog track that sounds like Psychic TV attempting to perform live over a multi-voiced mash-up of Talking Heads’ ‘I Zimbra’, while late period DAF records jam (and skip) in the background. On side two, Astral Social Club’s three tracks merge perfectly into each other, creating a single seamless ever-becoming electro-acoustic meditation somewhere between the charming Sears Windfarm experiment and pure Cabaret Voltaire/Chrome noise music. Both sides of this epic voyage are real headcleaners of the toppest kwoll, so cop a full load if you need to blast your synapses W I D E open!"

Foxy digitalis Drum machine taps a hi-hat splatter that is soon connected to a hollow wooden percussive motion that twists an engrossing rhythm. Bounding intently, the sound is reminiscent of what you frequently find on the Rune Grammofon label (previously home to Alog). Some short chants are layered as other organic sounds are bound with digital precision in a jumble of beats and loops. Low piano sits unusually as the vocals double with cutting brevity. This is a head spin of a track hypnotizing the listener to cyclical distraction. Elastic bass appears as layers dissolve into one another and a swirling metal cuts a rhythm. The sound shifts with the eloquence of an elongated DJ fade – (elements evolving matched by beats). The drum machine gains prominence once more, and then the vocals chant forth with purpose and speed. The pace slows with psych guitar and electronics, which veer off the electronica/techno radar, and into an interesting dissonance. Vocals once again ascend with rolling repetition. All bubble with determination which then fades in reverb. Two A’s for this project and a hands-up for fried acid techno, psych blended mayhem! 8/10 --

FatCat Split#20

ropeedge — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Our new vinyl-record on English label FatCat Records with Astral Social Club.
Release-date is 9 November, but it can be pre-ordered here.

Photo by Kerstin Greborn

the Concertinome

the silent reader — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Concertinome is a custom made instrument combining the concertina accordion with the monome style keyboard and electronic air pressure sensors. It was made by Espen Sommer Eide 2009 and demonstrated in this concert at Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway.

Two phonophani concerts

the silent reader — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Two mini-concerts this summer demonstrating the new custom built instrument by Sommer Eide: the Concertinome. More info about this soon!
25. july 09
Phonophani, the Nord Land, Sørfinset
17. july 09
Phonophani, c/o Visningsrommet, Bergen

Alog by Night, Tokyo

the silent reader — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Bergen Elektroniske Travpark

the silent reader — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Bergen Electronic Racecourse was the opening event at the 2009 borealis festival i Bergen, Norway. It took place at the local horseracing course and was curated by Espen Sommer Eide and Alwynne Pritchard. In this clip you can experience one of the acts improvising to a choreographed horse race.

The band:
John Hegre (Jazzkammer), bass steel guitar
Espen Sommer Eide (Phonophani, Alog), elecronics and race-choreography
Chris Rune "Noiseboy" Olsen, trot-generator and noise Amund Sjølie Sveen, drums

"No-input effect-pedals"

ropeedge — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Performance-piece by Dag-Are Haugan
Photo: Madelene Olderman

Phonophani live at Bergen Travpark

the silent reader — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

24. march: Phonophani will play a piece for horses at the local racetrack, collaborating with John Hegre, Amund Sjølie Sveen, POW and Noise-Boy. It`s the opening night of the Borealis festival. Be there at 18.45 - More info at www.borealisfestival.no

Alog and Phonophani on Spotify

the silent reader — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Spotify has recently included the entire Rune Grammofon catalogue. On the Spot spotify-blog have made a nice playlist including some alog and phonophani albums.

Alog live at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Madrid

ropeedge — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Alog live at Urbaines festvial

the silent reader — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Photos by Nelly Rodriguez and David Wollschlage

Red Shift Swing on wall

the silent reader — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Money will ruin everything 2

the silent reader — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It´s been a long, long time but finally it´s here. Originally planned as an update and slightly revised edition of the long deleted 2cd / book of the same name released in 2003 to celebrate 5 years of Rune Grammofon, this has now turned into a completely new and absolutely gorgeous book, quite simply a must have. Completely redisigned and improved with all new art from Kim Hiorthøy, more pages, slightly bigger and with 4 different types of paper, it features graphic works, photos, video stills, used and unused sleeve art, complete discography and more. The essays on the musical and visual profiles of the label from the first book are included, as is the original interview Kim did with label founder Rune Kristoffersen in 2003. New to this edition is a new interview as well as forewords by Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis and David Fricke, senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine.

Alog contributes one track to the compilation, a live collaboration with Spunk called "Picnic avec", and Phonophani is represented with a track called "the Atlantic".

