LP Vinyl Album
The cover looks great – the music, completely and utterly over the top in terms of artistic suicide. This here must be Terje's way of telling art "you can't fire me – I quit"
—Tidens Krav / Financé
Can you imagine a soothing blend of Jojoba oils, Citrus, and WD-40 being poured into both ear holes simultaneously? Then you are only able to scratch the surface of the feast of pleasure pressed onto the vinyl object residing, at this moment, right there, inside the paper slip, between your two sweaty palms.
—Foreningen for den Usynlige Hesten / Label
Giving art a melody, is like giving “here” a “t”. It is no longer here, it is there – still a place, but not a place we care much for.
Unknown
20 song for a vinyl studio album on the obscure label Foreningen For Den Usynlige Hesten
Cover by fabulous Ulf Carlsson and production by eminent Eystein Hopland.
The digital album: TIDAL
The digital album: SPOTIFY
Terje Nicolaisen releases the record Terje Nicolaisen this Wednesday, 12.12.12, at Tidens Krav. The event will be celebrated with a release concert with Terje and his band.
Nicolaisen's oeuvre can be described as an uninterrupted, unfiltered stream of consciousness that resonates from his adequate viewpoint as an artist, musician and fellowman. His contribution to this world finds its place on paper, on tape, in matter, or in Terjes persona – whereupon the boundaries between genres, institutions, and media are leisurely, but consistently challenged. He can be a conveyor of the easily absurd, as well as the deeply romantic, nontheless, he is a brilliant example of man's changing ideas and feelings in the contemporary cultural condition. At times it may seem as if the core of Nicolaisens production lies in the performative action of being.
His idea of work just flowing out, and becoming what it becomes when it finds its place in this world, has through the album "Terje Nicolaisen" been challenged, transformed, filtered and polished by a group of competent musicians. His working method and excecution is quite similar to previous works – like a swift and precise croquies – only this time, fixated and beautifully framed. For those who find the need to classify or place this record in some kind of box or genre, must firstly consider this record's premises. Tidens Krav believe that this record goes beyond genre and classification, it doesn't fall in between two chairs – music or art – it places one foot on each, and stands there, steadily.
—Tidens Krav
Track list
SIDE A:
Seminar (Enlightment)
Einar Stenseng: Piano
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Terje Nicolaisen: Nylon and Solo Guitar
Syver Anker Nicolaisen: Ukulele
All My Life (Spanish Film)
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Einar Stenseng: Piano
Terje Nicolaisen: Melodica and Keys
Sofa Nr. 3 (The Process)
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars and Backing Vocal
Steinar Buholm: Percussion and Drums
Einar Stenseng: Guitars and Backing Vocal
Ivar Berge: Bass
Terje Nicolaisen: Guitars and Piano
Derrick (Media)
Terje Nicolaisen: Piano and Accordion
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Einar Stenseng: Guitar
Ivar Berge: Bass
Thomas Bergsten: Guitar
A Place To Hang (The Studio)
Ivar Berge: Bass
Eystein Hopland: Phasing
Terje Nicolaisen: Guitars and Keyboards
The Uffington Horse (The Apocalypse)
Einar Stenseng: Organ
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: SpaceGuitar
Alex: Vocals
Vicky: Backing vocals
Terje Nicolaisen: Keyboards
Soapman (Alliance)
Einar: Piano
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Sologuitar
Terje Nicolaisen: 12 string Guitar
Eystein Hopland: Guitars
Joey Scampi (Charisma)
Steinar Buholm: Percussion
Gard Rønnow: Electric Guitar
Terje Nicolaisen: Guitar and Melodica
SIDE 2:
April Sun (Perception)
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Terje Nicolaisen: Guitars and Lapsteel
Einar Stenseng: Piano
Burn (Performance)
Einar Stenseng: Piano, Organ and Backing Vocals
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars and Backing Vocals
Terje Nicolaisen: Accoustic Guitars
Gard Rønnow: Backing Vocal
Yesterday (Hallucination)
Terje Nicolaisen: Tremologuitar and Vibes
