Free Love

Free Love (remastered)

Moon Walk

Recorded at the Island Koh Kood. Guitar by Caveman.

Edits at Terning Studio, Oslo.
Distributed by UMA (Universal Moving Artists)
Music by DN.

Running With The Caveman

There’s so many ways to approach this thing
And it really doesn’t matter
There's so many ways to approach this thing 
I can’t touch I’m just staring at her

This is the space we need 
Someplace where we can breed
I’m all into you indeed
Hear how my sentences bleed

There's so many ways to forget it all
Get into the swing of things
There's so many ways to avoid the fall
Forget about the diamond rings

This is the room we need 
Someplace where we can breed
I’m all into you indeed
Hear how my sentences bleed

There’s so many ways to approach this thing
And it really doesn’t matter
Theres so many ways to approach this thing 
I can’t touch so I guess I’ll be staring at her

This is the room we need 
Someplace where we can breed
I’m all into you indeed
Hear how my sentences bleed

There's so many things That we can do
The other side of you

This is the space you need 
Someplace where you can breed
I’m all into you indeed
Hear how my sentences bleed



Music by DN. Distribution by UMA.

HARAKIRI

If this is how you made me feel
Looking back as if it wasn’t for real
You questioned everything I did
Pushed me aside like an unwanted kid

Cold is the moon
Shining in the night
Please come home soon
Let’s make it right 

Tell me no lies today
Am I a fool begging you to stay?
If your love’s untrue
I should never fall in love 
With someone like you

Cold is the moon
Shining in the night
Please come home soon
Let’s make it right 

There’s another world out there

Everything done by DN. 
Distribution by UMA.

Love 4 all.

Moonwalker

Oh I’m tempted
Plain to see
The way we’re rolling baby
You doin' something to me

And that smile on your face
The way you move with style and grace
I’m conflicted restricted
Can’t you see
You do something to me
And baby baby yeah I'm tempted

Can’t explain
Something between pleasure and pain
dancing in the rain
losing when I gain
feeling normal when I’m sain

I guess I’m tempted

Don’t you know what you’ ’re doin' to me
What you doin' to me baby
What you doin' to me 

I guess I could leave you here and now
But I really don’t know how
You seduce me (confuse me) now introduce me
To the wild side of me
Where I lose my sanity
To this precious stolen moment
I wake up from feeling dormant
Guess I’m tempted


Yeah I’m dancin' in the rain
Feelin love and no pain
I’ll survive and I’ll thrive
Keepin' precious love alive
Yeah I’m tempted
There’s no denying
I’m tempted
My soul is flying


Produced, performed, written, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DN. Distributed by UMA.

Love 4 all.

Tempted

DN, UMA.

We’re getting there
Lets call it somewhere
There’s no time 
There’s no place

We’re getting there
Let’s call it anywhere
Theres no tomorrow
A state of grace

You couldn’t lie
Even if you try
I said goodbye
I saw you together with some other guy

Jelousy is burning
Bitterness is in control
Guess I’m only learning
How to live without a soul

I play the part
Diggin’ my own grave
With a hollow heart
I smile and I wave

Somewhere inside of me
There’s a fire burning
Waiting for my sanity 
To be returning

Jelousy is burning
Bitterness is in control
Guess I’m only learning
How to live without a soul

And so we dive
Into emotion
Feel so alive
Caught up in a comotion

Somewhere inside of me
There’s a fire burning
Waiting for my sanity 
To be returning
 

Produced, arranged and recorded by Django Novo.
Lyrics and music by Django Novo. 
Published by UMA.

Jealousy

All music by DN. Distributed through SoundCloud via UMA ltd.
Recorded at Hansstudio, Mjøsa.
All rights reserved. 
UMA 2023.

I Let You In

Theatre Of Life

Erasing Time

Dead Weight (Love)

Cabaret/waltz (The circus is back in town), The Abandoned Dancer.
Composed and produced by DN. 

