Underskog

Come and celebrate the release of our debut album in the intimate and warm environment of Palace Grill/Skaugum!

We are excited to play songs from or our record ‘Self-Developing Country’, which will be released September 2nd on Voices of Wonder Records.

Øyvind Rønning at Dagbladet gave the album a 5 out of 6 and says that we have made:
“en imponerende annerledes debuten… Sjøl om du føler at du kan ha hørt det før, er «Self-Developing Country» et av de mer spesielle album du får høre i år.

Det har karakter, kanskje best eksemplifisert i «Have We Found The Way?». Dette sugende nøkkelsporet mikser indiansk innflytelse og britisk acid folk a la Incredible String Band…"

We will have copies of it in both CD and vinyl formats as well as copies of our single, which was playlisted by NRK Østfold in the spring.

The concert starts at 20:00 and entry will be free.

It is even possible that DJ Tom Skeleton Leather will spin a few records from his private collection both before and after.

We have been looking forward to this for a long, long time Oslo, so come on out and enter the country!

For music and info: www.robertmosesmusic.com

Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4WkI…

Wimp: wimp.no/album/20686992

You order the album on iTunes here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/s…

And you can order both the CD and the vinyl record at Platekompaniet here: www.platekompaniet.no/Musik…

In case you need a description, here is something Tom pulled out of thin air late one night.

Robert Moses grew up in Chicago. But resides in Oslo, Norway. None of these locations explains Robert´s voice. A mystical musical instrument in itself, as unique as you are likely to hear this, or any, season. A wail that might have been echoing around the great American plains when both Indians and buffalo where plentiful and tape recorders would have been considered as dangerous as cameras, capable of stealing a person´s soul.

In the year 2013 the Indian jury is still out on both cameras and tape recorders, but in the interim Robert Moses and his band, the aptly named Harmony Crusaders, have spent long winter weekends at the small Kleiva Studio in the southeast Norwegian town of Halden to record an album of ten original Moses-songs. Yes, both the number ten and the name Moses has some historical connotations, but the first Moses never considered enlisting a proper band bringing forth his stoned messages. If he had, a lot things might have been different.

The Harmony Crusaders are an assembly of musicians fully capable of creating musical magic out of thin air. Lead by multi-instrumentalist Freddy Holm, doing multiple duties on dobro, mandolin, banjo, cello, fiddle, guitar and lap steel, The Harmony Crusaders tight and flexible grooves are handled by percussionist Glenn-Vidar Solheim and bassist Terje Støldal. Ketil Kielland Lund colors the sound with keyboards, accordion and flugehorn. Malin Pettersen sings duets with Robert.

Robert Moses has played with many bands in the US before arriving in Norway, but considers his Norwegian experiences an opportunity to “distill his music and approach into something essential, rhythmic and direct”.

His influences may well stretch all the way back to the days of Red Cloud, Geronimo and Crazy Horse, but along the way the sounds of early rock and roll and the country blues of Neil Young and Townes van Zandt have melded with the ancient.

Robert Moses and the Harmony Crusaders first album will be released in the summer of 2013 and the band will thereafter embark on the road also known as the peace-path.

by Tom Skjeklesæther

The band:

Robert Moses – Vocals, guitar, songs
Freddy Holm – Dobro, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, lap steel
Malin Pettersen – Vocals
Terje Støldal – Bass
Glenn-Vidar Solheim – Percussion
Ketil Kielland Lund – Keyboards, accordion, flugelhorn