In Newton’s basic laws of motion – those which lie at the heart of modern p… Read Full Bio ↴In Newton’s basic laws of motion – those which lie at the heart of modern physics – the paradox stands that constant velocity is essentially as natural as being at rest. True to form, in the now twenty-two-year-old life of Ulver, only one constant has remained, that being a forward-driving spirit that has moved this mercurial Norwegian-based collective forever through challenges and adventure anew, irrespective of reductive genre pigeonholing. Moreover, their latest voyage into the unknown is no different, marking another new chapter for an outfit characterised by wild and inspiring unpredictability, along with a fresh triumph for one of modern music’s most iconoclastic forces.
The basis for ATGCLVLSSCAP – which the band has been working with under the moniker ‘12’ – arrives from recordings made at twelve different live shows that Ulver performed in February 2014, in which band the band vaulted into the deep end of an improvisatory approach to their performance. As Kristoffer Rygg, the prime mover of the band since its inception puts it wryly, “The tour was to be an experiment, kind of loose and scary for a band as ‘set in their ways’ as us.”
Although the line-up for these shows remained similar to that on 2012’s psychedelic covers album Childhood’s End, and the band had taken succour from the sounds and headspace they explored on that record, this was another break into new territory, using their live energy and spontaneity as the fuel for aural explorations that would surprise even the band themselves. “At the end of any album process, I can’t wait to do something else,” comments Rygg. ”So yeah, it is partly borne out of that feeling, being a bit bored with the circumstances. It was quite liberating to do something more in the moment. One night a jam could be five minutes, and the next it could be fifteen. We couldn’t have captured these songs in a studio environment.”
Once the tour was over, it was down to his bandmate Daniel O’Sullivan to take charge of these multitrack recordings, sculpting and editing hours of material in his North London enclave, formerly owned by charismatic artist and Coil associate, the sadly departed Ian Johnstone – as O’Sullivan noted, “The hungry ghosts of the now empty house appear to be burrowing into this record.” Anders Møller, Kristoffer Rygg and Tore Ylwizaker got involved a bit later, honing things from their end in Subsonic Society and Oak Hill Studios, Oslo, before the vinyl cutting process took place at THD Vinyl Mastering, also in Oslo, in which the band was fully involved in the crucial initial cut of the 14” lacquer. What resulted is the widescreen sweep and atmospheric splendour of ATGCLVLSSCAP, ultimately a piece of work that exists above and beyond any conventional live recording, rather a hallucinatory travelogue as potent an experience to bear witness to as it was to construct.
As always in the world of Ulver, influences are disparate and diverse, yet as Rygg notes, “It’s quite tributary in a way, there are clear nods to sounds from the past.” Many of these dwell in progressive, electronic and krautrock realms, heralding a lifelong love within the band for the music of the 70s – the fiery mantras of ‘Om Hanumate Namah’ and the motorik drive of ‘Cromagnosis’ draw an astral trajectory between the propulsion of Kraftwerk/Neu! and the ritualistic intensity of prime Amon Düül II, whilst the spirits of both Klaus Schulze and John Carpenter are audible in the electronic soundscapes of ‘Desert/Dawn’, not to mention the Bernard Herrmann touch in the closing ‘Solaris’. Even when the band revisits an earlier gem from 2000’s Perdition City album, as on ‘Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen)’, its reinvigorated by their expansive and emotionally charged approach.
“We always feel like, independently of what kind of instrumentation we use, we’re still playing the same nocturnal stuff,” laughs Rygg. “There are a few motifs that keep recurring all the time in what we do, and if it’s in a rock form or an electronic form, it’s always there.” Yet as true as this may be, by shaking up their creative process, the band have summoned up a unique testimony to the creative power of a mighty force who remain blissfully free of genre or convention, ATGCLVLSSCAP is progressive in the truest sense of the word, a record that may be this capricious band’s pièce-de-resistance.
