Album: https://caserecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/enigma

Like the wind breaking or a wave descending, these new tracks by Admir are always on the move. Dense electronics, field recordings, spoken word and noise - inspired by forces of nature. A journey for the curious mind.

Released April 16, 2021

All music by Admir Korjenic

Album cover by Carsten Aniksdal

Enigma

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Admir Korjenic | Tide

Album: https://caserecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/ru

Ru`s three tracks are picked from different musical projects. These works are largely based on processed recordings of found objects, field recordings, electric guitar, toy instruments, and a singing bowl, all processed by various electronics and pedals.

The title track was composed for visuals by video-artist Clemens Wilhelm, and is a live recording from Timespan Museum, Helmsdale, Scotland.

Released July 1, 2021

Joakim Blattmann is a sound and visual artist, field recordist and musician based in Oslo. He often works at the intersection of sound, sculpture and composition. Blattmann’s installation works explore space, acoustics and the complexity of the auditory information that surrounds us, often through the use of surface transducers and alternative field recording techniques.

In his musical output, spontaneous recording set ups, sound collage, contact mic recordings, electric guitar, field recordings and tape manipulation are recurring tools and techniques.

Joakim Blattmann: all instruments / sounds

Per Waagø: violin on the outro of Lit

Øyvind Røsrud: additional electric guitar on the outro of Lit

Mixed by Joakim Blattmann and Øyvind Røsrud

Cover by Carsten Aniksdal

Joakim Blattmann | Oker

Album: https://caserecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/strata

Strata is distilled from a series of textural studies recorded over a 100-day period at the beginning of 2021. Excerpts from each recording were originally used to generate short audio reactive video pieces. The source audio material is the result of an iterative practice where explorative performances with a single instrument were recorded daily. In assembling the album, textures with vector-like qualities were paired with static textures. Studies recorded over different days have been combined, folded onto themselves and stacked in an attempt to create a variety of focal points for listening. The album loosely follows the chronology of the source recordings.

Released February 2, 2022

Simone Ghetti is based in Bergen, Norway. His music grows out of an interest in and curiosity about sound texture, its production and perception.

simoneghetti.bandcamp.com/music

Strata

Simone Ghetti | Strata II

Album: https://caserecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/du-skulle-vise-meg-verden-men-sa-blendet-du-meg-isteden

Du skulle vise meg verden, men så blendet du meg isteden.
The Binaural version.

This sound piece was a part of my exhibition Du skulle vise meg verden, men så blendet du meg isteden at Østfold Kunstsenter in Fredrikstad. Norway. 26.03-29.05 2022. The length of the Sound piece is 43:18 min. It is made in third order ambisonics and was played on a 8.1 speaker setup. In the gallery there was 364 drawings, size A4, on the wall.

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"You were supposed to show me the world, but then you blinded me instead". This is the google translation of the title. I don't like the translation. There is a bitterness in it that is not in my Norwegian title. It suggests a negative context. The Norwegian version has more of a neutral meaning i think. I wanted the name of the exhibition to have an open title, both negative and positive, hope and despair, love and hate. If a door is being shut, another one opens up, in an (almost)never ending sequence.
I composed this sound piece for my exhibition with field recordings, samples, abstract sounds from synths and recordings from all things making a sound. Processing the hell out of it, I was...  more

Releases February 3, 2023

Music by Arne Borgan
Mastering and technical solutions by Ernst van der Loo
Drawing by Arne Borgan

Du skulle vise meg verden, men så blendet du meg isteden

Arne Borgan | Du skulle vise meg verden, men så blendet du meg isteden (excerpt)

I'm thinking about the past and dreaming about the future.

Releases March 14, 2023

Music by Carsten Aniksdal
Mixed and produced by Steinar E. Rossing
Cover art by Franck Aubry

Many thanks to Espen T. Hangård, Sølve Sæther, Johan Sæther and Lindøe.

