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"BooO" - The Second Video From Browen
The second video from Bjørn Svin's album "Browen" features Jacob Bellens (I Got You On Tape) on vocals. The video is directed by Jorge Ballarin who was also responsible for the cover for Bjørns now classic album "Benene På Nakken" from 1998.
Jorge Ballarin says about this video:
"The video shows a meeting between two opposite forces resulting in something coming alive, Browen."
"rOOn" - First Video From Browen
rOOn is the first video from Bjørn Svin's "Browen" album (released on Rump Recordings, March, 2010). It is directed by Saijid Shaikh, who says about the video:
"This video has been shot on a mini dv camera. It took over 2 months to shoot this footage. The distortion of the lights and the warped effect is simply because it was shot through a car windscreen while it was still raining outside.
The video was edited & onlined in Pixion, a post production studio based in Mumbai, India."
Check it here.
Perler For Rum-Svin Tour 2010
Bjørn Svin will be touring Denmark in March with Rumpistol and Mofus.
DJs: Kenn Waehrens & DJVJ + VJ: Pernille Krog Mogensen.
04/3 - Hillerød, Klaverfabrikken (http://www.klaverfabrikken.dk)
05/3 - København, VEGA (http://www.billetlugen.dk/musik/9128/)
(pladerelease på idealbar fra 18-20 + afterparty med DJ-sæt af Rumpistol, Bjørn Svin og Carl Emil)
06/3 - Slagelse, Badeanstalten (http://www.slagelsemusikhus.dk)
13/3 - Køge, Tapperiet (http://www.tapperiet.nu/)
18/3 - Århus, Train (http://www.train.dk/)
19/3 - Haderslev, Månen (http://www.haderslevbilletten.dk/event/20824)
20/3 - Vejle, Bygningen (http://www.billetlugen.dk/musik/9581/)
25/3 - Ålborg, Studenterhuset (http://www.billetlugen.dk/musik/9472/)
26/3 - Pitstop, Kolding (http://www.pitstopkolding.dk)
27/3 - Odense, Studenterhus (http://www.studenterhus.dk/)
29/4 - Horsens, Kulisselageret (http://www.kulisselageret.dk/)
30/4 - Albertslund, Forbrændingen (http://www.billetlugen.dk/musik/9551/)
01/5 - Bredsten, Engelsholm Højskole (http://www.engelsholm.dk/)
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New Bjørn Svin Album!
The 1st of March, we will be releasing the new Bjørn Svin album entitled Browen, which is the first Bjørn Svin album in 9 years! The album will be released on CD, digital and limited vinyl.
With "Browen" Bjørn has succeeded in creating an album that deviates from sounding like anything else within the contemporary electronic scene, as well as marking a new era in Bjørn's versatile work as a composer. In spite of intense activity it has in fact been nine years since Bjørn Svin sprayed vitamins into the Danish techno scene by releasing an album, "Kan Tropisk" from 2001. Although he is still able to deliver aggressive techno (try seeing him live!) the pace on "Browen" has been turned down remarkably, even to such a degree that many will be surprised that Bjørn Svin is behind it.
Bjørn Svin’s sound in 2010 is marked by a strange and a mature sincerity that - mixed with a childlike naivety and curiosity - causes the most soulful Bjørn Svin release to date. The humorous playfulness that characterised Bjørn’s earlier music has evolved into an even more playful character, where humour and irony is replaced with eccentricity and lively timbre, for example heard on the title track opening the album.
"Browen" is also characterised by its liberty of genre, and as the naughty boy of the class he has always been, Bjørn Svin breaks all the usual rules within the club music he originates from. The minimalistic single "bowbrow" is completely devoid of beats, but contains in its simplicity a power and a soul that is rarely heard within newer electronic music. On the closer "BooO" Jacob "I Got You On Tape" Bellens' voice suddenly appears and testifies to a newfound calmness and depth of sound, where harsh metallic sounds create stir in a sea of organic-sounding electronics.
New Icarus Remix Album
14 artists have remixed Icarus acclaimed album 'Sylt' from 2007.
