11.07.06 - Melektronikk at NuMusic
There will be a Melektronikk showcase at this years NuMusic Festival in Stavanger September 9. Artists: Silje Nes, Sort Mel, Andreas Meland, Lasse Marhaug. More info coming up soon. Visit the festival site here.

11.07.06 - Alog announce US tour
Alog will are going on tour first time in the US. Don´t miss the following us shows in august!
12.08.06 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
15.08.06 Portland (tba)
17.08.06 the Empty Bottle, Chicago
19.08.06 Mills Gallery, Boston
21.08.06 Tonic, New York

also confirmed:
26.08.06 Punktfestival, Kristiansand
20.10.06 Dispatch Festival Belgrade

13.05.06 -Shopping bonanza!
From May to July we will ship all orders in the Melektronikk shop free of charge. Go wild! Creditcard payments in the shop are powered by Paypal.

13.05.06 - Brist review
Here is a nice review of Lars Myrvoll´s Brist cd-r Ep.

13.05.06 - Prize for Brakhage cover
Our designer Magnus Voll Mathiassen from Grandpeople was awarded silver in the category Packaging Design/Culture for the Brakhage album artwork at the Visuelt Award in Oslo yesterday. The Visuelt Award is organised by Grafill. Congratulations Magnus!

13.05.06 - Lars Myrvoll - Brist
A new release in our specially packaged limited editon CD-r EP series is know available from our shop. Lars Myrvoll is one of the most talented young electronic improvisers in Oslo right know. He runs the brilliant 3" label Enlightenment, which has released sonic goodies by Alexander Rishaug, MoHa, and our very own Andreas Meland. In addistion Lars plays in a number of promising bands in different genre and helps organise the Melektronikk related Safe as Milk festival. Brist is a 12 minute liverecording. Packaged in a transparent DVD cover as usual. Get it in the shop know.

25.04.06 - Forell
The new trio Forell will do it´s first concert at BLÅ on Saturday May 6th. The concert is a part of the matiné concert series Fritt Fall. Forell is Ivar Grydeland (Sofa), Alexander Rishag and Andreas Meland.

25.04.06 - Random Cube
On Saturday April 29th it is time for the Melektronikk related electronic music festival Random Cube at Black Box Theatre in Oslo. This years line-up is Thomas Ankersmith, minimal loud drone master Phil Niblock, electronic pop performer Kevin Blechdom, and heavy duty free rock youngstes MoHa. Visit Random Cube´s hompage here.

28.02.06 - Alog live
March 20 Alog will play at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh, Scotland.

28.02.06 - Alog cover in Grafik
The awesome graphic art for the Alog CD created by our regular designers Grandpeople is showcased on a full page in the new edition of the Design magazine Grafik.

20.02.06 - Great Pitchfork review: 8/10
That a skim of the archive can produce such an interesting record says a lot about the value of the Alog project. It's all over the place, and it shouldn't hang together, and yet it does. Alog called their terrific 2005 album Miniatures, but the title would have been more apt for this release. Ten of these selections are under five minutes; such restraint is a rarity in the world of abstract electronics, but it works wonders when dealing with this level of variety. Each track is a small world unto its own, with a unique palette and structure. Alog get in, lay out the rules, make their statement, and get out, wasting not a note and leaving you wanting more. Read more here

20.02.06 - Borealisfestivalen
Our dear friend Nicholas Møllerhaug, who often act as a studio musician for Alog, is the festival director of a contemporary music festival in Bergen called Borealis. The program for this years festival was launched today and offers a string of great artists: Georg Friedrich Haas, Pita, Reynols, Fennesz, Philip Jeck, Martin Arnold and Golden Serenades. Read more here

14.02.06 - Alog live
For those of you who live in Spain: Alog will play in Malaga at the Arte y Tecnologia Centre 17.02.06.

