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Distant Sound

Music production, mixing, composing...

About Me

Distant Sound is a music production studio in Oslo, Norway. It is located in the very centre of the city, and it contains great equipment, a nice atmosphere, high competence and critical ears. The fares are reasonably low, so it's great for artists or bands on a budget. The studio is run by Kjartan Vestvik. I am a norwegian producer and keyboard player. I have formerly been producing music under the name Gentle Magnetics, and I have been the other half of electro-jazz-ambient-exclusivé duo The Glitz, handling the keys and the programming. Now I record, produce and mix music for bands and artists, and I also work on music for movies. I have produced the music for the norwegian award-winning documentary movie "Loop" in co-operation with Martin Cornel. Lately I have been recording and mixing for bands like Roadmovie, Asia Asia, Olove, Martin Cornel, Stronghold, Kristiansen and JeniBelle.
Any questions, or curious about the studio? Don't hesitate to contact me, either via this profile, or on my web page: www.distantsound.no
Recently I finished my work on the music for a movie called "Som Sagt PÃ¥ Russisk". It is a short movie made by norwegian film students.
I also play piano and organ with Martin Cornel, and I play synthesizers in the indie/shoegazer/kraut-band Harts Naive.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/8/2006
Band Website: distantsound.no
Band Members: Kjartan Vestvik: producer, composer.
Influences: the west coast of Norway
old synthesizers
rain
good movies
David Lynch
Lars von Trier
Air
Kraftwerk
Neu!
Stereolab
Beck
Rockettothesky
My Bloody Valentine
Cocteau Twins
The Boo Radleys
Efterklang
Sufjan Stevens
Jaga Jazzist
Goldfrapp
Björk
The Low Frequency In Stereo
Blonde Redhead
Bright Eyes
Supersilent
Four Tet
Fennesz
Khonnor
Sigur Rós
Serena-Maneesh
Radiohead
Johnny Cash
Biosphere
Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Synthsolo96

I found this one on an old tape (cassette) I had stowed away. So it's an old recording, done with my band back home in 1996. I only included the last part, the first part is only an instrumental take....
Posted by Distant Sound on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:36:00 PST

Moving.... again (!)

So I'm about to move my studio, once again. It's always a pain in the ass to move all my stuff around, but I think this is gonna be quite an improvement. The location is great, and the room is acousti...
Posted by Distant Sound on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

My website is online!!!

I am proud to announce that my brand new website for my studio is now online! There you will find more detailed information about things I do, listen to music I've produced, find contact information a...
Posted by Distant Sound on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:31:00 PST