Heritage

Carsten Aniksdal | Heritage | Part I

Vegring is a duo from Norway, who create music that is a mix between organic pop, electronica and improvisation. The compositions are melodic and structured in an organic way with live sampling from guitar, synths, vocals and drums.

Released August 22, 2023

All music by
Roger Eugen Poliakov Egseth and Kjetil Egeland


Mastered by
Egenes Mastering


Cover by
Roger Eugen Poliakov Egseth


Thanks to
Johan Sæther
Carsten Aniksdal


CASERECORDS2023 / CASE29

Håve Kalve

Vegring | Håve Kalve

On the 31st of January 2017 I put out
my Boss guitar pedal set for sale on
Finn, the Norwegian equivalent
to eBay. The first pedal set I ever
bought. It consisted of various
effects like flanger, heavy metal
distortion, noise gate, compression
sustainer and chorus. All wrapped in
a silvery plastic suitcase. One guy in
Tromsø responded immediately. He
seemed like a nice guy, so we made
a deal.

One and half year later I moved to
Tromsø, to accomplish my artistic
research at ‘Kunstakademiet’, UiT The
Arctic University of Norway, which I
finalized in 2022. I remembered that
guy from Finn and got in touch,
this was Themistoklis Altintzoglou.
Later we become friends and now
finally collaborators.

One day we decided to do a common
field recording trip in the city of
Tromsø. We went to
‘Parkeringstunnelen’ or Fjellet
parking house, that is connected to
the tunnel system Langnestunnelen (1988)
and Sentrumstangenten (1999)
that perforate the Tromsø Island.

The parking house was established in
2000 and can host more than 900 cars.
One of the spaces can also serve as
emergency shelter for the whole
population of Tromsø.

When entering the location, you can
hear the sounds of distant cars
driving through the tunnels. Vehicles
parked in lines. In the roof there
was a shimmering blue light. Dark
corners where imaginary monsters
may hide. The voice of the mountain
whispering its song of lamentation.
I have been passing its entrance many
times and this time it sucked me in.

Together we were individually
exploring the acoustics, vibration
and the psychogeography of the
tunnels. With audio recorders,
different microphones and
smartphones we were mapping the
site both visual and sonically. Later
we shared what we had collected,
so we could re-compose and process
the material.

The collected footage went through
several stages of fermentation and
ended up as four separate tracks.
Three pieces by Alexander Rishaug
And one long track by
Themistoklis Altintzoglou.

Rishaug’s recordings where made
using a Tascam DR-44 WL handheld
recorder for ambient sounds and a
Sound Devices MixPre-6 with LOM
Geofón for vibrations and resonance
recordings. The sounds where
re-worked with Ableton, using eq and
granular synthesis.

Θ (pronounced as "theta") is
Themistoklis Altintzoglou. These
recordings were made using a zoom
h6 field recorder and a soma ether v2
electromagnetic anti-radio receiver.
Post processing was limited to
arrangement and volume balancing.

Alexander Rishaug, Oslo 19.07.2023. 


Released September 1, 2023

Sound recordings by
Alexander Rishaug and
Themistoklis Altintzoglou

Parkeringstunnelen, Tromsø 26.04.2020


Composition and mixing by
Alexander Rishaug and
Themistoklis Altintzoglou

2020 - 2023


Mastering by
Ernst van der Loo


Cover images by
Alexander Rishaug and
Themistoklis Altintzoglou


Thanks to Asuna Arashi for the album title


CASERECORDS2023 / CASE30

Silent Harsh

Alexander Rishaug / Θ | Silent Harsh (excerpts)