The Abandoned Dancer

As If Everything Was Fine

A Different Side of You

I’m sitting by the fire 
Forgotten my own name
A strange kind of desire
Covering my shame

Trying to act natural
So they won’t be disturbed
I don’t care what they think
What they’ve seen or heard

Loops are playing everywhere
On the same old song
Telling me that I should care
That all I do is wrong

The system works for your cause
They swear it’s worth the pain
You may not be your own boss
But they cover you from rain

And when you’re getting tired
From everything you feel
With pockets full of remedy
They offer you to heal

No matter what you think 
No matter what you say
You go do your own thing
And I’ll be on my way

Cause I feel it’s getting closer
Now you go analyze
I bet you’ll never understand
You’ll never realise that

Loops are playing everywhere
On the same old song
Telling me that I should care
That all I do is wrong

I’m sitting by the fire 
Forgotten my own name
A strange kind of desire
Pulling me back into the game

LOOPS (Tribal Warning)

Let go time move so fast
There’s nothing we can do 
To change the past

If something starts to glow (somehow we do grow)
So why not let it go
Or it will ever last

Move slow watch the shift of thoughts
Reconstructing faults if we let go

And no one needs to know
It's not only me saying so 
It will show
I promise I don’t know

There’s no forever price to pay 
Just an ordinary day if we let go
There's no guilt and there’s no fear 
If we just don’t care and let go

Move slow watch the shift of thoughts
Reconstructing faults if we let go
And no one needs to know
It's not only me saying so 
It will show
I promise I don’t know

I try to remember everything that I said
Some of the things should only stay in my head
I wash away all of my sins from the past
Create a new movie and change the cast

No slow learner or acting bad
No false alarm playing nice or sad
No game at all no winner standing tall
No need for anyone to catch my fall

Mars 2024. All content by DN. UMA 2024.

LET GO

Deep Within A Sentimental Dream (part I and II)

Farewell

Let Me Go (DN 16th of Mars 2024).

I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
I don’t know who
But you never again

I pray for the now
I hope for tomorrow
Nothing should give
So much sorrow

Ain’t no rain’s gonna stop me now
I guess I make it through somehow
I can no longer take abuse
I’m not the one for you to use

They call it selfish but I’m wise
I know it’s cruel not to be nice
But you don’t know where I come from
You’re still treating me like scum

I know your game
What you’re about
All of it
I can do without

You treating me 
Like a peace of shit
And I know now 
I had enough of it

I don’t know when
I don’t know where
And to be honest  
I really just don’t care

I stay for the now
Prepare for tomorrow
I gotta fix all of my pain 
All of my sorrow

Ain’t no rain’s gonna stop me now
I guess I make it through somehow
I can no longer take abuse
I’m not the one for you to use

They call it selfish but I’m wise
I know it’s cruel not to be nice
But you don’t know where I come from
You’re still treating me like scum

I know your game
What your about
All of it
I can do without
You treating me 
like a peace of shit

And I know now 
I had enough of it

Let me go now
See me go
Let me go now
See me go


All content by DN. UMA 2024.

Let Me Go (demo fresh)

Light Up In Neon

There's nothing else to listen to
Everything's the same
They copy this and copy that
They wanna see their name

There's nothing else to listen to
The songs are not for me
They really don't make sense no more
They only wanna see their name

Light up in neon
Or written in stone
Repeated on radio
Or over the phone

Light up in neon
Playing the game
Getting the shivers
When seeing their name

There's nothing else to listen to 
A formula in a frame
I promise you forever more
You will never see my name

Spelled out on a billboard
For my personal gain
Sold out on the market square
Branded like a company name 

The hero is a liar
The liar is a thief
The boss is truly satisfied
He dismantled your momentary grief

They recieve their silly medals
Thinking honor’s due
One day when this is over
They’ll shine their light on you

All content by DN. UMA 2024.

Light Up In Neon

Blue Collar (old demo)

Piano impro 90s (edited)

Hold me hold me like you never hold me before
Love me Love me like you never loved me
Hold me hold me

Free Love (Radio Version)

The river floating
Another chance
Another shot
On a new romance

Would never do it
The way I did before
You’re here tomorrow
Don’t need no more

New romance
Surrender to me
Never let me go
Stay here by my side
Hold on

Don’t be a stranger
I believe in you 
We know what love is
What it can do

New romance
New romance

Come to my rescue
Take me far away
Hold on to love
Whatever comes our way

New romance

All content by DN. Distributed by UMA (Universal Moving Artists).

