These are some of the people playing some of the instruments some of the time:
Live:
Troels Høegh: Vocals and guitars.
Kaspar Kaae: Guitars, lapsteel, pedal steel, backing vocals.
Niklas Hansen: Bass.
Kristoffer Lyhne: Drums
Live electronics sometimes by Casper Hegstrup, sometimes by Mathias Lyhne, sometimes by the automated ghost of Pierre Schaeffer.
Various additional vocalists appear as well.
On the recordings available on Myspace:
Troels Høegh: Vocals, guitars, bass keyboards, piano, ukulele, percussion programming.
Jucas Hamburger: Lapsteel on "Regrets".
Bjarke Monrad: Bass on "Regrets".
Kaspar Kaae: Piano and bass on "Demon Drive", guitars on "Year of the Dog".
Frederik Thybo: Violin on "Demon Drive".
Maria Millan: Add. vocals on "Demon Drive".
Tobias Lange: Drums on "Demon Drive".
All songs are written, produced, mixed and mastered by Troels Høegh.
Influences
Sparklehorse, Notwist, Songs: Ohia, Low, Kraftwerk, James Joyce.
The Ondt and the Gracehoper is centered around the songs and production of Troels Høegh with help from friends, family (not really) and whoever is in the room when the red light is on.
The music has settled in the area between the organic sound of acoustic instruments and the noise of electronic malfunction. Good when you're alone hugging your blanket, not that great for the dance floors...
The sound quality is not very good when you're listening online so please take a moment to download the songs as we spend a long time making them.
Det er rigtig nok godt det her. Hvis Body Lotion and The Bloody Hands er blodig savl er The Ondt and the Gracehoper vist knoglemarv. Og sikke en flot video. Og tusind tak for hjælpen i torsdags, trods sygdom og det hele - vi er glade for at du trodsede manden med leen til fordel for banjoen, orglet og skeen. /The Blood
nu mangler vi bare månedens demo i Gaffa. Jeg regner med at få tre stjerner og få at vide at jeg lyder for meget som et eller andet band jeg aldrig har hørt om... så jeg er ikke så optimistisk.
Saviour: the song would be excellent already with only your voice and the guitar, but the background noise makes it even better and adds a touch of eeriness that is often specific to your music. Eager to hear more. Best,
JP
Listen to Rockomondo on www.euradio.fr (choose "Webradio" in the menu, then "Rockomondo") Also available as podcast (same as above + click on "Lire la suite" to get the playlist and podcast link).
Hej Troels, you are a fuckin' brilliant songwriter! With all honesty, you are way ahead of your time...I am completely immersed in what you are doing. Savior is like a spigot which predisposes me to water I have not yet tasted ;-}
Hej Gracehop Måskeerne er nominerede til en Danish Music Award i kategorien Årets Myspacepris. Overfedt, hvis vi vandt sådan en. Stem så meget du orker inden søndag, så gir’ vi en basse til kaffen!
www.myspace.com/danishmusicawards
…og hvis du er ekstra entusiastisk, så sender du beskeden videre til dine venner her på myspace eller smider en bulletin afsted!
Hey Troels, Sorry about that, I was drunk and foolin' around, pretty stupid! Really glad to hear you like the new song! I am working on a slightly better mix, i.e. vocals seemed flat and dry...should have it up soon. We hope to be over there maybe late May...until
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