Stina Stjern is the musical universe of the Norwegian musician and composer Stina Moltu. Her musical expression embraces both jazz, art-pop, and free-improvised experimental music. A recurring theme in all of Stina's work is an examination of humanity and her love of cassette tapes as source of sound. Her latest release, "The Devil" (EP, 2020) is a personal interpretation of the tarot card by the same name. This 4-track release was created in available rooms and passages of free time over a period of two years (2017-2019) and is a result of co-composition and short meetings between Stina and musician and producer Kyrre Laastad. In recent years, Stina has been working closely with the Norwegian artist Susanna. In Susanna's project “Brotherhood of our Lady” Stina plays guitar and cassette tapes. The unique texture of the cassette tape was also included in the concert performance "Susanna, Baudelaire & Piano" at Henie Onstad Art Center in 2020. Here Stina composed several works for cassette tape and walkman which were performed live in collaboration with Susanna's compositions. In 2022, Stina Stjern's cassette compositions are curated to be a part of Susanna's album «Elevation». This release takes the inspiration from Baudelaire's work further and is also a musical dialogue between the artists Susanna, Stina Stjern and French Delphine Dora. Stina is also a part of Oslo's coolest impro-collective, DNA?AND?.

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"Sophisticated Junkyard is a composition for cassette tapes and walkmans by Stina Stjern. The composition is a musical reflection on the never ending transformation that follows deep inner work and the discomfort that must take place when working through ones personal junk». 

Released September 1, 2023

Composition by
Stina Stjern

Live recording and mixing by
Stina Stjern

Mastered by
Ernst Van Der Loo

Cover by
Carsten Aniksdal


Case Records 2023 / CASE31

Sophisticated Junkyard

Stina Stjern | Sophisticated Junkyard | Self-Talk pt.1 (Low Vibe) (excerpt)

Moog Satellite
Korg MS10
GarageBand
Audacity Figure
IPhone speech recorder
PaulXStretch
Found sounds from YouTube

ESP LTD FRX-401
Zoom MS70
Earthquaker Devices Data Corrupter
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star
SolidGoldFX Lysis
Death by Audio Waveformer Destroyer
MXR EQ


Released October 10, 2023


Composed and performed by
Julian Orlin Espe & Bjørn Hatterud

Mastered by
Lasse Marhaug

Cover image by
Julian Orlin Espe


CASERECORDS2023 / CASE32

Schattenreiche

Bjørn Hatterud / Julian Orlin Espe | Schattenreiche | Schattenreiche III

Spiderwoks is a collection of poetic bits and pieces collected over the years, becoming an assemblage of tracks to a soundtrack for a movie that never was.

Released November 20, 2023

Øystein Sandsdalen is a self-taught musician and artist. He made his first experimental guitar things at 16, and in 1997 he and his band The Jaded, opened up for Mogwai in Oslo, Norway. He has played in numerous other bands, such as Thee Unmist, Angora Static and Serena Maneesh. Le Corbeau is his current project.


All music by Øystein Sandsdalen
Mastered by Ernst Van Der Loo
Cover image by Carsten Aniksdal


Case Records 2023 / CASE33

Spiderworks

Øystein Sandsdalen | Spiderworks | Old Railroad Of The Mind

Vegring is a duo from Norway, who create music that is a mix between organic pop, electronica and improvisation. The compositions are melodic and structured in an organic way with live sampling from guitar, synths, vocals and drums.

Released December 1, 2023

All music by
Roger Eugen Poliakov Egseth and Kjetil Egeland


Mastered by
Egenes Mastering


Cover by
Roger Eugen Poliakov Egseth


Thanks to
Johan Sæther
Carsten Aniksdal


CASERECORDS2023 / CASE34

Sommerdyret

Vegring | Sommerdyret

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This is that feeling of when something shows up you had forgot about. It’s a mystery to you, a part of lost time, a blackout. It had just left you; the how, the why, the when?! It all escapes you. It is a semi-familiar blur, mixed with the thought; was I supposed to do this? A tiny alien part of yourself had submerged itself, incongruent with your idea of self.

My first ever CD was God Fodder by Ned's Atomic Dustbin, given to me for the Xmas of 1991. I could only listen to it in the living room when my parents where out of the house, and I didn't get a CD walkman until 1997. Before this I had to make mixtapes to listen on my MC walkman. But elements of that first CD snuck in somewhere, in here, into this album.