14.02.06 - Melektronikk shop
The Melektronikk webshop is finally online. Buy CD´s, LP´s and beautyfull Grandpeople designed posters cheap and easy using paypal. We hope you will like it! The shopsite will be updated with more goodies in the near future. Click the shop link above and have a look!

14.02.06 - Alog: XLR8R review
"Can-channeling, Terry Riley wink-winking, and Aphex-aware Norwegian free-jazz superstars (and Rune Grammofon lynchpins) Alog footnote the stately avant-majesty of their preceding albums with this compendium of unreleased, rare, and remixed work. Alog's approach favors the narrative, apparent in every track's intricacy; the title number-a remix for Swiss band Velma-became a cover of sorts when, upon discovering that they didn't have the proper lyrics, they had to substitute words from an unrelated album. With or without stories or deciphering the liner notes, these are all independently brilliant songs for you to catch." — Brion Paul

08.02.06 - Arne Borgan installation work
Arne Borgan from ARM shows his installation work "Stalagmite Tentacles in The Middle of The Night" at UKS Gallery in Oslo February 9-12. His moniker Bastard Child will also do live improvised concerts in the gallery in this period. More info here

07 .02.06 - Alog: Great milkfactory.co.uk reviewI
IIf Catch That Tottem! sounds shambolic and disjointed, it is totally on purpose and only serves to highlight Alog’s extensive scope, from tranquil melodic formations to complex sound experiments. Eide and Haugan have, in the eight years they have been collaborating, pushed the boundaries of experimentation in electronic music and uncovered an impressive array of new playgrounds upon which they have constantly thrived. Catch That Tottem! is the thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining diary of this unusual journey through sound.
4.7/5

Read the full review here

07.02.06 - Spellemann for Alog
Last weekend Alog picked up a Norwegian Grammy/Spellemann award for their last album on Rune Grammofon "Miniatures". Congratulations to our heros Alog and to Rune Grammofon!

07.02.06 - Alog: Nice norwegian reviews
Alog have recieved rave reviews in Scandinavia for "Catch that totem!". Read more her: hissig.no, groove.no, gaffa.dk, aftenposten.no, panorama.no, soundofmusic.nu & soundvenue.com

07.02.06 - Alog: Stylusmagazine review
For those who decry the lack of playfulness and humanity in electronic music, Catch that Totem! will delight. The duo of Espen Sommer Heide and Dag-Are Heiden practically frolic through this odds and ends collection, leaping over genre fences in their joy. The eclecticism of their music does not stem from head-scratching, overcooked concepts, but from a hyperactive hatred of confinement.
Since the shredded vocal confetti and stiffly earnest guitar of “Just Recording,”—the duo’s first track—Alog have carved a career path full of hairpin turns, leaf-covered spike pits, and gravity-defying loops. “Song Sung Inward” dredges the same soulful noise murk that produced the Minatures’ standout “Severe Punishment and Lasting Bliss.” But bounce ahead a track and the duo has scrubbed off the static, opting instead for spic-n-spac jittery beats and mewing vocals. No sooner has this faded than the gawky, instrumental hip-hop number “Theme from Toads” shudders and shakes. However every track on Catch That Totem! is an anomaly, as is every album in the Alog catalog. Should the critical pendulum swing back in Alog’s direction, look for them to be named Crown Princes of the Internet.

Read the full review here

07.02.06 - Alog: Indieworkshop review
The tandem of Espen Sommer Eide and Dag-Are Haugan are master craftsmen in the area of blowing minds. From the very time I heard their work I was enamored. I was glued to my stereo. This Norwegian duo gracefully blends and bends musical styles to create something on the very edge of music itself. Beautiful and haunting sounds are manipulated, looped, fucked with and nurtured to produce sonic waves that hypnotize anyone who happens to hear them.
This latest release is not really a new album but rather a collection of tracks that span the groups entire career. It’s not a compilation of work from their three previously released albums, but a dive into unreleased material or hard to find tracks. So, to most of us, it really is a new album… just not in the traditional sense. Now that all the formalities are out of the way, let’s talk about how amazing these thirteen tracks are.
The greatest thing about Alog is that their experimentation doesn’t get in the way of their songs. When people toss around the tag “experimental” for music it’s usually just to label something they don’t understand. In the case of Alog it’s because this really is forward thinking music… and because no one can really be called their peer.
- Jake Haselman