Steinar Buholm: Percussion
Einar Stenseng: Solo Guitar
Hey Ulf (Ambition)
Einar Stenseng: Organ
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitar and Lapsteel
Terje Nicolaisen: Accoustic Guitars
Oldenburg (Festschrift Karin Hellandsjø)
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Terje Nicolaisen: Keyboards
Einar Stenseng: Piano
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Walking Studio (The Artist)
Einar Stenseng: Piano and Backing Vocal
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Parking (Research)
Einar Stenseng: Organ and Backing Vocals
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars and Backing Vocals
Terje Nicolaisen: Accoustic Guitars
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Protest Song (Commitment)
Syver Anker Nicolaisen: Baryton
Thomas Bergsten: Guitar and Backing Vocals
Einar Stenseng: Organ
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Ask T Von Krogh: Backing Vocals
Ivar Berge: Bass
Whitecube Senseless Joy (Alienation)
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars and Backing Vocal
Einar Stenseng: Piano and Backing Vocals
Terje Nicolaisen: Keyboards
Ask T Von Krogh: Backing Vocal
Facelift (Progress)
Thomas Bergsten: Solo Guitar
Eystein Hopland: Electric Guitars
Einar Stenseng: Organ
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Terje Nicolaisen: Accoustic Guitar, Bassorgan and Melodica
Nicest Butt on the Nordic Scene (Early Years)
Einar Stenseng: Piano
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars
Backyard (Fantasy)
Einar Stenseng: Organ and Backing Vocals
Ivar Berge: Bass
Steinar Buholm: Drums
Thomas Bergsten: Guitars and Backing Vocals
Terje Nicolaisen: Guitars and Accordion
All Vocals: Terje Nicolaisen
All Lyrics and Music by Terje Nicolaisen
Produced and mixed by Eystein Hopland and Terje Nicolaisen
Recording Engineer (Tidens Krav): Eystein Hopland
Recorded at Tidens Krav and Borgen, Oslo
Mastered by Tom Kvålsvoll at Strype Audio
Artwork: Ulf Werner Carlsson
Design: Ulf Werner Carlsson
Published by: Norsk Sokkel TN and Foreningen For Den Usynlige Hasten
Thanks: Hedevig, Ask, Syver, Ulf Carlsson, Tarjei, Eystein!, Ivar, Einar, Steinar and Thomas in the band. (Hey) Ulf. Talleiv Taro. Anders, Linda, Øystein and Mercedes at Tidens Krav, Karolin Tampere, Justin Nevall, Gard Rønnov, Tegneklubben, The Sisters, Foreningen For Den Usynlige Hesten, Lars Petter Hagen, Harpefoss Hotel, Bergen Kunsthall Crew
This record is supported by Norwegian Culture Council and Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
©2012 Terje Nicolaisen
LYRICS AND CHORDS:
Walking Studio
G
She was a walking studio,
G/F# Em
She came with distress.
Em7
She was so omnicolous*,
Em/D C9
nevetheless…….
A/C# D
She was right,
D7
in her own sense,
D11 - D
her senseless way.
Whitecube Senseless Joy
F
I know this countess in Milan,
C/E
she's collecting minimal art
Dm
You should see her floors
Bb Bb/C
You should see her lawn.
There is no such thing,
as a whitecube fling.
there is no such love,
if it's dust that you have
F C/E
Whitecube Senseless Joy
Bb Bb/C
Whitecube Senseless Joy
The Seminar
E
Me and a friend,
A
we were going to this Seminar;
E
were Neeke Carsson would run around all weekend
A
with a finger up his arse.
F# E
Ina Blom would speak, with her clear sensemaking voice.
H A E
She was my main social target and my choice
When we arrived,
we met two unexpected friends.
They were doing something in-between a catering absurd
and a photosession with a fisheyed lense.
The fact that people looked really weird with this fisheyed lense,
was the main reason that they're project made sense.
Some Swedes were there,
they made a really shallow stunt;
annexating all in-between-the-countries-no-mans-land
and re-naming it as their own bunt.
The fact that no-one ever did this before,
was the main reason this was not a joke, but something more.
A - Am
Seminar
Burn (Performance)
B6b
We never saw, anything like it,
Abmaj7 Bb
that was before you arrived.
B6b
We never saw, anything like it
Abmaj7 Bb
that was before you set yourself on fire
Bb - A
Burn
Bb - A
Burn
C A7b Fm
Hola New Lee!, come back
C A7b Fm
Hola New Lee!, come back
Hey Ulf
D (Asus4-) A
Hey Ulf, this song I made for you!
