Jazzkammer's Lasse Marhaug and John Hegre, captured live in Singapore in 2003, during the height of the SARS epidemic. "This CD sees them playing with noise and feedback, despite the use of some water sounds and short outbursts of rhythmical elements. For the bigger part it's still Merzbow influenced noise music" (Vital). 20 minutes of beautiful broken sounds and horrendous feedback! Comes in a beautiful little gatefold digifile.
UK 6£
Europe 7£
World 8£
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JAZZKAMMER - 'Sound Of Music' 3" CD (OHM Records)
"The title of this Jazzkammer (Lasse Marhaug / John Hegre) release is a very nice reference to their tactics: they create sound out of music. With the help of electronic equipment and a guitar, they blast their way through definitions of the term that shocks so many. This little disc leaves no questions about Jazzkammer's intentions: they want noise and they'll make it happen. In twenty minutes time they offer the whole spectrum of the genre as we know it: fierce rumbles, glitches, hisses and piercing tones. And not to forget: some looped melodic elements, heavily distorted and, more often than not, buried under an avalanche of other noise... Way to go!" (Vital). Comes in a little gatefold digifile.
The Jazzkammer side is a 20 minute freak-out with tapes, radio and turntables, while Opec offer a more subtle but no less intense soundscape. Ltd x 323 copies on black vinyl in a hand-printed, silkscreened transparent sleeve with insert. Mastered by Goodiepal & Rashad Becker at D+M in Berlin. Danish import.
UK 12.00£
Europe 15.50£
World 19.00£
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JOHN HEGRE / LASSE MARHAUG / HELGE STEN - 'The Comfort Of Objects' CD (OHM Records)
A one-shot collaboration CD recorded over two years, where the three artists (John Hegre of Origami Replika and Jazzkammer, John Hegre of Der Brief and Jazzkammer and Helge Sten of Deathprod) reworked the same source material, not knowing what the others would do with it - resulting in three very different solutions. From the intense and loud to the subtle and beautiful, "The comfort of objects" is Norwegian electronic music at its best.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
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LASSE MARHAUG - 'If The Revolution Could Start Right Now' SINGLE SIDED 7" (Ketchup Cavern)
Single-sided disc from one half of Norwegian duo Jazzkammer. "Lasse Marhaug has a discography as long as your arm and a list of previous collaborators that would scare the pants off us if they were all in the same room, but that wouldn't matter if he didn't drop the heavy jams... This is a physical record, instead of someone twisting knobs it sounds like someone slapping you around and yelling in your ear for five minutes and five seconds. Total radness!" Hand-numbered edition of 284 copies!
LASSE MARHAUG - 'The Quiet North' CD (Second Layer Records)
Harsh-noise recording from Norway’s finest - Lasse Marhaug (Jazkamer, Origami Replika, Testicle Hazard etc). Guitar, pedals and metal objects used with ‘Reign In Blood’ style efficiency. No cut-ups, no drastic changes, yet the energy is sustained for the duration. Despite the minimal elements, this is not to be confused with wall-noise as this is highly restless material - pure forward driving energy from start to finish. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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ORIGAMI REPLIKA / KAPOTTE MUZIEK - 'Metamusikk' CD (Ichor)
Dissections of directions abound, and this disc is well named: what do you do after music is out there? Try ripping its heart out. Live recordings by Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer) and Tore H Bøe (Origami Republika / Galaktika etc) torn apart, with no overdubs. The music ranges from dense, 'old school' noise to raw, fundamental noise. Kapotte Muziek, brings proceedings to a heady close - remixes, cut-ups and experiments. A great noisy assault on the senses!
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue # 7 Magazine
Wolf Eyes embellish the cover of the 7th edition of UK mag Rock-A-Rolla, and are also interviewed along with Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkammer), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Yellow Swans, KK Null, Burning Star Core, Æethenor and Made Out Of Babies. Issue 7 also features a rather good article on the influential Sub Pop label, and includes the usual vast array of music, DVD and live reviews. Always highly recommended!
