Va!

Our brothers!

2012-01-15T13:20:00.003+01:00

A new beginning!

2012-01-03T18:35:00.003+01:00

Folks! 2012 is finally here and it is time for a RKST update.

1. We have completed our recording of our next album "Abyssén" and are in the final mixing/mastering phase of this PUNISHING release. It will be released as a limited edition vinyl release on VA!, as always. More news soon.

2. This weekend we will start "principal" recordings for our next release, that is the sequel to "Abyssén", in Vinliden southern Lappland.

3. We are making a trip abroad in the spring, but more about that later! =)

Stay tuned, as always, for more news.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-23T17:24:00.003+01:00

"Flyg på glöggdraken ned i solnedgång. Moses drack glögg i biblen, pratade med den brinnande busken. Glöggen gör dig paranoid som fan, ingen förföljer dig när du går på stan" -Withheld lyrics from Glöggdraken.

VA! 006 is out!

2011-12-15T14:34:00.003+01:00

Our 2 hour track "Lägesförändringen" is finally released through bandcamp as a digital download. The peice was constructed for a film/sound installation we did for Umeå Film festival a few months back. Enjoy!

http://vamusic.bandcamp.com/album/l-gesf-r-ndringen

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-13T14:52:00.001+01:00

Christmas comes early this year. From now until christmas you can download our hour long christmas song "Glöggdraken" (in any format mind you) at bandcamp for free (or name your price). Merry christmas to all of you!

Glöggdraken by Råd Kjetil Senza Testa

Bis Die Blaue Blume Blüht

2011-11-14T17:13:00.002+01:00

The end of VA! Podcast (as we know it) is coming!

2011-11-03T21:19:00.003+01:00

Just got this email from our podcast host:

"Effective December 1, 2011, all podcasts currently hosted on the site will become permanently deleted and unavailable for download. For this reason, we strongly encourage all of our podcasters who do not have locally stored copies of their recordings to please take the time to download and save them from the site. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide ANY recordings on or after December 1, 2011, as they will have been permanently deleted from our storage servers."

So if you want to go through our files make sure to head over to the podcast page before December 1st. VA! Podcast will probably pop up some where else in the future!

Fred

2011-10-30T10:21:00.002+01:00

Fred Lonberg-Holm stopped by the studio to add some cello to the Abbysén album. Thanks Fred!

Monoton

2011-10-25T21:11:00.001+02:00

Podcast #16: Maschinenmusik Vol.5

2011-10-23T23:01:00.004+02:00

Ok folks, time to say goodbye to the Maschinenmusik series once and for all. Track list in this final episode:

1. Time Captives by Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come. Released on the LP "Journey" in 1973.
2. Dead On 2 Legs Luncheonette by Dementia Precox. From "MINES/DEAD ON 2 LEGS LUNCHEONETTE" 7" released in 1981.
3. Sarah Mona by The Corridor Des Affaires. Taken from "THE NEWSMEN/SARAH MONA" 7" released in 1981.
4. Inverted Type by Sympathy Nervous. Taken from Self titeled LP released in 1980.
5. Friedensritter by Deutsche Anarchisten Taumeln Benommen Einen Schritt Zur Seite. Taken from self titeld double 7" recorded in early 80's.
6. Blank Account by Salaried Man Club. Taken from "Gray Cross" cassette released in 1981.
7. Mines by Dementia Precox. See above.
8. New Deals by Battery Farley. From self titled double 7" 1985.
9. Denki Noise Dance IV by Kiiro Radical. Released on Vanity Records "Music" comp in 1981.
10. The Newsmen by The Corridor Des Affaires. Same as above.
11. Automatic Type by Sympathy Nervous. Same release as above.
12. Razorblades by Woo. Released on the album "Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong" 1982.
13. Conception by Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come. Same as above.

Visit our podcast page to listen, download or subscribe.

Thanx!

2011-10-17T10:49:00.003+02:00

Thank you to everyone who came out and saw our installation "Lägesförändringen" at the MOVE-festival this weekend! Next up for RKST is to complete the recording of our next album. Stay tuned!

Råd Kjetil Senza Testa will do a video installation at MOVE this Friday!

2011-10-11T18:53:00.004+02:00

MOVE - the small but still international film festival in Umeå will show a 2 hour (!) music and video piece we did for them. That is a 2 hour track with video. Most likely this will be shown once, and then never again. See you there at 21:00.

For more on MOVE visit their site.

Richard Pinhas on Swedish Radio (P2)

2011-10-05T15:20:00.008+02:00

Our friend and collaborator Richard Pinhas will be honored with an hour and a half of music on national Swedish radio. The show starts at 22.30 on the 11th of October. Thank you public service!

Don't forget to check out the podcast special we did 2 years ago, and also the Vinliden LP were Pinhas himself plays guitar on one of the tracks.

Read more (in Swedish) here.

2011-10-05T09:39:00.001+02:00

Doris

2011-10-05T09:09:00.008+02:00

1000 gelbe Tennisbälle

2011-10-05T01:02:00.001+02:00

#15 Maschinenmusik Vol.4

2011-10-03T19:55:00.003+02:00

New Episode of our pre-midi drum machine orgy.

