Athana – Beats & Pieces (VINYL)

New album 2010:
ATHANA
Beats & Pieces

This is the sixth release from Athana, and this album is a new take on the acoustic/electronic experimental way of treating Alf Terje Hana´s guitar compositions.

13:13 Vinyl Revisited

Beats & Pieces have another story and idea, compared to the other releases. With amongst others, colabrations
with electronic artists like Nes and KAOSS 99, and remixes by Sternklang and Lingouf.

13 years ago Alf Terje watched a tv-program on BBC called ”Jools Holland”, featuring the artist Roni Size. The impact of this was so massive, that it can be described as a musically crossroad, that set a new coarse. That pointed out a new way of aproaching the guitar in a new and contemporary manner. This resulted in the opening track, ”I. O. Roni”.

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13 years before that, was the last time Alf Terje´s compositions were released on a vinyl album called ”Sightseeing”, by… more
credits
released June 1, 2010

Alf Terje Hana – guitars/electronics/loads of other instruments/programming/editing/composing/producing
Helge Olav Øksendal – drum samples
Torgeir Nes – electronics/programming
Øyvind Grong – double bass

Guest musicians:
KAOSS 99 – elektronikk/programmering
Astrid Kloster – vocal
Gretelill Tangen – vocal
Christian Hovda – vocal
Lingouf – remix (electronika artist, France/Paris)
Sternklang – remix ( one of Norways top electronika artists)