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DISCOGRAPHY

INTERSOUNDS EP (1999) Intersounds
BIG MONDAY (2001) Intersounds
AVAILABLE ALBUMS:
THE RUNNER 2003 (Trust me records)
AVAILABLE ON: on Trust me records and itunes
EASY TENSIONS 2006 (Intersounds)
AVAILABLE ON: Parasol.com and ccap.musiconline.no
PARASOL: Melancholy pop-spiritualism and dreamy harmonies coalesce on the new album, Easy Tensions, by Norwegian orch-drone-pop outfit Sleepyard. Euphoric ethereal art-pop, dreamsicle choruses that donâ€™t need verses, chanted mantras that sooth any troubled soul. Exceptionally melodious and mysterious orchestral drone-popping psychedelic meanderings from Norway,, s Sleepyard, plush sounds akin to French retro-dream-poppers Mellow (but mellower), Sean O,, Hagan,, s High Llamas (but much higher), and The Beach Boys most far-out recordings. With the prerequisite heavenly harmonies and mantric chanting leading the way, Sleepyard get their cosmic groove on, and you the listener will float away in the iridescent bubble of your choosing. An album where Summer is always just around the corner...
HIGH BIAS: Sleepyard is well-named. Easy tensions floats on amber waves of ambient baroque pop, gently wafting over your earlobes the way a breeze flutters over the top of a field of grass. The Kersbergen brothers add layer upon layer of harmonies (when there are vocals at all) and warm analog keyboards to their soporific psychedelia. "Sea of Love" is an honest-to-goodness pop tune, but "Memory of a "Moondog", "Wild Honey Skyline" and the appropriately-titled "My Lush Friend" sound like unused backing tracks from Smile. Whether that..s manna from heaven or muzak from hell is up to you.
Sleepyard will also be featured on Mind Expansion compilation 3
Now working on their third album "FUTURE LINES", which will be out next year. This will feature baroque pop songs, psychedelic trippers and pastoral wild beauty. Mike Garson is featured on piano. "CANNONS FOR LAZARUS" will also be released. This EP will feature remixes from Kramer Sonic Boom, Richard Formby and King Knut
Sleepyard has also contributed music for movies, cartoons and exhibitions around the world.
FUTURE LINES WILL BE RELEASED IN MARCH
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Member Since: 08/03/2006
Band Website: www.sleepyard.com
Band Members:
Oliver, Tom-Erik, Sveinas

Guest musicians on new album "Future lines": Mike Garson- piano, Sonic Boom, Lydia L. Ashton on viola, Eirik Lye on saw, Ã˜yvind Berekvam- Pedal steel guitar, Gaute Storsve - guitar, Ketil Einarsen- Flutes, Kjell GrÃ¸nnevik-trumpet, Lukas Devita-Polyvox and Yani Martinelli- vocals.

Influences: Krzyszof Komeda, Can, AMM, The Beach boys, Olivier Messiaen, The Temptations, Kraftwerk, Raymond Scott, Mc5, Harmonia, The Fisk jubilee singers, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Count five, The Shangri-Las, Tomita, Charles Ives, Spacemen 3, John Cage, Penguin cafÃ¨ orchestra, The Small faces, Gustav Holst, Serge Gainsbourg, Thelonious Monk, Augustus Pablo, The Association, Silver apples, Edgard VarÃ¨se, Moondog, Big star, Os Mutantes, The Godz, Steve Reich, The Beatles, The Archies, Miles Davis, The Bulgarian state radio and television female choir, The Electric prunes, etc.

Sounds Like: Falling in love

NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Record Label: Intersounds
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

11 best albums of 2008

1. Indian giver- SPECTRUM meets Captain Memphis2. The hawk is howling- Mogwai3. Christmas on Mars OST- Flaming lips4. Kind of hazy- Suki Ewers5. Orange spectacular- MGMT6. Futuretoreal- Venture lift7....
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:06:00 GMT

FUTURE LINES OUT EARLY SPRING

Hi all good people.We are nearing completion of our new album Future lines. Just need to make the thing flow correctly and add some brass instruments, fuzzy guitars plus some new kosmonaut vocals. The...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:52:00 GMT

HAPPY HOLIDAYS....... OR TIME-The Living moment

Time is the most one can give another being, i think. I recently had time(?) to think about this, when i stayed in a hospital for a week. Looking after a dear one.So what is time? Time is a component ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:33:00 GMT

NEW ALBUM IN MARCH

SLEEPYARD PART OF A MIND EXPANSION COMPILATION 3

A MIND EXPANSION COMPILATION 3(ME-2024/2025(LTD TO 1000 COPIES(DISTRIBUTED BY CTD/REVOLVER(AVAILABLE JANUARY 2009THE THIRD AND FINAL VOLUME IN THE MIND EXPANSION COMPILATION SERIES IS ALMOST HERE AND ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:44:00 GMT

!0 years anniversary

Today it is 10 years ago since we went into the studio and recorded a song called Intersounds. This was the first fruit of studio experimentation and later became a crowd favorite of sorts. We release...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:16:00 GMT

(Going back to) tangerine road (Demo version)

Hiya,I felt like posting up a new tune that we are working on. It is a special song for someone and will not be on the record. So this tune might be delayed a bit. I am thinking about including some b...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:31:00 GMT

ONE OF THOSE FAVORITE ALBUMS LISTS

FAVORITE ALBUMS1. Friends- The Beach boys2. Highs, lows and heavenly blows- Spectrum3. Music from the penguin cafe orchestra- The Penguin cafe orchestra4. Ralf und Florian- Kraftwerk5. On the corner- ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Cannons for Lazarus- Rainy day vibration (Hot radio mix)

Here is a taster for our forthcoming remix album. This will feature remixes by Sonic Boom, Kramer, king knut and more to be announced. This one i made myself to be featured on classical radio in the s...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Working with Mike Garson

This last year Sleepyard has been collaborating with Mike on several tracks and it`s been very creative. It`s been incredible to expand our material and include classical, jazz and exotic piano on our...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:03:00 GMT