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holten

A mix of electronica, jazz and rock/metal.

About Me


After years of performing in clubs and bars in various bands and projects, I decided it was time to explore new territory. In ´96 I heard a record by Bill Laswell called "Dub Chambers II" and it blew me away. The cool grooves and the massively driving bass sound inspired me a lot. After a while I had written a handful of songs and started to the recording of what has become "Impulses", my first full length solo disc. I did all the programming, arranging and mixing myself and I think the music turned out okay! During the recording I had several friends visiting my studio and they sometimes laid down tracks (thanks a lot Tormod and Aage!). I hope you like the music. By the way. The track "Sideburns" was voted "Track of the day" og GarageBand.com the 05/12/06 and it has now 4.6 out of 5.0 stars. Only 1 % of the songs on this site do this. Check it out!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/15/2006
Band Website: peachysqueak.com

Influences:
I am influenced by all sorts of music, but lately I have been listening to jazz musicians who combine new electronic sounds with trad instruments. If you are interested in this style check out Nils Petter Molvaer (ECM artist). But there is an other side to me, too. I also listen a lot to System of a down. I just love them. What a band! On the guitar side Shawn Lane is the one I listen to. The live jam records he made together with bassist Jonas Hellborg is great! One other thing that inspires me is movies. The soundtrack to Lord of the rings by Howard Shore is amazing!
Sounds Like:
Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!"Something other than usual...grating electric guitar...solid rhythms...undefinable hybrid... cold, noisy, warm, agonizing, easygoing...jazz, rock, electronica, folk music..."Reviewed by: Sinbinge from Tacoma, Washington
Record Label: http://www.cdbaby.com/holten
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Christmas is in the works!

Hey, ya' all! It's almost December again... This is the season for taking some time of and reflecting over what I have done the last year. Well, I can honestly say that this year has been full of new ...
Posted by holten on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:43:00 PST

Animal Alpha!

Last night I was at a festival in Norway. One thing that is great about festivals is that you get to hear new bands. I had only heard about Animal Alpha before, but I must say that last night I had a ...
Posted by holten on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:32:00 PST

Wisdom tooth from hell!

Well, as some of you have heard, or read, I have been on a little trip to England and Ireland. The highlight of that tour/trip was that I got a ticket to a Jeff Beck concert at the Tower of London. It...
Posted by holten on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:20:00 PST

Eart problem!

I have been busy building a new studio/rehearsal place with some friends of mine. The other day it was time to try it out. We set up all our gear and it all worked fine until... I plugged in! I got a ...
Posted by holten on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:09:00 PST

Just uploaded a new song.

If you like a combination of electronica, chill and rock, you might like the song "Currents" who I just uploaded for you.Let me hear what you think about it.
Posted by holten on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:28:00 PST

Two new shows has been added.

If you live in Norway, or want to go too the other side of the Globe, just check out my updated "shows".
Posted by holten on Fri, 26 May 2006 09:28:00 PST

Do you need a soundtrack?

The music on my disc "Impulses", who is on sale at selected stores and cdbaby.com, has been said to have strong soundtrack qualities about it, and I would love to get in touch with a producer, directo...
Posted by holten on Sun, 21 May 2006 06:50:00 PST

Track of the day!!!

This was great... My song "Sideburns" was voted "Trackof the day" on GarageBand the 05/12/06. This song has got a lot of great reviews and the feedback has been beyond all I could hope for. It is so g...
Posted by holten on Sun, 21 May 2006 06:43:00 PST

www.cdbaby.com

Just the other day I got a post from cdbaby telling me that my full lenght istrumental cd "Impulses" was ready for a distribution to so much as 2400 stors all over the world. This was great and I will...
Posted by holten on Sun, 21 May 2006 06:37:00 PST