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Stian Rafto & The Small Movement

See you in the sixties!

About Me

Stian A. Rafto was born in Bergen, Norway in 1980. Stian began playing the guitar at the age of twelve. By fifteen, he was composing original music, which has continued to evolve in character and complexity over the years. His unique style incorporates elements of sixties pop-rock, neo-psychedelia, and classical music, to mention some.
All instruments, voices, arrangements and production are the work of Stian A. Rafto, with the exception of drums played by Knut Straume and bass by Morten Smørholm. 'I'm Old' recorded in studio, Producers/engineers: Stian Rafto & Abelardo Gomez (electric guitar). Drums by Sindre Skeie. Bass by Cyrus Bayandor. Bg.voc by Sibel Thorsen-Kocabas.
Please also check out my sideproject The Sunsound
which aims to be psychedelic, yet melodic!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/11/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/sunsound (sideproject)
Band Members: ** Stian A. Rafto (arrangement, production, vocals, guitars, piano and keys, plus bass on 'My Oh Mind' and 'Don't Worry') **
** Morten Smørholm (bass) **
** Knut Straume (drums) **
** The wonderful Elise Schei (bgvoc on 'One Day') **
** Artwork by Ane Holter **
** Sindre Skeie (drums) **
** Cyrus Bayandor/Johannes Refsdal (bass) **
** Abelardo Gomez (electric guitar) **
Influences: Kinks, The Move (Roy Wood), Small Faces, Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal, Apples in Stereo, Shins, Zombies, The Idle Race (Jeff Lynne), Byrds, Emitt Rhodes, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, etc, etc and the mid to late 60's in general.
Sounds Like: Well, hopefully first and foremost myself. Other than that, see above!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Song: Didn’t Have Much Time

Hey everyone!It's that time again: I just posted a new song that i hope you all will enjoy!Feedback will be appreciate! :)Stian
Posted by Stian Rafto & The Small Movement on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:39:00 PST