Hanne Hukkelberg - best thing since sliced bread

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mix madeleine peyroux with juana molina and a little of the books

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phil turnbull (philT), Friday, 3 June 2005 07:18 (8 years ago) Permalink

I wanted to love her (squeaky-voiced folksytronica), but by the fourth or fifth song I was bored to tears. There may still be a track or two worth rescuing from the album...

Sean M (Sean M), Friday, 3 June 2005 07:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

Having only heard isolated tracks I can't comment on Sean's theory, but what I've heard is sweet as pie.

Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Friday, 3 June 2005 11:08 (8 years ago) Permalink

i can't hear much sqeakyness in her voice - instead it's quite smooth with bluesy downturns. yes, it's all a bit twee but the songs have inetresting chord changes and lovely melodies. that's about all i look for in music these days.

phil turnbull (philT), Saturday, 4 June 2005 03:21 (8 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...
ALBA:

hanne hukkelberg, "ease"

cozen (Cozen), Monday, 15 August 2005 15:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...
yes.

There's a really tight sutekh mix which I am listenint to right now. I will learn to use yousendit and get post it in a moment.

hmmm (hmmm), Saturday, 12 November 2005 18:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

I've always thought "the best thing since ball-point pens" would be a far better saying...

Doozer, Saturday, 12 November 2005 18:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

i like the original 'ease' much better than the sutekh mix. alba, did you ever hear it? that floaty instrumental extended outro is achingly pretty

jermaine (jnoble), Saturday, 12 November 2005 20:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

I gmailed him it

... and I'll gmail him the 4th (?) track on the nathan michel record, which reminds me of ease, when I'm on my computer

cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 12 November 2005 21:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

is it that 'a to b' one? its nice too, yeah

jermaine (jnoble), Sunday, 13 November 2005 11:09 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah, that's it! it's lovely

thanks for the sutekh, hmm.

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 13 November 2005 16:42 (7 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Has anybody else heard this years Rykestrasse 68? It's my favourite album of songs this year. Even the Pixies cover is a good idea.

Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:39 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oh, Hanne is probably my favourite artist of the last two years!

Stevie T, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:47 (5 years ago) Permalink

It's one of those albums that's crept up on me. I keep sticking it on late at night and now realise how well I know most of it.

Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

You know, I had the first album for an age and I thought it was ... perfectly pleasant Stina-stuff... And then a friend's band supported her at the Luminaire in London, and I went along to see them, really. And Hanne and her band played after, and they were so brilliantly, quietly compelling that as the show progressed, every chattering barhound in the place ended up completely transfixed. It was truly magical! By the end the whole place was hanging on the band's every note!

Saw her again this year at the RFH, but the venue was no good. :/ But the Rykestrasse album is great. 'Obelix' is a big hit of 07 here at home.

Stevie T, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:58 (5 years ago) Permalink

She's an amazing vocalist and songwriter. Sick arrangements and musicianship on both albums.

Brooker Buckingham, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 22:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

4 years pass...

Still not sure I'm enamoured with the voice, but I like the way the new album Featherbrain balefully clatters:

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 March 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just discovered that similar Norwegian artist Jenny Hval wrote Hukkelberg's press release. I suspected there was some sort of connection/scene/something in the water. Hval's Viscera from last year is highly recommended for Hukkelberg fans:

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

Really enjoying Featherbrain!

cwkiii, Thursday, 11 October 2012 00:11 (8 months ago) Permalink


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