Track list:

1. Martial Music by Salaried Man Club from Gray Cross Cassette released in 1981
2. Motor fan by Tolerance from Divin LP released by Vanity in 1981
3. Percussion Of Two Bodies by Peter Catham from A man's mouth released in 198(?).
4. Kurz & bundig by C.U.B.S. from Bone Shake Ska released in 1981
5. Dread Step by Bushman 19 taken from Foam comp in 1981.
6. What do you live for - Zyx from Trust no woman released in 1981
7. MUSIC by Normal Brain from the LP Ready Made in 1981
8. White and whiter still! by Woo from the LP Whichever Way You Are Going,You Are Going Wrong released in 1982
9. Deutschland Brennt by Deutscher Tanzabend released on self titled 7" in 1981
10. Mr. E. Chaos by Delta released on Diagrams of Women 7" in 1980
11. Zwischen Himmel Und Erde by Deutsche Anarchisten Taumeln Benommen Einen Schritt Zur Seite from 7" recorded in early 80's.

As usual, head over to our podcast page to download, listen or subscribe.

#14 Maschinenmusik Vol.3

2011-09-24T14:53:00.005+02:00

Once again we are back with the analog cyber punk (pre-midi) series entitled Maschinenmusik. This time around the tracklist contains the following:

1. Again (Reprise) by Pascal Comelade taken from Ready Made 7" released in 1980
2. Hot Lover (Mabel R.) by Aus Lauter Liebe from Ein Herz und Eine Krone/Hot Lover 7" in 1980
3. Bericht Aus Der Beamtenkultur by Deutscher Tanzabend released on self titled 7" in 1981
4. Liebe Im Kraftraum by Deutsche Anarchisten Taumeln Benommen Einen Schritt Zur Seite on self titled 7" in 198(?)
5. This Is Enteratainment by Cabaret Voltaire released on the LP The Voice of America in 1980.
6. Gray Cross II by Salaried Man Club released on Grey Cross cassette in 1981.
7. Win-D-Oor by Mad Tea Party released on Foam compilation in 1981
8. Denki Noise Dance V by Kiiro Radical released on Music compilation by Vanity records Japan in 1981.
9. 00 by Battery Farley released on self titled 7" in 1985. I wonder if this is really pre-midi equipment but it rocks so it stays on the playlist!
10. Mani.Mani by Perfect Mother released on Foam comp in 1981
11. Macrolide (C H NO) by Invivo releas on cassette by Vanity Japan in 1981
12. Toujours L'Amour by Disque Omo released on Wer Mitten Im Leben Steht 7" in 1981
13. Wah Bass by Woo released on the LP Whichever Way You Are Going,You Are Going Wrong in 1980.

Head over to our podcast page and listen or download now. (or visit iTunes)

Old drum machines never die....

2011-09-22T14:10:00.001+02:00

Picture of Richard Kirk's drum machines.

VA! Podcast in iTunes store.

2011-09-20T15:37:00.004+02:00

Just a friendly reminder that VA! Podcast is included in the iTunes Store. Find it here. Just in case you don't want to use our other links.

Podcast #13: Maschinenmusik Vol.2

2011-09-19T12:55:00.006+02:00

Maschinenmusik Vol.2 is already up! Head over to the podcast page to listen, download or subscribe through iTunes, google etc.

Tracklist:

1. Maschinenmusik by Deutscher Tanzabend (German Synth-punk, released on 7" in 1981)
2. Stunde Null by Deutsche Anarchisten Taumeln Benommen Einen Schritt Zur Seite (Germany early 80's)
3. Arbeiter by Deutsche Anarchisten Taumeln Benommen Einen Schritt Zur Seite (same as above)
4. Fe by Salaried Man Club (released on the cassette "Gray Cross" by Vanity Records Japan in 1981)
5. Yes, Every Africa Must Be Free Eternally by RNA Organism (from the LP "R.N.A.O Meets P.O.P.O" Vanity Records Japan 1980)
6. Denki Noise Dance by Kiiro Radical (released on the Vanity comp "Music" in 1981)
7. Venus Dressed in Plastic Garbage by The Micky Bliss Band (from 7" with same name released in the US in 1982)
8. My Only Language by Mono Sexton (released on the comp "Foam" by YLEM Records in 1981)
9. Inkasanka by Nishimura Alimoti (Released on cassette by Vanity Records in 1981, quite possibly one of few tracks included in the Maschinenmusik series without a pre midi machine drum?)
10. We Went Sightseeing, but... by The Dildos (from Foam comp mentioned above)
11. Quick Starttype by Sympathy Nervous (from the album with the same name, released by Vanity in 1980)
12. Abstract by BGM (from the album Back Grund Music released by Vanity in 1980)

Podcast #12: Maschinenmusik Vol.1

2011-09-17T22:25:00.018+02:00

Well, doing Podcasts is a lot more fun than I expected. After a year of silence VA! gives you 2 episodes in one week! This time around the start of a mini series of sorts, 5 volumes (12 tracks per volume) of early electronic analog drum machine songs from around the world. Do I need to say PRE-MIDI? Also look out for the new DUO SENZA TESTA stuff (release in 2012?) wich feature a lot of that experimental analog/pre-midi stuff as well. We just can't get enough of that stuff. Oyeah, don't get this confused with that trendy "Minimal Wave" bullshit, this is "NO MINIMAL WAVE" if anything.

