Shows
October 2. - Garage Oslo!
| 19.05.2009 |
Hello |
| In case you were wondering, no we are not dead. This summer we will playing a few shows toghether after almost a year off. At this point we are announcing two shows. Rock Olmen Festival, Belgium, July 31th Storås festivalen, Norway. The only festival we're playing at Norwegian ground this year. |
| 10.07.2008 |
Øyafestivalen 2008 |
| We will be making music to a documentary film made by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, "Unser täglich brot"(Our daily bread) August 5th. This will be performed live at Eldorado Kino in Oslo August 5th. (Øyafestivalen's club day) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765849/ |
| 21.03.2008 |
Vacation and gigs in the states |
| We´ll be vacationing in Miami (April 19th-25th) for a week before playing Coachella(CA) and Mercury Lounge(NY). If you want us to dj at a party or a club let us know. |
| 14.01.2008 |
Copenhagen and Århus 18-19 January 2008. |
| This will be our first shows in 2008 and to mark that this is the beginning of something new we'll be playing a lot of brand new songs for you. See you there! |
| 23.12.2007 |
Looking toward 2008 |
| Thank you all for a very good year. 2007 has been absolutely fantastic for us. We`ve played shows all over north America, Europe and Japan. It`s been one hell of a ride. We will start working on a new album as soon as we get back to Oslo in 2008. Merry christmas and a happy new year to everybody we work with, everybody who`s bying our records and those of you that show up at our concerts. See you around! |
| 22.10.2007 |
New sounds |
| We will be doing the last show for 2007 at Sunkissed in Oslo. This will be a brand new set with a lot of new songs. Just for you! |
| 25.07.2007 |
ANOTHER GREAT NME SINGLE REVIEW |
| "As part of these Norwegians` mindmelting dreamscape valium drip of a debut album, Sleepwalking, is merely a three-minute, 28 seconds digression among much longer workouts where their psychedelic muscles are flexed a little better. Listening to it on it`s own, though, it seems a perfect introduction to Norway`s post-Kraut dreamers. It sounds almost like Martin Hannett dropping a a drim machine into the Baltic Sea, and lucidly captures the semi-transcendental experience of seeing them at a live show, which, let`s face it, everyone should do at least once in their life" (NME) |
| 31.05.2007 |
120 days will be visiting Japan in August and November |
| The 120 Days debut album is being released in Japan in August by the great Traffic label. Also the band will play two dates at Summersonic Festival in Tokyo (11. August) and Osaka (12. August). One more show in November is also confirmed. We'll announce the date and location shortly! |
| 16.05.2007 |
NME GIG RECOMMENDATION |
| 120 Days` gig at The Legion in London the 17th of May is recommended in NME this week. "No-one ever got laid by labelling their band "drone-rock", though Norway`s symphonic electro-atmosphericists might manage some heavy petting. With a sound located somewhere between Kraftwerk and Underworld, they make for an immersive listening experience" (NME) |
| 15.05.2007 |
LIVE RECORDING |
| Listen to the VPRO the performance of 120 Days at the last edition of the Motel Mozaïque festival in Rotterdam, HollandHERE |
| 13.05.2007 |
LIVE THIS WEEK IN LONDON, BRIGHTON AND LYON |
| 120 Days will play 3 dates this week: on May the 17th they will headline Sonic Cathedral at The Legion, London, the day after, May the 18th they play the The Great Escape in Brighton before heading to Les Nuits Sonores Festival in Lyon, France, on May the 19th. |
| 10.05.2007 |
DJ MAGAZINE REVIEW: |
| "Cosmiche musik. Yet another export from Norway finds its way to these shores in the shape of the kraut-rocking tribute quartet, 120 Days. Taking cues from the bands that explores the true nature of the progressive groove - the spacerock of Hawkwind or the metronomic Can - this is a welcome addition to the SS catalouge" (3,5/5 DJ Magazine) |
| 25.04.2007 |
NEW LONDON SHOW ANNOUNCED! |
