15 kr. Vinyl: Recent Episodes
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Digging through crates of vinyl to discover new music is something we all have fantasized about at one time or another. There is a different level of attachment to music we feel no one knows but us. We typically find these records in an obscure crate tucked away in a family members attic or the corner of a second hand shop. In the first season of 15 kr. vinyl, Alex & Brandon did just that. They comb through an old crate left in Absalons' basement many moons ago. Based on the cover alone, they try to determine the year and genre of the album completely based on intuition.
Klepti Klepti was a traveling fun loving group of musicians that appreciated spontaneity above everything else. They had no phones and no e-mails, the definition of "be here now." We found the founder and we didn't have to go far from home to do so.
We were able to track down the bass player of Mezzoforte, a band we discovered on the first episode. He joined us to talk about their career and what it's like to still be living "the dream" 40 years later.
We caught up with Annika Hoydal from Episode 6. Exactly 40 ears ago, she made her album, 'Mit eget land' (My Own Land), and although she left the Faroe Islands many years ago, her love remains strong for the place she holds dearest. It took her 40 years to remake the album in her native language, Faroese, and we think it was wort the wait.
We found the man himself, Henning Flintholm. If you listened to our previous episode including 'Hard Date" than you are abreast of his music. Now see what he is up to these days, where he's been all this time and if he is sill making music. He joined Absalon Radio live during our daily program via phone and we relived his career in the 80s.
This episode was a pop quiz in global studies and world history that we were painfully unprepared for. We failed miserably!
This is probably the most Pop episode to date, Wanda Jackson is the pioneer of Rock n' Roll and Living in a Box is all the best parts of a 80s manufactured hit band who only made music for an epic movie soundtrack which probably includes a Corvette driving next to a cliff.
We have a 'heavy' date with a crate that isn't going to listen to itself. What would a Nothern Ireland episode of a 90s MTV unplugged episode sound like? Also, what makes a date 'heavy'? It's obviously when you slow cook some jazz and melt over smooth sax.
"This album cover reminds me of the winter coat we all had in the 90s," Alexander remarked, as he struggled for the words to describe the David Sandborn album cover.
Alexander and Brandon were so perplexed by this double album they spent a whole episode on it, trying to figure out its mysterious sound. Is it Balkon festival music or a Klezmer wedding band? And why does the cover resemble a London punk band's?
Digging through crates of vinyl to discover new music is something we all have fantasized about at one time or another. There is a different level of attachment to music we feel no one knows but us. We typically find these records in an obscure crate tucked away in a family members attic or the corner of a second hand shop. In the first season of 15 kr. vinyl, Alex & Brandon did just that. They comb through an old crate left in Absalons' basement many moons ago. Based on the cover alone, they try to determine the year and genre of the album completely based on intuition.