The Bonus CD

 

2. SCAR ( VELVET BELLY )

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SOUNDSCAPE 1996

OUTTAKE FROM THE LANDING SESSIONS

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL- VOCAL

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THE ALBUM 'THE LANDING' (BMG-1996) TOGETHER WITH ERIK HONORE, WE DECIDED THAT THE ALBUM OUGHT TO BE AN ORGANIC EXTENSION OF OUR PREVIOUS ALBUM 'WINDOW TREE' (DBUT-1994/BMG1995), ALLTHOUGH MORE ELECTRONIC. THE RESULT WAS FOR US AN ARTISTIC SUCCESS. IT INCLUDED LONG INTROVERT POP SONGS ON ONE HAND, AND SOME MORE ACCESSIBLE POP SONGS ON THE OTHER. THE TRACKLISTING ON 'THE LANDING' WAS A HEADACHE, AND IN THE END WE FELT THAT 'SCAR' WAS POWERFUL, BUT IN THE WRONG WAY. IT WAS THEREFORE LEFT OUT. A GREAT OUTTAKE FROM A GREAT ALBUM.

 

3. ICICLE ( ALMEDAL / ERSFJORD / RASMUSSEN)

PRODUCED BY NICHOLAS SILLITOE / VELVET BELLY

ENGINEERED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD

MIXED BY NICHOLAS SILLITOE / ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SONIC ELECTRONIC 2000

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL

VIDAR ERSFJORD - KEYBOARDS / TREATMENTS

TOR HENNING LEH-GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - SAMPLES / DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN-BASS

VIDAR AND MYSELF WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH SAMPLES AND CAME UP WITH STRUCTURES FOR 'ICICLE' AND 'SLOWTALK'. WE RECORDED AND FINISHED THEM MORE OR LESS TOGETHER WITH ANNE MARIE IN TWO DAYS AT OUR REHEARSAL ROOM. WE LATER DID SOME OVERDUBS TOGETHER WITH NICHOLAS SILLITOE AT 'SONIC ELECTRONIC'. HE MIXED IT DURING THE SAME SESSION AS 'JUST IN TIME' AND 'VOICE OF THE SENSES'. OVERDUBS FOR 'BETWEEN THE WORDS' WERE ALSO DONE AT THIS SESSION, AND WERE USED AS BASICS BY ERIK HONORE AND JAN BANG IN THE RECORDING AND MIXING PROCESS OF OUR LATEST ALBUM.

 

4. LOVER 4am ( ALMEDAL / LEH / RASMUSSEN )

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SOUNDSCAPE 1996

OUTTAKE FROM THE LANDING SESSIONS

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL- VOCAL

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITAR

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

A LIVE RECORDING WITH NO OVERDUBS FROM THE STUDIO 'SOUNDSCAPE', HELPED ALONG BY A LOT OF BLUE SMIRNOFF, FINISHED AT 4am. ANNE MARIE CAME UP WITH A VOCAL PART THAT REALLY INSPIRED TOR HENNING AND MYSELF. THIS WAS A PERIOD WHEN ANNE MARIE LISTENED A LOT TO JEFF BUCKLEY AND IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL VOCALS SHE'S DONE. ALMOST A BLUES WITH A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE, AND SOME REALLY MAGICAL MOMENTS. 'LOVER 4am' WAS NEVER CONSIDERED FOR 'THE LANDING', BUT PERFECT FOR LOST SONGS AND MIXED BLESSINGS.

 

5. SHE (VELVET BELLY)

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SPYDEBERG 1997

OUTTAKE FROM LUCIA SESSIONS

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL

VIDAR ERSFJORD - RHODES

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

ANNE MARIE ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS SONG AS A PIANO BALLAD, BUT THE EXPRESSION CHANGED RADICALLY DURING THE RECORDING PROCESS. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ARRANGEMENT WAS BOWIE'S 'LOW' AND 'HEROES'.

 

6. SLOWTALK (ALMEDAL / ERSFJORD / RASMUSSEN)

PRODUCED BY VIDAR ERFJORD / KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN

ENGINEERED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD

MIXED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD

RECORDED AT VELVET BELLY'S REHEARSAL ROOM 2000

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL

VIDAR ERSFJORD - PROGRAMMING / TREATMENTS / KEYBOARDS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - SAMPLES / BASS / DRUMS

A LIVE RECORDING IN TWO TAKES, MIXED BY VIDAR AND RECORDED AT THE SAME SESSION AS 'ICICLE'.

 

7. VOICE OF THE SENSES ( DAVID THOMAS / arr: VELVET BELLY )

PRODUCED BY NICOLAS SILLITOE / VELVET BELLY

ENGINEERED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD

MIXED BY NICHOLAS SILLITOE / VIDAR ERSFJORD

RECORDED AT VELVET BELLY'S REHEARSAL ROOM 2000

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL / FLUTE

VIDAR ERSFJORD - KEYBOARDS / SAMPLES

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - STICKS AND STONES

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

NICHOLAS SILLITOE - SAMPLES / TREATMENTS

THE LYRICS ARE WRITTEN BY DAVID THOMAS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FRONTMAN OF PERE UBU. THE ORGINAL TITLE OF THIS SONG IS 'VOICE OF THE SAND SAYS'. ANNE MARIE HAD THE ORIGINAL SONG ON A CASSETTE AND BELIEVED THE TITLE WAS 'VOICE OF THE SENSES'. SHE INTEGRATED THE MELODY AND 'FREE-STYLE TRANSLATED' LYRICS INTO A FRESH GUITAR ARRANGEMENT BY TOR HENNING. IT WAS RECORDED IN OUR REHEARSAL ROOM IN OSLO WITH VIDAR AS AN ENGINEER. NEXT WE DID OVERDUBS WITH NICHOLAS SILLITOE AND HE ALSO MIXED IT. THIS VERSION WAS SENT OFF TO MR. DAVID THOMAS. HE RESPONDED VERY POSITIVELY, ALLOWING US TO RELEASE OUR VERSION AND KEEP THE TITLE 'VOICE OF THE SENSES' THE SONG IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON FRIENDLY SELECTION VOL.1, 'LUCID VOICES AND LAZY BEATS'(BEATSERVICE RECORDS-2002).

