Valesa – Chapter I: Velvet Prison

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1.	Goodbye Blue Monday 01:11	buy track
2.	Behind the Next Door 04:31	buy track
3.	Saturday Night 04:06	buy track
4.	Ride in the Whirlwind 01:41	buy track
5.	Live Forever 07:15	buy track
6.	Sadlands 01:14	buy track
7.	Intermezzo 02:15	buy track
8.	Jonah 06:35	buy track
9.	Velvet Moon 02:00	buy track
10.	Irina Margareta 05:07	buy track
11.	The House 03:27	buy track
12.	The Room 04:43	buy track
13.	Posh-Apocalypse 02:07	buy track
14.	MOMA 02:15	buy track
15.	Lemon Symphony 01:59	buy track
16.	Fantasia Me Now! 06:57	buy track
17.	Heroes 02:42	buy track

credits

released October 7, 2022

Written, arranged and produced by
Jon Ivar Kollbotn, Lars Christian Bjørknes, Eivind Gammersvik
Recorded at Degaton Studios & Room 114
Mix: Anders Bjelland – Tracks 1-7, 9-15
Mix: Matias Tellez – Tracks 8 & 16
Mix: Eivind Gammersvik – Track 17
Engineering: Eivind Gammersvik, Lars Christian Bjørknes
Editing & programming: Eivind Gammersvik, Lars Christian Bjørknes
Additional arrangements: Sondre Veland, Sondre Skollevoll, Peri Winkle

Pianos recorded at Newtone Studio
Piano engineers: Emil Kraugerud, Eivind Norseng
Mastering: Greg Calbi & Steve Fallone
Front cover photography: Eduard Moldoveanu
Inside photography: Jaime Ardiles-Arce
Cover design: Martin Kvamme
Sondre Veland plays Paiste cymbals exclusively
Special thanks to: Bergen Kommune, Olav Bleie, Josh Greene, Amund Ose, Robin Åsheim, Jone Nesse, Anders Myren, Jens Erik Aasmundseth, André Lund, Natalie Nordnes, Los Alamitos Sound FX, Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek.

For Thore, Einar & Tim
– May you sail above the mountain tops in fadeless splendour.

Individual track credits:

Behind the Next Door:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Guitars – Øystein Bech-Eriksen
Bass Guitar – Eivind Gammersvik
Violins – Peri Winkle

Saturday Night:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Peri Winkle
Synths & Backing Vox – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Synths & Percussion – Eivind Gammersvik
Drums & Percussion – Sondre Veland
C64 Keyboard Percussion – Jens Erik Aasmundseth

Ride in the Whirlwind:
Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes

Live Forever:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Linn Frøkedal
Synths & Backing Vox – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Guitars & Backing Vox – Sondre Skollevoll
Guitars – Anders Bjelland
Guitars – Eivind Gammersvik
Violin – Peri Winkle
Cello – Carmen Bóveda

Sadlands:
Lead Vox & Piano – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Harmonica – Bjarne Tresnes Sørensen

Intermezzo:
Synths - Lars Christian Bjørknes

Jonah:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Bass Guitar & Organ – Eivind Gammersvik
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Violin – Peri Winkle
Cello – Carmen Bóveda
Tenor, Vocal Contractor & Choir Engineer – Kadeem Nichols
Sopranos – Porcha Clay, Naarai Jacobs
Altos – Megan Parker, Ashly Williams
Tenors – Eric Lynn, Erik Brooks

Velvet Moon:
Lead Vox & Synths – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes

Irina Margareta:
Lead Vox & Windom Earle Flute – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Peri Winkle
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Synths & Percussion – Eivind Gammersvik
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Bucuresti Glass Harp – Øystein Bech-Eriksen
Choir – Thea Meidell Sjule, Vilja Kjersheim, Anja Moe

The House:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Peri Winkle
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll

The Room:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Linn Frøkedal
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Violin – Peri Winkle
Bass Guitar – Eivind Gammersvik
Downtown Meltdown – Anders Bjelland

Posh-Apocalypse:
Synths – Lars Christian Bjørknes

Moma:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Peri Winkle
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Drums – Sondre Veland
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Blackboard Yubi – Eivind Gammersvik

Lemon Symphony:
Lead Vox – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox, Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Synths – Eivind Gammersvik
Choir – Thea Meidell Sjule, Vilja Kjersheim, Anja Moe
Whoaphone – Øystein Bech-Eriksen

Fantasia Me Now!:
Lead Vox & Synths – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox & Violin – Peri Winkle
Synths, Piano & Backing Vox – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Synths – Eivind Gammersvik
Drums, Percussion – Sondre Veland
C64 Keyboard Percussion – Jens Erik Aasmundseth
Guitars – Sondre Skollevoll
Trumpet – William Grøv Skramsett

Heroes:
Lead Vox & Synths – Jon Ivar Kollbotn
Lead Vox – Peri Winkle
Synths & Piano – Lars Christian Bjørknes
Synths – Eivind Gammersvik

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Major Parkinson Bergen, Norway

Major Parkinson is a particle collider of huge, cinematic melodies, catchy pop hooks, impossible rhythms and psychedelic lyrics. A distinctly different band, with an unconventional, associative and almost irrational approach to the art of writing music.

"Major Parkinson are the Coldplay Cardiacs, with giant commercial songs bent into strange uncommercial shapes" - Prog Magazine ... more

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