Recorded in February 2018, on Valentine's day. An improvised recording session using a Zoom H5 in a somewhat dirty apartment in Briskeby Oslo. I didn't have a valentine that year, as you can probably hear. Recorded in scant clothing with a mild headache, using either an 8 string stereo or dual output feedbacker/guitar or a Rhandy Rhodes DIY-kit guitar that I carved skulls and bear faces into. Or both. A Boss DR-3 for drums. Beats mostly punched in with a Wish.com bought stereo looper. For effects, an Akai deluxe distortion, Electro Harmonix Big Muff deluxe bass, a bit-crusher box assembled by a speed-freak later rehoused, a no-name fuzz also from Mr. speed-freak, 3 wally hotone loopers, 2 x Zoom ms50G, a boss GE7 equalizer. All run through a Behringer Xenxy 802 into the H5.

Unsure if anything. I speculate if this is all from a later session or if I just recorded everything that Valentine's day from 11.20 to 04.55 (according to the meta data). That day is hazy, at best. Later that day I posed for pictures in the “Hello Friend” bear costume and drew a sketch where I noted down title ideas for the album and recordings. I was considering naming it; It’s neither here nor bear, what good is a heart trapped in a chest. But it was to nice to be a noise record, so it sat and waited for better times or the aftermath of worse. You know, post 2020-2022. Meanwhile the sounds lived on as files on the phone - something to listened to while walking with headphones, through crowds. in public, on a tram, train or buss. Music to make you feel off kilter.

As for the cover art, around the same time I grew addicted to breaking up markers and mixing them with flowing alcohol and rubbing it on photo paper, attempting to compose images the same way I improvise music. Sometimes listening to music while doing so, to see if one could compose or make these ink paintings into music annotations. I called the series "Random compositions”. I made them to relax and it felt so freeing in a time of stress, so much It was hard to stop. Escaping figuration sound, it became a very messy meditation with fingers post session looking like I was both discoloured and disfigured. Both the music and the images were expressions awaiting a release until Case Records came knocking.

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Christian Blandhoel is a untaught improvisational musician, disabled and an Oslo art school educated visual artist. Inaction-figure maker, plush bear manipulator, involuntary textile artist, painter, performance, noise-instrument maker, feedbacker creator, realtime composer and noise-musician.
Born in 1976 grew up in the suburban forests of 1405 LANGHUS, with roots in the Follo Rock scene where he was briefly in the indie rock band Thee Unmist from 1998 to 2000, and the unfulfilled ìlavesiî band; Star Star Guitar, making and performing Noise-music under the IJIN, Hello Friend, Blandhoel and Kjøttpøkk banners since 2010.

www.blandhoel.com  


Released May 8, 2024

Composed and performed by
Christian Blandhoel

Mastered by
Ernst Van Der Loo

Cover by
Christian Blandhoel


CASE RECORDS 2024 / CASE35

The World Works Better if You Break it

Passing Out in Hallways

Christian Blandhoel | This World Works Better if You Break it | Passing Out In Hallways

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Alpha the Omega is a somewhat eclectic gathering of electronic tracks wrangled together from the dark corners of my hard drives. Mostly recorded to a stereo track with a "gung ho" attitude. Too go to go, I decided to give them a proper exposure on the medium they were made for; the cassette.

- Fast Forward Eats The Tape


Released May 25, 2024

All music by
Carsten Aniksdal

Mastered by
Steinar E. Rossing

Cover by
Pablo Castro


CASE RECORDS 2024 / CASE36

Alpha the Omega

Vanishing Point

FFETT | Alpha the Omega | Vanishing Point

Norwegian label based in Oslo. An eclectic gathering of experimental music, leaning ever so slightly towards the avant-garde.

Head on over to Bandcamp for the full catalogue and all them tracks.

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