Rune Grammofon
I Like To Sleep - Sleeping Beauty
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In
2021,
nyMusikk's
annual
festival
of
sound,
"Only
Connect",
commissioned
an
interpretation
from
I
LIKE
TO
SLEEP
of
the
first
movement
of
Olivier
Messiaen’s
Turangalila
symphony.
A
project
which
initially
led
to
a
15-minute
piece
performed
at
the
festival,
with
the
trio
re-writing
the
music
of
Messiaen,
but
also
rewriting
the
music
of
their
own.
Messiaen
as
a
reference
and
compositional
tool
may
be
heard
in
the
album
for
those
really
listening
for
references.
With
“Sleeping
Beauty”
the
trio
also
explore
even
heavier
riffs
than
before,
seasick
grooves
and
tempi,
and
deeper
ambient
soundscapes.
Through
extensive
improvisation,
the
effects
and
processing
of
the
sounds
are
way
more
extreme
than
before,
almost
awakening
the
sleeping
beauty.
During
the
pandemic,
the
band
also
had
to
find
new
ways
to
write
music
without
the
presence
of
every
member,
introducing
the
vibe-samples
from
the
old
Mellotron
sound
gallery
to
the
band.
Quarantillity,
one
of
the
themes
which
appears
several
times
throughout
the
album
-
almost
used
in
a
similar
way
as
the
flower
theme
in
the
Turangalila
symphony
-
is
a
direct
result
of
sitting
alone
in
quarantine,
playing
the
Mellotron
while
listening
to
vibraphone
extraordinaire
Bobby
Hutcherson.
This
theme
could
also
be
seen
as
a
continuation
of
the
previous
album
tracks
named
Pause
I
&
Pause
II
from
“Bedmonster”
(2017)
and
“Daymare”
(2020).
Like
“Daymare”,
“Sleeping
Beauty”
was
recorded
in
Duper
Studio
in
Bergen,
co-produced
with
the
band’s
all-time
favourite
sound
wizard
Jørgen
Træen.
It
is
also
mixed
and
mastered
by
Træen,
making
the
music
sound
as
brutal,
intense
and
intimate
as
experiencing
I
LIKE
TO
SLEEP
in
a
live
setting.
“Infernal,
scrotum
-shrivelling
energy
sorely
missing
in
today's
music”
said
Jazzwise
about
their
previous
album,
mentioning
King
Crimson,
Magma,
Tony
Williams
Lifetime,
electric
Miles
and
60s
free
energy
jazz
as
possible
references.
But
that’s
only
one
side
of
the
story,
there
are
plenty
of
quieter
moments
at
work
here,
and
the
dynamic
range
is
wide.
Nicolas
and
Øyvind
first
met
in
high
school
in
Trondheim
before
they
joined
up
with
Amund
in
a
youth
big
band.
It
soon
became
apparent
that
they
shared
the
same
musical
background
centered
around
70s
progressi
ve
rock,
classical
music,
jazz
and
improvisation.
Taking
their
name
from
a
Thelonious
Monk
quote,
I
LIKE
TO
SLEEP
was
formed,
first
for
fun,
but
soon
with
higher
ambitions,
winning
the
prestigious
"Young
Jazz
Musicians
of
the
Year"
award
in
2018.
Still
only
in
their
early
20s
and
still
studying
jazz
at
NTNU
in
Trondheim,
they
are
also
active
as
composers,
freelancers
and
in
other
projects
and
are
among
the
most
promising
on
Norwegian
scene.
Amund
Storløkken
Åse
–
vibraphone
and
Mellotron
Nicolas
Leirtrø
-
baritone
guitar,
bass-VI
and
Mellotron
Øyvind
Leite
–
drums
Tracks
1/Daydream
2/Bedrock
3/Cuckoo
4/Quarantillity
5/Broken
Record
6/Don’t
Wake
The
Sleeping
Beauty
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