Head over to our podcast page to listen, download or subscribe to the podcast.

Tracks are as follows:

1. Music Of The S.N. Phase-1 by Sympathy Nervous (originally released on casette in Japan - early 80's)
2. Matrix by RNA Organism (originally released by Vanity Records in Japan - early 80's)
3. Elhektrisch by Disque Omo (Germany 1981)
4. Do Zeu Twist by ADN' Ckrystall (France 1985)
5. BunBunBae by Nishimura Alimoti (Cassette release on Vanity Records Japan, 1981)
6. Micoplasma by Invivo (Cassette release on Vanity Records Japan, 1981)
7. The thought of Y by Salaried Man Club (Cassette release on Vanity Records Japan, 1981)
8. Tiez Rekcuz by Tolerance (from the LP Divin on Vanity records, 1981)
9. Frottage One Way by Normal Brain (Vanity records Japan LP Ready Made 1981)
10. Dimma - Dag Vag & Svagsinta (no drum machines but Swedish so they are on here as well, released as their debu 7" in 1978)
11. Aprenda Aleman En 7 Dias by Derribos Arias (from a 7" released by this Spanish band in 1983)
12. You'll No So Wit by Perfect Mother (released on the FOAM comp in Japan 1981).

Oyeah, and look out for Volume 2 of Machinenmusik, it will be out shortly.

PS: Most tracks collected from dussins of singles, tapes and comps from awesome blogs out there like Mutant Sounds, don't forget to check 'em out!

Sympathy Nervous

2011-09-15T13:41:00.001+02:00

Holy shit this is good!

Podcast #11 is finally out

2011-09-13T20:39:00.005+02:00

Well, it's been a year but it is finally here: VA! Podcast #11. This time around: Råd Kjetil Senza Testa live(!) performing the upcoming album "Abyssén".

Check it out at our usual spot!

Dag Vag och Svagsinta - 1978

2011-09-13T19:38:00.001+02:00

Normal Brain -1981

2011-09-10T18:22:00.003+02:00

Some of the best MUSIC we've ever heard! WOW!

Bastard Priest

2011-09-10T16:01:00.001+02:00

Intro recorded in Svensk Elektronikstudio in 2008(?). One of the very few Swedish bands that makes any sense these days. Check 'em out.

RNA Organism!

2011-09-04T12:10:00.001+02:00

BGM!

2011-09-04T11:49:00.001+02:00

Headsynth

2011-08-31T16:36:00.003+02:00

Opening ballad with Headsynth solo from Matti Kallioinen on Vimeo.

Homage

2011-08-31T11:28:00.003+02:00

Of all the crazy and old synths I've tried this really stands out...

Friends

2011-08-24T20:00:00.000+02:00

Nails

2011-08-15T19:34:00.002+02:00

Car

2011-08-14T13:34:00.002+02:00

Tent

2011-08-14T13:33:00.002+02:00

Svensk Elektronikstudio Gear Part II

2011-08-13T19:06:00.000+02:00

RIP Joe Yamanaka

2011-08-08T07:32:00.003+02:00

RIP Conrad Schnitzler

2011-08-07T17:35:00.001+02:00

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! RIP!

Svensk Elektronikstudio Gear Part I

2011-08-01T19:18:00.001+02:00

...

2011-07-31T02:32:00.001+02:00

RIP Würzel

2011-07-14T23:11:00.000+02:00

2011-07-04T00:50:00.000+02:00

Senza Testa Timeline

2011-06-04T17:45:00.039+02:00

2007: PLT decides to return to music after 5 years of non-music activities (except for a 2005 stint as "Drones by Jones"). Studio Sade is promptly renamed Svensk Elektronik Studio. PLT starts to have recurring hallucinations about a Red Elephant threatening to leave planet earth with all animal inhabitants. Although PLT is not sure if this will happen or already happened in the 18th century he decides to write an album about this to warn humankind. PLT meets Råd Kjetil and the Loving Eye of God and they are also incorporated in the sessions.

2008: After completing collaborations with Fred Lonberg-Holm, WT Nelson (Bastard Noise) and Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins) the album see the light of day through Kalligrammofon Records. Entitled "Fabula" it fails to warn mankind about what will happen. Humankind doesn't seem to care about music at all or the doom that awaits them. PLT is still not sure if Råd Kjetil is a woman or not. "...Och Djuren Dansade vid Elden" is recorded in a week and released as CD-r by God Damn I'm a Contryman records. It is a anti-piece to "Fabula" of sorts, relying heavyly on computer programming and Weasel Walter joins on drums while Fred Longber-Holm's cello is chopped to bits. PLT meets Landins by a copy machine while they temporarily share employer. Landins joins Senza Testa. Senza Testa is then (somewhat) fused with Råd Kjetil and creates Råd Kjetil Senza Testa (RKST), an offshoot from the animalistic themes of the Fabula universe. Recordings with RKST starts. PLT records his last (?) solo work as Solo Senza Testa, a dub/noise 7" entitled "Skull of Sade II" which is released by Kalligrammofon the same year. PLT also works on a prequel to Fabula entitled "Röd Elefant". He brings Fred-Longberg Holm, Richard Pinhas (Heldon) and Anthony Francoso (Geronimo) with him to the sessions. Eric Wood (Bastard Noise) records a spoken word effort as an intro but the recording is saved for another project.

