Lydgalleriet & Ekko are presenting “Kassett”, an exhibition of Norwegian cassette culture, at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway, October 15th – November 14th. Our friend Lasse Marhaug has curated a compilation tape exclusively for the exhibition, limited to 255 copies. Both the exhibition and the compilation includes works related to the Kassettkultur label. More information on the exhibition can be found here: http://www.lydgalleriet.no/?p=262
Arvid Skancke-Knutsen has written an article for Ballade about the Norwegian cassette culture and the exhibition. The article is in Norwegian and can be found here:
http://ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2010101509153766395056
Here’s the tracklist for the KASSETT cassette compilation:
Side A:
Oral Constitution – Six Minutes
Rød Stær – Saving All My Drugs for You
White Lord Jesus – My Heart is in Combat
Fleurety – Animal of the City
Anders Gjerde – Dome
Zweizz & Joey Hopkins – Will to Powder
Jan M. Iversen – Det er nok med tolv torsk
Side B:
FNS – Sinister Centipede
Kobi – Now There Came a Glimmer of a Red Light Before Them
Altaar – Salt of the Earth
Gabriel Mørk – Parasitt
Famlende Forsøk – Vil du død for meg?
Lars ”Skjit-Lars” Nicolaysen – Nervøse Lidelser 2010
Side C:
1349 Rykkinn – Hello Hello, Leonard Cohen
Jazkamer – The Short Song about the Origins of Cassette Culture
Bluefaced People – Eat Jazz
Kunstlusk – I. Schjørring
NXP – The Miners Sensed Danger
Duo Kanel – Glassspon
Taperne – Litt av et marsvin
Maja S. K. Ratkje – Danse Macabre Edit
Origami Boe – Noise Diary S 100510
Side D:
Maranata – Short Life Of Trouble
Juryen – Aaawk 2010 Digital Remaster
Sten Ove Toft – Belzebubs Immatrikulering
Sindre Bjerga – Magnetic Tape Ghost
Pikkulf – Likkjyl
Waffelpung – Sildakongens Siste Shanty
DEL – A track we didn’t use for Villa Graps
Torstein Wjiik – I’d Prefer not to