Våre demoner

Våre demoner is the fifth studio album by Kaizers Orchestra, released on 27 April, 2009. The album consists of recordings of Kaizers Orchestra songs written for past albums which were never released due to various reasons. Eleven of the songs featured on the album were recorded anew for the album alone. The album’s liner notes contain information and annotations regarding the different songs, and how their lyrics relate to the interconnected storylines of the lyrical universe of Kaizers Orchestra.

The origin of the album can be traced back to 250 Prosent Tour during the fall of 2008; a special series of concerts held in both Scandinavia and Europe in which the band took a hiatus from their usual setlists, bringing back songs which had never been performed all that much as well as rarely performed numbers from their entire career. During the tour, the band agreed to record their favourite entries in their back catalogue of songs that were never recorded for any studio albums. Determined to keep it under wraps, the band released no information regarding the project.

In early 2009, it was reported on the website of the band’s official fan club, Dr. Mowinckels Akuttmottak, that the band had booked recording sessions in a small studio near Jæren, the hometown of band founders Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl. In the second week of January, the band recorded eleven tracks, which were mastered and mixed in Duper Studio, the studio used for the recording of the group’s first, second and third studio albums.