Strømmen Gamelan City, by Koppen

Strømmen Gamelan City

by Koppen

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1.	For Those About To Gamelan... 00:15	buy track
2.	Ethiopian Juice 03:39	buy track
3.	Phd In Vhs 03:27	buy track
4.	Corn Cob 03:47	buy track
5.	Get In In The Van 03:48	buy track
6.	Free Willy Nelson Mandela 03:44	buy track
7.	90210 04:21	buy track
8.	Pachinkco 03:23	buy track
9.	We Salute You 03:49	buy track
10.	Bendit! (Like Uri!) 04:01	buy track
11.	Xxxmas 03:15	buy track
12.	Sittin' On A Bucket 05:59	buy track
13.	Robbers 02:50	buy track
14.	Corncob 'tentisk rural remix - Täppas Strepens 03:50	buy track
15.	Sittin' on a bucket - Satanicpornocultshop remix 04:56	buy track
16.	90210 - Satanicpornocultshop remix 04:27	buy track
17.	Free Willy Nelson Mandela Meta-mix - Skjetten Cosylan 02:54	buy track
18.	Bendit! (like Uri!) - Easy remix 03:14	buy track
19.	PHD in VHS (producer chair remix) - Center of the Universe 03:16	buy track
20.	We Salute You! - Satanicpornocultshop remix 03:44	buy track
21.	Ethiopian Juice - Satanicpornocultshop remix 05:15	buy track

about

"Strømmen Gamelan City" is more than a record. Heavily influenced by counterfactual history, it is a humble attempt to explore key historical events that could have taken place in the history of the small Norwegian industrial suburb Strømmen. Far from keeping it real, Koppen seeks to represent the possible outcome of various scenarios that never occurred.

Every song is nothing more than a big "what if?". What if Strømmen was forced to import labour from Indonesia? What if Strømmen was surrounded by cotton fields? What if alcohol was still prohibited and young and old labourers alike chewed khat every Saturday evening? What if the Yakuza ran pachinko parlors at the local mall? What if the local government invited Uri Geller to arrange workshops in circuit bending and gender bending? What if Christmas were celebrated in seedy love hotels? What if everyone went home in a rickshaw after a night out? What if Stevie Wonder was pulling it? This is not music. This is Counterfactual Nu-Bricolage.

This record is a lot more conventional than Koppen's previous endeavours. Sometimes it moves dangerously close to a pure pop soundscape, but it is still packed with obscure samples and spastic beats. Electronic digi-funk melodies are combined with blues- and hip hop-influenced vocals – and even traces of gospel can be heard. Soundbytes are taken from a huge variety of sources from around the world.

In addition to his long time producer Sissyfus, Koppen's band today consists of Håvard Ese Eliassen on saxophone, Oui Oui on vocals and keyboard, 2mas on vocals and keyboard and Ergo on vocals and percussion.

The new album includes an additional disc, containing four remixes from the Japanese pioneers in electronic music: Satanicpornocultshop. Their maximalist approach to groovy music fits hand in glove with Koppen’s music. The disc also contains remixes by the Center of the Universe and the Norwegian skweee-ambassador Easy.

credits

released August 10, 2009

Koppen: Programming, Beats, Samples, Vocals, Euphonium, Trombone, Brett, Horn, Fjøl, Øks

Jørgen Skjulstad: Additional Programming, Sampler, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Digital Scratching, Brett, Horn, Horn, Horn

Håvard Ese Eliassen: Saxomophones, Horn

Thomas Meidell: Backing vocals, Øks, Fjøl, Fjøl,

Viviana Vega: Tamburin, Backing vocals, Horn, Brett, Backing-Brett

Ergo: Backing vocals, Nelling, Øks

Øystein Sandsdalen: Pots and pans, Bohem-poeng, Rock-credebility

Bjarne Larsen: Train Whistle, Washboard, Post-rock-credebility

Daniel Meyer Grønvold: Baglama

Dag Stiberg: Pttchpedal + credebility

Hagi: Flossin'

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