Electones
Encyclopedia
The Electones are Norwegian
Jazz
/Electronic
/Pop
musicians Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Hagen (who together form Xploding Plastix
), and vocalist Rita Augestad Knudsen. They have released two EPs on the UK Inertia
label.
“Steps confidently not to mention beautifully between the realms of jazz, electronica, classical and acoustic folk. Class!”
(DJ Magazine)
The Electones was originally a collaboration between Jens Petter, Hallvard and singer Rita Augestad Knudsen, but the album has evolved into a collaborational effort, adding the voices of Kaja Haven, Endre Bjotveit and Erland Dahlen, the latter also on drums, percussion & saw, plus Bjørn Charlie Dreyer and Lars Fredrik Frøislie on various instruments.
The result is the stunning debut album "If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void", which can be described as a mixture of 60-ish folk, early electronica and a dose of Lanois.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
/Electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
/Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
musicians Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Hagen (who together form Xploding Plastix
Xploding Plastix
Xploding Plastix is a Norwegian two-man band playing Electrofunk/Big beat music with elements of jazz. Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen formed the group in early 1999, and submitted their first demotape in 2000...
), and vocalist Rita Augestad Knudsen. They have released two EPs on the UK Inertia
Inertia
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. It is proportional to an object's mass. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to...
label.
Bio
The core of The Electones is Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen. You may know them as Xploding Plastix, but this is something quite different. Following the release of two 12"-ers as The Electones on the UK label Inertia in 2002 and 2003, they received their fair share of nice reviews:“Steps confidently not to mention beautifully between the realms of jazz, electronica, classical and acoustic folk. Class!”
(DJ Magazine)
The Electones was originally a collaboration between Jens Petter, Hallvard and singer Rita Augestad Knudsen, but the album has evolved into a collaborational effort, adding the voices of Kaja Haven, Endre Bjotveit and Erland Dahlen, the latter also on drums, percussion & saw, plus Bjørn Charlie Dreyer and Lars Fredrik Frøislie on various instruments.
The result is the stunning debut album "If You'll Be Null, I'll Be Void", which can be described as a mixture of 60-ish folk, early electronica and a dose of Lanois.
EPs, singles, albums and promos
- Electricity EP - 12" EP single
- Summercloud EP - 12" EP single
- If You'll be Null, I'll Be Void LP
External links
- Inertia record label - Contains band bio, discography, and streaming real audio tracks
- discogs.com discography for The Electones
- Racing Junior profile of The Electones - Raing Junior is another label that Rita Auegestad has worked with. The site includes the biography from the Inertia site.
- Beat Service