1. England's Hidden - 7:39
2. Glammer Hammer - 4:50
3. Moody Stix - 6:44
4. Cromagnosis - 9:48
5. The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Invisible - 3:16
6. Om Hanumate Namah - 7:43
7. Desert/Dawn - 8:35
8. D-Day Drone - 9:21
9. Gold Beach - 4:53
10. Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen) - 5:56
11. Ecclesiastes (A Vernal Catnap) - 9:01
12. Solaris - 2:13
total running time: 79:59
The basis for ATGCLVLSSCAP – which the band has been working with under the moniker ‘12’ – arrives from recordings made at twelve different live shows that Ulver performed in February 2014, in which band the band vaulted into the deep end of an improvisatory approach to their performance. As Kristoffer Rygg, the prime mover of the band since its inception puts it wryly, “The tour was to be an experiment, kind of loose and scary for a band as ‘set in their ways’ as us.”
Although the line-up for these shows remained similar to that on 2012’s psychedelic covers album Childhood’s End, and the band had taken succour from the sounds and headspace they explored on that record, this was another break into new territory, using their live energy and spontaneity as the fuel for aural explorations that would surprise even the band themselves. “At the end of any album process, I can’t wait to do something else,” comments Rygg. ”So yeah, it is partly borne out of that feeling, being a bit bored with the circumstances. It was quite liberating to do something more in the moment. One night a jam could be five minutes, and the next it could be fifteen. We couldn’t have captured these songs in a studio environment.”
Once the tour was over, it was down to his bandmate Daniel O’Sullivan to take charge of these multitrack recordings, sculpting and editing hours of material in his North London enclave, formerly owned by charismatic artist and Coil associate, the sadly departed Ian Johnstone – as O’Sullivan noted, “The hungry ghosts of the now empty house appear to be burrowing into this record.” Anders Møller, Kristoffer Rygg and Tore Ylwizaker got involved a bit later, honing things from their end in Subsonic Society and Oak Hill Studios, Oslo, before the vinyl cutting process took place at THD Vinyl Mastering, also in Oslo, in which the band was fully involved in the crucial initial cut of the 14” lacquer. What resulted is the widescreen sweep and atmospheric splendour of ATGCLVLSSCAP, ultimately a piece of work that exists above and beyond any conventional live recording, rather a hallucinatory travelogue as potent an experience to bear witness to as it was to construct.
As always in the world of Ulver, influences are disparate and diverse, yet as Rygg notes, “It’s quite tributary in a way, there are clear nods to sounds from the past.” Many of these dwell in progressive, electronic and krautrock realms, heralding a lifelong love within the band for the music of the 70s – the fiery mantras of ‘Om Hanumate Namah’ and the motorik drive of ‘Cromagnosis’ draw an astral trajectory between the propulsion of Kraftwerk/Neu! and the ritualistic intensity of prime Amon Düül II, whilst the spirits of both Klaus Schulze and John Carpenter are audible in the electronic soundscapes of ‘Desert/Dawn’, not to mention the Bernard Herrmann touch in the closing ‘Solaris’. Even when the band revisits an earlier gem from 2000’s Perdition City album, as on ‘Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen)’, its reinvigorated by their expansive and emotionally charged approach.
“We always feel like, independently of what kind of instrumentation we use, we’re still playing the same nocturnal stuff,” laughs Rygg. “There are a few motifs that keep recurring all the time in what we do, and if it’s in a rock form or an electronic form, it’s always there.” Yet as true as this may be, by shaking up their creative process, the band have summoned up a unique testimony to the creative power of a mighty force who remain blissfully free of genre or convention, ATGCLVLSSCAP is progressive in the truest sense of the word, a record that may be this capricious band’s pièce-de-resistance.
