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Skate fight club dubstep night featuring dj Walsh

One of the pioneers of the Dubstep genre, dj Walsh, is coming to Oslo. Skate fight club at Hausmania welcomes dj Walsh on the 2nd of May. CC 100nok. The Shit-City-Trek will get the crowd warmed up.

Dronerom - 6-hour drone performance for 8 musicians

Sunday May 3rd, 11am-5pm sees Dronerom performance at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden, right outside Oslo. We believe our readers are familiar with the drone genre, this Sunday afternoon you can catch 8 musicians (Ole Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv, Michael F. Duch, Snorre Ruch, Fredrik Ness Sevendal, Jon Wesseltoft, Per Gisle Galåen, Hild Sofie Tafjord) of diverse musical backgrounds (jazz, contemporary music, electronica, black metal, rock) delivering a continuous concert performance. Pillows and sofas will be made available and audience is welcomed to pop in and out. Tickets free with standard museum admission.
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Skream

UK dubstep maestro Skream is coming to Oslo next friday, i.e. 3rd of April. He will play at the Villa . Local lads Shit City Trek who have a weekly spot on Reload Radio will be warming up the dancefloor. CC is 100NOK.

Pjusk's new album "Sval" in the making

At the moment Pjusk is busy working on their new album Sval, having joined forces with the Japanese project Fjordne as well as the project Strië. First reports are of happiness with results audible chemistry, and the album is scheduled for release autumn 2009 on the 12k label.

Biosphere at Borealis 2009

Thursday March 26th sees world premieres of Biosphere’s Shhoctavoski (20 min.) and Nils Henrik Asheim’s Catching Light (25 min.) live at Bergen’s Grieg Music Hall.

In this concert the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Geir Jenssen’s first work for the medium, based on the symphonies of Shostakovich. The orchestra’s solo percussionist Peter Kates and violinist Peter Herresthal, both capable of a seemingly unlimited range of sounds and techniques, will also perform a new work by Nils Henrik Asheim.

The concert is a collaboration between Borealis and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and has received funding from Komponistenes vederlagsfond.

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Sònar line-up preview

This year’s Sónar festival sees the following early announcements on the line-up – which still bears signs of an overly commercial festival going for less ‘actual’ artists and with a dilluted theme; former British electronica act Orbital, Fever Ray (one half of The Knife), 80’s Jamaican icon in music Grace Jones, Norwegian Lars Horntveth, Mary Anne Hobbs BBC showcase featuring among others Martyn, Jamie Woon and several more listed here

By:larm 2009 on the weekend of 19-21 February

By:larm returns for 2009 and is still based in Oslo after the hugely successful year in the capital last year, so it may seem the nation-touring festival has come to a rest. Here comes upcoming hopefuls and some established foreign artists to give their best shot at becoming the next big name or try out new constellations. For electronica-afficinados, keep an ear open for Annie, Detektivbyrån, Fennesz/Food, Hanne Hukkelberg, Ost & Kjex, Rockettothesky, Ólafur Arnalds and the much anticipated return of Xploding Plastix

Exclusive download of Pjusk remix on Soundscaping

We have decided to give away the exclusive Pjusk remix Franskblanding to everyone, a brilliant ambient piece created from sounds taken from Soundscaping’s first album, Air Resort by Christophe Bailleau. Download your copy of Pjusk remix here from the Soundscaping label website
Of course, this coincides nicely with the fact that Pjusk has a new website launched today, check it out here

Squarepusher

On the 26th of March Squarepusher will be playing at Parkteateret 200kr CC and tickets can be bought in advance. This is the first time Squarepusher will visit the norwegian capital. Check out his latest album Just a Souvenir out on Warp Records.

The Villa - 2nd birthday anniversary

The Villa will have a three-day-long birthday celebration from the 27th of February til the 1st of March. The event will kick off in style on the 27th with the bristonian dou of Peverelist (Punch Drunk) and Appleblim (Skull Disko). Saturday’s main act will be techno legend Daniel Bell (Accelerate). On Sunday local heros G-ha, Olanski, Diskjokke & Vinny Villbass will play as part of the Footfood night. Tickets are available at Tiger

Lindstrøm draws the longest straw

Spellemannprisen 2008 is the Norwegian edition of the Grammy’s, and this year’s electronica category saw Lindstrøm emerge as winner to beat nominees Mental Overdrive and Skatebård. Lindstrøm won for his “Where You Go I Go Too” album on Smalltown Supersound, but as always the nominations for this genre in Spellemannprisen seem like they have been selected from a narrow group of candidates where more obvious and qualified candidates are embarassingly missed out.

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Home is Normal

It is halfway through 2009, and Ian Hawgood’s (Koen Park, etc.) curated Home Normal has already sprung to life with no less than four must-grab releases. Nothing short of the favourite label at our Soundscaping office these days, and for this feature we direct our attention to the label’s first three albums, signed Library Tapes, Celer and The Boats. Come back later for a review of Christopher Hipgrave’s brand new Day.

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OFFF Festival, Lisbon, Portugal - May 7th-9th 2009

We have been quiet for a little while, but Soundscaping are still here, just assuming the slow and meticulous pace of heat-induced summer daze. But before that, Soundscaping had the pleasure of attending the OFFF festival for digital art and music, held in Lisbon, Portugal May 7th-9th. This is our report from the warehouse venue in the sleepy little suburban town by the Portugese coast.

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About Soundscaping.net

Soundscaping was started in 2005 primarily to become an online resource directed at the Norwegian music scene, predominantly music which involves an element of electronica. 2008 will also see the launch of Soundscaping Records, an independent label with a focus on quality releases in the same music genres promoted by the Soundscaping netzine.

Soundscaping now offers RSS feeds of recent updates to the web-site, just drag or click the -icon displayed in the left column into your RSS-reader of choice to stay right up to date with Soundscaping news. Adjacent to the RSS-icon, you’ll also find the little (Digg!-guy) so you can easily digg Soundscaping stories; and there’s also a quick link bookmark pages into your (del.icio.us) account.

Falling from the sky soundwaves… let the sonic excursions into new, electronic music begin.