Grindstone (album)
Encyclopedia
Grindstone is an album
by the Norwegian
band Shining
. Released in 2007 by Rune Grammofon
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Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the Norwegian
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...
band Shining
Shining (Norwegian band)
Shining is a Norwegian band that started out as an acoustic jazz quartet in 1999. Their sound has since become more experimental and extreme, incorporating elements from metal and progressive rock as well as 19th and 20th century classical music....
. Released in 2007 by Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its artists being featured heavily in magazines such as The...
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Track listing
- "In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" – 5:40
- "Winterreise" – 3:33
- "Stalemate Longan Runner" – 4:15
- "To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again" – 0:50
- "Moonchild Mindgames" – 3:06
- "The Red Room" – 2:16
- "ASA NISI MASA" – 1:52
- "To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again" – 1:10
- "Psalm" – 7:21
- "-... .- -.-. ...." – 2:07
- "1:4:9" – 5:04
- "Fight Dusk with Dawn" – 6:54
- The title of track 10, "-... .- -.-. ...." spells out 'Bach' in morse codeMorse codeMorse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
. - The title of track 11, "1:4:9" is the proportions of the black monolith from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey (film)2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
. - "Asa Nisi Masa" is a gibberish phrase found in the film 8½8½8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
. As a child, the main character Guido Anselmi is told by a fellow orphan that uttering this phrase at night will bring to life a certain portrait, and reveal a secret treasure hidden within the orphanage. - "In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" is also the title of Shinings previous recordIn The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A MonsterIn the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster is an album by the Norwegian band Shining. It was released in 2005 by Rune Grammofon. The title is taken from a line in Milan Kundera's novel the Unbearable Lightness of Being....
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