The band KONG KLANG was founded 1993, in Bergen, Norway, by Lasse Myrvold (ex-member of the bands The Aller Värste! ( TAV! ), Göbbels a-go-go, The Willkoks Talk and The Beste).
The band released “KONG KLANG” in 1999. Members on this CD was Lasse Myrvold, Calle Hamre, Björn Ivar Tysse and Rodrigo Lopez.
Under the name “KONG KLANG audio-vision”, Lasse Myrvold & Calle Hamre together with Kristian Stangebye (Göbbels a-go-go, Willkoks Talk) made the film score to the cinema-documentaries: “Junkies” (1997) and “Velkommen Hjem” (2002). At the same time KONG KLANG continued playing concerts as a duo with Myrvold and Hamre.
In 2002, a new formation of the band did arise. Myrvold and Stangebye started a collaboration with the poet Terje Dragseth. This trio released “Logg” in 2002, and “Kvitekraakas Song. Dikt og Songar, eit gorrlaust makkverk” in 2005.
In 2006 KONG KLANG has done concerts as a trio with Terje Dragseth, Kristian Stangebye and Terje Paulsen.
After Lasse Myrvold got incurable prostatitis-cancer, he stopped doing concerts and chose to concentrate on recording “Göbbels A-Go-Go 13” together with Kristian Stangebye. This record is scheduled for release in 2009.
Lasse Myrvold died September 3. 2006.
Just weeks before he died, Lasse Myrvold recorded “Du og Jeg I Samme Baat” (You and I In The Same Boat) together with Calle Hamre, as KONG KLANG. This song can be heard on “Dans Til Musikken” (2006), which is a tribute CD to Lasse Myrvold.
In 2007 KONG KLANG, again, took a new musical direction. It is now a duo with Kristian Stangebye on his emotronical MS20 and Terje Paulsen with his acoustic objects, fighting loops and electroacoustic treatments.
And that is what KONG KLANG is all about; “you never know what’s around the next corner…”
Stangebye/Paulsen and terje paulsen contribute with tracks on "Various-Clinical Sounds - Vol.1" net-compilation on Clinical Archives in Moscow. You can also download or listen to it here at archive.org.
free released for your look+listening as DVD+CD / .iso files / mov+mp3. DOWNLOAD -> www.myspace.com/ryutakwbt
DVD/mov is including two "table-top guitar" solo, two duo performance,
some studies and some more. 104.min Stereo. duo with Celebrante in Una Casa Buenos Aires,
Ryusaku "Rutang" Ikezawa in YahiroHIGHTI, Tokyo.
CD/mp3 is including a recording of acoustic resophonic guitar solo. It is a contemporary local blues that has sewwt tone. 21.min Monoral.
Catch the auditory hallucinations and modulations caused by chain of movement and interference without no computer in this works. it is magical and beautiful. hope to enjoy, sincerely.
featuring kayoko masuda (voice), andreas geyer (bass clarinet) and others total playing time: 73 minutes comes as a factory-made cd with eight-page booklet
a track from the new album 'farang - akträume' is now online.
music for the nude photo exhibition 'akträume' by markus reck and accompanying performances at the e-werk freiburg in january/february 2009
to be released on january the 15th 2009
'for the akträume project, stefan follows the idea of markus reck’s photographs and interprets it in a variety of different ways musically: for his so-called ‘body percussions’, which form the rhythmical and tonal basis of stefan’s compositions, he has recorded and digitally processed the sound of hands slapping human bodies. By use of formal elements such as repetition and variation of a musical theme as well as harmonic and rhythmical symmetry, a further connection to the photographs shown in this exhibition is established.' (quoted from the akträume-website)
the akträume-cd is limited to 350 copies and features photos and artwork by markus reck. it will be available at the e-werk freiburg from january the 15th until february the 15th 2009 or can be ordered at farangnoise@yahoo.de for 10€ + mailing expenses.
Free MP3 single with additional tracks out now! Commemorating 80 years since polar hero Roald Amundsen disappeared 18th of June 1928, the title track features fellow polar hero Fridtjof Nansen on vocals. Download full single with four tracks and cover art here:
