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"Childhood's End" sees progressive Norwegian rock/metal band ULVER re-interpret classic psychedelic tracks from the late 1960s. The album includes ULVER's unique versions of tracks from THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, ELECTRIC PRUNES, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, THE PRETTY THINGS and more.

The Sunshine era gets the "dark music" treatment!

Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, ULVER have continually evolved throughout their career and now stand as living legends of the dark music industry, blending rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions along with noise and experimental music to create groundbreaking material.

Last year they released the critically acclaimed "War Of The Roses" album which was described by Zero Tolerance as "a quite beautiful record of startlingly powerful depth."

All copies ordered from the Kscope store will come with a download card which features a unique code to download a digital version of the album. Pre-order now for May 28 release.

"Childhood's End" track listing:

CD:

01. Bracelets Of Fingers (originally recorded by THE PRETTY THINGS)
02. Everybody's Been Burned (THE BYRDS)
03. The Trap (BONNIWELL'S MUSIC MACHINE)
04. In The Past (CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND)
05. Today (JEFFERSON AIRPLANE)
06. Can You Travel In The Dark Alone? (GANDALF)
07. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (ELECTRIC PRUNES)
08. Street Song (THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS)
09. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (THE TROGGS)
10. Dark Is The Bark (LEFT BANKE)
11. Magic Hollow (BEAU BRUMMELS)
12. Soon There'll Be Thunder (COMMON PEOPLE)
13. Velvet Sunsets (MUSIC EMPORIUM)
14. Lament Of The Astral Cowboy (CURT BOETTCHER)
15. I Can See The Light (LES FLEUR DE LYS)
16. Where Is Yesterday (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

Vinyl:

Side A

1. Bracelets Of Fingers
2. Everybody's Been Burned
3. The Trap
4. In The Past
5. Today

Side B

01. Can You Travel In The Dark Alone?
02. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
03. Street Song
04. 66-5-4-3-2-1

Side C

01. Dark Is The Bark
02. Magic Hollow
03. Soon There'll Be Thunder
04. Velvet Sunsets

Side D

01. Lament Of The Astral Cowboy
02. I Can See The Light
03. Where Is Yesterday

George Harrison Ford a écrit :Oui ben en ce qui me concerne ca fera comme un vrai nouvel album, je ne connais pas une seule de ces chansons !

Petits changements concernant "Childhood's End", l'album de reprises 60's d'ULVER : il sortira finalement le 28 mai et sera disponible aux formats digibook et double vinyl. Sa cover définitive est également visible ci-contre.
Pour rappel, la tracklist de "Childhood's End" est : 1. Bracelets Of Fingers (The Pretty Things) - 2. Everybody's Been Burned (The Byrds) - 3. The Trap (Bonniwell's Music Machine) - 4. In The Past (Chocolate Watchband) - 5. Today (Jefferson Airplane) - 6. Can You Travel In The Dark Alone? (Gandalf) - 7. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes) - 8. Street Song (The 13th Floor Elevators) - 9. 66-5-4-3-2-1 (The Troggs) - 10. Dark Is The Bark (Left Banke) - 11. Magic Hollow (Beau Brummels) - 12. Soon There'll Be Thunder (Common People) - 13. Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium) - 14. Lament Of The Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher) - 15. I Can See The Light (Les Fleur De Lys) - 16. Where Is Yesterday (United States Of America)
Par ailleurs vous pouvez obtenir un mp3 pour le morceau "Magic Hollow", reprise de BEAU BRUMMELS, en souscrivant à la newsletter de K-Scope

heavylaw a écrit :Le nouvel opus des norvégiens sort le 23 septembre chez Kscope. Intitulé "Messe I.X - IV.X", il comprend six titres réalisés en collaboration avec l’institution Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra.

The music was commissioned last year by the Tromsø Kulturhus (House of Culture) in Norway, in a cooperation with the Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra cultural institution. It was composed and first performed live by Ulver, alongside the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra on September 21 2012. The band then took the recordings back to Oslo and spent winter and spring in post-production, honing the material for its studio-equivalent.

The follow up to 2011’s acclaimed Wars of the Roses, Messe I.X–VI.X is a different entity; reverberating 2007’s somber and solemn Shadows of the Sun, with the band even going as far as to say it feels like a companion piece to it. The album also echoes the early electronic experiments of EPs Silence Teaches You How to Sing and Silencing the Singing, and is furthermore said to invoke the ghost of an abandoned Nattens madrigal renaissance-project.

