Terje Bakke (Be Chosen/Soulfooled): "Digger denne jeg faktisk"
Fredrik Forgaard (Bang Bang/Stavanger): "Lige egentlig best orginalen eg. Herlige radiopop. Clueless mixen e gresk for meg, Solli mixen vrikka eg vel rompå t sist lørdag...så den antar eg e slick for klubben. Tror eg syns at Touchable sin remix e den beste...men, ja, eg e jo åpen for diskusjon! Anyhoo, fin release."
Finally Norwegian fjord-disco producer Velferd's digital release has arrived. It contains the 4 varied and dancable tracks from the 12" + 2 brand new bonus tracks. Some have called it «leftfield disco», and some have called it «live-sounding fjord-disco». With heavy bass-slapping on the title track and a 8 minute live hi-hat session on 'Cobalt', it sound fresh nevermind what genre you put it in. The 12" which came out in October 2010 was limited to 300 copies worldwide and came in a beautiful sleeve designed by artist Ronja Svenning Berge. It is still available in some selected shops.
Artist: Velferd Release: The Aspens Turning Gold Format: Digital (still available as a 12") Catalogue no: UntzUntz002D Label: Untz Untz Records Release date: 15.08.11 Mastering: Lawrie @ Curved
Who is Velferd? Velferd is a 21 year old boy from Bergen, Norway called Geir Hermansen. He has spent a lot of time in his basement studio at his parents house this last year, making tracks for this release on Untz Untz Records. The basement/dungeon is stacked to the roof with synths, bass guitars, drums and old computers. It is quite a view this place. These instruments are of course all present on the release in all its glory. When Velferd is not locked down in his dungeon polishing his newest tracks, he is touring the world with The New Wine, a band in which he plays synthesizers. ThisGoesDisco! is another band that he recently recorded with, this time on the drums. So i guess you could call him a multi-instrumentalist. Velferd frequently does live and dj-sets(he has played alongside Daniel Wang, Mental Overdrive, Biosphere, Annie & Bjørn Torske to name a few!). He is also a keen remixer, and has laid his filthy synthesizer licks on among other theese fine Nordic artists: Casiokids, Sondre Lerche, Kings Of Convenience, Skatebård, Uusi Fantasia, The Whitest Boy Alive, Monzano, Pow Pow, Leif & The Future, Erlend Øye and Lama.
UNTZUNTZ004 -NJAAL - ME AND HUGH - 12" & DIGITALUNTZDIGI001 -NJØTFERD - SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOLD - DIGITALUNTZUNTZ003 - RAYKO/THE GLUE - DIE FOR YOU/A BROKEN HEART - 12"UNTZUNTZ002 - VELFERD - THE ASPENS TURNING GOLD - 12" & DIGITAL
UNTZUNTZ001 - V/A - UNTZ UNTZ RECORDS SAMPLER - 12"
UNTZ UNTZ RECORDS:
Were a label based in Berlin/Germany and Bergen/Norway. We put out 12"s with mainly our friends music on. Artist we have released: Rayko, The Glue, Velferd, Telephones, Solli Diskoklubb, Njøtferd, Touchable Terrence, Chmmr, Stöv, Clueless, Pelifics and Mouth. We also do 'Untz Untz remixes'.
We like to put on club nights in Bergen and Berlin. You can book us for your party if you like. We do everything from big festivals to intimate loft parties. Use this adress: untzuntzmail@gmail.com
Artist currently on our roster: Velferd(live&dj-set), The Glue(dj-set), Pastor(dj-set), Tarjei Nygård(dj-set), Touchable Terrence(dj-set), Untz Untz Djs, and Mouth(live) + Untz Untz label nights with artists we have released and other close friends.
On this site we mainly write about: our own stuff, club music, remixes, mixtapes, club events, concerts, festivals, bands, djs, labels we dig and sometimes we do interviews too.
•Strada Records http://www.stradarecords.com/shop/item/9108/index.php?language=en
•Jetset Records http://www.jetsetrecords.net/en/product/723004095482
•Pigeon Records http://pigeon-records.jp/?product=22220
UNTZ UNTZ SOUNDS:
V/A - UNTZUNTZ001
Some say:
"First release on the Norwegian Untz Untz Records. Here we get four diverse tracks from four diverse producers. Telephones, Touchable Terrence, Solli Diskoklubb & Velferd. The main draw is Telephone's 'Dig!', taken an age to get onto vinyl and building up some hype in Norway and beyond it is a great slice of melodic loopy Disco mayhem. Big vocal stomps get you going. The other three tracks stick close by in their mood and feel. A solid allround 12'', and a heads up two of these guys are getting releases on Full Pupp in the new year." - Phonica Records
"4 track sampler from the newly formed untz untz record label of norway. this ep features telephones "dig" and touchable terrance "find love" on the a side with solli diskoklubb "fest i bakgarden" and velferd "driveby" on the flipside. this is a must for all lovers of nu disco heads." - Rough Trade
"It is warm disco beats that unite the four tracks on UntzUntz001. Telephones’ “DIG!” is like a slice of funked-up Devo, Touchable Terrence’s own contribution “Find Love” blends a massive Quincy Jones disco beat with cut-up Ed Banger abruptness, Solli Diskoklubb’s “Fest I Bakgården” wraps hypnotic chimes around a warm pulse, and Velferd’s closer “Driveby” sprinkles twinkling Italo-disco droplets over the naïve synth swells." - Nö Music
All MP3's on this site are for promotional use ONLY. I urge you to support the band and the music by purchasing albums, 12", shirts, and tickets. If you are the owner of any MP3's posted here and would like them taken down, please send an email to untzuntzmail(att)gmail.com and i will do it pronto.
