EVIG PINT

TRACK LIST: Side A 1 Di Grind 2 Hevnervals 3 Evig Pint 4 De Involverte 5 Djevelens Orkester 6 Container Side B 1 Naade 2 Min Kvite Russer 3 Veterans Klage 4 Til Depotet 5 Salt & Pepper 6 Dr¢m Hardt (Requiem Part I) OVERVIEW: The Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra build cathartic rock songs that borrow heavily from the tunes of Tin Pan Alley and Eastern European folk music. Already on the first album in 2001, they shook the Norwegian music scene, won 3 prices for the release including a NOR Grammy, critical acclaim from nationwide press and went on to become the highest-selling rock debut ever issued in the Norwegian language. Since then, they have been #1 on the NOR album charts with each studio album, sold out shows on most of their tours, won 3 additional Norwegian Grammys (for music videos, rock, artist of the year), as well as commercial success in Europe with many tours and festival appearance, like playing the mainstage at Roskilde three times. Evig Pint With the massive success of their 2001 debut album šOmpa til du d¢r", Kaizers Orchestra part shocked, part rocked their native Norway with their gypsy-punk music and ecstatic live performances. For the "difficult" sophomore release the band was eager to show they had more than gypsy-punk to offer and set out to paint their musical landscape with deeper and darker colors. šEvig Pint› was written mostly on the road, more on guitar than on the characteristic pump organ, and the album drew more on heavier, more rock-oriented influences, than its predecessor. šEvig Pint› added to the uniqueness of the Kaizer sound, putting some gravity behind the up-beat Balkan party music of "Ompa" and set the way for the band to explore and expand their musical path further. šEvig Pint› was released in February 2003, went straight to number one on the official Norwegian album chart and went platinum later that year. The video for the title song was voted "Best Norwegian music video of all time" on the TV-program "Svisj", beating A-ha's "Take On Me" in the final, and also received a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannprisen) the following year. There is a real difference. I find that the original release is so compressed |No that the music almost implodes in, for example, the transition to choruses. With the new mastering, the music rather explodes, as was always our intention. It is much more open, has more punch, sounds louder and has greater dynamics. The record suddenly reminds a lot more of the live energy and thrust we were known for at concerts. I can only recommend all Kaizer fans to check this remaster out," concludes Ottesen.