 

8. SHIFTING SANDS ( B. KNIGHT )

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SPYDEBERG 97

OUTTAKE FROM LUCIA SESSIONS

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCALS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

ERIK HONORE - KEYBOARDS

AFTER THE LANDING WE HAD AN IDEA OF MAKING AN EP WITH COVERVERSIONS. WE WERE GOING TO PICK TWO SONGS EACH, REHEARSE, RECORD AND CHOOSE THE BEST VERSIONS. THIS HOWEVER NEVER HAPPENED. ANNE MARIE'S BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME HAD A CASSETTE OF WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND'S FIRST ALBUM 'PART ONE'. THERE ARE SOME INSTANT CLASSICS ON THIS ALBUM LIKE 'TRANSPARENT DAY', 'I WONT HURT YOU', A COVER OF THE MOTHERS 'HELP I'M A ROCK' AND 'SHIFTING SANDS'. ANNE MARIE TOLD US SHE FIRST CONSIDERED 'I WONT HURT YOU', BUT WENT FOR 'SHIFTING SANDS'. ANJA GARBAREK RELEASED A VERSION OF 'I WONT HURT YOU' IN 2000 AND SCORED A MINOR HIT WITH IT. WE PLAYED 'SHIFTING SANDS' LIVE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND A SIMILAR VERSION WAS RECORDED AT 'SPYDEBERG STUDIO'. IN THE MIX ERIK TOOK AWAY THE DRUMS, GUITARS AND KEYBOARDS, KEPT THE VOCALS, BASS AND ADDED A NEW KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE RECORDED A COVERVERSION. STILL IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON TO THE ALBUM 'LUCIA' (BMG-1997)

 

9. WITHOUT US ( VELVET BELLY / DAG OLSVIK )

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SPYDEBERG 97

OUTTAKE FROM LUCIA SESSIONS

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCALS

VIDAR ERSFJORD - KEYBOARDS

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

PAULIN SKOGLUND VOSS - CELLO

BASICALLY A 'ONE TAKE', LIVE RECORDING. ANNE MARIE WAS AT THE TIME READING THE BOOK 'AN AFRICAN ELEGY' BY BEN OKRI. THE POEM WITH THE SAME NAME BECAME THE LYRICAL STARTING POINT TO THIS SONG. IT WAS LATER REWRITTEN BY DAG OLSVIK AND ANNE MARIE. THE SONG NEARLY MADE IT ONTO 'LUCIA', BUT WE WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE MIX. IT WAS LACKING THE ATMOSPHERE AND ENERGY FROM THE RECORDING MOMENTUM. VIDAR ARRIVED TO THE RECORDING SESSION DIRECTLY FROM A TOUR IN GERMANY AND WAS RATHER EXHAUSTED. 'WITHOUT US' IS ONE OF VIDAR`S FAVOURITE LEFT OUT`S, BUT HE STILL CAN`T REMEMBER RECORDING IT.

 

10. BEFORE BETRAYAL ( VELVET BELLY / E.HONORE )

PRODUCED BY ERIK HONORE

ENGINEERED BY ERIK HONORE

MIXED BY ERIK HONORE

RECORDED AT SOUNDSCAPE 96

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL

VIDAR ERSFJORD - KEYBOARDS

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

HEGE RIMESTAD - VIOLIN

THE LAST SONG RECORDED DURING 'THE LANDING' SESSIONS. ANNE MARIE DIDN'T WRITE THE LYRICS FOR THIS ONE, ERIK DID, AND HE ALSO MADE SEVERAL MIXES OF THE SONG. WE COULDN'T AGREE ON ANY OF THEM, AND THE TRACK WAS THUS LEFT OUT FOR MORE OR LESS THE SAME REASONS AS 'SCAR'.

 

11. THIRST (ALMEDAL / LEH / ERSFJORD)

PRODUCED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD / BJORN FLÖYSTAD

ENGINEERED BY VIDAR ERSFJORD MIXED BY ERSFJORD/FLÖYSTAD

RECORDED AT OUR REHEARSAL ROOM 99

ANNE MARIE ALMEDAL - VOCAL

VIDAR ERSFJORD - KEYBOARDS

TOR HENNING LEH - GUITARS

KAY RUNE RASMUSSEN - DRUMS

PAL AANENSEN - BASS

ANNE MARIE, TOR HENNING AND VIDAR COMPOSED MUSIC FOR THE NORWEGIAN FILM 'THIRST: CRIMES OF THE FUTURE'. THIS FILM WAS BASED ON 5 STORIES BY KNUT HAMSUN, DIRECTED BY 3 DIFFERENT DIRECTORS, EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SEPARATE PART OF THE FILM. THE MUSIC FOR ONE OF THE PARTS WAS REMIXED VELVET BELLY MATERIAL, BUT THE SONG 'THIRST' WAS WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY TO PROMOTE THE FILM. THE SONG WAS NEVER RELEASED, THE FILM A TURKEY AND NOBODY WENT TO SEE IT. STILL ,IT'S A GREAT SONG AND NICE CLOSER FOR THIS BONUS CD.

KAY R.R. - 03.