Gangar<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0brings a fresh take on Nordic roots music.\u00a0The young,\u00a0five-piece ensemble\u00a0digs\u00a0deep into Norway\u2019s extensive folk music archives to come up with rare traditional tunes. —\u00a0and give\u00a0them new, modern arrangements influenced by rock, folk-metal, and jazz improvisation. Inspired by such artists as Hoven Droven, Meshuggah, and AC\/DC, Gangar’s Gangar’s sound\u00a0is\u00a0driven by the unique sound of Norway\u2019s Hardanger fiddle, and their\u00a0mission is to bring\u00a0traditional Norwegian melodies to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Stubb delivers on the promise of Gangar\u2019s 2022 EP, Tre Danser, which cemented Gangar\u2019s status as one of Norway\u2019s most original new acts, capturing the wild, youthful, cannonball energy of their live shows in the studio for the first time.<\/p>\n
Stubb’s title is taken from their former band name: Gangarstubbgutta (\u201cThe boys who play short dance tunes\u201d in Norwegian), and is the culmination of several years of hard and detailed work. The album collects the repertoire the group has researched and honed in live performances all over Europe, with guest appearances from top performers and close friends in the Norwegian folk music scene. Stubb was recorded at Athletic Sound in Halden, and was recorded, produced and mixed by Dag Erik Johansen. Mastered by Karl Klaseie at \u00d8ra Mastering in Trondheim.<\/p>\n
Frontman and fiddler Mattias Thedens finds the melodies in old archival recordings \u2014 primarily at the National Library of Norway in Oslo, and the band members arrange them together. \u201cIt has been an exciting process for us to move these songs from the stage to the studio,\u201d says Thedens. \u201cWe\u2019re mainly a live band, so it definitely was a different thought process. I think we have solved that dilemma in a good way, where we have kept the energy we have on stage, while adding an attention to detail the we often have to sacrifice on stage for the sake of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Stubb, there are melodies from all around Norway, with tunes from Bygland, Tovdal, M\u00f8re and Romsdal, Rindalen, Telemark and R\u00f8ros. The album\u2019s eleven songs encompass styles as diverse as folk metal in \u201cSynnjavinden\u201d and \u201cDorisk Reinlender to alternative in \u201cSkrebua\u201d, and tongue-in-cheek cowbell-driven dad-rock with \u201cHennar Valborg\u201d and \u201cSlarkjen\u201d.<\/p>\n
The album\u2019s first single, “Sukkeri er s\u00f8tt” (\u201cSugar is Sweet\u201d) features Synn\u00f8ve Br\u00f8ndbo Plassen, one of Norway’s most promising young folk singers. Together they breathe new life into an old folk song, learned from a recording from Aslak Brekke (1901 – 1978) from Vinje in Telemark, combined with a Reinlender learned from a recording from Ole \u201cOla” L\u00f8seth from Rindalen (1897 -1978).<\/p>\n
Gangar make the oldest Norwegian music fun and accessible to a new audiences, with craft, care, and wit \u2014 without ever compromising the tradition. Get ready to dance!<\/p>\n
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