Rune Grammofon

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First release in january 1998. The aim is to release adventurous, exciting and different sounding music from Norwegian artists and composers, not limited to any specific genre, but often to be found in the area of electronica/improv/contemporary. To put love and care into each release, giving it the best possible design and packaging. With an increasingly number of indifferent records bombarding the market place, we modestly aim to recapture the magic connected to the discovery of new artists and buying their records.

releases

Chiaroscuro by Arve Henriksen

Veggie by Food
"This is the third album from the quartet featuring Iain Ballamy (sax)..."
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den øverste toppen på en blåmalt flaggstang by Spunk
"This free spirited and anti authoritarian character is one of the most loved and wellknown from the late. It translates "The very top of a bluepainted flagpole" and on reflection it gets clearer and clearer why the four young women (all still in their twenties) in Spunk so easily will identify with such a character..."
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Scorch Trio by Raoul Björkenheim , Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Paal Nilssen-Love
"Burning with an untamed energy this is neither jazz nor rock. The sound of this record is excellent with much warmth and clarity. The scope of their improvisational ideas is breathtaking..."
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love comes shining over the mountains by Information , Phonophani , Düplo , A Threatened Logical Unit , Arne Nordheim , Monolight , Deathprod , Plirk, et al.
"All tracks and versions are exclusive for this compilation..."
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