Basically, just me, Tor Aarnes Saether, my (semi-)vintage synths, my mics and my Macs.
Influences
Artists, in general
Rush, Kiss, Deep Purple - that's my all time Top 3!
10CC, A Perfect Circle, ABBA, AC/DC, Aerosmith, a-ha, Aimee Mann, Air, Aldo Nova, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Alison Moyet, Alphaville, Apollo 440, Art By Machinery, Asia, Audioslave, Ayreon, Bad English, Bel Canto, Bendik Hofseth, Big Bang, Big Country, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, Burt Bacharach, Camel, Captain Beyond, Caravan, Celtic Frost, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Christophe Deschamps, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Dalbello, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, Deacon Blue, Def Leppard, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dio, Dire Straits, Dream Theater, Dubstar, Duran Duran, Earth Wind & Fire, Electric Light Orchestra / ELO, Eloy, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Erasure, Europe, Eurythmics, Faith No More, Fiona Apple, Fish, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Foreigner, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Gasolin', Genesis, Gentle Giant, Gilgamesh, Greenslade, Hall & Oates, Hanne Sørvaag, Hatfield & The North, Incubus, Indigo Girls, Iron Maiden, James Gang, James Taylor, Jane's Addiction, Japan, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jethro Tull, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Journey, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Kansas, Keane, Kent, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, Laura Stevenson, Laurent Voulzy, Led Zeppelin, LOK, Love, Madonna, Madrugada, Magnum, Marc Jordan, Marillion, Massive Attack, Matching Mole, Max Webster, Megadeth, Metallica, Mew, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Motörhead, Motorpsycho, Mr. Mister, Neil Young, New Order, Nightmares on Wax, Nik Kershaw, Nirvana, Opeth, Orbital, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ozric Tentacles, Ozzy Osbourne, P.O.D., Pagan's Mind, Pain Of Salvation, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, Phenomena, Pink Floyd, Pizzicato Five, Placebo, Popol Vuh / Popol Ace, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rainbow, Rick Springfield, Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Nevil, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Saxon, Seigmen, Simple Minds, Slade, Soft Machine, Soulfly, Soundgarden, Spice Girls, Spock's Beard, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan, Stephan Eicher, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Suede, Supertramp, Survivor, Suzanne Vega, Symphony X, System of A Down, Talk Talk, Tangerine Dream, Temple of the Dog, The Alan Parsons Project, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, The Clash, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, The Eagles, The Future Sound of London, The Human League, The Jam, The Mars Volta, The Nice, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Sweet, The Tangent, The Who, Thin Lizzy, TNT, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tommy Bolin, Tool, Toto, Tracy Chapman, Travis, T. Rex, Turboneger / Turbonegro, U2, Ultravox, Underworld, Uriah Heep, Van Der Graaf Generator, Van Halen, Velvet Belly, Velvet Underground, Whitesnake, XTC / The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Yes, Yngwie J. Malmsteen & Rising Force - and quite a few others.
Keyboard players, in particular
Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Tony Banks, Keith Emerson, Jordan Rudess.
Anders Rogg aka. “Leon Latex”, Andy Richards, Brian Eno, Bruce Hornsby, Bugge Wesseltoft, Charlie Elgart, Colin Towns, Dave Greenslade, David Foster, David Paich, David Rosenthal, Derek Sherinian, Don Airey, Donald Fagen, Elton John, Geoff Downes, Geoff Nichols, Gregg Rolie, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, Jan Hammer, Jean Michel Jarre, Jens Johansson, Joe Zawinul, Jonathan Cain, Keith Jarrett, Ken Hensley, Kevin Moore, Mark Kelly, Mark Stanway, Michael Omartian, Mike Garson, Neal Morse, Nick Rhodes, Ray Manzarek, Rick Wright, Steve Walsh, Thomas Dolby, Tori Amos.
The great, mysterious Hermann Szobel, and last, but definitely not least, my mentor of sorts, Ketil Bjørnstad.
