Restore to Past

Enter superband Restore to Past...
Last friday their eponymous debut album was released.
Restore to Past is an Oslo based band featuring many known names.
Most notably Anders Møller, Trond Mjøen, Mats Engen who were on Euroboys' Soft Focus album.
Other members of the band are: Einar Stokke Fadnes (Jim Stärk), Kenneth Ishak (Beezewax), Thomas Pettersen (King Midas, Ulver), Jo Schumann (Elvira Nikolaisen), Cato "Salsa" Thomassen (CSX, Sivert Høyem), Kari Nøst Hegseth (My Little Pony), Per Ivar Stubbrud (Goo Men), Eivind Finsrud (Fire Fæle Fyrer) and many more.


A nice review in Aftenposten
Listen to 30 second previews at WIMP

Turbo gigs this summer

Turbonegro will be doing festivals this summer. Check out: http://www.turbonegro.com/tours.html

Producers Politics Passion

Knut was asked by Martin Hagfors to produce one song for his album Producers Politics Passion. Martin does lead vocals for the songs, on the song Knut produced "Easy Come and Easy Go", Knut enlisted Mirror Lakes (without Trond Mjøen) to be backing band. Other producers on the album were Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen, Knut Reiersrud, Cato Salsa, Anne Lise Frøkedal, Morten Qvenild +++

Oslo Psych Fest

Kåre & the Cavemen will play at Oslo Psych Fest, according the psychfest [http://oslopsychfest.no/] homepage, the festival will be at 4. - 7. September.

Another summer concert article

http://www.oa.no/kultur/article7197818.ece

Kåre & the Cavemen will play Norwegian festivals this summer!

Mr. Wild Bettencourt Guitar, Daroka Pramanik, has sent me a couple of links:
http://www.malakoff.no/HEIM/tabid/40/ID/1105/Kare-The-Cavemen-til-Malakoff-2014.aspx
http://www.nordlys.no/kultur/article7182734.ece
I found some more:
http://www.musikknyheter.no/news/12313
http://www.gaffa.com/nyhet/80859
http://www.fjordabladet.no/index.cfm?event=doLink&famID=389869&frontFamID=84279
http://www.framtidinord.no/kultur/article9193361.ece
http://www.itromso.no/nyheter/article9191983.ece

The Nordlys article features a short interview with Knut: The "classic" line-up of Knut, Kåre, Anders, Per and Anders will play some concerts this summer. Focus will be on stuff from the Long Day's Flight era, an album they acknowledge most fans like. The boys have had a tradition of meeting round Christmas to meet, drink, eat and talk. This Christmas they discovered they had time on their hands and planned some gigs for this summer.

Two festival gigs are official yet (let's hope for more - one article mentions three gigs):
17th-19th July: Bukta, Tromsø
18/19th July: Malakoff, Eid

Sassybeat

Knut has helped producing Sassybeat's first album:
http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/01/23/kultur/musikk/sassybeat/31439943/

Childhood's End

Anders and Alex K from Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O both play on Ulver's Childhood's End, Ulver's psychedelic cover album.

Mirror Lakes

Mirror Lakes is a softrock/poprock band featuring Knut Schreiner and Trond Mjøen (Trond was a member of Euroboys for the Soft Focus album recording and tour).

The band started when Knut and Frode Fivel met backstage at a Dungen/TSOOL gig. The two agreed to start a project, and started writing songs. Other members of the band are: Håvard Krogedal (I was a King, Loch Ness Mouse) - bass and Arne Mathisen (Heroes and Zeros) - drums.

They released a self titled double album in 2012, recorded in Gothenburg, Oslo and New York, released on Warner.

On the band's own youtube channel, you can see a special session with several songs from the album, recorded at Spinner Studios.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MirrorLakesOfficial?feature=watch

A nice interview w/Knut about Mirror Lakes

http://smug.no/post.aspx?ID=10500