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Alog is the brainchild of Espen Sommer Eide and Dag-Are Haugan. One dark and snow-stormy day in the winter of 1997, the band was born in a basement of a Kindergarten in Tromsø - a city located in the far north of Norway. This day a string of happy coincidences led them to meet up for a session of tablas and guitar, of which they had no idea would evolve into a creative burst of ideas, involving all kinds of found instruments and collected sounds. The set of 4-track recordings of these dark-but-warm winter constellations eventually made it onto Alog’s debut release on Rune Grammofon, entitled Red Shift Swing .
In 2001 they followed up with the critically acclaimed Duck-Rabbit CD.
The Duck-Rabbit is a famous gestalt psychological figure representing both a duck and a rabbit depending upon the point of view. The record showcases Alog’s unique combination of genres, often described as “listener friendly” electronica meets avant-garde jazz and contemporary composition. This shifting and switching character is an essential part of the Alog ethos. Even the very word Alog has this shifting quality, never settling into one meaning but playing with the stems of a large collection of interconnected words like analog, digital, dialog, logical, analogy, allegory and so on. Alog promises always to strive for the unexpected and surprising - the unsettling and unnerving quality of sound that escapes any final categorisation.
“A tangle of lines and a mix of musical languages result - it’s Techno, minimalism, electronica, post-rock. It’s original, it’s derivative, it’s spontaneous, it’s contrived.” - Julian Cowley, The Wire Magazine, UK
The Duck-Rabbit is a famous gestalt psychological figure representing both a duck and a rabbit depending upon the point of view. The record showcases Alog’s unique combination of genres, often described as “listener friendly” electronica meets avant-garde jazz and contemporary composition. This shifting and switching character is an essential part of the Alog ethos. Even the very word Alog has this shifting quality, never settling into one meaning but playing with the stems of a large collection of interconnected words like analog, digital, dialog, logical, analogy, allegory and so on. Alog promises always to strive for the unexpected and surprising - the unsettling and unnerving quality of sound that escapes any final categorisation.
“A tangle of lines and a mix of musical languages result - it’s Techno, minimalism, electronica, post-rock. It’s original, it’s derivative, it’s spontaneous, it’s contrived.” - Julian Cowley, The Wire Magazine, UK
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Miniatures
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CrossProduct wrote:
Nice music.
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take_the_veil wrote:
haha that line is so true.
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sunheadbowed wrote:
"This is the fourth Alog record I've reviewed here in the last seven years, and with each I have to assume that you're reading about them for the first time."
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sunheadbowed wrote:
New album is exceptional. Could it be their best so far?
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hradec wrote:
So damn fucking interesting music!
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gkerekes wrote:
11/11/11!
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sunheadbowed wrote:
New album: http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/alog/rcd-2116-alog-unemployed-cd/
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sunheadbowed wrote:
It's been ages since the last record..
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xgeorgx wrote:
weird
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ben_moon wrote:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11595-edit-6/
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Scories wrote:
While you are waiting for new material, you could try out 'Faux World' by 'Galerie Stratique'.
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Den_Saakaldte wrote:
New material please!
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randName wrote:
\o/ LOVE LOVE LOVE /o/ unconditional. took me a few years to accept Alog (been listening a bit since the first record, but now tonight I fell in love ~
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haraco wrote:
can't wait to new works!
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ephraimwegner wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Anti-Matter-Plant
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gkerekes wrote:
not a lot of people can handle their freshness.
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liquid_liquid wrote:
best band in the whole fuckin world right now kuss kuss
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tergan wrote:
heard on Peripheral Music tag radio: Cluster & Brian Eno > Fonica > Jopy > Eberhard Weber > My Fun > Vanessa Rosetto > The Nels Cline Singers > El Heath > Tape > Alog > Fred Frith > Engine7 > Clogs > Raumwerk > brunk > Ralph Towner > Oregon > Leafcutter John > Hauschka > Albert Ayler > Supersilent > Tom Zé… if that mix of music appeals to you, come join us in the Peripheral Music group.
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corwood wrote:
listening to amateur for the first time now, i really like it. incredible.
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cesper wrote:
listening for miniatures for the first time, and really think it sounds like jim o'rourkes 1,2,3,4.
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