Imagine Arthur Russell's "In The Light Of The Miracle" meets Kate Bush's "Nocturn" meets Jesse Rose and Henrik Schwarz's "Stop, Look & Listen" meets LCD Soundsystem's "45:33" - and not coincidentally these have all been major musical obsessions of mine over the past twelve months.
This album really needs a track-by-track though as there is just too too too too much awesomeness to take in!
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 27 January 2007 13:45 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link
apparently it's a limited vinyl release from last year, with an expanded CD now available. Shame I've blown my credit card limit!
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link
sounds of SANTANA vol. LVCMXXXXXIVIII
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 27 January 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― jon person (jon person), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link
spoke to magnus from the studio and am trying to get him to NYC.
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 27 January 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
And not just the Disco Inferno of the EPs but also those early percussive efforts on In Debt. "No Comply" though is all weird overlapping keyboard and piano melodies, kinda Reichian sample-pop.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 8 February 2007 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 8 February 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Slowly slowly starting to see more talk about this. Still perhaps my favourite album of the year, interchanging with Panda Bear. Not surprisingly, the remixes floating around are great - I love how Todd Terje's remix of "Life's a Beach" starts out funky and very very slowly gets all moody like the original, and it's got such a wet aqueous groove too. And the Brennan Green remix of "West Side" is like a really sensitive dub version, moving around some parts, cutting out the vocals and adding some morose bleepy keyboards but otherwise preserving everything loveable about the original.
Also really really liking Studio's remix/remake of The Shout Out Loud's "Impossible", which is bright shiny pop by their standards - The Cure's "In Between Days" meets Disco Inferno's "The Athiest's Burden" meets... I'm not sure.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 July 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
i've fallen in love with this band, but have only heard 2 songs (Origin & Life's a Beach). would love to hear a full length. i bought the remix 12" of Life's a Beach and was terribly dissapointed. i didn't realize it was only remixes and not the original version. and the remixes just sounded like mellow house tracks to me. lost most of the live instruments that i liked about it to begin with and returned it the next day.
― jaxon, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:00 (seventeen years ago) link
also, how come the mp3s i've gotten are listed as "A Studio"? not The Studio or just Studio?
― jaxon, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
i can't believe you returned that 12"
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
also one of my favorites this year, yearbook 1
also, uh, jaxon, there's a link to their west coast 12" in a thread linked to in this thread
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link
i highly recommend strategy's "future rock" for anyone who is feeling studio
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link
http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank108.html
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
i agree about the vocal songs.. pretty shit.. but lifes a beach? jesus.. really nice.. this is one of the best produced records (yearbook 1) ive heard in a long time.
the vocals on the strategy album are a total bummer. whats going on here?
― nikbozic, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:46 (seventeen years ago) link
maybe you just don't like vocals
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm waiting for my yearbook CD after really enjoying the remixes 12", the Todd Terje is fantastic, pitched on the edge of being, like the record shop label said, 'chilled out bar groove', I'm amazed they get something so great out of these rainforest and hippy signifiers. Certain points in that track, a bit more colour is gradually added and it feels like a huge psychedelic build, but still fairly restrained and smooth overall.
― Alex xy, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link
'west coast' is amazing
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
hang on, no, i mean 'out there'
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
i think the terje remix is anything but chilled out, but that's a minor quibble as it's one of my favorite remixes in a year that has been jammed with them. i haven't heard the album yet. can't believe i missed this thread the first time around.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, it's a great disc. Those upthread who drew comparisons between this and The Cure are OTM.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link
maybe i should try to download the 2 Life's a Beach remixes and actually, you know, like listen to them. i just figured it wasn't something i'd ever play out (like that happens so often), so i didn't need to own the vinyl
― jaxon, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
i was really surprised to read your comment upthread! the bassline in the terje is just too boogie to be house. it reminds me of the mary jane girls. so there's the rick james thing and on top of it there is cure (meets basic channel) san francisco summer beach atmospherics. and then fat techno claps and cowbells and a sense of humor. i am so smitten by this song.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:35 (seventeen years ago) link
What the where the who. This all sounds potentially interesting.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:40 (seventeen years ago) link
i love how enigmatic the band name and album title are. cover art is great too.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link
jaxon - for some reason when i ripped the promo CD i got, iTunes listed the artist as "A Studio" so I would guess your rip came from that as well...
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 07:00 (seventeen years ago) link
you know, you fellas are right! this is great! agree w/ all the aforementioned reference points, but would add in the mood of all those great Associates 12"s w/ the cool b-sides. and special commendation for the exquisite guitar. thank you ilx!
