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Jakob Arntzen

Collected Recordings by Jakob Arntzen

About Me

"I serve my soul on a plate for you. Eat and be happy!"
I'm a musician from Bodø, Norway, now turned 29 years old. I fell in love with music at the tender age of 3 years old. While my friends were listening to children songs and such, i got caught literary diving into my fathers record collection more and more frequently, and soon found myself fascinated with sound and music. My own musical ventures started around the age of 13 when i got my first computer. After a friend introduced me to tracker based music (Demoscene stuff), i soon started tapping away on the keyboard on my own, and spent every waking moment experimenting with different genres. I've been hooked on music ever since, although my approach to making music has become more and more organic throughout the years. My main instrument is the guitarm but i also play drums, synth, bass, perc, flutes and other stuff from time to time. Currently i'm a member of several bands -
Metrognom (70's Prog Rock - i Play mellotron, theremin, guitar and FX)
Scared Dog (Ambient/noise improv project - I play guitar, synth, voice and FX)
Mouches Volantes (Ambient/soothing/Experiemtal - I play what it takes)
HKS (Trio based improv project. I play Drums mainly, and some synth here and there)
Scum Music (Electronica/Bigbeat - I worked with Jan-Erik Lund for about 10 years on this project, but wanted to explore other musical territories, so i quit for awhile. But nowdays we're talking about collaborating again)You can find links to my other projects on my friend space (including snippets of different tunes)
Recordings/Albums i've been a part of:
Scum Music - Rough Cutz (2001)
Scum Music - Hot Dog (2002)
Scum Music - Mr. Defective (2004)
Mouches Volantes - Psailing the seas of Vitros Humour (2006)
Mouches Volantes - Coping with conditions (Sjølgjort 2006)
Mouches Volantes - The Armadillo (Nødutgangfestivalen Promo CD 2007)
Metrognom - Twangyluck (2006) - NOTE; I wasn't actually a part of the recording process, but i've been contributing some ideas plus i collaborate in making this music come to life live
Scared Dog - Subsonic Dreams (2008)
Scared Dog - A Space Tail (2008)
The music presented on this page are my "One man band" tunes. I play and write everything myself. It's been awhile since i updated the music section, but i've got some things in the hopper these days, so expect some fresh tunes shortly.
I hope you can enjoy my little ditties, and hope you drop me a line once in awhile.
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Member Since: 4/29/2006
Band Members: Jakob Arntzen: Guitar, Bass, Synth, Programming, Flutes, Perc, Drums, Vocals, Theremin, Mellotron, Production
Influences: Many bands have influenced me and my music throughout the years. But my main inspiration is music itself.
Sounds Like: Judge for yourselves :)
Record Label: Scum Music Records
Type of Label: Indie

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Some nice music related videos from Youtube

Here are some juicy music related video links i found on Youtube. Enjoy! Human Beatbox 1 - This man really knows his beatboxin' Human Beatbox 2 - This one's not bad either! Human Beatbox 3 - Not to...
Posted by Jakob Arntzen on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:08:00 PST

Links to other projects i'm involved in

Other Projects: Metrognom: Style: Prog-Rock Members: Ole Ivar Jorgensen - Guitar, Mellotron, Theremin, Effects (Songwriter) Lars Einar Christensen - Bass Stig Rune Holien - Drums, percussion Jakob...
Posted by Jakob Arntzen on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:09:00 PST

What is in my player?! Updated 09.10.06

Music in Player: Shades of hope: This is actually part 3 of a 16 minute post rockish tune i made last year. Influenced by post/space rock oriented bands such as mogwai, GYBE, A silver mt. Zion amons...
Posted by Jakob Arntzen on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:15:00 PST