{"title":"Alog","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"amateur-1","title":"Amateur","description":"\u003cp\u003esince forming in 1997 alog have been among norway's leading performers of experimental electronic music. they are mainstays at rune grammofon and have been with the label since their debut album 'red shift swing' was released in 1999. already a mature and original collection, their sound has since been developed through their second album, 'duck-rabbit' (2001), and almost perfected with their previous album 'miniatures', which also won them a norwegian grammy for best electronica release in 2005. the word \"amateur\" originally denotes a person who is motivated by a passion or love for their activity. it has been the goal of alog on this album to preserve and enhance this special energy in their songs. most computer music software today is made to hide the individual, unique qualities of the musician, to make rhythm and pitch perfect and to make everyone sound the same. in order to achieve their goal alog had to turn this process around with their \"augmented acoustics\" technology and bring out the hidden \"amateur\" energy of each song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50490834125131,"sku":"281944","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ba90520d-c46b-4ca2-8f73-cc20ab584a02_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727676100"},{"product_id":"amateur","title":"Amateur","description":"\u003cp\u003esome of the techniques that alog invented for their excellent miniatures album have now been refined and developed on amateur, their fourth album for rune grammofon. it was recorded on various locations in the western and northern parts of norway, often using instruments found or built for the sole purpose of this recording. these sessions were subsequently worked on in the studio to bring out the unique spirit of the amateur. this spirit is characterized by a curious and fresh approach to playing that is often lost in the process of becoming a virtuoso on a singular instrument. the result is also quite unique and once again alog have delivered an extraordinary album. needless to say, it comes highly recommended. please note that it is also being released as a limited 2lp vinyl edition in gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50490878493003,"sku":"283471","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/996ffeb1-4f78-417a-a1f4-1ecd2a29382b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727677946"},{"product_id":"unemployed-1","title":"Unemployed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"unemployed\", alogs fifth album, was recorded in a wide range of spaces and places. from recordings of haugan and eide as street musicians in san francisco while touring, to scavenging old collections of 78-records in the mining town of bjrnevatn in the far north-eastern part of norway. from on-the-spot recordings of sigbjrn apelands legendary collection of vintage harmoniums in the st. jakobs church in bergen, to high-end capture of the unique sounds of alogs many custom built instruments in the studios of notam in oslo and bek in bergen. for a period of three years alog collected material from all kind of sources, times and situations and made new songs that constantly pushed their creative freedom in unexpected directions. alog was formed in troms in the late 90s, as the duo of espen sommer eide and dag-are haugan. while touring and composing over the past years they have met a lot of unique musicians, and for \"unemployed\" they were invited to extend alog into new constellations wether it meant the soothing harmonium drones of sigbjrn apeland, the minimalist fiddle improvisations of the sheriffs of nothingness (ole henrik moe and kari rnnekleiv), the resonating everyday objects of the talented young soundartist signe lidn or the magical voices of fellow rune grammofon artist jenny hval and the legendary dutch sound poet extraordinaire, jaap blonk. all join in to explore new musical territory, either together or by being invited to create their own pieces for the album. the result is an open-ended collection of voices and expressions, genres, sounds and non-sounds that define a new extended version of alog.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50491296743755,"sku":"346823","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6ef7833b-f6ed-42ee-83c3-53babf3e5265_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727685004"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/alog.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}