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Ned I sincerely believe you will love them.
It's kinda of odd how similar the Prins Thomas and Todd Terje remixes of "Life's a Beach" are - both have the funky bassline, the endless layering of effects, the faithful redeployment of the guitar. The Terje remix is slightly more brisk and uptempo, and I slightly prefer it, but they're both great.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Cutty those Strategy samples are excellent. Will have to track that album down.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:13 (seventeen years ago) link
fwiw, Out There is my least favorite track.
now to track down the remixes...
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/aeroplanemusiclove
^ sooo good.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
i downloaded Life's a Beach remixes. eh. prins thomas remix is cool. kinda spaced out, but i still stand by what i said. it lost the balearic rock edge that i liked and just became sorta "dance music". no need to keep 12"
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
"West Side" does = the Balearic Cure. Out've the forest and onto the beach.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link
this has been repressed. hooray!
― haitch, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link
That Yearbook cover art is fantastic.
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
Has Spencer seen it or heard this, I wonder?
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Cutty! That Strategy album is like... Luomo making a post-rock record? Or a post-rock group making a Luomo record? Whatever, if I had a Microsoft Wizard program that made albums for me at least one of them would probably turn out like this. Not sure if I love love love it yet but will def. keep listening.
2007 is so the year I became a corny balearic fuxx.
― Tim F, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link
i think balearic is one of those words like minimal. it has meaning that is more like residue. i like a lot of recent music like this because it is musical as opposed to most of the contemporary dance music i immerse myself in which is music that for most of the 00s has been design-obsessed (similar to a lot of contemporary pop and hip hop and even alterna-rock). it's just tiring after awhile.
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:04 (seventeen years ago) link
tim have you heard kuniyuki takahashi?
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:09 (seventeen years ago) link
ah n/m “practice” is on disc 3yeah I did own that crepes album at one point, wasn’t really into it
― brimstead, Friday, 28 August 2020 01:53 (four years ago) link
cosign on The Crepes album
― mise róna (seandalai), Saturday, 29 August 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
Anyone got the link for the Archive 4LP?
Don't see it on insta
― plazzTT, Friday, 30 October 2020 08:05 (three years ago) link
Found it here, seems to be removed / sold out now: https://www.atelje.com/shop/dan-lissvik-archive-1ish-lp-edition
― plazzTT, Friday, 30 October 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
It was really pricey
― Evan, Friday, 30 October 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/15833567?ev=rb
one copy on Discogs, looks reasonably priced to me, considering this is limited and there's no chance it will be repressed in this 4LP format.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 30 October 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
back on sale
― just sayin, Sunday, 13 December 2020 09:40 (three years ago) link
whoa thanks for posting! literally emailed him a couple weeks ago asking if he had plans to repress it lol
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 December 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
came to around $92 total with shipping to us, fwiw
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 December 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
he announced it on his instagram (atelje_) which is mostly about his art and clothing line and family and not very much about music but nevertheless super dope and 100% worth following if you're on insta
― the late great, Sunday, 13 December 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
yeah I love his art! and his tye die sweatshirts
― brimstead, Sunday, 13 December 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Received Archive 1-ish yesterday, yay! Shipped in gift wrap & sweet personalised seasons greetings card included <3
― willem, Saturday, 19 December 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
mine arrived too, with the same! so cool
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
just posted on his instagram... https://www.underallt.com/shop/p/under-allt-mellanrum-vinyl-lp
“super sunny balearic vibes to revive and relax”
― just sayin, Thursday, 22 April 2021 08:45 (three years ago) link
Thanks! Ordered. ❤️
― willem, Thursday, 22 April 2021 10:56 (three years ago) link
Hmmm looks like it's going up for pre-order at a few online stores too. Along with Archive 1!
― Evan, Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
AND Atelje - Meditation
― Evan, Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link
archive 1ish, meditation, and 50/50 also available here: https://www.atelje.com/shop?category=Music
― mizzell, Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
Aha!
