Wohoo... time for a "little" news update. Today, the new Kaizers single "Philemon Arthur and the Dung" was released! You can listen to it on Soundcloud (or of course on Wimp or Spotify, if you have that), and you can buy it for example from iTunes or Amazon. Sadly, the single is only available digitally, but that's better than nothing, right? If you wonder why you seem to know the song already - that's not suprising: The song is one of the three songs that Kaizers published before their studio tour. So this is why the live video and the lyrics of the song are available here, and there's also a translation of the lyrics already. So, time to memorize the lyrics now!
Just in time for the new single, kaizers.no was relaunched in a new design. In the news, Janove explains that Kaizers chose "Philemon Arthur and the Dung" as first single because the song represents something completely new, while at the same time it is vintage Kaizers. I assume there will be a translated version of the news bit on kaizers.no soon, otherwise check back here...
Of course the press also reported about the new single. Here's a rough summary of what VG, Aftenbladet, NRK and Rogalandsavis wrote:
Violeta, Violeta features three main characters: Violeta, her crazy mother Beatrice, and her father Kenneth. The father takes Violeta away from her mother, and the mother is in deep sorrow. Mother and daughter meet in their dreams. After years of worrying, the mother decides to take cruel revenge on the father.
The first two records are done; the third not quite.
The three records of the trilogy are about the same lyrical universe, but the music is different - album I is based a lot on the piano, album II focusses more on guitars. And very important: The records are numbered with Roman numerals.
The songs of Violeta, Violeta can be compared to scenes of a movie. Reality and dreams are often blended. One line of a song leads to the next, and one song to another, which was a new way of composing for Janove.
There's all kinds of music on the records - except for ballads: hysterical rock and punk, James Bond themes, Michael-Jackson-like songs, R'n'B, Ompa, 3-,4-,5-,6- and 7-4 time. All at the same time.
All songs were composed on the piano. Next came oil barrels instead of drums, and the bass lines were composed on an organ. Geir was more involved in the composing this time than lately.
The first single is actually a waltz - but Kaizers managed to hide that very well in the song.
The record is the follow-up to Maestro, not to Maskineri.
According to Janove and Geir, the record is optimal. Simply perfect.
Before the final concert of the first Violeta, Violeta tour in Oslo on April 9, 2011, Kaizers will be on tour for six weeks. They'll visit Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
There will be a tour for each of the three records - and all tours will be different.
Nobody knows how Kaizers will continue after this three-year-plan. First, there will be a break, but it's not set yet how long this break will be.
Last but not least, Kaizers were also on the radio - check out the podcast here, and here is a little video.
Puuh... that was a lot of news for one day!
2010/6/20
Sorry that there weren't any updates for ages, but the reason is simple: There's not much happening around Kaizers at the moment, and if there is something worth reporting, you can read about it on Twitter. =;-) So you should really follow kaizers_kj on Twitter to get the latest news (you can do that via RSS feed as well if you don't use Twitter). Here on the website, I only post the "big" news or sometimes a short summary of what has been happening. Like today: Volume one of the Kaizers trilogy is done! That's what Kaizers Orchestra reported on kaizers.no two weeks ago. Here's a list of song titles that have been mentioned up to now - no guarantee though. =;-) The first single will already be out at the end of August! But then we'll have to wait for the second single, namely until the first record is actually released, which will be around the end of January/beginning of February 2011. After that, Kaizers will go on tour until volume two of the trilogy is released (planned for late 2011/early 2012). And then they'll just keep on touring until volume three is out late in 2012. And of course there will be some more touring then, right until summer 2013. Seems like we fans should use 2010 to save up some money for the upcoming tours... =;-) So no concerts in 2010? That's not entirely true. Actually, Kaizers Orchestra played a concert at Gosen school in Stavanger last Tuesday. The concert was only for former and current students of the school though, and it was a charity concert for UNICEF. You can see some photos here. And finally, a little shopping tip: If you want a "different" Kaizers t-shirt, get yourself a Kaizers jersey from Bryne FK and support the team at the same time.
2010/4/3
Happy Easter! Here's another translation of the news on kaizers.no - this time it is about the new jerseys for the Bryne soccer team. (Sorry that the translation is up so late - but I never know whether there will be an "official" translation on kaizers.no, so I always wait a few days...) Apart from that, I did a few small updates to the site. There's a bit of information about Hellraizer's solo records now, and I updated the old links to the song lyrics and translations.
2010/3/7
Kaizers are currently in the studio to record the first part of their trilogy "Violeta, Violeta". Some infos about this are up on kaizers.no, here's the translation.
2010/2/25
Kaizers posted some explanations on their web site about how to get the limited album - here's the translation. Actually, I had hoped for an "official" translation containing some specific information for the fans outside of Norway... but it seems that won't happen. So all I can do is spread the info that a letter that costs 26 NOK inside Norway should be 41 NOK to Europe. But it might be a bit difficult to get hold of Norwegian stamps in Europe. =;-) So personally, I would probably go for sending a 50 NOK bill (or 5 Euro) in the letter, if there's no other way. Even though it IS prohibited to send cash in the mail. But well, you gotta decide for yourself if you want to risk that. =;-)