Some essential listening
Rush: Moving Pictures (1981)
Rush: Power Windows (1985)
Air: Moon Safari (1998)
Black Sabbath: Born Again (1983)
Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (1983)
Bryan Ferry: In Your Mind (1977)
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello: Painted From Memory (1998)
Captain Beyond: Captain Beyond (1972)
Christophe Deschamps: Connivences (1991)
Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites (1996)
Deep Purple: In Rock (1970)
Deep Purple: Machine Head (1972)
Dio: Holy Diver (1983)
Dio: The Last in Line (1984)
Dream Theater: Train Of Thought (2003)
Dubstar: Disgraceful (1995)
Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery (1979)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus (1971)
Hermann Szobel: Szobel (1976)
Iron Maiden: Piece Of Mind (1983)
Kamelot: The Black Halo (2005)
Ketil Bjørnstad: The Shadow (1990)
Kiss: Kiss (1974)
Kiss: Music from 'The Elder' (1981)
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppeliv IV (1971)
Marc Jordan: Blue Desert (1979)
Metallica: Ride The Lightning (1984)
Mr. Mister: Welcome to the Real World (1985)
Phenomena: Phenomena (1985)
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Queensrÿche: Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Rainbow: Difficult To Cure (1981)
Roxy Music: Avalon (1982)
Steely Dan: Gaucho (1980)
Stone Temple Pilots: Purple (1994)
Survivor: Vital Signs (1984)
The Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid (1978)
The Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (1993)
Toad The Wet Sprocket: Fear (1991)
Tommy Bolin: Teaser (1975)
Yes: Fragile (1972)
Some essential viewing
Movies Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982) Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) Cry-Baby (John Waters, 1990) This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984) High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000) Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
(just to name a scarce few ...)
TV Twin Peaks Seinfeld The Simpsons Futurama 24 Quincy, M.E. Tales Of The Unexpected Mythbusters
Some essential reading
Anything by Edgar Allan Poe, Knut Hamsun, Sven Elvestad/Stein Riverton, Øvre Richter Frich ... and Hergé.
Art I'd love to have on my wall - but never could afford
Hieronymus Bosch, Edvard Munch, Amedeo Modigliani.
Sounds Like
An eclectic blend of all my influences over the years. Maybe a bit like Prefab Sprout, Thomas Dolby, Alan Parsons, Nik Kershaw and 80s Rush.
Record Label
Black, Red, either will do fine. Oh, RECORD label?
NO AGGRESSIVE PATRIOTISM/NATIONALISM AND/OR PRO-WAR POLITICS, PLEASE!!! REQUESTS FROM SUCH PROFILES WILL BE REJECTED. I RESPECT YOUR STAND (TO A CERTAIN EXTENT), BUT I'M SIMPLY NOT INTERESTED.
Born and bred in the windy coastal town of Kristiansund, in central Norway.
Keyboard player and vocalist since the age of 15. Heavily influenced by 60s jazz and psychedelia, 70s hard and progressive rock, 80s metal and new wave, 90s grunge and electronica, and still trying to keep up with whatever happens on the music scene at any given time. Good music is good music; it doesn't matter what you call it. If you think otherwise, you're missing out on a lot of good stuff, IMHO ...
Master of film arts and sciences, with a minor degree in French, from NTNU.
During my band wise hiatus in the late 90's, I made music for plays, short films, TV and such.
There have also been - occasionally there still are - other fruitful collaborations going down. Notably with my good pals (both musically and personally) from Kristiansund, formative and John Berge.
BTW, John and I are now getting back together to create some serious hits!
I perform on the following equipment, live/studio rig combined:
- Korg N5EX (my newest axe - from 1998!)
- Korg M1 (a modern classic; we all know this one)
- Korg DW8000 (I have two words for ya: Kevin Moore!)
- Korg Poly 800 (not very versatile, but up for some intriguing sounds)
- Korg Wavestation SR (for those wide open sonic dreamscapes - luv it!)
- Roland D-50 (another modern classic; irresistible in every way)
- Roland JX8P (my oldest, dearest synth; I've had it since 1986)
- Roland SH-2000 (monophonic, dirty little bugger, for solos and stuff)
and my Shure SM-58 mic (suits my voice like none other I know).
Yes, I'm basically a Korg/Roland guy! Oh, you guessed ...?
Stands by Quicklok (sturdy stuff!), seating by Yamaha (comfy stuff!).
My old trusted Yamaha DX7S is sadly defunct ...
So, does anybody have a suitable power supply to spare?
Computing by Apple - exclusively. Why? Because it saves me a lot of trouble. And those babies look darn good, too!