| This time 120 Days are headlining the cool Sonic Cathedral club at The Legion in London, Thursday the 17th of May. Other bands the same night are The Early Years, Kontakte and DJ Tim Holmes from Death in Vegas. For more info please go here. Hope to see you! |
| 18.04.2007 |
NICE NME ALBUM REVIEW |
| "Who knew that Norway had a space program? The first beneficiaries - after the herring they sent into orbit in the `50s, obviously - are Kristiansund cosmonauts 120 Days, who have transferred the celestial humming of the Milky Way`s darkest corners directly on to tape. We jest, of course. They`ve been listening to a lot of Spacemen 3 records. But depsite following every space-rock cliche in the book - enormous proggy synths, echo-drenched, hard-drug use with a religious epiphany - 120 Days have made a compelling debut album, largely because they never leave you drifting without a twinkling melody or a thundering Krautrock rhythm to cling on to. Fans of Spiritualized, Secret Machines and NASA-strength skunk should set the co-ordinates without delay" (Sam Richards, NME) |
| 17.04.2007 |
DJ MAGAZINE: THE HOTTEST NAMES IN DANCE MUSIC |
| DJ Magazine has a feature on the hottest four names in dance music and 120 Days is one of them:"Adding their distinctive Neu! and Spacmen 3 flavoured synths and atmospherics to tracks for Justice and Lindstrøm, they`re about to blow big style with their debut album "120 Days" out the 23rd of April on classy imprint Smalltown Supersound. The album is chock-full of melodious guitar epics, but drenched in iced-out reverb and swathed in curtains of psychedelic machine trickery that will appeal to any electronica head" |
| 17.04.2007 |
NICE NME SINGLE REVIEW |
| Nice review in this weeks NME of the Come Out track. “Well, well someone`s angeling for a guest appearance on the new series of Doctor Who, arent they? This Norwegian four-piece have managed to create a rousing nine-minute hunk of space –rock that sounds as if it`s been influenced by a road trip across the moon, on a motorway where the service stations only sell prescription drugs drugs and Babylon 5 DVDs. Which sounds like a fun trip by anyone`s standards” (NME) |
| 08.04.2007 |
LONDON SHOW ON FRIDAY THE 13TH OF APRIL |
| After a long US tour, 120 Days returns to Europe for a string of shows (see live listing) and they will among others play another show in London, this time Friday the 13th of April at Carling Academy Islington (N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, London N1 0PS). For more info and to buy tickets go here. |
| 29.03.2007 |
NME: 120 DAYS THE SECOND BEST GIG AT SXSW! |
| NME has voted the best bands of this years SXSW festival, and 120 Days is number 2! NME writes among others “There hasn`t been a band taking drugs to make music to take drugs to that`s sounded quite this gloriously fuzzy and odd since Spacemen 3”. 120 Days` debut album is out in Europe the 23rd of April on Smalltown Supersound. |
| 27.03.2007 |
120 DAYS: EUROPEAN TOUR + FREE REMIX BONUS CD! |
| 120 Days` debut album will finally be released in Europe the 23rd of April. In Europe you will get a bonus remix disc for free with great remixes by The Secret Machines, T.A. Kaukolampi, Mental Overdrive + a brand new long remix of Sleepwalking done by 120 Days themselves. Also 120 Days will do a string of European tour dates and festivals, check out our live section for more details or check out the My Space site here. |
| 25.02.2007 |
LINDSTRØM TO PRODUCE 120 DAYS |
| 120 Days has joined forces with label mate Lindstrøm to produce tracks for their next album. For more information check out the Pitchfork newspiece here |
| 25.02.2007 |
120 DAYS US TOUR |
| 120 Days are about to go on a US tour and will tour with both Shout Out Out Out and Ratatat. For details and dates check out the live section to the left on this page. |
| 14.02.2007 |
120 DAYS TO PLAY SOLD OUT NME SHOW AT LONDON`S ASTORIA |
| 120 Days will play a already sold out NME show at London`s Astoria. Other artists the same night are Kings Of Leon and The Hold Steady. The event takes place Monday the 26th of February. |
