gnom

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gnom was the second band started by norwegian childhood friends Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl around 1996. Ottesen and Zahl composed many of the songs together, and both were vocalists in the band. The other members of the band were Rune Solheim on drums, Helge Risa on pump organ and piano, and Rolf Prestø on the bass. Like Ottesen and Zahl’s previous band Blod, Snått & Juling and their current band Kaizers Orchestra, their songs were written in their Norwegian Bryne-dialect.

They only released one album, Mys, which sold poorly, beneath 600 in its first year, of all the 1000 copies. After Rolf Prestø quit the band, and as interest faded away, the band dissolved in 1999. However, one song they wrote in gnom’s active period, Bastard, inspired them to start a whole new band, and in late 1999, Kaizers Orchestra rose from the ashes of gnom. In 2003, Ottesen, Zahl and the rest of the members of Kaizers Orchestra released a remastered version of mys, with some of the tracks of the original release switched around and some removed, also featuring Bastard.

Since the dissolution of gnom, Janove and Geir have at times played gnom songs on special occasions, such as during the promotion of their book about Kaizers Orchestra, Kontroll på Kontinentet.

1	Hysj	24
2	Trøst	20
3	Bestevenn	18
3	Hemmelig Beskjed	18
5	Lauritzens Kafe	16
5	Takk Som Byr	16
7	Sjakk	15
7	Vise Om Natta	15
9	Bastard	14
10	Mys	13
11	Mathilde	12
12	Gissel	9
13	Et liv passere i svevet	8
13	Februar	8
13	Kammerset	8

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Bastard1 wrote:
last month

Den ble skrevet i perioden de var gnom, og den ble spilt live. Den ble aldri spilt inn før Kaizers Orchestra ga ut den Gule EPen. Teknisk sett er den en gnom-låt, men det er best å tagge den som en Kaizers Orchestra-låt.

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prechtL wrote:
last month

Er "bastard" av Gnom eller av Kaizers Orchestra?

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Sloffsnurrz wrote:
last month

Fretta; den originale mys inneholdt sangene sjømannsvise, kammerset og vals om en mann fortalt av to kviger eller no. den nyere utgivelsen inneholder en ekstra sang som akkurat ikke rakk og komme med første gangen. bastard.

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Xachariah_ wrote:
July 2008

This is propably the best... no, screw that. It is definatly the best album I have heard so far. No music touched me like this before.

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musefreak wrote:
February 2008

Mys is such a wonderful album! :)

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humwastaken wrote:
June 2007

Tröst är en bra låt. :) Den enda jag har hört faktiskt. Borde nog ladda ner Mys, kanske?

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Fretta wrote:
May 2007

De skrur jo opp alt nå for tiden.

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Fretta wrote:
May 2007

Kan det være noen forskjeller i lyd, også? Clipping, (fresing, overforsterket lyd)?

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JussiPekka wrote:
April 2007

Jepp. I motsetning til orginalen, inneholder remasteren låta Bastard. Det fins sikkert flere forskjeller også.. Blant annet coveret..

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Fretta wrote:
March 2007

Men si meg, er det noen forskjell på remasteren fra 200X og den første utgivelsen av Mys?

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Alabastard wrote:
February 2007

Gnom rawks.

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Mon0tone wrote:
December 2006

haha! jeg ha-ar my-ys! nænænænænæ!

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