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(K) En sommerdag i Kroken (Ruter)

by T. Jervell

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Morgenstell 01:19
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Morgenro 02:45
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Adspredelse 06:00
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KES 03:21
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Fossegrimen 02:48
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Hverdagsliv 02:13
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(Q) Radar 02:17
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about

<kat no.21>

Follow Suit Part 3 of 4 - Ruter

The starting point for this album was the suit of Diamonds. In Norway we call this suit “ruter”. Ruter refers to the geometric shape found on the cards, but the word can also mean windows. This led to the idea that these 12 tracks should not only represent the 12 cards in the suit, but also have a narrative connected to 12 windows in my house.
Windows are also interesting in terms of the fact that they are see-through, but also able to reflect. Considering this I decided that every track should describe events both inside and outside of each window.
So, this is an album with a narrative.
Instrumental (art) music that attempts to describe a narrative musically, is often called program music. The narrative might be presented as a text (program notes), through the piece’s title etc.
In light of this, I decided that this would be an album of program music.
I am sure there are people who will argue that this isn’t proper program music, in regards to it not being “classical music”/art music. I could of course make an argument and discuss this, but I will not.
You just have to accept that the music you are about to hear, and the accompanying text is composed according to my interpretations of what the term program music contains.
Now that we have that out of the way. And without further ado. Let me present to you, the program:

Act 1: The Doppelganger Suite
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12:00 AM
Midnight.
68° North
Above the Arctic Circle.
A white wooden house.
Inside.
A bedroom.
The sound of an old clock ticking.
The midnight sun lights up the room.
Her warm rays caress the sleeping children’s faces. Deep sleep.
It is quiet outside.
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03:00 AM
A wind is blowing from the North.
Into the master bedroom.
Outside.
The Spanish Slugs are on the move.
Eyes fixed on the flower beds.
Full speed ahead.
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06:00 AM
The wind drops off to a light breeze.
It sounds a Dreamcatcher.
A third bedroom.
Dreaming of a fisherman.
White beard
Smoking a pipe.
Sou'wester.
The Dreamcatcher sounds.
Dreaming of doppelgangers.
The alarm clock sounds.
Wake up!
Sounds.

Act 2: Morgenstemning
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06:02 AM
A lonely bird chirping. Time to start the day. Brush teeth, wash face. Water in the drainpipes. Bubbles.
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07:23 AM
Put the kettle on.
Zaozi Xiang (2000).
The world outside is waking up.
Bumblebees.
Redwing.
Seagulls.
Crows.
Parus major.
Tea in the garden.
There is a song coming from the forest.
An old Tetrax is singing his ode to summer.
Return to the kitchen.
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09:11 AM
On the windowsill
Ice cubes melting in a glass of water.
Toddler playing with her toys.
And her Bells.
Outside the window.
Four Elk gather in the Northwest part of the garden. The four Elk leave the garden.
Birds return.
Someone is playing a Tocante.

Act 3: Bug Branded Blasserism
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01:09 PM
Enter Kroken Eksperjymentalne Ssudio. A break from the day-to-day routine. Restrictions.
Chance.
Creation.
Today.
Bug Brand modular only.
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03:10 PM
Books.
A small library?
The Arctic Penklin Burn library.
Stores at the Mall.
How to apply these ideas to a different set of tools? Chaos: Making a new science
How to apply these ideas to the compositional process? Arne Nordheim
Ingen -ismer for meg takk!
Patching feedback loops.
The kids are reading Norwegian folktales.
Asbjørnsen & Mœ
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04:13 PM
Noise from the road outside.
The birds keep on chirping.
Kids playing.
Dozing off on a sofa.
Fossegrimen appears.
The master Tocante player.
He is offering Tocante-lessons.
In return he wants a Fenalår.
Cured leg of Lamb.
He eats the meat.
He plays the Tocante.
He disappears.

Act 4: Lang dags ferd mot natt
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04:44 PM
In the laundry room
Putting clothes in the tumble-dryer Dreaming of oval shaped instruments A garden of sound
A sound garden.
In the shape of a surfboard.
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07:08 PM
Start the car.
Go for a ride.
Drive to Unstad.
Watch the surfers.
Relax.
Listen to the waves.
Walk back to the car. Hoppelsprett-humla.
A bumblebee from Talelandia Unable to fly.
It Jumps.
It Bounces.
Radio signals.
Transmissions
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11:00 PM
Ristinden.
Himmeltinden.
Windows in the living room.
The radar reflects the sun.
Every turn.
Sending or receiving?
Extra-terrestrial transmissions.
Bugs swarm outside.
Time to go to sleep.

Epilogue
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11:59PM
Wait a minute. Somebody is not in bed. Who’s not in bed?
The Joker is not in bed. He sings.
A lullaby.
The Sun and the Moon. Moving together.
Across the Arctic sky.
All summer long.
Come winter. Separated.
Longing for each other. Pining.
“Don’t worry Joker”.
It is time to go to sleep.
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When the last tones of the tidal waves ebb out. Turn the volume up and listen to the hiss of the tape. The sound of autumn.
A premonition of the winter that is soon to come.

credits

released September 3, 2021

Design + Artwork – Phil/Tone Burst
Mastering: Jørgen Kirksæther @Transistor Mastering
All tracks written & produced by T. Jervell
Track 2 contains a sample from ChromaDots «Nebel sei dies Leben»
Track 13 lyrics written by Arne C. Jervell

For all the love, inspiration, advice, help, co-operation/creation and conversations, Thank you: Guro and the kids, Arne, Rune Opdahl, Kristoffer Aars, Phil, Barry, Friends and family, Mr. Bosanquet, Bjørn Andor Drage, Bodvar Drotninghaug Mœ & Jørgen Kirksæther.

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