Read the full review here

07.02.06 - Alog: Great review in The Wire
Norwegian post-musical knob twiddlers Alog specialise in decomposing collages of samples, instruments like guitar, double bass, tabla, trumpet, harmonium, flutes and Fender Rhodes electric piano via intricate hard disk editing. Theirs may be a method particular to them, but broadly their tactics are instantly recognisable to th New Music listener. Even their trump card, bespoke MIDI software for OSX called The Method, is a familiar concoctions of the high-end boffins of electronica, who might pleasingly be compared to the instrument builders of yore.
Catch That Totem, a compilation of previously unreleased and hard-to-find material, amounts to Alog´s fourth release after the acclaimed Red Shift Swing, Duck-Rabbit and Miniatures CDs. It´s quitly lovely collection of organic machine music, conjuring images of beign bio-robotic organisms unconsciously beavering away at mysterious tasks. Alog´s intensly detailed canvases have a deliriously over-studied quality that conveys to the listener an almost Victorian density of intention. The duo are known to spend up to three years working on an individual track. Their music is closely comparable in manic spirit and in its particular propulsiveness to This Heat circa "Health and Efficiency", albeit without that duo´s vicious cut and thrust. Conversely, to avoid missing detail in background Ambient sloop, you need to turn up the volume high.
Alog apparantly pride themselves on their accessibility and why should their obsession with micro-texture preclude it? Much of Catch That Totem is sweetly poppy, the rotations of "Beklager, Nicholas" melodically generous, the title track a tunefully lush reverse-skank, and "Song Sung Inwardly" a gentle piece of soegaze-era indie snowstorm. Catch That Totem may not be the most uniquely iconic example of the glitch genre, but it´s nevertheless rewarding.

07.02.06 - Alog: rarefrequency.com review
I’ll admit it: I’m a late convert to Alog. The Norwegian duo of multi-instrumentalists Espen Sommer Heide and Dag-Are Heiden has put out a bunch of releases on Rune Grammofon in recent years that have been acclaimed by both friends and critics, but I have only caught the Alog-bug with this collection of the duo’s sonic scraps, remixes and hard-to-find tracks on Melektronikk. In their liner notes, Espen and Dag-Ore describe the thirteen tracks collected here as a kind of Alog memory bank and it does have the hazy, non-linear quality of memory, with light thematic threads running loosely through this beguiling mix of odds ‘n’ ends. Whereas Alog’s most recent “proper” album Miniatures is a fluid and pristine blend of electronic and traditional instrumentation, Hide that Totem! is a more ragged and playful beast. At times, the music wriggles and grooves like mid-period Mouse on Mars, as krautrock and hip-hop influences rear up and butt heads. At others, half-sung, half-spoken/chanted vocals mix with delicate guitar and keyboards. It’s an unpredictable, occasionally cheeky (see the “Hej, Vart Blev Det Av Dat’en, Kim?” remix of Kim Hiorthøy), exceedingly enjoyable record. I’m convinced.

Read the full review here

17.01.06 -Arne Borgan exhibition + ARM live
Arne Borgan from the three-headed electronic improv monster ARM exhibits his great drawings at the Torpedo Bookstore in Oslo these days. Go enjoy!
At the same bookstore, our heros ARM will do their first live gig in quite a while Friday Januart 27. To make the evening complete the Melektronikk crew will be there to dj!

13.12.05 -Are Mokkelbost in Dagbladet
Dagbladet Fredag did a fullpage feature on the talented Are Mokkelbost (ARM, Killl, Single Unit) recently. Visit Are´s great website here.