2009: RKST continues to record long soundscapes in the woods of southern Lappland. PLT works hard on "Röd Elefant" and completes a rough mix which Cuneiform Records (among others) deems "Too experimental to release! Who Would buy this?". It's a 56 minute track. Landins starts to build sound gear (mainly pedals) for Senza Testa use. The results are stunning. PLT and Landins record "Big Bear / Small bear" 2 tracks of soft ambient / harsh noise which is released on c-30 tape by Kalligrammofon the same year. Recordings with RKST in the woods continue. "Glöggdraken" is released by RKST through Bandcamp. Almost an hour of spiced wine in sound format. Fred once again plays cello. RKST performs at Gravmarksfestivalen, the audience consists of mainly children and their parents. RKST applies for grants - none is received. Instead money is given to a couple of old ladys who knit (which feels like a relief). This blog goes online, podcasts starts to be broadcasted. Duo Senza Testa records a track with Bastard Noise which will be released as a split 10" with Geronimo.

2010: PLT continues to mix and record "Röd Elefant", the track is now less than 56 minutes but still very experimental in nature. Svensk Elektronikstudio continues to grow slowly. "Röd Elefant" however, seems to go unreleased. RKST finish the recordings for their vinyl debut. Entitled "Vinliden" it receives great reviews when it is released in September and humans seems to register that RKST exists.

2011: PLT takes som time off "Röd Elefant" after a series of setbacks. RKST finishes a new release "Silverarken" which is released the same day as the band performs at the MADE festival. The show consists of a collaboration with local film maker Fredrik Oskarsson who creates a 50 minute film on the theme "Abyssé" - an odyssey straight down into the abyss. Hundreds of deep water fish are projected while the band performs behind the screen. Landins and PLT decides to record a new album as Duo Senza Testa. RKST is determined to record the "Abyssé" track as their next full lenght. Svensk Elektronikstudio grows rapidly and is no longer suitable for home use. PLT is looking to move it in 2011. Bastard Noise Senza Testa split 10" with Geronimo is set for release later in the year by Kalligrammofon. PLT suggests that the small town of Bjurholm changes its slogan to "Beaver City" - they refuse.

To be continued....

June is finally here!

2011-06-01T19:23:00.001+02:00

2011-06-01T09:53:00.001+02:00

Thanx

2011-05-29T12:18:00.004+02:00

Picture from Svensk Elektronikstudio May 2011

A big thank you to everyone who has written, reviewed and bought Silverarken! We still have copies left so get in touch for distro (in comments below) or head over to bandcamp to order it.

We have lots of things planned for the future. As soon as they materialize we will update you through this blog. Stay tuned!

MADE performance on Youtube

2011-05-13T21:14:00.004+02:00

Evelina posted this in HD on youtube. It's the "intro" to pur performance from last night. Thank you everyone that showed up, it was amazing to play for you! We hope to see you again.

See more clips @ Evelinas blog (in Swedish)

Silverarken is released today!

2011-05-12T07:58:00.002+02:00

Today is the day we release silverarken. You can head over straight away and order the vinyl through bandcamp (and get digital downloads as a bonus!). Don't forget to check out our other releases as well!

RKST in Local Media

2011-05-11T14:40:00.002+02:00

Tomorrow (May 12th) RKST makes a rare appearance at the Music Art Dance Etc. (MADE) festival in Umeå. With this occasion in mind the local media has made 2 interviews with us. You can read both (in Swedish) through the links below.

http://vk.se/Article.jsp?article=443122

http://www.folkbladet.nu/254135/2011/05/11/bjuder-pa-en-hemligresa-ned-i-avgrunden

It has Arrived!

2011-05-06T16:50:00.003+02:00

Silverarken has arrived! On Thursday May 12th the bandcamp site will launch where you can order this fine piece of vinyl. The same day we'll play our first and only "Abbysé" show together with pictures from Fredrik Oscarsson at the MADE festival in Umeå. Don't miss it!

PS: You can already listen to the final track on Silverarken through our Bandcamp player above.

Store has moved!

2011-04-25T13:13:00.002+02:00

The VA! Store has moved to Bandcamp. Visit us there to order our stuff both on limited vinyl or as MP3/Wav/Flac etc.

