Dadafon
| Dadafon | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Jazz - rock |
| founding | 1995 as Colored Moods 2000 as Dadafon |
| Website | http://www.dadafon.com/ |
| Founding members | |
| Kristin Asbjørnsen | |
Guitar , vocals |
Jostein Ansnes |
| Martin Smidt (until 2002) | |
Drums |
Carl Haakon Waadeland (until 2002) |
| Bjørn Ole Solberg (until 2001) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Kristin Asbjørnsen |
Guitar, vocals |
Jostein Ansnes |
| Øyvind Engen (since 2002) | |
| Eirik Øien (since 2002) | |
Drums, keyboard
|
Martin Langlie (since 2005) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Kenneth Kapstad (2002-2004) |
Dadafon is a jazz - rock band from Trondheim ( Norway ).
The band around singer Kristin Asbjørnsen was founded in 1995 under the name Colored Moods and renamed Dadafon in 2000. The band's music is a mix of jazz, rock and pop music, often mixed with elements of African music. So far, Dadafon have had little commercial success, but are highly praised by the critics. The band's first album, Colored Moods , was released in 1995, the current album Lost Love Chords in 2005.
Band history
The band was founded in 1995 by the drummer Martin Smidt in Trondheim ( Norway ) under the name Colored Moods ( dt. Colored moods ). In addition to Smidt, Kristin Asbjørnsen (member of the vocal formation Kvitretten ), Carl Haakon Waadeland, Jostein Ansnes and Bjørn Ole Solberg belonged to the band. The band's first album was released in 1998 on the record label RIM records , and it had the band's name as its title. Asbjørnsen sang the songs on the album in a language he made up himself.
In the fall of 2000 the band changed their name to Dadafon . 2001 they released their second album not Stand Still And I Can (dt. And I can not stand still ). The music is inspired by traditional African music from Gambia , Mali and Ghana as well as Afro-American spirituals .
In 2002 Dadafon left their record company RIM Records and switched to Via Music . In the EP Release me (dt. Liberate me ), which appeared in the run-up to the new album, Dadafon was reinforced by the cellist Øyvind Engen. Most of the texts are by Asbjørnsen, and texts by the Victorian poets Elisabeth Barrett Browning , Christina Rosetti and Walt Whitman have been set to music.
The new album Visitor (dt. Visitors ) was published on 3 October 2002. The album was highly praised by the press and earned Dadafon a nomination for the Norwegian Spellemannprisen award. When they received the Alarm Award , they won a prize in the jazz category. After the release of Visitor , bassist Eirik Øien became a permanent member of the band, while drummers and percussionists Waadeland and Smidt left the band. Smidt is replaced by Kenneth Kapstad.
In 2003 Dadafon played over 40 concerts, both in Norway and abroad. In September of that year they built their own studio in the docks of Trondheim and recorded the single And so we have to say goodbye . At the same time they signed a contract with Universal Music Norway . The album Harbor (dt. Hafen ) was recorded in autumn 2003. The album continues the musical concept of Visitor , but this time with a reinforcement of the rhythm section.
On August 29, published in 2005 Dadafon their fifth album entitled Lost Love Chords (dt. Love Lost Chords ). Most of the songs were written by Kristin Asbjørnsen, although this time the other members of the band were also more involved. The songs I wish to weep (dt. I want to cry ) and Slow day (dt. Slow day ) were for the film Factotum by Norwegian director Bent Hamer used. The film deals with the life of Charles Bukowski (in the form of his literary alter ego Henry "Hank" Chinaski ). Both songs are poems by Bukowski set to music. In addition, set to music Dadafon poems of the Norwegian poet Anne Bøe and Tale Næss .
Discography
| year | title | Label | Chart placements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | DE | CH | AT | |||
| 1998 | Colored Moods (still under the band name Colored Moods ) | RIM Records | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | And I Can't Stand Still | RIM Records | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Release Me ( EP ) | Via music | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Visitor | Via music | 37 | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Harbor | Universal / Emarcy | 19th | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Lost Love Chords | Universal / Emarcy | 13 | - | - | - |
"-": not in the charts
Awards
- 2002: Alarm Award (Norwegian Music Prize) in the Jazz category.
Individual evidence
- ↑ lista.vg.no (as of January 2006)
- ↑ musicline.de and germancharts.com (as of January 2006)
- ↑ hitparade.ch (as of January 2006)
- ↑ austriancharts.at (as of January 2006)
Web links
- Official press information from the band's website
- Website with numerous audio samples and concert recordings (English)
- Website at Emarcy Records (English)
- Kristin Asbjørnsen's website
- Music Information Center Norway (English)