D A
Hey Ulf, this song I made for you!
Hm - Em (solo)
Hm Em7
I feel it sometimes hard to reach you.
Hm Em7
I feel there’s something you should listen to.
D G - /F# - Em
So I wrote this song,
D G - /F# - Em
Hope it hits you like a Gong,
D
hey Ulf
All my Life
Dm - C(9) - G
Dm C9 G
I gave her all my Life.
Dm C9 G (Gsus4)
All she left me was her car.
Dm7 C9
Now, I wonder what she’ll leave you,
G (Gsus4)
when she goes.
Dm7 - F C
Cause she will,.......... she will.
April Sun
Em7+11
The sharp and bleak and long time gone,
D
April sun.
Em7+11
Hits my grey and molded face,
D
like a laser gun.
Em7+11
Haven’t seen the light since last fall,
D
haven’t seen the light at all.
Em7+11
My face cracks (and folds)
D
my body’s in a fold
Em7+11 - H
Em7 H
But it’s freezing cold
Em7 H
Still freezing cold.
Facelift
Am C/G F - D/F#
I had a mean motherfucking facelift when I came
An overall impression from a person made me lame
By the time I left the building, I was the same
Am C/G F - D/F#
(whistle)
C - F - Gsus4 - G - C ( F - C)
Are hysteric about the Germs?
Oldenburg (Curator)
C
Next time you go to Oldenburg,
Am7/F
I’ll come with you!
Dm7
Allthough we differ in age
and taste
Gsus4 - G
you know it’s true:
C - G/H - Am - C/G
You are my Curator
D/F# F7
You are my hope and my song
You are my Curator
You are my song and my hope
Yesterday
Em - Em7/D - C9 - A7
Yesterday, was one hell of a day
Yesterday, was one hell of a day
Would you believe it?
Would you beleive it?
Yesterday, was one hell of a day.
Backyard Reverb
G G/H
Thank you all for being quiet
C
so I can play on my balcony.
G G/H
I want this special reverb,
C
that this backyard creates for me.
Em - D - C - G
Parking
E A9/H
He used to come late to work because of parking.
E A9/H
Apart from that, he got away from all the Barking (at home).
C#m A
He used to spend his days in his house,
C#m A
browsing through the papers, looking for a cause.
E Esus4/F#
Something to fight for,
E9/Ab Am (6)
Something to die for.
Soapman
Am
She’s the Icequeen
E
and I’m the soapman
F C
I avoid encounter and ties
I’m the soapman
and she’s the Icequeen
She despise the electric guitar
(powerful electric guitar solo) on :// F/D - C/E - F - Gsus4+9 - G //:
Protest Song
If you go into Iran,
I’ll kill myself (listen to me)
The Uffington Horse
Cm - Bb - Ab - F
This is a salutation from Galaxy Spaceship, JUAN FUERA, to Spaceship Earth.
This message is sung, and we already know, that you will all feel, relieved by the fact
that someone from outer space finally are contacting you,
you think: thank God for saving our ass and you will immediately accept us as superior,
(we believe in transparency)
if you don't feel the way we described, you are not yourself and you have probably been pretending most of your life and now you feel, alienated because you recognize what we say as
contrary to your core markers of identity. but as you probably noticed already you are accepting us as superior and you are relieved that after all someone came in and saved our ass,
as you like to put it.
(we believe in transparency).
JUAN FUERA has both good and bad news and who do like first? (ha-ha-ha)
we know already, that you like to have the bad news first, so we give you the bad news;
which i s that nothing is going to change, everything will remain the same,
we will not intermingle with your world, because of genetic contamination,
(we believe in transparency),
the good news is, that we will keep you as a distant colony,
we know that you already know what that means,
we will extract and transfer your most valuable assets,
which you don't know what is, and therefore keeps waisting,
and we will not tell you what is is, because it will end all war's, and you will have nothing to fight for. This message is brought to you through Master-Jammer,
specialized in processing communication to your level.
Don't try to contact us,
we see and understand, everything you try to communicate into space, and it's all stupid,
maybe with the exeption of the Uffington Horse.
(we believe in transparency)