1. England's Hidden - 7:39
2. Glammer Hammer - 4:50
3. Moody Stix - 6:44
4. Cromagnosis - 9:48
5. The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Invisible - 3:16
6. Om Hanumate Namah - 7:43
7. Desert/Dawn - 8:35
8. D-Day Drone - 9:21
9. Gold Beach - 4:53
10. Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen) - 5:56
11. Ecclesiastes (A Vernal Catnap) - 9:01
12. Solaris - 2:13
total running time: 79:59
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1969 In the year of the Lord The word became flesh But our…
A Memorable Fancy [plates 12-13] The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me…
A Song Of Liberty 1. The Eternal Female groan'd! it was heard over all…
A Song of Liberty, Plates 25-27 1. The eternal female groan'd! It was heard all over…
All the Love We fear the things We do not understand The powers Of go…
Angelus Novus An army charges upon the land To the sound of retreat This…
Another Brick In The Wall Daddy′s flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory Snapsho…
Bergtatt-Ind i Fjeldkamrene Pigen bad for sig Det maatte ey hende hiælpe Oc med det…
Blinded By Blood You are From the heart Of it all The light…
Braablick blev hun vaer Langveysfra blifver hun iagttagen Øine, mange Graablick Mede…
Capitel I: I Troldskog faren vild De entede Tøsens Hiemkomst Hun vaer i mørck Skog faren vild…
Capitel II Sagte vender hun Hovedet halfft Lyddende fjærnt til Ord som …
Capitel II : Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need Sagte vender hun Hovedet halfft Lyddende fjærnt til Ord som…
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Capitel III : Graablick Blev Hun Vaer Langveysfra blifver hun iagttagen Øine, mange Graablick Me…
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Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer Langveysfra blifver hun iagttagen Øine, mange Graablick Me…
Capitel IV Hun vaagner paa Skyggefulde Stier I Skogens dybe grønne Kamm…
Capitel IV: Een Stemme locker Hun vaagner paa Skyggefulde Stier I Skogens dybe grønne Kam…
Capitel V Pigen bad for sig Det maatte ey hende hiælpe Oc med det…
Christmas A god is born and others die. What is Has neither…
Coming Home I have been thinking About my life lately These old streets…
Darling Didn't We Kill You? [Instrumental]…
Dead City Centres You're taking a ride to the underworld Where death lurks in…
Dressed In Black Is the light of the light Monumental Or something? Whit…
Een Stemme locker Hun vaagner paa Skyggefulde Stier I Skogens dybe grønne Kamm…
England Mount the high horse And dogs will follow The scent of inno…
Eos The sun is far away It goes in circles Someone dies Someo…
February MMX The old man sings In the face of fear The circular mantr…
For The Love Of God Love god harder From behind the red Flames of the…
Funebrae There is a circle Around the cross A flight of steps Into…
Gnosis Science, the new aristocracy Progress, the world is on the m…
Graablick Blew Hun Vaer Langveysfra blifver hun iagttagen Øine, mange Graablick Mede…
Hymn I: Of Wolf and Fear Snacket blandt Folck vaer til Bestandighed Om Fuldmaanens Ve…
I De entede Tøsens Hiemkomst Hun vaer i mørck Skog faren vild …
ii [plates 12-13] The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me…
III Langveysfra blifver hun iagttagen Øine, mange Graablick Mede…
In The Red Out of nature Something bloody A body Put to life…
Island How did we end So far out Past praying And past recall …
It Is Not Sound For the record No one will understand What it is…
iv Hun vaagner paa Skyggefulde Stier I Skogens dybe grønne Kamm…
Kapitel I%3A I Troldskog Faren Vild De entede Tøsens Hiemkomst Hun vaer i mørck Skog faren vild …
Kapitel I: I Troldskog Faren Vild (plates 25-27) 1. The eternal female groan'd! It was heard a…
Kledt i nattens farger Kan du mer enn ditt Fader Vår Kaster du ingen skygge Ja,…
Kveldssang [Instrumental]…
Let the Children Go We hold each other In the dead of night And the end…
Like Music I want you To tell me Who you are In your dreams Who…
Little Blue Bird Little bird in blue worlds Spinning things with wings Beatin…
Lost in Moments What's the meaning of this voyage? To talk in a dream So…
