Three Winters "Chroma"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Electronica
Label: Termo Records
Format: CD
Release date:  September 12, 2014
Tracklist: 
1 Atrocities
2 At the Centre of Dystopia
3 Daybreak Monuments
4 Animism
5 A Thousand Piercing Lights
6 Aeon Surveillance [mkII]
7 Hazard
8 Rapture
9 Amnesia
10 Lieke
11 Channel 0

Line-up: 
Kim Sølve - synthesizer
Anders B. - synthesizer, vocoder
Lars Fredrik Frøislie (Wobbler, White Willow) - synthesizer, mellotron

Description/Reviews: 

When you think of electronic music from Norway, readers of this blog might think Röyksopp or Fehrplay. Three Winters, however, create a sleek but nostalgic (read: vintage) brand of dreamwave / electronica with elements of krautrock, sitting somewhere between Goblin, the work of horror master John Carpenter, and perhaps Kavinsky at his darkest.

 Read the full review by at soundadvicemusic.net

Media/Samples 
Progstreaming
Rapture
Animism

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The Opium Cartel "Ardor"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Art Rock, Pop, Prog Folk
Label: Termo Records
Release date: November 1, 2013
Tracklist: 
01. Kissing Moon
02. When We Dream
03. Then Came the Last Days of May
04. Northern Rains
05. Silence Instead
06. White Wolf
07. The Waiting Ground
08. Revenant
09. Mariner, Come In

Line-up: 
Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow) - guitars
Venke Knutson - vocals
Alexander Stenerud - vocals
Tim Bowness (No-Man/Henry Fool) - vocals
Stephen Bennett (No-Man/Henry Fool) - vocals
Rhys Marsh - vocals
Mattias Olsson (White Willow/Änglagård) - drums
Lars Fredrik Frøislie (Wobbler) - keyboards
Ellen Andrea Wang (Pixel) - bass
Ketil Einarsen (Jaga Jazzist, Wobbler)

Description/Reviews: 

Art pop collective The Opium Cartel return after their much-acclaimed debut with their sophomore effort "Ardor". Featuring a stellar cast including . While continuing the atmospheric, slo-mo proggy pop sound of the first album, this new album is a somewhat different beast, taking inspiration from 80's art pop icons like The Blue Nile, Japan, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, as well as drawing on the contemporary electronic pop of bands like M83. This will also appeal to fans of adventurous indie acts like Field Music, Everything Everything, Sunset Rubdown and The Week That Was.

Media/Samples 
Teaser
White Wolf

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Tusmørke "Underjordisk Tusmørke"

Country: Norway
Sub Genre: Prog Folk
Label: Termo Records
Release date: November 13, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Fimbul
2. Watching the Moon Sail out of the East
3. The Quintessence of Elements
4. A Young Man and His Woman
5. A Nightmare's just a Dream
6. Hostjevndogn
7. Salomonsens Hage (bonus)
8. Singers & Swallows (bonus)
9. Ode on Dawn (bonus)


Line-up: 
- Benediktator / bass and vocals (Momrakattakk, Lydia Laska)
- Krizla / flute and vocals (Momrakattakk)
- HlewagastiR / drums (Wobbler, Angst Skvadron)
- Deadly Nightshade / keyboards (Årabrot, This is Music Inc.)

Description/Reviews: 

...Right off the bat, I hear a lot of Jethro Tull and a tiny bit of Caravan/Gong ... This album seriously sounds like it’s straight out of the 70’s ... Overall, Underjordisk Tusmørke is a solid piece of progressive music. If you’re interested in something folky and uniquely Scandinavian, you’ve found the right album. I might not recommend this to everybody, but I can safely say that Scandinavia has once again given the listening public a well-made musical recording. Give it a try!

 Read the whole review at progulator.com

Media/Samples 
entire album online at soundcloud

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