Link

Karusell

the silent reader — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The devils playground

ALOG / JANA WINDEREN / ALEXANDER RISHAUG & MARIUS WATZ LIVE IN JAPAN

the silent reader — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

ALOG
JANA WINDEREN
ALEXANDER RISHAUG & MARIUS WATZ

LIVE at AD & A Gallery, OSAKA 22.10 – 07.30 pm

Link: http://adanda.jp/workshop/maxmsp/2008/09/elextra-sound-art-from-norway-concert.html

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ALOG
JANA WINDEREN
ALEXANDER RISHAUG & MARIUS WATZ
+ secret guests

LIVE at Superdeluxe, Tokyo 24.10 – 08.00 pm

Link: http://www.super-deluxe.com/#Norwegian%20Music

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The tour is supported by The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo and MIC/UD.

Booked and organized by Tetsuro Yasunaga.

Autumn Dates

the silent reader — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In a couple of weeks (all dates below) Espen Sommer Eide (Phonophani, Alog) will appear for a special project at the "Tabularasa" room of the Manifesta Exhibition in Bolzano, Italy. At the table I will "refurbish" and "reconstruct" old italian vinyl records to become instruments. A picture of a prototype can be seen below - And in the end there will be a mini-concert with the newly built instruments. If you are in the area at the time please bring your old records to be transformed (you even get to bring the finished instrument back home with you)!

The big ALOG project for the autumn is our first tour of Japan in October. Having done only large scale shows the past year with 3-6 people on stage and a ton of custom made instruments to carry around it will be interesting to go back to doing some intimate duo-shows again. In Japan we team up with Alexander Rishaug/Marius Watz and Jana Winderen. The exact dates and venues are not set yet, but we expect to visit Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. Also we will visit London for a special concert in the woods together with the Owlproject (www.owlproject.com).

Here are all the dates, and hope to see you there!

12. Sep. 08 Phonophani, Manifesta, Bolzano, Italy
2. Oct. 08 Alog, Concrete and Glass, London
14. Oct. 08 Alog Stimul Festival, Prague
22. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan
23. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan
24. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan
25. Oct. 08 Alog, (tba) Japan
8. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Toulouse, France
11. Nov. 08 Phonophani, Perpignan, France
6. Dec. 08 Alog, Urbaines Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland

Prototype v.0.2

the silent reader — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Building Instruments - prototype

the silent reader — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Downloading Alog and Phonophani MP3s

the silent reader — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Tip of the day: If you´d like to download our songs instead of ordering them in physical formats from our webshop, we suggest you use Musiconline, an online store in Norway. They might be a bit more expensive than iTunes, but you get the tracks DRM-free in MP3 format. Links here to their alog and phonophani catalogue.

Phonophani live at Krypten

the silent reader — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Photo by KAO

Alog dates

the silent reader — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some dates for the summer:

31.May.08 Landmark Bergen, Norway
06.Jul.08 Expo Zaragoza, Spain
19.Jul.08 Jazzjuice Aarhus, Denmark

Hope to see you there!

Slåttberg

the silent reader — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A preview of a custom built musical instrument by Espen Sommer Eide, artist and member of Alog and Phonophani. The Slåttberg will premiere at the Borealis Festival for contemporary music Bergen, Norway late february 2008.

Amateur nominated for Spellemann - Norwegian Grammy

the silent reader — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The alog album "Amateur" is nominated for a Spellemann award (Norwegian Grammy) to be decided on the 2. February. http://spellemann.no/

Alog Live at Museo Reina Sofia Madrid

the silent reader — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

New live dates

the silent reader — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Some new dates have been added to our autumn schedule, including a surprise phonophani performance in Geneva this Wednesday.

04.-08.12.07 alog, Madeira (Dig Festival), Portugal
20.10.07 alog, Amsterdam (Bimhuis), Netherlands
14.-15.9.07 alog, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Madrid
6.10.07 phonophani w. Marius Watz, microscope session, Dresden, Germany
5.09.07 phonophani, Geneva, Switzerland

Alog - Son of King

the silent reader — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Alog´s newest music video. From their album Amateur. The video is made by moscow-based painter/director Julia Zastava, and was shot in the old palace of the Orlov family. The video is inspired by the murder of the russian Tsar and his family in 1918.

Click here to see the video now! (flash 8).

Also available in larger sized Quicktime and on YouTube.

Double LP now available

the silent reader — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Finally the double vinyl edition of Amateur has arrived! Each of the four sides can be heard as a standalone musical work. Engraved with DMM quality sound made from high quality mastering by Helge Sten and enveloped by a gatefold cover designed by Kim Hiorthøy - this is how the album was intended to be heard and seen! Click on the alogshop link and place your order.

ALOG - AMATEUR

the silent reader — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

CD and double LP gatefold release date: 23.04.2007

Tracklist
Side A
son of king
a throne for the common man
write your thoughts in water
Side B
sleeping instruments
the beginner
the learning curve
Side C
turn back. undo
a book of lightning
the future of norwegian wood
exit virtuoso
Side D
bedlam emblem
the northeast passage

Order Amateur here
More info here

Sonus barentsicus

the silent reader — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A video from the sound installation at the Northern Lights Festival by Phonophani

Madeira photos

the silent reader — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some flikcr photos from the Generator X concert with phonophani on Madeira: