A year in music

We listened to a lot of different music the past year. We carefully selected a few releases each that we highly recommend for everyone interested in music.

Thomas:

1) Triosk Meets Jan Jelinek: 1+3+1 (~Scape, 2003)
2) Triosk: The Headlight Serenade (Leaf, 2006)
3) Lokai: Transition (Thrill Jockey, 2009)

Kristoffer:

1) Deaf Center: Owl Splinters (Type records, 2011)
2) Hildur Guðnadóttir: Without Senking (Touch, 2011)
3) Tied Tickled Trio + Billy Hart: La Place Demon (Morr Music, 2011)

 

Beside a bunch of lovely records the internet is packed with incredible podcasts and mixtapes .. below is listed a few of the good ones – check it out.

 

Simon Scotts autumn mix .. guitars, drone and dust.
14 Seasonal Transformations by SIMON SCOTT by Theliminal on Mixcloud

Rafael Anton Irisarri & Keith Kenniff Futuresequence Mix

Erik K. Skodvins (Miasmah) lovely dark and mysterious world

“Leap2″ animation

Fourth year grade student Qian Hao of the China Academy of Art is making an animation based on the Vektormusik track Leap2 from the Interfoliere EP.

Check out his work consisting of hand drawn sketches, 3d video stills, cardboard characters and t-shirt design on his flickr page.

We are looking forward to see the final animation.

New stickers

Inspirational shots

A few shots from the past 6 months that somehow have inspired the latest recording sessions.

One night in December the snow started to pour down from the skies .. chaotic yet simple and indeed very inspiring – let the chaos reign.

 

The setting sun illuminates naked branches of old chestnut tress.

 

Blinking lights and other revelations in Vektormusik studio CPH.

 

Working late and shooting windy snow thru a dirty basement window.

 

Gardening equals shabby old shacks with lots and lots of breeding spiders creating these dense amazing webs .. no wonder where the Miasmah (DE) people find inspiration.

 

A wet summer forest in the northern part of Denmark. The smell of rain and conifers as thick as oil .. sets the mood for neo-folk ambient like Ass (SE).

Cover photo shoot

In July Kristoffer teamed up with photographer Peter Martin and his amazing collection of old photography equipment. The Vektormusik mobile was reconstructed and things went perfectly haywire .. the mobile was shoot through the viewfinder of an old Mamiya C3.

 

Shooting thru a viewfinder means getting hot and sweaty under a dense dark quilt.

 

A look thru the viewfinder and the homemade extension cardboard chamber.

 

Some of the cameras were on display .. good ol’ stuff.

Drum recording session @Horse Around Studio Viborg

In mid June we re-tracked the drums on all tracks. Thomas played more or less around the clock on his incredible shiny Ludwig kit.

Thomas arranging the loose bits and pieces.

 

 

Late night studio.

Bass recording session @Horse Around Studio Viborg

In early may we re-recorded lots and lots of bass and did some ol’ school pitch editing on a Revox tape deck.

 

Recording session @Vektormusik studio Viborg

In April we managed to nail a number of early electronica kraut inspired tracks despite freezing temperatures and a bunch of kids running crazy- lovely and inspiring.

Lovely garden

Spidermans on the loose

Ella and a frozen lake

Thomas creating those wonderful beats

Recording session @NordKons in Aalborg

In early March we recording various percussion with percussionist Ane Rom from Aalborg. So nice to work with people that actually is mastering their instruments .. all it took was a rough sketch of crazy ideas and off she went to collect drums, metal scrap, gongs and the like and builded percussion monsters and instantly started playing like there was no tomorrow.

The recordings took place in a big room at the Danish Music Conservatory in Aalborg cramped with everything from champagne bottles to vibraphones.

Ane playing some gongs.

 

Thomas and an earth shaking oversized drum.

 

Empty shelves and a hotel sign ..?

 

Ane behind various drums.

 

Late night MPC editing at Vektormusik studio Viborg.

Online

Simplifying things while keeping Vektormusik on-line required a new web interface .. this is it.

The next blogs are going to document the progress of making the new album with the preliminary title “Uro/Unrest”.

So far around 13 tracks have made it and the first complete demo draft is almost finished ready to be zipped, mailed and listened to by keen ears.