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01. ALOG - Son Of King
02. ALOG - A Throne For The Common Man
03. ALOG - Write Your Thoughts In Water
04. ALOG - Sleeping Instruments
05. ALOG - The Beginner
06. ALOG - The Learning Curve
07. ALOG - Turn Back. Undo
08. ALOG - A Book Of Lightning
09. ALOG - The Future Of Norwegian Wood
10. ALOG - Exit Virtuoso
11. ALOG - Bedlam Emblem
12. ALOG - The Northeast Passage
ARTIST
TITLE
Amateur
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
RLP 3063LP RLP 3063LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/12/2007

Double LP version, deluxe gatefold sleeve. Alog are duo Espen Sommer Eide and Dag-Are Haugan, and this is their fourth full-length release for the Rune Grammofon label. Since forming in 1997, Alog have been among Norway's leading performers of experimental electronic music. They are mainstays at Rune Grammofon and have been with the label since their debut album Red Shift Swing was released in 1999. They have increasingly worked with various acoustic instruments and in collaboration with other musicians for long recording sessions in special locations. Travelling around the west coast of Norway with Nicholas H. Møllerhaug and Nils Økland sidekick Sigbjørn Apeland, they recorded in music schools in an attempt to capture the unique sound of each selection of instruments found. Because of bad weather they could be stuck for days on islands off the wild northern coast recording themselves playing any instruments they could find and building more of their own. These sessions were subsequently worked on in the studio to bring out the unique spirit of this release, characterized by a curious and fresh approach to playing that is often lost in the process of becoming a virtuoso on a singular instrument. The word "amateur" originally denotes a person who is motivated by a passion or love for their activity. It has been the goal of Alog on this album to preserve and enhance this special energy in their songs, and to do this they use their "augmented acoustics" technology and bring out the hidden "amateur" energy of each song.