17.01.06 -Alog nominated for Spellemann
Alog´s album Miniatures has been nominated for a Spellemann in the Electronica category. Spellemann is the Norwegian Grammy award. Congratulations to you guys!

13.12.05 - Sort Mel: Sort Jul reissued
Sort Mel´s cute 3" Christmas CD-s from last year was a big/small success. The first 300 copies was sold out in 24 hours. The second pressing is now finally available.

13.12.05 - Alog live video
Some guys at meer-tv recorded this short clip from Alog´s concert in Utrecht, Netherland. Enjoy!

13.12.05 - Alog nominated for Alarm award
Alog´s album Miniatures on Rune Grammofon has been nominated for the Norwegian alternative Grammy Alarm. You can help the band win an award by voting here.

13.12.05 - Downloads at Musikkonline.no
Our latest releases ar now available for download at the norwegian site Musikkonline.no. Check it out here.

13.12.05 - Melektronikk distributors
Norway: MO (www.musikkoperatorene.no)
Scandinavia: DOT (www.dotshop.se)
Germany: A-Musik (www.a-musik.com)
Japan: Bomba Records

Mailorders:
Germany: Staalplaat
Hong Kong: White Noise
USA: Mimaroglu Music Sales

08 .11.05 - Alog releasedate & tour
Alog: Catch That Totem! will be released November 28.
The release will be followed by a European tour:

02.12.05 Im Ausland, Berlin
03.12.05 Sheune, Dresden
05.12.05 Dublin
06.12.05 Spitz, London
08.12.05 Impakt festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
10.12.05 KC netwerk, Aalst, Belgium

25 .10.05 - Melektronikk on Ballade.no
There is a small interview with Melektronikks own Kristian Kallevik and Andreas Meland on Ballade.no today. Check it out here.

19.10.05 - Brakhage concert
Andreas Meland will perform material from the Brakhage CD project at the EKKO Festival in Bergen 20.10.20005. Other bands playing includes ESG, Mu, Biosphere, John Hegre and Bit 20. More info here.

19.10.05 - Melektronikk shop coming up!
Melektronikk will soon and very soon launch a new Melektronikk mailorder site where you can buy all the goodies from the catalog in addition to posters, t-shirts and "what have you". Watch this space!

19.10.05 - Grandpeople in GRAFIK
Our steady rocking design friends Grandpeople are featured with a 10 page profile presentation in the October edition of the brilliant Grafik magazine. Congratulations! The presentation includes design by Grandpeople for Melektronikk, The Safe as Milk festival, Random System festival etc...

15.09.05 - Alog: Catch that Totem!
Melektronikk will soon release a Alog rarities, remixes, B-sides and outtakes album named "Catch that Totem!". The master is finished now and it sounds great. Alog are one of our definite norwegian favourite groups, and we are proud to release a CD with them. Releasedate to be announced soon. You can preorder the album by emailing us.

15.09.05 -Dans for Voksne - concerts in Oslo
The Oslo based concert series "Dans for Voksne" (translates Dance for Grown-ups), co-produced by Melektronikk, has a ultra-strong fall lineup: Goodiepal, Kevin Blechdom, Tape, Birchville Cat Motel, Lucas Abela, Xavier Charles, Utarm and our favourite plunder musicians Sort Mel. Visit Dans for Voksne´s hompage for more info: dansforvoksne.org

15.09.05 -Grandpeople on the web
Our brilliant and beloved designers Grandpeople´s grand website is finally online. Visit it here.

29.06.05 -New Melektronikk adress
Melektronikk has moved office. Please note our new adress if you want to send us something.
Melektronikk c/o Andreas Meland, Dælenggt 16B, 0567 Oslo, Norway

13.06.05 -Andreas Meland with new 3"
Deaf Leoppard a new 3" ep by Andreas Meland is out now on the Trondheim based label Enlightenment. Three fine tracks by mr. Meland and a nice remix by Phonophani. Check it out here.

