Under en sort sol
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Under en sort sol is the second album by the Danish rock band Sods, later known as Sort Sol
. The album was recorded over two days in 1980 and released the same year. With this album, the group moved away from the punchy 1-2-3-4 punk, and into more experimental post-punk. To mark the change the band name was not written anywhere on the cover.
The album was reissued in 1997 with bonus tracks.
1997 re-release bonus tracks
Additional musicians and production
Sort Sol
Sort Sol is a pioneer rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band was formed in 1977 as a punk rock outfit, originally under the name Sods. Despite drastic changes in the group's line-up, their current name, which translates to English as black sun, has remained with them since the early 1980s...
. The album was recorded over two days in 1980 and released the same year. With this album, the group moved away from the punchy 1-2-3-4 punk, and into more experimental post-punk. To mark the change the band name was not written anywhere on the cover.
The album was reissued in 1997 with bonus tracks.
Track listing
- "Repeature"
- "Ice-Age For A While"
- "Walking On Red"
- "Conflict"
- "Roller Ball"
- "Marble Station"
- "Misguided"
- "Eveningsong"
1997 re-release bonus tracks
- "Il Zone"
- "Off Morning"
- "Irene The Doorbell"
Personnel
Sods- Tomas Ortved – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Knud Odde – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Peter Peter – guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Steen Jørgensen – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, pocket trumpetPocket trumpetthumb|250px|Pocket trumpet in B-flat, with a 5-inch standard size bell and medium-large boreThe pocket trumpet is a compact size B trumpet, with the same playing range as the regular trumpet. The tubing is wound more tightly than that of a standard trumpet in order to reduce its size while...
Additional musicians and production
- Lars H.U.G. – lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, second guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
on "Eveningsong" - Morten Versner – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
on "Marble Station" - Per Due – second guitar on "Misguided"
- Michael Ritto – productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Werner Scherrer – productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...