BANDCAMP

Luossavaara EP

2011-04-16T19:02:00.004+02:00

The 12th of May marks the release of the second release for Råd Kjetil Senza Testa. To celebrate this we have released a digital "EP" through bandcamp. It's a full album (40+ minutes) with a track from Silverarken (Luossavaara) as well as 4 bonus tracks which were recorded in the same session (but wouldn't fit on a single slab of vinyl). Head over to bandcamp and listen to Luossavaara from the upcoming album now, also support true DIY by buying the EP and get 4 unreleased tracks not available elsewhere.

http://vamusic.bandcamp.com/album/luossavaara-ep

Råd Kjetil Senza Testa live on May 12th

2011-04-08T23:10:00.002+02:00

Hello Everyone. It's official: we will play live at the MADE festival in Umeå on May 12. Don't miss this once in a lifetime experience. The theme will be Abbysé. An underwater journey straight into the abyss. Our new album "silverarken" is also set for release on the very same day. Making this appearance a release party as well. We've worked with documentary producer Fredrik Oskarsson on some film material that will be mixed in with the performance. Head over to MADE (below) to read more (in Swedish)

Råd Kjetil Senza Testa

Female Anchor of Sade - Tape

2011-04-05T15:45:00.009+02:00

Blast from the past arrived today. Turning 13-years old in May of this year, this old FAOS tape resurfaced from nowhere. Haven't listened to this in a very long time (well 13 years to be exact). To me it will always mark the beginning of a creative life as a (non) musician. I beleive about 20 copies were made, I wonder where the rest of them are rotting today. =)

TRACKLIST

1. VIGILANCE
2. THE MYSTERY OF THE SUFFERING GOD
3. JE JOUIS DANS LES PAVES
4. VOLVO KILLED THE KFML
5. EASTER SUNDAY 1950
6. THE GHOST
7. MILITANTS
8. JE SUIS MALADE
9. MOLDED HUMAN BRAIN
10. 2 JUNE 1967
11. TES-ANTITES-SYNTES
12. STORINGMAR
13. MASKINER (Black Nation cover)
14. SOVJETS NATIONALSÅNG

Silverarken LP Announced!

2011-03-29T19:37:00.005+02:00

Dear friends. We here at VA! are proud to present the follow up to last years "Vinliden" with a new release. Entitled "Silverarken" it is the very best that Råd Kjetil Senza Testa has to offer to date. Recorded during 3 long years on multiple locations the band has selected the very best tracks to their new album. This album will be pressed on white vinyl and it will be limited to 250 copies. No co-release this time, we're doing it all by ourselves: DIY style!

Stay tuned for an exact release day. Now it's time to send it off to the plant!

More exiting news soon!

Va! 004 and 005 soon to be released

2011-03-24T12:55:00.004+01:00

Va! 004 will be a digital release by RKST and 005 an LP limited to 250 copies. We will announce more news about these releases in the future as well as some other news (did anyone say LIVE SHOW?!).

Stay tuned.

Amazing post on Daphne Oram

2011-03-23T09:22:00.003+01:00

Check out this awesome post over at Boing Boing on Daphne Oram and her audio-visual synths Oramics.

Boing Boing

Rune Lindblad ~ Månens Död (Death of the Moon)

2011-03-13T22:45:00.000+01:00

Best Reggae/dub albums of alltime...

2011-02-24T19:34:00.004+01:00

1. Moebius and Plank - Rastakraut Pasta

2. Merzbow - Merzdub

3. Pole - 2

4. G-anx - Flashbacks

Va! 003 Released!

2011-02-16T23:13:00.008+01:00

It's been lost for ages (well it seems like a really long time) but now we have it and it is re-released through Bandcamp! Råd Kjetil and the Loving Eye of God (yes, that is the better, smarter (and slightly older) half of Råd Kjetil Senza Testa) released this gem as a very limited CD-r (with hand made covers we might add) all the way back in 2005. It was so hard to get the band themselves didn't even have it. Until now that is. We here at VA! are very pleased to announce that you can now listen to it in full at band camp (and hey, you can also support the poor sods in the band by downloading it in your favourite format - for a price you decide yourself!).

Head over now to Bandcamp to listen in on the best Swedish band there ever was! We are stoked!!

PS: We might have more bandcamp goodies in store for you in the future!

Review we missed

2011-01-31T12:04:00.002+01:00

"Swedish Jonas Rosen’s Duo Senza Testa continues the droney approach of this column with underwater ceremonies that sound like Eyvind Kang and Folke Rabe dipping their toes in Tangerine Dream-tasting waters. At its very finest Fabula (Kalligrammofon) is music for the beginning or end of a world, and no matter how dramatic that may sound it's difficult to find any more suitable words. Clouds of cello and outstanding piano work color these washes of sound that seem to be stuck in a never-ending loop of atmospheric beauty."

-Broken face

Order Fabula CD @ Kalligrammofon

or

iTunes

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Hero

2011-01-29T13:53:00.001+01:00

Råd Kjetil Senza Testa promo for The Great Work

2011-01-12T14:50:00.003+01:00

Read more about this upcoming movie (Produced for Swedish Television)

New Releases By Pinhas

2011-01-11T15:24:00.005+01:00

Our friend and collaberator Richard Pinhas has posted two 50+ minutes tracks on soundcloud. Head over there right now and listen to some of the magic this man can produce. Don't forget to listen in on our Pinhas special podcast posted last year!

Live in Korea

Live in Heldon Studio

2011 - Welcome! New releases announced

2011-01-04T19:48:00.003+01:00

In 2011 Råd Kjetil Senza Testa will release a new album entitled "Silverarken". We are currently mixing the final songs for it and it is turning out great. The album will, as always, be released as an LP only in limited quantities.

We are also planning to play live during 2011, hopefully both in Umeå and around Sweden. Get in touch if you are interested in booking us.