Hiya Tor, Greetings to you in Oslo. Here's wishing you and yours a very happy festive season. Good luck with all your music projects for 2010! Electro wishes from snowy England, Paula
Hi Tor Aarnes Saether Don't miss the opportunity to play at the world's biggest festival for upcoming bands! Play at the best and biggest venues in your country. Sign up your band today at www.emergenzanordic.com Hope to see your band ON stage! All the best Emergenza Festival
Takk for det! Er i startgropa enda, men fikk en speisa ide en natt om å lage en MySpace-profil. Tanken er vel å få opp noe musikk der etterhvert. Du får følge med! Snakkes!!
Hey! Just popping by to say we're coming back to scandinavia! Hope to see you!
Feb 21 - Buddy Scene - Drammen Feb 23 - Cafe Mono - Oslo Feb 25 - Royal Garden Hotel - Congresshall Trondheim Feb 26 - Lillestrøm kultursenter - Lillestrøm Feb 27 - Ullensaker kulturhus - Jessheim Feb 28 - Hydranten Hamar Mar 1 - Älvdalen Mar 2 - Wasabryggeriet - Borlänge Mar 3 - Koordinaten - Okselösund Mar 4 - Aros Congress Center - Västerås Mar 5 - Alberts Hall i Drömfabriken - Sandviken Mar 6 - Nybrokajen 11 - Stockholm Mar 6 - Dieselverkstaden - Nacka Mar 7 - Stockholm Mar 10 - Sagateatern - "Estrad på turné" Södertälje
Also check out our facebookpage: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lovell-Sisters/16100326283
Hei, jeg slipper mitt 2. album mandag 12. januar. Det heter "Two Week, Two Months, Two Years" og kan da kjøpes der musikk kjøpes: http://www.platekompaniet.no/cdproduct.asp?id=EDVIN0002
Releasekonserten holdes på Herr Nilsen i Oslo sentrum 13. januar kl 20.00. Håper du tar en tur.
Vi finnes også på Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Silje-Hrafa/26371832036
hei tor! thank you so much for your email! I've sent all of the promoters on the list an email introducing myself and asking if they'd give me a gig. No reply yet, but i like to keep knocking on the door, one of them will open soon. hope you're well! :-D
Greetings from the UK, where we are doing great work in the recording sessions! Now, on to new songs and hits, buddy - starting with "SHE SHOULD BE WITH ME" All the best, JB
Historien om Ionisation! Georg og Jim møttes egentlig fordi Jim ble bedt om å holde et lite øye med ham, en slags motvillig, ubetalt støttekontakt ordning rett og slett. Første gang Georg egentlig la merke til Axel var på ingen måte takket være hans vidunderlige musikalske eskapader men fordi han var iført en liten rosa kjole, kajal kombinert med tynne hårete legger(vist nokk et kostyme…) og om dette har påvirket deres forhold videre utover at Georgs kallenavn på Axel er blitt J-Diva, får vi forhåpentligvis ikke vite. Da Ole Martin med sin kledelige Mohawk kom kjørende på øving i en BMW med mer gaffa enn lakk (i tillegg til å alltid komme for sent) og fikk naboene til å klage, da visste de at han var rette mannen. Jim ble importert som kvoteflyktning fra Bodø til Fredrikstad. De spilte konserter, noen med dårligere publikums oppmøte enn Boyzone ville fått på et Bandidos klubb, og noen med nesten nok betalende til å betale leie av lyd. De fikk leie seg inn i selve Propeller studio med Hasse Rosbach (Tekniker/ altmuligmann i Propeller og bass i Superfamily) bak spakene som altid er i konstant koffein rus, mix ble gjort av Mike Hartung (A-HA, Animal Alpha, Briskeby, Dwezzil Zappa, Elvira Nikoliasen og mye mye mer) og Dave Collins gjorde mastering (Alice Cooper, Linkin Park, The Police, Madonna ja du skjønner tegninga du og) Dette er kun starten, bandet stiller opp på alle happenings, spiller der det er lyd og kjører dit det skjer!
Hi Tor Aarnes Saether Don't miss the opportunity to play at the world's biggest festival for upcoming bands! Play at the best and biggest venues in your country. Sign up your band today at www.emergenzanordic.com Hope to see your band ON stage! All the best Emergenza Festival Nordic