International acts as Ital Tek, ISAN, Xela & CoH, as well as Danish acts such as Svartbag, Badun and Opiate give their own account on the 7 tracks from the original album.
The collection opens on a dancefloor tack, kicking off with teenage prodigy Nabo's wonky mix of "Volks!", and passing via Björk-collaborator Opiate's abstract mix of "Keet" into Frank Bretschneider of Raster-Noton's pulsating edit of the same.
Karsten Pflum's bass-driven take on "First Inf(E)Rænce" strips the hoover bag out of a frenetic crescendo to create a minimal dub-funk work out, while ISANs version of "Keet" adds glockenspiels and an almost shoegaze vibe.
Elsewhere, Planet Mu's Ital Tek puts the dubstep into "Selfautoparent", while Svartbag extends "Rugkiks" with guitardrones and noise and Throbbing Gristle-collaborator Ivan Pavlov (aka oxy/CoH) gives a minimalistic take on Keets lop-sided beats.
The remixing then pushes out towards more abstract territory with electro-acoustic improvisers Isambard Khroustaliov / Lothar Ohlmeier, cyber-jazzers Badun, Xela (in a surprisingly hip-hop workout of "Second Inf(E)Rænce"), and Swedish 8-bit wizzard Goto80.
Finally, Icarus themselves also provide a pre-original mix of 'Sylt's opening track, "Keet", redecorated with fragments of orchestration, before Digitonal finishes off with a soothing take on "Jyske".
The artwork weaves London parakeets into the mix, courtesy of a video created by Alice Scott to the track "Keets", which is available as a download from the band's website as an accompaniment to the album.
"This feels more like a collection of brand new music than reinterpretations. ..so much inventive and engaging work." - BBC (UK)
"Sylt Remixes is a consistently challenging record which opens up the already vast sound world of Icarus to entirely new textures." - The Milk Factory (UK)
"Sylt Remixes is a varied collection and (...) you do get your money's worth." - Textura (Canada)
"It's almost impossible to place this album anywhere other than in the 'slightly uneasy listening' bracket. In an age of mass-conformity and mainstream music-by-numbers, such non-conformity can only be a good thing." - Whisperin and Hollerin (UK)
"Die Menschen, die diese Musik machen und jene, die sie hören, können keine schlechten Menschen sein." - Partysan (DE)
"Overall the listening experience is as invigorating as it is unsettling" - DJ Mag (UK)
"An excellent platform for the broad spectrum of modern electronica" - Rock A Rolla (UK).
"Eine recht gute Remix-Edition mit dickem Stuff von tanzbar bis chillig oder krude elektronisch." - Ae-Pool (DE)
"Icarus' Sylt på nye hænder forvaltes kompetent og kærligt." - Gaffa (DK)
"Es klingt nach minimal-dubbigem Schaltkreisglimmen, romantischern Stromkabelschunkeln, pulsierenden Tonsignalen, acht-bittedem Gruscheln und finster verlorener Beatforschung. Nichtimmer Abstrakt, aber immer öfters. Hörenswert." - Raveline (DE)
"Hier wird nicht zitiert, hier wird tiefgreifend, ehrlich und substanziell neu gemischt und dekonstruiert." - MTV (DE)
"Britton and Bown obviously are skilled freak magnets" - Exclaim (Can)
"..highly listenable collection." - Mapsadaisical (UK)
"en strålende og anderledes vildt- voksende antologi, der også bringer os omkring støjende rock-himle, akustiske guitar-kortslutninger, 8-bit-krigsførsel, kammer-avantgarde og freejazz-videreformuleringer." - Information (DK)
"14 forskelligartede numre, som spænder fra Opiates semidrømmende konstruktion, over den opbrudte hvide støj fra Goto 80, de dystre og disharmoniske Svartbag og Ohlmeier/Khroustraliov toner, til det drevne beat fra Karsten Pflum og de nærmest smukke og elegante remix fra ISAN, som stille og roligt udvikler sig." - DR (DK)