Orchestra Senza Testa will also release a 10" split with the band Geronimo. The OST side of the 10" is a colaberation with long time friends Bastard Noise.

More info will come in the future, stay tuned.

Robbie

2010-12-10T09:30:00.001+01:00

Peder Nabo LP released today

2010-11-30T18:58:00.003+01:00

As we collectivly mourn the loss of Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson there is still some "oldies but goodies" out there. Peder Nabo, perhaps most known for his work in 70's classic Swedish prog rock Ragnarök, has released an album of silent but dark instrumental tunes. His jazzy, clean but yet progressive guitar work being the very centre of his composition throughout the album. In a country where interesting and/or challenging albums are far and way too long in between it feels ironic that one of the best Swedish albums of 2010 comes from one of its oldies. It turns out, we have something to learn from our elders after all...

Listen to the track "Samtal med demoner" from the album here

Order the LP version from Kalliframmofon

Àra

2010-11-28T12:56:00.000+01:00

RIP Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson

2010-11-25T21:34:00.002+01:00

Hail the masters: Sleep!

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LP Still Available

2010-10-26T19:09:00.002+02:00

We still have about half of our copies left. Head over to our shop and buy your copy today!

Amps for Christ

2010-10-18T17:36:00.000+02:00

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2010-10-15T23:06:00.001+02:00

Wolf Eyes with Pinhas

2010-10-15T21:20:00.000+02:00

Check it out @ www.brooklynvegan.com

Emeralds

2010-10-11T17:58:00.001+02:00

Gristle

2010-10-04T20:26:00.001+02:00

THROBBING GRISTLE PROMO 2010 from Industrial Records on Vimeo.

More Mit Nye Band

2010-10-03T12:42:00.001+02:00

Mit nye band

2010-09-28T21:15:00.000+02:00

Västerbottens Folkblad review of Vinliden

2010-09-24T09:11:00.000+02:00

Råd Kjetil Senza Testa
”Vinliden”
(Kalligrammofon)

EN VISION. I det inre av Västerbotten, utefter vägen mellan Lycksele och Vilhelmina, finns byn Vinliden. Och det är just där, i den egentliga glesbygden, som detta originella och fantasieggande album spelats in. Projektet som åstadkommit denna prestation har plockat medlemmar från Råd Kjetil & The Loving Eye Of God samt Jonas Roséns skapelse Orchestra Senza Testa; och denna brokiga skara presenterar här en fullgången psykedelisk vision.
Särskilt lockar känslan av en mystisk och vagt skrämmande natur. Skivans två långa stycken rör sig i ett ömsom övermannande, ömsom undflyende landskap, där alla murar mellan verklighet och inbillning raseras. ”Flarkmyr’n” gestaltar en irrfärd över myrmarken, med obehaget inkapslat i varje utdraget djup ton, medan ”Orrvin över Nattmyrbäcken” skickligt balanserar repetition och variation.
Och det är upp till var och en att tolka in tidsperspektiv: det som i förstone tycks vara en minnesteckning över skogens uthållighet, kan i nästa skede framstå som en dyster framtidsskildring.
Om en sak råder dock inga tvivel: det här är musik som förtrollar och gnager sig fast.
HENRIK LÅNG

Rösta på Söndag!

2010-09-17T21:15:00.000+02:00

PSL's review of Vinliden (in Swedish)

2010-09-15T12:37:00.002+02:00

http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2010/09/15/vilse-i-skogen-vilse-i-oss-sjalva-sa-skapas-en-ny-svensk-klassiker/

Richard Pinhas

2010-09-11T09:45:00.005+02:00

Richard Pinhas Biography:

Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France’s major experimental musicians. A composer, guitarist and electronics innovator, he is a key figure in the international development of electronic rock music. During the 1970s, his stature in France was analogous to Tangerine Dream's in Germany: the father figure of an entire musical movement. His band Heldon fused electronics, “diabolical guitar work” and rock to create a pioneering, aggressive music that was a precursor to the industrial music and techno to come. Pinhas released 7 groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed albums with Heldon from 1974-78, in addition to 5 solo lps from 1976-82. All of these Pinhas and Heldon recordings are reissued on Cuneiform, which has worked with Pinhas since 1991. Heldon’s music remains vital and unsurpassed today, evident in its worldwide revival among a younger generation. New electronic and digital artists and DJs are emulating Pinhas’ 70s work and incorporating it into their own. Heldon tracks have been sampled in recent years by UNKLE (Never, Never, Land, Island, 2003) and legendary electronic artist Bill Laswell (for a CD with Peter Namlook) and have been included in a DJ compilation by Four Tet (DJ-Kicks, !K7, 2006).