― Evan, Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Pre-ordered it from this stateside seller; saved a few on shipping in the process.
https://www.pbvinyl.com/collections/recently-added-presale
― Evan, Thursday, 22 April 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
cheers Evan... wish this dude would release stuff on CD but the Under Allt stuff sounds great so I'm in
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Thursday, 22 April 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
New Lissvik production:
https://r1ch3s.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-dawn
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
anyone listened to his latest projecthttps://underallt.bandcamp.com/album/mellanrum
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 10 October 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
this is good, sounds more like "Studio" to me than the Atelje album
― sleeve, Monday, 10 October 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
can we get a west coast repress or what
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
Yes, this album was released last year. It's great but too short. I think the Crepes album is one of the best things Lissvik has done outside Studio but unfortunately, that has been removed from streaming platforms. Kind of weird that they'd take their stuff off streaming when it is impossible to find in shops or online (unless you buy second hand). It's not like spotify is costing them sales when their shit isn't for sale. Anyway, Dan Lissvik is my favorite musician/producer of the last 15-20 years. Would like to have the money to buy one of his big artworks but unfortunately, i'm just a worker bee, not a CEO.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 10 October 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
Same! Though I've purchased prints of his years ago. Those are very nice. However he puts stuff up for sale very rarely these days I think.
― Evan, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
have the prices gone up? he had some handmade clothes up on his site awhile back, think a hand dip-dyed sweatshirt might have been $150? not cheap but not that expensive, like hip cool guy brand prices but not like fashion world commes des garcons or prada prices. i remember some ceramics that weren’t too bad either. but this was around early 2016 (i remember because i was considering throwing in a tshirt and vase w my preorder of 50/50 EP and meditation repress)
but shipping a big painting, yeah the cost of dhl would probably kill you. plus maybe now that he has a fancy gallery it’s more expensive. i agree though, i love his paintings, particularly the plant ones, and i love his airbrushed / spray painted (?) weird foamy / melted looking sculptures
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
i meant early 2017*
he really seems like the chillest, one of those “figured out how to live” guys that eats breathes and sleeps balearic vibes
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
― the late great, Monday, October 10, 2022 2:58 PM (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Fresh confirmations from the horses mouth on insta today, claims by 2024
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 18:31 (eleven months ago) link
holy shit that would be amazing - a white whale in my library
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
I wonder which version will be repressed, double or single
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 5 October 2023 05:38 (eleven months ago) link
ahhhh i hope so. one of my biggest music-related regrets is losing my copy of this record, got misplaced during a move
― Roz, Thursday, 5 October 2023 06:47 (eleven months ago) link
nice, i saw lissvik post some tape reels and "west side" lyrics recently that made me wonder if he was doing something with the old studio stuff
― circles, Friday, 6 October 2023 15:05 (eleven months ago) link
im 75% sure I lost my copy of this in a move too. what is it about west coast that makes it socks in the drier
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:56 (eleven months ago) link
*checks record collection nervously*
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:57 (eleven months ago) link
Just checked and phew, still have my CD version. (Mint copy of the LP currently going for £190 on Discogs.)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:12 (eleven months ago) link
I def had a copy of the LP in great condition. Its now in a storage pod or it was lost
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:14 (eleven months ago) link
the cd is still widely available
― brimstead, Friday, 6 October 2023 19:36 (eleven months ago) link
true, but that damn long version of Self Service remains lost on the first single-LP pressing for some insane reason
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 20:08 (eleven months ago) link
I think the short version is probably better than the long version, but it would be great to have the long version for sure.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:19 (eleven months ago) link
The short version might be better overall perhaps but the long version has higher highs, I think.
― Tim F, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:21 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/under-allt-3-lp-pre-order-under-allt/192075
― Evan, Sunday, 22 October 2023 14:57 (ten months ago) link
listening to the previews and wishing this had came out six months sooner for summer
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 October 2023 14:08 (ten months ago) link
Lissvik has 9 copies of the 4 LP Archive up on bandcamp. $50.
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0035495181_10.jpg
― mizzell, Monday, 25 March 2024 11:46 (five months ago) link
And now there are 9 copies remaining of "7 Trx + Intermission" on bandcamp
― sombrerodetuned (sombrerodetune), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:26 (five months ago) link
Not always a big fan of his singing or lyrics but this new song is lovely https://atelje.bandcamp.com/track/manual
― mizzell, Thursday, 20 June 2024 10:45 (two months ago) link
his vocal+lyrics style can be very ~good vibes only~, but it usually sits well in the glimmering camcorder video effect home movies production haze. this one def leans harder on his singing but the haze is still there thankfully. it's not bad, it's humble, the kinda thing that makes you wanna call it a little ditty
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 20 June 2024 19:02 (two months ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/stories/atelje_/3450275925948353242?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=cXB0Zmtua212cnI2I just love his guitar playing/sound
― willem, Thursday, 5 September 2024 13:48 (six days ago) link