Clickhaze

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Clickhaze
General information
origin Kambsdalur , Faroe Islands
Genre (s) Trip hop
founding 1998
resolution 2003
Last occupation
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Petur Pólson
Jón Tyril
Bogi á Lakjuni
Høgni Lisberg
Jens Ladekarl Thomsen
Mikael Blak (from 2001)

Clickhaze was a successful rock band in the Faroe Islands that existed from 1998 to 2003 and was known for their avant-garde trip-hop , which one critic referred to as tyggigummi rokkur ("chewing gum rock"). From the group went Eivør Pálsdóttir and Høgni Lisberg two of the most famous musicians Faroese forth.

history

The founders of the initially nameless group were Jón Tyril (guitar), Bogi á Lakjuni (guitar) and Jens Ladekarl Thomsen (bass), who invited Petur Pólson as rap singer and lyricist. They practiced at the grammar school in Kambsdalur , a young town on the island of Eysturoy . While Jón and Petur come from Gøta , Bogi comes from Fuglafjørður - Kambsdalur is halfway there.

For the national music competition Prix ​​Føroyar 1999 they called themselves Clickhaze . The name is a play on words between Faroese and English . The Faroese slang expression klikkheys (ur) [ ˈklɪʰkːhɛiːs ] literally means “click skull”, means nerd and actually has a negative connotation . However, the band members said that this term applies to them, they used it in a positive way and wrote it in English, which not only looked cool to them , but with "click fog" (English. Haze = "Dunst, Nebel") another In the age of internet and satellite television, one clicks or zaps through all imaginable offers in an opaque room.

With the formation as Clickhaze , the then 16-year-old Eivør Pálsdóttir from Gøta joined them as a singer and Høgni Lisberg from the neighboring town of Leirvík as the drummer. So far, Petur Pólson has been the sole front man as singer. With Eivør the group got a contrast to him. She is tall and has a bright charisma with her crystal clear soprano voice. He's shorter than she is and, with his rough bass voice and melancholy lyrics, more of the sinister type.

The group unexpectedly made it to the final of the Prix Føroyar in 1999 after the preliminary round in Miðvágur , but at that time it was not enough for them to come in first, although they were considered favorites. Nevertheless, from then on they were very popular with their groove .

In 2000 the group gave their preliminary farewell concert in Tórshavn , but that was not the end as there were new songs that were urging a performance, especially Indigo Brow . So they performed again at the Ólavsøka concert in Tórshavn, but due to lack of time they could not perform Indigo Brow . The next opportunity was the 2001 Prix, for which Jón Tyril registered the group without further ado.

This time Mikael Blak (also known as the bassist of the punk band 200 and the jazz group Yggdrasil ) played on the Hammond organ and the Moog synthesizer and became a permanent member of the band. After a successful qualification in Vágur , the group reached the final and won the Prix with Indigo Brow in the House of the North , which is probably one of the reasons why Eivør Pálsdóttir is referred to as the "Faroese Björk ".

This was followed by an invitation to the Nibe Festival in Denmark and the production of the Clickhaze EP (with the simple title EP ) in 2002 on the Faroese label Tutl . There are 6 pieces on the CD, including the three pieces from the Prix Føroyar final and three studio recordings. The song Daylight was number one on the Faroese charts for eleven weeks. The piece is reminiscent of U2 in style and was originally conceived as punk until Pólson and Lakjuni got the idea to play it half as fast.

In addition to four pieces in English, there is also a song in Faroese: Skirvin flá is trip-hop performed by Petur Pólson with two contrasting church chant passages by Eivør in Gøtudanskt , the Faroese variation of Danish . These are quotations from an old hymn by Thomas Kingo . The third track, Sorrig og glæde, comes entirely from Kingo's hymnbook, in which Eivør demonstrates her qualities as a church choir soloist. The texts are otherwise by Petur Pólson. The fact that Clickhaze is a Faroese band is also underlined on the cover and booklet, where historical black and white photos of Faroese villagers can be found.

Clickhaze was mainly a live band and toured Denmark , Sweden , Iceland and Greenland in 2002 , also played at the Roskilde Festival and was again invited to the Nibe Festival. In the same year at home, with the participation of Clickhaze, the first G! Festival in Gøta organized by Jón Tyril. At that time it was the first open air festival in the Faroe Islands and today it is the largest music event in the country with international guests.

Considered by many to be the best Faroese rock group of all time, Clickhaze broke up in 2003 after their last guest appearance at the Prix Føroyar, and the musicians each went their own way. The lasting effect of Clickhaze on the Faroese music scene can still be seen today in press reports like the one from December 2005 on Portal.fo , where it was reported with satisfaction that two former Clickhaze musicians are currently among the top with their new solo albums. Ten are: Høgni Lisberg with Morning Dew and Petur Pólson with Koma . The latter CD in particular is very reminiscent of Clickhaze and was produced by Bogi á Lakjuni.

Discography

  • 2002 - EP - Tutl HJF 91
  1. Daylight 4.55 (Text: Petur Pólson, Music: Clickhaze)
  2. Skirvin Flá 4.33 (in Faroese. Text: Petur Pólson (partly Thomas Kingo ), music: Clickhaze)
  3. Sorrig og Glæde 5.03 (in Gøtudanskt . Text: Thomas Kingo, music: trad. )
  4. Frozen Lullaby 4.04 (Text: Jens L. Thomsen , Music: Clickhaze - Live recording from the Prix Føroyar 2001)
  5. Notes from the Underground 5.01 (Text: Petur Pólson, Music: Clickhaze, basic melody by Black Sabbath - live recording from the Prix Føroyar 2001)
  6. Indigo Brow 4.40 (English and finally Faroese. Text: Petur Pólson, music: Clickhaze - live recording of the Prix Føroyar 2001)
  7. (Hidden Track - Naar jeg betænker den Tid) (traditional church chant in Gøtudanskt, recorded in 1959 by Útvarp Føroya in Tjørnuvík church )

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