Pinhas’ music is unique in rock’s canon due to its multiple levels of meaning, cool abstraction, and intellectual depth; it intertwines philosophical, literary/science fiction and musical theories at its core. This is reflected by Pinhas’ academic training; he received a BA in guitar, and a PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne, studying under renowned philosopher Gilles Deleuze, who became his mentor and lifelong friend. Pinhas’ 1972 release of “Le Voyageur,” featuring Deleuze’s spoken-word reading of Nietzsche, was on multiple levels a radical event. During the 1980s, Pinhas took a respite from music to work on a book about Deleuze, Nietzsche and Music (Les Larmes de Nietzsche: Deleuze et La Musique, Flammarion: 2001), and later co-edited a book on Deleuze with André Bernold, called Deleuze épars (Hermann: 2005). Deleuze died from suicide in 1995. Pinhas has participated in numerous Deleuze conferences in recent years, either as a speaker and/or musician. Besides his current music activities, Pinhas runs a website devoted to the late philosopher’s lectures, www.webdeleuze.com.

During the 1990s, Pinhas re-emerged on the international avant-garde music scene with a strong series of projects that included solo albums as well as various collaborations with other musicians (Scanner, Pascal Comelade, John Livengood, Peter Frohmader). Notably, he began working with the American label Cuneiform to both reissue his ‘70s music and to release his new solo works, beginning with 1992’s DWW (Cuneiform). Pinhas began experimenting with tape loops and infinite delays to develop a system of electronic processing that he called “Metatronics” or “Loop Metatronic System”, expanding on Robert Fripp’s “Frippertronics”. Simultaneously, he began an ongoing performance and recording collaboration with laptop artist, writer, and literary editor Jerome Schmidt. In 1998, Pinhas formed Schizotrope (with Schmidt, cyber-punk author Maurice Dantec, and sci-fi writer Norman Spinrad), which toured internationally and released 3 CDs, including a 2002 release on Cuneiform called The Life and Death of Marie Zorn.

At the turn of the century, Pinhas began releasing a series of CDs based on his Metatronic guitar and electronic processing systems. The first of these was 1999’s De L’Un Et Du Multiple (Spalax); it was followed by a series of solo CDs on Cuneiform that critics praised as some of the best work of Pinhas’ entire career. Cuneiform’s 2002 release, Event and Repetition was followed by 2004’s Tranzition, which featured Pinhas adding drummer Antoine Paganotti of Magma to his core working unit. The hip webzine Splendid noted:

“…on Tranzition, Pinhas proves that he is still active, and vital to the future of electronic music. …I only hope that the current crop of electronic musicians are listening to this. As artists like Moby have shown, the movement benefits creatively and commercially when the electronics are secondary to the emotion. On this recording, Pinhas revels in yet another method of achieving this balance, and musicians and fans alike will do well to pay attention.”

In 2006, he released a monumental new double-CD solo work on Cuneiform, “a concept album around the notion of ‘unification’ (Tikkun)” called Metatron (“the Angel in the face of the Kabbalah Zohar”), which was one of the most ambitious projects of his entire career. Containing over two hours of music and a video of his 2004 USA tour shot by Alain Bellaiche, Metatron featured Pinhas augmenting his palette (guitar & electronics/“metatronic” process) with Schmidt and Paganotti’s contributions and numerous other guest musicians (and spoken word tapes by several deceased friends). Resoundingly acclaimed as “epic”, “masterful”, “majestic”, “sublime” and “excellent” by critics worldwide, Metatron received top ratings (5/5; 4/4; 9/10) and was called “the pinnacle of the former Heldon leader’s career” [Sea of Tranquility]. Simultaneously with Metatron’s worldwide release, the label Captain Trip released, in Japan, two limited-edition boxed CD sets of Pinhas’ early work (licensed from Cuneiform): one featuring Heldon’s music and the other, Pinhas’ 1970s solo works. The glossy Japanese magazine Euro-Rock Press (v. 32) published a lengthy feature article on Pinhas, further raising his profile in Japan. To promote the release of Metatron and these boxed sets, Pinhas toured Japan for the first time in late November/early December 2006 with Schmidt and Paganotti (who form his ongoing Richard Pinhas Trio), playing 6 shows in 4 Japanese cities.

In 2007, after completing an extensive tour schedule in both North America (his first-ever West Coast tour, the Montreal Jazz Fest and other East Coast dates) and in Europe (performing at Italy’s Crisalide festival and elsewhere), Pinhas was invited back to Japan to perform with Schmidt at “Deleuze Analogique,” a festival sponsored by the French Embassy in Tokyo. On October 21st, the day after his festival performance, Pinhas played his first concert with Merzbow at Mixrooffice, a club in Shibuya. Mutually impressed with their initial concert and longtime admirers of each other’s music, Pinhas and Merzbow booked two days in a studio for the end of Pinhas’ tour. The studio sessions resulted in Cuneiform’s 2008 double-CD Richard Pinhas & Merzbow release, Keio Line.

When released in 2008, Keio Line was greeted with an avalanche of acclaim from critics and fans of both musicians, who agreed that Pinhas and Merzbow’s collaboration “brought out something in the best of both”[bleep43.com]. The Wire noted that Keio Line “highlights how thoughtful a musician Akita really is beneath all the sound and fury.” All About Jazz called it “an album of ambient soundscapes that prove noise can indeed be beautiful…musical and profound” and commented that “Pinhas’ …harmonically static but often still melody-driven guitar layers…still sound like guitars, albeit heavily processed …a more guitar-centric approach as opposed to Fripp’s Soundscapes.” Summarizing Keio Line’s impact in both men’s oeuvre, the All Music Guide said that:

“this is not remotely a punishing exercise in endurance, but listening experience unlike anything either man has recorded before. …Keio Line is one of the most engaging electronic records issued in 2008, and one of the most satisfying albums released by either man. One can only hope that Pinhas continues his resurgence to the public scene, and Akita uses collaborations like this…more in his own music in the future. 4.5/5 stars” Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Keio Line was Pinhas’ first recorded venture with denizens of noise scene. All About Jazz noted that as ”an album that signals the beginning of a new musical relationship, it’s a powerful harbinger of even greater things to come”.