Nemoralia A festival of torches Joins the light of the moon Shining i…
Norwegian Gothic This is a history Of pride and romance Such an eerie fan…
Nowhere You fly, or rather float, drift Through an enormous dark roo…
Of Wolf and Fear ""Snacket blandt Folck vaer til Bestandighed Om Fuldmaanens …
Of Wolf and Hatred ""O vandringsmand i een forbandet nat troe ey at hans…
Of Wolf And The Devil ""Ulvens billeder hafver eengang til hex & diefvels stolthed…
Of Wolves & Vibrancy [Instrumental]…
Operator Call the police Radio paranoia All is over Under the…
Operatör Operator Call the police Radio paranoia All is over Under …
Ord Ikke mÃ¥ den love Ã¥ vandre I mørket, Som ikke…
Plate 11 The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or…
Plate 14 The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in…
Plate 3 As a new heaven is begun, and it is now…
Plates 16-17 The Giants who formed this world into its sensual existence…
Plates 21-22 I have always found that Angels have the vanity to…
Plates 5-6 Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak…
Porn Piece of The Scars of Cold Kisses I remember walking, one side of town to the other Alone…
Proverbs of Hell In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. Driv…
Providence We drink and drink A subtle poison More in sorrow Than …
Rolling Stone I have seen the world You believe in Black ships with…
September IV The family is gathering In silent prayer Before the bed …
Shadows of the Sun The shadows Shadows of the dead In the silence Silence..…
So Falls the World Legends fail And houses fall In great shame In elliptical r…
Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need Sagte vender hun Hovedet halfft Lyddende fjærnt til Ord som…
Solitude My name it means nothing My fortune is less My future is…
Son of Man Oh Father Heavenly Father Forgive Me For I Have Sinned Again…
Southern Gothic I want to tell you something About the grace of faded…
Stone Angels Angels go - we merely stray, image of a wandering deity, s…
Svelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need Sagte vender hun Hovedet halfft Lyddende fjærnt til Ord som …
Synen Der du stod som ung Og rundt deg stønning tung Var skyggens…
The Argument Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burden'd air; Hungr…
The Truth It is the two They turn the pages Of the…
The Voice of the Devil Plate 4 [plate 4] all bibles or sacred codes have been the causes…
Transverberation I've been staggering Ever since the shot in Rome On Wednesd…
Ulvsblakk Har do synen Kan do se at sola Ulvsblakk Har…
Utreise I blinde går jeg Redd meg, ikke hjem La natten føre meg B…
v Pigen bad for sig Det maatte ey hende hiælpe Oc med det…
Vargnatt Vokt dere Menneske og dyr For vargene jager i natt Bukrygge…
vi Uden Sorrig for det, som svandtHan drager paa nye & farlig…
Vigil For those Who used to be And now are In the dark Light a…
Vowels Loveless vessels We vow Solo love We see Love solve loss…
We Are the Dead Ghosts presence, Ghost music in the radio at night, When yo…
What Happened Out of nothing I understand Who I am I think I have been …
What Happened? Out of nothing I understand Who I am I think I have be…
Wolf %26 Fear ""Snacket blandt Folck vaer til Bestandighed Om Fuldmaanens …
Wolf & Destiny Nu har han ey meer sin Drackt Saa rèd som Viin…
Wolf & Fear Snacket blandt Folck vaer til Bestandighed Om Fuldmaanens V…
Wolf & Hatred O Vandringsmand i een forbandet Nat Troe ey at hans Had…
Wolf & Man Da Trolddomen bleff h¦ved - & need Paa Jorden han sv¦ved:…
Wolf & Passion Uden Sorrig for det, som svandt Han drager paa nye &…
Wolf & The Devil Ulvens Billeder hafver eengang Til Hex & Diefvels Stolthed …
Wolf & The Moon I dende N¦tters Nat Der hun hafvde bes¦ttende Glèd, Bar …
Wolf & The Night Hafvde Ki¦rlighed l¦nkelagt Dend ut¦mmede Mackt? Han …
Wolf and Hatred ""O vandringsmand i een forbandet nat troe ey at hans…
Your Call Who is here To hold your hand In the dark…
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Østenfor Sol Og Vestenfor Måne Østenfor Sol og vestenfor Måne Dit kommer du sent eller aldr…
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