dosmildos

2002

JANUARY: MORTEN SPENT THE LAST WEEKEND IN THE STRONG ROOM STUDIO IN
LONDON, TO RECORDED THE LAST SESSIONS FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM. BUT HE TOOK
THE TIME TO SNAP SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH ALL THE COMUNITY.
FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM A-HA WORK WITH DIFFERENT PRODUCERS FROM DIFFERENTS
STYLES OF MUSIC.
THE TEAM ARE CONFORMED BY: IAN CAPLE (CARDIGANS), TORE JOHANSSON, STEPHENHAGUE (NEW ORDER, PET SHOP BOYS), ALAN WINSTALEY (MADNESS, ELVIS COSTELLO, MORRISEY), ALL TOGHETHER MADE THE PERFECT MIXTURE COMBINED THE MODERN SOUNDS WITH THE ALL TECHNIQUES.
THE NAME OF THE RECORD WOULD BE "LIFELINES" AND THEIR FIRST SINGLE
WOULD BE "FOREVER NOT YOURS" THAT WOULD BE RELEASED ON APRIL 2nd AND 29th
THE ENTIRE ALBUM.
"FOREVER NOT YOURS" WAS WRITTEN BY: MORTEN HARKET, OLSEN AND MAGNE FURUHOLMEN.
THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE SINGLE FOR ME IS A QUITE BORING SONG, I HOPE
THE ALBUM WILL HAVE OTHER KIND OF TUNES, A BETTER ONES...
FEBRUARY (17): "FOREVER NOT YOURS" WAS FILMED IN THE PARADISIAC CUBA, HARALD ZWART, WOULD BE ONCE AGAIN,THE DIRECTOR OF THE VIDEO, AS HE DID IN VELVET.
GUYS NEXT TIME CHANGE THE DIRECTOR PLEASE?

WEA GERMANY MADE A PRE-EVENT OF "FOREVER NOT YOURS", IN THAT NIGHT. MORTEN AND MAGNE WERE THERE BUT PAL COULDN´T GO, BECAUSE HE HAS A DEAL
WITH EMI RECORDS TO PROMOTE "REASONS TO STAY INDOORS".
FEBRUARY (13): MAGNE IS IN PARIS WORKING ON A NEW ART PROYECT,
THE NORWEGIAN GALLERY Bi-Z IS CELEBREITING IT´S 40 ANIVERSARY.
THE TEAM IS CONSISTING BY FIVE FAMOUSE NORWEGIANS: MAGNE FURUHOLMEN
(THE PAINTER), KJELL NUPEN (HIS TEACHER IN ART), TROD MOI (THE ARTIST OF THE KITCHEN) AND TWO FAMOUSE MUSICIANS. ALL TOGHETHER WILL MAKE AN A
"ANIVERSARY BOX", BERNT BISSETH. WOULD BE THE GUIDE FOR THE TEAM ON A
TOUR FOR THE COUNTRY OF COGNAC.
THE ANIVERSARY BOX, WILL CONTAIN WOODEN CUTS, PHOTOLITOGRAPHIES,
LITOGRAPHIES, BOOK WITH 40 RECIPES MADE IT DURING THE TOUR.
MARCH: A-HA ANNOUNCE THEIR WORLD TOUR,AROUND THE WORLD. THE TOUR
BEGUINS ON 8Th OF JUNE (SEE TOUR DETAILS) IN HOME IN THE ULLEVALL STADIUM
FOR 125,000 SOULS AND IT WILL CONTINUE FOR EUROPE AND BRASIL.
MAGNE HAS AN ACCIDENT ON HIS SNOW BOARD HE BREAK HIS HAND, BUT EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL RIGHT FOR JUNE.
APRIL: A-HA´S NEW VIDEO WAS RELEASED ON MTV EUROPA.
TELEHIT. THE LATINOAMERICAN VIDEO MUSIC CHANEL RELEASED "FOREVER NOT YOURS" AS THE VIDEO OF THE WEEK.
WEA MÉXICO SAID: THAT THEY WILL NO GIVE IT ANY PROMOTION TO A-HA´S NEW ALBUM FOR BEEN AN "SPECIAL ARTIST". MIX FM (IÑAKI MANERO):"I DON´T THINK IT WOULD BE ANY PROMOTION FOR THE NEW SINGLE BUT IF A-HA HAS A NEW RE-BORN WITH THIS ALBUM LIKE IT HAPPENS WITH KILYE MINOGUE, WE WILL GIVE SUPPORT TO THE ALBUM OF COURSE".

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