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Origami Arktika bring Norwegian minimalism to US 19 July 2002
Titled Vardøgr (English: forewarning), the new seven track, 42 minute set touches on spooky folk music à la Japan’s Maher Shalal Hash Baz, anti-melodic & arrhythmic soundscapes, and hyper-dynamic, random, ambient improvisations—some tracks combining elements of all three. Vardøgr is OA’s twelfth full length—most of which appear only on cassette or CD-R, and most of which were released only in Norway. For now you can pick up the new CD directly from Silber’s Website, but over the next month or so it should start appearing in better record shops in the US as well as at online retailers. Vardøgr is not particularly musical or coherent, but it is very fucking odd and rather enjoyable just for that. Live, the band enhance their musical twists & turns with slides, films, nudity, body paint, fire, and audience interaction—the flavor of which can’t come through on a CD. But OA do get around, bringing their performance art to a global audience. Their new LP, for example, was tracked over the past few years during visits to Vancouver, Canada (where they worked wiith Dead Voices On Air’s Mark Spybey); Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland; and Røyspytten, Snippen, and Oslo, Norway. Origami Arktika belong to Norway-based international arts collective Origami Republika, which spans about 20 countries and whose members include painters, writers, and filmmakers as well as musicians. Their philosophy states 'Art should always be dangerous.' If you enjoy albums that take you away, leave you more edgy than comfortable, and are meant to be enjoyed in the dark or in the altered state of your choice, Origami Arktika’s Vardøgr may be just your cup of meat. Three bites out of five. Rockbites ratings 5: life changing, 4: stunning, 3: captivating, 2: amusing, 1: annoying. | Origami Arktika | | OA on Silber Records | | Origami Republika | | top of page | |
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