13.06.05 -Brakhage artwork in Grafik
Grandpeoples brilliant artwork for Brakhage is presented in the new edition of the design magazine Grafik.

24.05.05 -The Safe as Milk Festival 2005
The program for Melektronikks own festival The Safe as Milk Festival is now launched. The line-up this year is stronger than ever: Supersilent, Dälek, Kim Hiorthøy, MoHa, Colleen and many more. The festival will take place 29-30 July an is located in Haugesund. Read more here.

11.05.05 - Andreas Meland minitour
15.05.05 Nefertiti, Gøteborg (w/ Alog)
16.05.05 Dans for Voksne, Oslo (w/ Alog)
20.05.05 Tält, Trondheim (w/ Ivar Grydeland)

27 .04.05 - New CD out now: Brakhage
Order it now from our scandinavian distributor Dot´s brilliant mailorder.

13 04.05 - Upcoming Andreas Meland release
The Trondheim based label Enlightenment will release a 3" cd with music by our own Andreas Meland in mid may. The release is aptly named "Deaf Leoppard" and includes four new and old tracks by mr. Meland, and a brilliant remix by his friend Espen Sommer Eide aka Phonophani.

30 .03.05 -Andreas Meland concert
Andreas will do a solo concert as part of the celebration of the experimental radio program Sort Kanal´s 20 years celebration at BLÅ in Oslo April 6. He will also do a one-off collaboration with Alexander Rishaug this evening. Other bands playing: Del, Origami Arktika and Alexander Rishaug.

30 .03.05 - More Brakhage info
Brakhage, the Andreas Meland & Lasse Marhaug split cd will be released April 25.

23 .02.05 - Brakhage
Lasse Marhaug and Andreas Meland are currently mixing their split cd "Brakhage".The release are scheduled for release late April. More info soon.

23 .02.05 - Dans for Voksne
Melektronikk is co-organising a concert series in Oslo named Dans for Voksne (translates Dance for Grown-ups). We are very proud of this seasons program that includes concerts with Haco, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Alog, USA IS A MONSTER, The Dead Texan, The Hawk & a Hacksaw etc... Visit Dans for Voksne´s hompage for more info: dansforvoksne.org

23 .02.05 - Borealis
Our good friend Nicholas Møllerhaug is organising a fantastic festival in Bergen in March. The festival´s main guest is our hero Terry Riley. Weird-folk-drone- masters Vibracathedral Orchestra will also do a gig. Check out the program here: borealisfestival.no

24 .01.05 - In the pipeline
We are working on some very interesting projects scheduled for release during 2005. Coming up first is a split cd with hyperactive noismaker Lasse Marhaug and Andreas Meland. Alog will release a compilation of outtakes and raritites in September. Bokfink and Sort Mel are currently in studio working on their debut albums, both scheduled for release later this year.

24 .01.05 - Sort Mel: Sort Jul sold out!
Sort Mel´s Christmas 3" cd sold out in a couple of weeks before Christmas. Beacuse of heavy demands we are concidering repressing it before Christmas this year.

07.01.05 - Finally online again
Welcome to our new site!
Finally we are online again. Feels really good!

07.1.05 - New release - düplo
With this release, düplo puts new meaning to the old norse saying that there are many strange things in the ocean (as the man said when he saw his wife take a bath.)"Høy sjø og landlov" is the result of series of salty sessions that has been further seasoned and bent into form through studio reworking. This is music without solid ground, floating dark green matter with clusters of silently squeaking jellyfish drifting towards the rainbow splatted oily surface.
Everything düplo do has a touch of melancholic humour and horrifying beauty - "Høy sjø and landlov" is no exeption..

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düplo
Høy sjø og landlov
CD-R EP out now!

The new Sort Mel 3" - available now!