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100 wreks #40
Here’s the link to my SOPHIE tribute episode from last year <3
And here’s the tracklist from tonight’s episode:
Run Away With Me (Himera’s Firework Remix) – Carly Rae Jepsen
EUPHORIA (DVNOTS REMIX) – LOREEN
Curiosity – Carly Rae Jepsen
my fault (prod. kmoe) – juno
25 bands and a geccco – 100 gecs
alive – blxty
picnic (prod. mixedmatches) – i9bonsai
will u ever shut up ! (prod. nebita + yung skrrt) – Can of Bliss
Chokehold – Dylan Longworth, Corefish, 31sentinel, Austyn With A Y (via Goop House)
LEMONADE – SOPHIE
Whole New World (SOPHIE and Doss Remix) – SOPHIE + Doss
My Forever (ELFZ Edit) – SOPHIE
Just Like We Never Said Goodbye – SOPHIE
the world’s most famous cat… – Kaho Matsui
Let Me KNow – TTristana + Esuna
Wonder (DJ PUPPYLUV NXC Edit) – Perfume
If I Had Your Number – moistbreezy
heart in 2 (D’Eon Remix) – caro<3
Dare (Dvnots Remix) – Namasenda
surf grock! 1/31/23
Today girl rock!’s hit crew brings you the crimson wave of surf rock. Playlist here, picks below:
Magneto // Messer Chups
Tsunami Tsurprise // The Space Cossacks
Mon autre // Juniore
Cacti for Clothes // Pageants
Comin’ Home Baby // The Delmonas
Morning Terrors Nights of Dread // Shilpa Ray
Don’t Leave Me on the Earth // La Luz
Strange // Zombierella
666 // Sugar Candy Mountain
I Follow You // Melody’s Echo Chamber
Real Boy // La Sera
I Got the Moves // Habibi
Mrs. Moto // The Surfrajettes
Conquistador // Guantanamo Baywatch
Ozma // Shannon & The Clams
The Barracuda // The 5.6.7.8’s
Migas 2000 // The Liminanas
In The Sink // Plumtree
meltdown – Bowery Electric – 1/30/2023
trip hop + shoegaze heroin music for heroin and heroin-related activities
continental drift 1/25/23: norway
Touching down at the Oslo airport, we are drifting to Norway! Listen to the playlist here, and listen back to the episode here.
The Kingdom of Norway makes up the northwest part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. With a population of 5.5 million, it comes in at the 118th most populated country in the world. The country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world, and has ranked first on the World Happiness Report before (remember Finland and New Zealand?)
The official languages of Norway are Norwegian and the uralic language Sámi. Notably, Norwegian has been described as the easiest language to learn for native English speakers. It is mutually intelligible between Swedish and Finnish.
Hardanger Fiddle
The most typical folk instrument is the Hardanger fiddle, which looks and plays like an ordinary fiddle but is engineered so that a performer plays on two strings most of the time.
Bygdedans is a type of Norwegian folk music played especially for “courting dances.” It’s a dance music, very social, often performed by couples.
A note: I focused on North Germanic folk music for this episode, but the uralic Sami people absolutely have a rich tradition! Their main folk style, joik, was featured in the Finland episode.
Bygdedans sample:
Sigdalspringar: Springar (Etter Ola Hiåsen) // Steinar Strøm
Ole Bull
One of the first classical composers to come out of Norway was Georg von Bertouch. He was a juris doctorate, a military officer, and famous composer. He is most well known for composing 24 sonatas, in each of the 24 keys. Only 16 survive.
Ole Bull is cited as “the first major Norwegian musician.” He was born February 5th 1810, and is credited as bringing traditional Norwegian music to public classical consciousness. He led an interesting life that included playing first violin in the orchestra of Bergen at age nine, pretending to study law in Germany, and becoming a leader in Norwegian romantic nationalism. He was a violinist and composer.
After the French Revolution in 1848, Norway experienced economic growth coinciding with a boom in music. Female musicians were widely accepted, even so far as being published and given stipends by the state. Thus started the “golden age” of Norwegian classical, led by Christian Sinding and Johan Halvorsen.
Classical segment:
Trio Sonata No. 8 in G Major // Georg von Bertouch, Bergen Baroqu
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola // Johan Halvorsen, Davide Algona, Jose Adolfo Alejo
Gjendines Bånlåt // Pernille Anker
Margaret’s Waltz // Aly Bain, Tellef Kvifte, Leiv Solberg, Henning Sommerro
Annbjørg Lien is “controversial.” She blends classical and Norwegian traditional, which leads some to criticize her for having a “lack of regional tradition” or “watering down folk music.” She received her PhD in Hardingfele in 2019 from University of Agder, but has no other formal education. She is also part of the band Bukken Bruse (translation: billy goats gruff), which was the official band of the 1994 winter olympics in lillehammer. In addition, she plays in String Sisters, which featured strings players from 6 countries.
Gluggjen // Annbjørg Lien
The first recorded emergence of a saxophone in Norway was 1923. In the 1930s there was a recession, so less jazz, but it found its way again in the 1940s, when the Norwegians found a way to sneak in the violin into the genre. Post world war two there was a greater shift towards French, American, and British styles. Including jazz! In recent years, jazz has taken off, centered in Oslo.
Jazz segment:
Hole In the Wall // Henry Purcell, Bjarte Eike, Barokksolistene
Flipper the Bush Kangaroo // The Brazz Brothers
On the Horizon, Part 2 // Hedvig Mollestad, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Black metal is definitely popular, consistent with the metal traditions of the rest of the Scandinavian peninsula. Mayhem, a popular band, was also the center of a cult, and were known to be very extreme. They encouraged violence against churches, and a bandmate even killed another. I think we focused on enough metal in Finland, so I didn’t include any here. (Listen to Wrekage for more haha).
Susanne Sundfør
Popular Norwegian pop artists include A-ha, Aurora, Girl in Red, Kings of Convenience, and Sigrid. Of course, this is WREK, so we’ll focus on the underground.
Popular music segment:
Fotspor // Holm CPU
Fade Away // Susanne Sundfør
Icarus // Mandalai Lamas
I’m On Top // Otha
Love You Like That // Dagny
girl rock! classical exploration: 1/24/23
Today (after a brief delay due to fire alarms) girl rock! brings you the best in female composers and classical music performers from around the world. Playlist here, picks below.
Aki Takase
Flutter // Poppy Ackroyd
Chrysalis Extended // Nia Imani
Parajota Delate // Tania Leon
Sakura No Solo // comp. Aki Takase, Lauren Newton piano
Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2 // comp. Amy Beach, Joanne Polk piano
Deux Morceaux: I. Nocturne // comp. Lili Boulanger, Raphaela Gromes cello, Julian Riem piano
Amor dormiglione // comp. Barbara Strozzi, Constantinople strings, Suzie LeBlanc voice
Pain & Elevation: IV. The Orangery // comp. Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet
Pain & Elevation: V. The Beech Tree // comp. Caroline Shaw, Attacca Quartet
Archetypes: I. The Rebel // comp. Clarice Assad, Sergio Assad guitar, Third Coast Percussion
5 Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet // Florence Beatrice Price, Catalyst Quartet