New Romance

Do The Dance

Armageddon

before we enter

What can I do?
What can I say?
To turn this nightmare
Into brighter day?

Where can I go?
Who do I know?
How can I get back
To where I need to go?

Love is gone
Love is dead
Something else is there instead
You know it’s true
I’m over you
But I'm in blue 
And there's nothing I can do

No more seduction
No heavy rain
No blindfolded sentimental pain

No more trust
No more lies
No more strangers 
In disguise

I’m all alone
I’m on my own
I don’t need no one 
I am done

No fire burning
No heart yearning
Maybe some day 
I’ll be returning

All content created by dn. UMA 2024.

I Am Blue

Django Novo creates music in different genres and has been presented as a solo artist at several arenas and festivals in Norway including the Oslo Jazz Festival, Hortenfestivalen, Alta Blues & Soul Festival, and byLarm. In 2022 Django Novo - together with long-time collaborator Tov Ramstad - landed a contract with NXN Records (Naxos) and released the album "The Distance" on CD/digital format in March 2023.

Reviews:
★★★★★★★★ 8/10 - Eclipsed Rock Magazin (Germany):
«Django Novo and Tov Ramstad's duo project is more intellectual art than crude pop music. Ramstad's deep cello provides a delightful contrast to Novo's clear voice.»

★★★★ 4/5 - Ivan Rod - journalist, critic, author, and editor (Denmark):
«The lyrics are well-written, and the vocals and accompaniment are clearly intended as a whole - almost a performance. For the same reason, I could easily imagine a VJ having a central role in the live performances. It is very fascinating.

Top track: Let Nothing Happen.»

Jazz-fun.de - Magazin für Jazz Musik (Germany):
"An intriguing narrative and excellent compositions make this album a listening pleasure."

UKVIBE (United Kingdom) 
«A beguiling combination of dreamy, atmospheric soundscapes and original songs are the order of the day for this latest release from Norwegian label NXN Recordings. Created by fellow countrymen Django Novo and Tov Ramstad, “The Distance” is a series of wistful compositions that combine a whole host of musical influences – from pop to blues to world to folk to jazz to cinematic to classical and back again – all wrapped up in a blanket of comforting ambience.

The thing I love about this kind of music is how easy it is to let the imagination run wild. It’s like listening to a make-believe film score, one where I can create my own characters and plot, through visual ideas and emotional input. To this end, I get the feeling that Novo and Ramstad are natural storytellers themselves, with their music incorporating all the key elements needed to let my imagination run free.

Django Novo performs vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, and percussion, with Tov Ramstad playing cello, double bass, electric bass, piano, keyboards, and percussion.
To further expand their sound and vision, the duo invited a selection of musicians to add trumpet, keyboards, harmonica, lap steel guitar, accordion, flute, strings, piano, percussion, and even therevox custom instrument. Samples and electronic treatments also play a part in this dreamy offering. Everything is pieced together with skilful aplomb, resulting in an intriguing offering for lovers of ambient / song-writing music.

Making music such as this is an artful craft in itself. It does however sometimes detract from a necessary prerequisite; that the compositions have an innate strength to them. In the case of “The Distance”, it’s a bit of a mixed bag to be honest. There are moments of brilliance – the fiercely distinctive “The Screen You Look Upon” and “Time Travel” being two cases in point – mixed with a sometimes slightly confusing set of songs/tunes. For me personally, the vocals work well on some tracks but leave me wishing they weren’t there on others. Overall though, the combinations of instruments and ideas work well together, and I can only tip my hat in appreciation to the two eclectic musicians who have put this album together.»

Mike Gates

Lyrics on the album "The Distance" written by DN. Songs on "The Distance" composed by DN and TR, except 1,3,4 and 8 by DN. 

At the present time, DN is focusing mainly on studio work - mostly solo with the occasional collaboration - venturing into dramatic, scenographic pop, and electronic music.

Lives and works in Oslo and Mjøsa, Norway.

Oslo, March 2023.

Update feb 2024: Collaborating with Johan Zachrisson (Zilverzurf), feb, mars 2024. Reggae and dub + more. We'll hear....
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