Richard Pinhas will perform with Merzbow on September 24, 2010 at the 10th Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington, D.C.'s premier festival of experimental music. The performance, to be held at the French Embassy’s La Maison Française, will be their first-ever duo concert in the USA; previously, Pinhas and Merzbow performed together in Paris (2008) and Japan.

Pinhas’ touring schedule has continued to accelerate each year since the 2000’s began. He frequently performs at festivals of experimental, electronic, and alternative music worldwide, in duo or other groupings (often with Schmidt, Paganotti and/or V.J. Milosh), in addition to appearing at Deleuze events. In the past three years alone, Pinhas has performed in dozens of countries including Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Poland, Slovenia, Japan, Canada, the USA, Turkey, and many more at festivals and/or venues as diverse as the Montreal Jazz Fest (2007), Berlin’s Pfefferberg Concert Hall (Germany 2008), Sajeta Festival (Slovenia 2010), and ISI Festival (Montpellier, France 2010). In addition, Pinhas has appeared at numerous recent Deleuze conferences: he lectured at 2008’s First International Deleuze Studies Conference in Cardiff, Wales and performed music at 2010’s Resonance(s):A Deleuze and Guattari Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. In October 2010, Pinhas will lecture on music at the Jan Eyck Academy in Maastricht, Holland. Also in October, Pinhas will perform his music with Jerome Schmidt and VJ Milosh at the Pop Philosophie Festival in Marseille, France.

Visit Richard Pinhas Online:
www.richard-pinhas.com
www.myspace.com/richardpinhas

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Peder Nabo

2010-09-09T14:27:00.001+02:00

BARN OWL

2010-09-08T09:37:00.001+02:00

VINLIDEN NOW AVAILABLE IN ITUNES!

2010-09-07T17:55:00.002+02:00

FOR ALL VINYL HATERS OUT THERE THE VINLIDEN LP IS ON ITUNES.

VINLIDEN LP RELEASED TODAY!

2010-09-05T12:38:00.005+02:00

TODAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, THE VINYL DEBUT OF RÅD KJETIL SENZA TESTA IS RELEASED. MOST PREORDERS SHIPPED LAST WEEK AND THE REST WILL BE SHIPPED SOON. ONLY 250 OF THESE GEMS SO ACT FAST! HEAD OVER TO OUR STORE TO BUY YOUR COPY TODAY! FOR MORE INFO READ PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT THIS RELEASE.

Barn Owl

2010-09-03T22:15:00.001+02:00

Barn Owl - Light from the Mesa from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

MAGMA

2010-09-02T07:20:00.001+02:00

Grattis Richard!

2010-09-01T20:41:00.002+02:00

OUR FRIEND AND COLLEGE RICHARD PINHAS RELEASES HIS NEW ALBUM "METAL/CRYSTAL" TODAY! HEAD OVER TO CUNEIFORM RECORDS AND ORDER THIS PUNISHING ATTACK.

PREORDER VINLIDEN NOW!

2010-08-20T18:45:00.008+02:00

RÅD KJETIL SENZA TESTA (THE MERGER OF RÅD KJETIL AND THE LOVING EYE OF GOD AND ORCHESTRA SENZA TESTA) "DEBUT"; ENTITLED "VINLIDEN" WILL BE RELEASED AND SHIPPED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH OF 2010. IT CONTAINS 2 BRUTAL AND LONG ORGANIC TRACKS, ONE WITH GUEST RICHARD PINHAS (HELDON!) ON GUITAR. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT NOW IN OUR SHOP! IT WILL BE SHIPPED WHEN RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 5th.

THIS "GEM" IS LIMITED TO 250 COPIES! IT IS CO-RELEASED WITH KALLIGRAMMOFON RECORDS.

Va! Podcast #10 is out!

2010-08-09T18:54:00.004+02:00

It's been a while but VA! Podcast is rollin' again. This time an unreleased Tape Project by Senza Testa entitled "Död Rymd".

Check it out at the Va! Podcast page as usual. And don't forget to subscribe!

Soon

2010-08-09T16:12:00.003+02:00

Daniel

2010-08-07T23:09:00.000+02:00

Emeralds

2010-07-21T09:56:00.000+02:00

Råd Kjetil and the Loving Eye of God tape out now!

2010-07-19T09:43:00.005+02:00

One half of Råd Kjetil Senza Testa: Råd Kjetil and the Loving Eye of God has a new tape release out on Kalligrammofon. Two loooong exellent and drooney psych mixed with folk echoing the vast tundra of northern Sweden.

Order here.

2010-07-08T16:52:00.000+02:00

RKST Vinliden LP Layout

2010-07-07T17:49:00.004+02:00