Six compositions altogether written and produced, recorded and mixed by Ulver, this time consisting of Ole Alexander Halstensgård, Kristoffer Rygg, Jørn H. Sværen and Tore Ylwizaker, with additional aid and advice from composer Martin Romberg who also arranged the music for the 21 members of Tromsø Chamber Orchestra. The album also features the extraordinary talents of contemporary composers/musicians Ole-Henrik Moe and Kari Rønnekleiv.

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Back in April, it was announced the release of the Ulver box set called Trolsk Sortmetall 1993 - 1997 but just the initial details. Today, Century Media is revealing all the details. Find out all about it below including the cover artwork. After months of work, the long-awaited box sets have finally been sent off to the pressing plants.

The box set contains the albums Bergtatt (1994), Kveldssanger (1995) and Nattens Madrigal (1996), collectively known as The Trilogie - Three Journeyes Through The Norwegian Netherworlde (released under this title as a 1000 limited edition triple picture vinyl box set in 1997). Bonus contents will be the band's demo tape Vargnatt (1993), the rare compilation track "Synen" (Cthulhu Records 1997) as well as a recently unearthed 4-track rehearsal recording featuring tracks from Nattens Madrigal.

With the exception of Nattens Madrigal, now with a slightly more compassionate re-mastering courtesy of Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio, Oslo, all the material has been considerately re-mastered to analog tape by Jaime Gomes Arellano in Orgone Studios, London, and consulted by Ulver's mastermind Kristoffer Rygg.

Trolsk Sortmetall 1993 - 1997 comes as a brazen 5CD box set with a canvas-bound slipcase and 100+ page booklet as well as a 4LP box (plus rehearsal tape). The layout has been done by Metastazis, who has previously worked with Ulver and has for this project been given access to lots of never before seen archival material.

Contents of the CD box:

Hardcover 5CD box with 16-page booklet:
CD 1: Vargnatt
CD 2: Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
CD 3: Kveldssanger
CD 4: Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden
CD 5: Nattens Madrigal - 4 track rehearsal, summer 1995

Hardcover book with 104 pages of unpublished photos and paraphernalia, original Norwegian lyrics, presentations and their English translations, comments by the band as well as liner notes by Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen (founder of Head Not Found Records and the man behind Slayer Mag), Chris Bruni (Profound Lore Records), Michael Moynihan (author of Lords Of Chaos) and Mark Pilkington (Strange Attractor Press).

The 5CD box will be limited to 3000 copies worldwide.

Contents of the LP box:

LP I: Vargnatt
LP II: Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
LP III: Kveldssanger
LP IV: Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden
MC: 4 track rehearsal, summer 1995
Poster (size 60 x 30 cm)
32-page booklet in LP size (carrying same content as the CD box booklets)

The LP box is limited to 2000 copies worldwide and the pressings will be broken down as follows:

1500 copies on black vinyl
400 copies on silver vinyl
100 copies on clear vinyl (including a limited art print only available in this version)

Ulver have just revealed many details regarding their new release. Titled ATGCLVLSSCAP, this release consists of 12 tracks over 80-minutes with music sourced from 12 live performances the band played in 2014. The result is a new collection of songs spawned from familiar origins. To get an idea, you can stream the new "Moody Stix" here borne from a performance of the nearly 15 years old "Doom Stix" from the A Quick Fix Of Melancholy EP in 2003 and another excerpt below as well.

Look out for ATGCLVLSSCAP via House of Mythology on January 22nd, 2016.

The new Ulver gatefold double album vinyl (also­ available on CD) features over 80 minutes worth of material. This album consists of multitracked and studio-enhanced live, mostly improvisational, rock and electronic soundscapes, 2/3 of which has never been heard before. The basis for the album - which the band has been working with under the moniker '12' - arrives from recordings made at twelve different live shows that the band performed in February 2014, in which the band vaulted into the deep end of an improvisatory approach to their performance.

Norwegian electronic/avant-garde black metal pioneers Ulver have just revealed the details for their upcoming thirteenth studio album entitled The Assassination Of Julius Caesar. The new album follows up their 2016 effort ATGCLVLSSCAP and will be released by the London based label House of Mythology on 7th April 2017. The artwork and tracklist have been revealed so far. More info available soon.

New Ulver music? It's here! The Norwegian avantgardists released a new album this year called The Assassination Of Julius Caesar but there's a new EP coming soon on House of Mythology, with the release date yet to be confirmed. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi is the title of the new EP just announced.