Vonrik Haug & Arnt Sivertsen
“Sky Etudes”
Quadrophonic Vinyl + streaming
The first vinyl record in 30 years to be released and produced in Europe in a quadraphonic format.
The record meanders through a dense tapestry of field recordings, ambiances, modular synthesis and jazz tinged futurisms. The double album opens novel listening adventures that are accessible to the ear and the compositional milieu works through a diverse spatial syntax that is detailed and mobile and rich in proximities.
We have printed a limited batch of 250 vinyls using a Regular Matrix encoded pressing that's playable on all normal Stereo systems, but yields up to 7 channels of surround sound on receivers equipped with a suitable decoder, including Dolby Atmos and Pro Logic II, Lexicon Logic7, Sansui QS, etc.
Supported by The Arts Council of Norway
Støttet av Kulturrådet
During the lock-down in 2020, she had to be extra careful of the new circumstances due to the chemo-therapy, and so she spent endless hours watching TV. Little did she know, this would set her on a path to re-connect with the love of country/indie/folk-music — and her first love; the guitar she inherited from her father at the age of 12.
Renate fra Vigra
“Renate was first brought to my attention by a friend who was intrigued by her impromptu performance at a late night party.
We got her in the studio and were pretty taken aback by the depth of her emotional engagement in her lyrics.
There were many references to ex-es but those got toned down a bit during production. Also, we had to deal with a break-up between her and our drummer, which resulted in some of the songs being re-arranged and recorded without drums! There is an explanation for everything!
Some of the guest performers are shown on the right, but many more deserves special mention for doing their bit to create a listenable album!”
Paal Rasmussen - producer NRF Records
“Renate fra Vigra is an artist, writer and composer from rural Norway. She always wanted to be a musician, but as Girgio by Moroder says in the fabulous Daft Punk track — it was almost impossible, because the dream was too big. But after two years where she dealt with covid, breast-cancer and an unstable relationship, she realized she always was one. A musician, that is. She has always used music as a tool to gain balance in the hectic everyday life, and now this balancing act has resulted in her first album.
Renate fra Vigra studied art for eight years, and took her master’s degree in Fine Art at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the University of Bergen. This is where she met Doctor of Music Craig Wells, who after a very successful late-night-drunken-kitchen-jam put her in contact with producer Paul Rasmussen at NRF Records.
And the rest, as they say, is her-story.”
Renate fra Vigra about the production
Renate Synnes Handal, Callum Hay Jennings, Garry Peters, Geir Svensson Jostein Odland and many more distinguished artists contributed on her debut album
The project was editing in close collaboration with Augustin Maurs.
The recording features the Rieger organ, a fairly recent and balanced instrument well suited to the acoustics offered by the medieval church. The vocal parts are performed by the Volve Vokal choir - an all female choir started by Gro Espedal in 2006.
The tech geeky stuff: The recording was made with a main «double MS» microphone, supplemented by two ORTF spot mics for the choir and the organ, as well as a AB pair for enhanced ambience and for accurately capturing the organ bottom end.
Audio was recorded by Paal Rasmussen, and video was recorded by Maria Helena.
You’ll find the video with Dolby Surround encoded sound track on YouTube.
Augustin Maurs “Nothing More”
Bergen Assembly 2022 har graciously allowed NRF to record and publish the performance of composer Augustin Maurs piece «Nothing More» performed at the Domkirke church in Bergen on the 9th of September, 2022.
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