julie stokkendal

oslo/copenhagen

contact: julie.stokkendal@gmail.com

Get 'The Tourist' via iTunes:  http://houssederacket.lnk.to/thetourist

On 30th October, French duo Housse de Racket unleash their third album, The Tourist, through !K7 Records. The LP consolidates the band’s dense sound and vast influences into something unique.

Coming back from their world tour that took them from Tokyo to Coachella, work began on The Tourist in 2013. It was entirely recorded in guitarist/vocalist Pierre Leroux’s new apartment, romantically located by the Paris landmark: Montmartre. As the band themselves put it, “How could we resist the Sacré-Coeur’s magnetic and hypnotic force?”.

The band’s previous album, Alesia (Kitsuné) was produced by Philippe Zdar, who had previously worked with the likes of The Rapture, Phoenix and The Beastie Boys and was critically acclaimed from all around the globe.

Housse de Racket describes their new effort as “a state of mind, a motionless journey,” and cites a wide range of inspirations for its songs: “We listened to Fleetwood Mac, Spacemen 3, XTC, Steel Pulse, Alan Vega, Ravel, Laurie Anderson, Miles Davis, Television…Everything we could get our hands on!”

The LP never sounds like an iPod playlist; Housse de Racket combines the sounds and locations that have affected them into a forty-minute masterclass in Gallic pop.

The Tourist is the sound of a group returning home, having seen the world, and trying to make sense of it all.






Prog rock! Just like the good old days, but not.

Jannik V Korsvold - Guitar, vocal
Markus Skjærstad - Guitar
Armin Amiri - Bass
Gjermund Førland Berg - Drums

Helga Myhr - hardingfele, vokal, fele
Selma French Bolstad - fele, nyckelharpa, vokal
Rasmus Kjorstad - fele, vokal, oktavfele
Andreas Winther - slagverk
Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson - kontrabass

Losjecast med Frontlosjen fra Teaterfestivalen i Fjaler 13.-17. september 2017

Tabula Rasa is a project ensemble initiated by composer Tord Kalvenes, and aims to promote new classical vocal music. Musical leader is Arild Rohde.

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