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The BBC have called it a “sophisticated triumph”, while Record Collector found it “a splendid album”. Judy Dyble, best know as the first singer of Fairport Convention and featured on their brilliant first album, was also a part of the embryonic King Crimson before forming legendary folk-rock group Trader Horne, whose albums are among the most collectible today. She also sang on The Incredible String Band’s legendary psych-folk classic “The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter”.
She recently made an incredible comeback after 30 years away from the business. On her new solo album she is aided by an unbelievable cast including Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Pat Mastelotto and Tim Bowness as well as musicians and singers from Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Trees. “Talking With Strangers” is an amazing journey through folk-rock, electronica and progressive rock. Termo Records are extremely proud to release this exclusively in Scandinavia.
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Rhys Marsh & The Autumn Ghost’s highly anticipated sophomore release “Dulcima” is now available from Termo Records.
A progressive rock tour de force featuring members of Änglagård, Wobbler and White Willow, Rhys Marsh’s amazing voice is still the centerpiece. Imagine David Sylvian fronting 70’s King Crimson and you’re halfway there!
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We’ve just pressed some Wobbler t-shirt. Go to our shop and get it.
Termo Records is proud to present (in limited stock only) Jo Wang’s legendary 1990 release “Symposion”. Jo Wang is best known to prog fans as the engineer/producer behind White Willow’s first two albums, “Ignis Fatuus” and “Ex Tenebris”. But Jo is also a formidable composer and performer in his own right, and after having played keyboards in several prog bands during the 80’s, he released his first solo album of electronic music on the Pan Pot label in 1990.
Jo’s diverse background served him well on this album. As a prog aficionado his taste for both early Genesis and Italian prog bands like Banco and PFM informed his use of keyboards, including amazing mellotron parts. As a producer and technician he was also able to get the best out his equipment, utilizing a palette of sounds not far removed from Steve Roach’s 90’s album, with that “big sky” sound. And finally, being a professional church organist, both his harmonic deftness and his way with the pipe organ is in evidence on the album.
For my own part, the thing that struck me the most on first listen (I first heard it in ’93) was the use of a real mellotron. I think “Symposion” might very well have been the first Norwegian release to feature the mellotron since the late 70’s/early 80’s. There’s a clear Tony Banks influence in Jo’s playing. One of the tracks is even called (translated from Norwegian) “One Lamb Was Left on Broadway”. Huge slabs of choir ‘trons clearly bring to mind mid-70’s Genesis.
There’s a melancholy and often cinematic tinge to most of the compositions (he would later go on to score a movie soundtrack for one of Norway’s most notorious movies, “Dis” (“Mist”)). Apart from the influence of Genesis and Steve Roach I also hear hints of Tangerine Dream, Larry Fast and Jan Hammer. But mostly this is a very unique record, mixing sacral, churchy ambiences with haunting e-music. Highly recommended!
(Sample at www.myspace.com/termorecords)
Jacob
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You can now order The Opium Cartel’s debut album “Night Blooms” from our webstore.
The official release date is May 1st.
The album features past and present members of White Willow and Jaga Jazzist as well as singers Rachel Haden (Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Eat World), Rhys Marsh (Rhys Marsh & The Autumn Ghost, Anekdoten) and Tim Bowness (No-Man). The album runs the gamut from dreamy folk-rock and art-pop to dark, intense indie-prog – always with a keen eye for melody and harmony. The album also features gorgeous artwork by Japanese illustrator Mako and has been mastered by Xploding Plastix’ Jens Petter Nilsen.
Check out the samples from the album here:
www.myspace.com/opiumcartel
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The second Wobbler-cd “Afterglow” should be available worldwide now. It’s also available for download on itunes and similar places. Go to www.myspace.com/wobblermusic for samples.
Haakon Ellingsen’s “the plum album” is out now! Go get it at our shop!
We have some exciting releases coming up in the next few months. First one out is Haakon Ellingsen’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed “Bounty”. The new album, which will be released October 27th 2008, is called “The Plum Album” and features stellar engineering by Brynjar Dambo (Okasa, White Willow). Musically, Haakon stretches out a bit, and covers both ukulele driven pop and somber, down-tempo folk-rock.
The next release after that will probably be Wobbler’s much anticipated sophomore album – followed by In Lingua Mortua’s second album and the debut of The Opium Cartel. More on these releases shortly.
As always, Termo releases are distributed through Tuba in Norway, Code7 in UK/Europe and The End in the US.
All releases are of course also availible through our online shop.
Now, enjoy the rest of the summer!
Jacob&Lars
Now you may order the cd directly from us here in our shop section.
Our Norwegian distributor is Tuba Recordings, in USA/Canada our distributor is The End Records and in UK/Europe we’ve got Code7 and Plastic Head.
The first release from Termo Records will be the debut album by In Lingua Mortua, “Bellowing Sea – Racked by Tempest”, which has been mastered at Strype audio and features cover art by Trine & Kim.
Visit ILM at myspace or www.inlinguamortua.com
There’s still some minor details that remains, and we’ll maintain this site in the coming time.
