Track from the forthcoming Upper Rooms album "Dream Glitch" (to be released March 26th 2021).

Dream Glitch

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Upper Rooms - Gone In The Air

Fourteen Billion Years of Solitude

Around twenty years ago I came up with this idea that I should start a project called Bleak Guitar - an instrumental "band" that would bring together all my preferences for shimmering guitars, dream pop, goth, postrock, folk etc. It never happened - until now. Some of the tracks I will publish here are based on old sketches that have been with me for quite some time. Some tracks have been used in other previous versions for plays etc., and some tracks are of a recent date. Maybe it will end up as an album one day? Enjoy!

Bleak Guitar - Swirly, Swirly

Memories of Dreams

Signs and Signals

Debris

Continuum Ripples

Around twenty years ago I came up with this idea that I should start a project called Bleak Guitar - an instrumental "band" that would bring together all my preferences for shimmering guitars, dream pop, goth, postrock, folk etc. It never happened - until now. Some of the tracks I will publish here on SC are based on old sketches that have been with me for quite some time. Some tracks have been used in other previous versions for plays etc., and some tracks are of a recent date. Maybe it will end up as an album one day? Enjoy!

Bleak Guitar - Ave Atque Vale

16. og 17. oktober holdt UNOF Oslo sitt høstseminar, hvor jeg var så heldig å holde workshop i komposisjon og musikkteknologi.
Stor takk til mine seks unge deltakere. Dere lagde et skikkelig fint verk!

Bela, Richard, Imma, Clovis, Ella, Nova & Isak - BRICENI

Båndvidda (Jon Halvor Bjørnseth & Isak Anderssen) improvising on a Sunday afternoon with Isak's daughter Ida on the bass guitar. Recorded live on Nov. 14th 2021, Oslo, Norway.

Båndvidda feat. Ida - Ivar Aasen Er En Hval

Long live the mighty lynx! This is the fourth single in the series of music for cello and electronics. Originally written for the play "Av dyr er du kommet" (2011). Slightly remixed and remastered for this release.

Written and produced by Isak Anderssen. Artwork by Isak Anderssen.

Gaupe

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Upper Rooms is a provider of quirky and melodic electronic tunes since 1998. The new single Josie Magpie is now out on most streaming / DL-services!

Upper Rooms - Josie Magpie

Improvisation recorded live at The Norwegian Museum Of Science, September 12th, 2010.

Isak Anderssen & Jon Halvor Bjørnseth played various electronic devices.

Båndvidda - Halvorsen 2 (2010)

Båndvidda - Halvorsen Dub (2010)

Båndvidda - Halvorsen 1 (2010)

Yell Welts Elfie Light

Slightly

Upper Rooms - Slightly

Attica Glow Hz

Upper Rooms - Soothloops Romanza

Domitian Shelver

Stroups

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Upper Rooms - Canonette

A track made for a choreography by Zezé Kolstad for the Ballet Laboratory project. Performed at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, August 19th 2009.

(Note: The track art has nothing to do with the original production. It's just a product of my imagination with a little help from some artificial intelligence engine)

Ballet Sketch (2009)

I made this track in 1996 for a performance by a fraction of the Oslo Industriensemble. Live, this track was overlayed by a violin and accordion duo. Sounded a bit different from this original track I would say.
Equipment used: A Garrard turntable, a piano and a blackbird. All mixed together on a Fostex XR-5 4-track portastudio.

Deaths To Die (1996)

Upper Rooms - Vampirliebe

Impromptu

Invocation

Once again I've patched the well known «Krell» on the Make Noise 0-coast. The Morphagene also plays along, making it's own live variations on the patch with a bit of manual knob manipulations. Finally I intercept everything with both the Korg SQ-1 and the Landscape Stereofield (both as a CV controller and as a sound source in itself). Live recording with no overdubs.

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