Tuesday, November 20, 2012

NEW CD: Places + Spaces - Haftor Medbøe & Anneke Kampman (Fabricant Records 2012)

Places & Spaces combines the arresting vocals of Anneke Kampman (Conquering Animal Sound –shortlisted for SMIA album of the year award 2011) and the sweeping guitars of Haftor Medbøe
(Haftor Medbøe Group). This hour-long song-cycle fuses the sounds of nature with human intervention, the acoustic with the electronic. Rhythmic backings for the nine-song set were recorded in Scottish woodlands using found materials and environmental sounds, with bass
provided by a vintage analogue synthesieser.

Album personnel:
Anneke Kampman – vocals
Haftor Medbøe – guitars/percussion
Konrad Wiszniewski – saxophone
Andy Jeffcoat – MS20 synthesiser

Richard Kass – percussion
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Michal Jankowski in July and August 2012.
Co-produced by Haftor Medbøe and Michal Jankowski.
Sleeve design by Cavan Convery.
Seaweed used in design harvested and hand-pressed by Carly Barrett
All compositions © 2012 Haftor Medbøe and Anneke Kampman
website: www.haftormedboegroup.net/placesandspaces