| 11.02.2007 |
120 DAYS TO PLAY WHITE HEAT IN LONDON |
| 120 Days will perform live at a Smalltown Supersound and White Heat night in London the 27th of February. Also playing is Smalltown labelmate Bjorn Torske as well as Takka Takka. The show will take place at White Heat at Madame JoJo's (10 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0SE). Doors 8pm. £5 Entrance. More info here. |
| 16.12.2006 |
GREAT MIXMAG 12" REVIEW |
| "Norwegian long, dark tunnel synth-rock. Lesson for new indie-dance bands no. 2: if you`re going to mine the past, do it in style. This intense Scandi quintet are laden with cool influences - The Stooges, Spacemen 3, synthy Kraut-rock - but they deliver epic, throbbing tracks like this with such power (and great hooks) that they transcend retro" (4/5 Mixmag) |
| 05.12.2006 |
ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2006 |
| The Norwegian music journalists have voted 120 Days Album Of The Year 2006. It hasn't happened since 1993 that a Norwegian act has won this poll! Read Norwegian feature here Norways 2nd biggest newspaper Dagbladet ranked 120 Days album in the 1st place in their ranking of 2006 Norwegian album releases. Norways 3rd biggest newspaper Aftenposten Aftenposten ranked 120 Days album on the 2nd place in their ranking of 2006 album releases. |
| 30.11.2006 |
GREAT SINGLE REVIEW IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE |
| "Hey, kids, its time for another revival of krautrock, the jammy psychedelia-meets electronica style conceived by the German groups like Neu! and Kraftwerk in the 1970s. On this nine-minute track, Norway`s 120 Days give the genre a more apocalyptic spin with frontman undertow, setting a Sixties pop melody over a lightb guitar jangle, then giving way to a big, dreamy refrain thats sounds a little roots rock and a little New Wave. "Sleeping Lessons" begins as a quiet slow-burner built around a spiraling keyboard loop, then turns into a hard-charging rave-up outfitted with another ace tune. More, please" (3,5/4 Rolling Stone) |
| 29.11.2006 |
"Come Out.." Live on NRK TV |
| Check out our live performance at Norwegian National Broadcasting here! (starting after cirka 35.10 minutes) |
| 25.11.2006 |
SEE 120 DAYS LIVE AT THE FADER MAGAZINE`S WEBSITE |
| US's great Fader Magazine's webspace TV has a showcase of 120 Days performing live in their studio. You can check it out here |
| 25.11.2006 |
120 DAYS: PLAYBOY.COM REVIEW |
| New Norwegian buzz band 120 Days may have picked its name as a sly reference to the Marquis de Sade's infamous novel of sexual fetishes and torture, 120 Days of Sodom (groupies beware). But a more apt title would've been 120 Minutes, since the Norse rockers' energy and charismatic singer Adne Meisfjord's bold delivery would make the band a high-rotation addition to MTV's old alternative video show. The self-titled new album plays like one extended movement pulsing with electronic drum cadences, taut bass, windswept guitars and edgy synth lines. While the band's Can and Kraftwerk reference points are blatantly spelled out within its looping rhythms, 120 Days isn't nearly as automated and dry as those influences sometimes imply. From the Timothy Leary-like exhortations of the opening track "Come Out (Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone)" to the menacing Stooges-like sax of "Lazy Eyes," this group isn't as robotic as it is trance-inducing, creating musical hills and valleys within tracks that wax and wane with the skill of a jam band. Hipsters hate the dreaded "jam" term, but 120 Days sounds like a jam band for kids raised on Brit-Pop and electronica instead of bluegrass and folk. Hell, they end the album with a 12-minute track.(3/4, Playboy.com) |
Out Now
120 DAYS "120 DAYS" CD
Out 23. April in UK and Europe.Out now in USA and Norway.
Buy the album here:
NME
There hasn`t been a band taking drugs to make music to take drugs to that`s sounded quite this gloriously fuzzy and odd since Spacemen 3DJ MAGAZINE
The album is chock-full of melodious guitar epics, but drenched in iced-out reverb and swathed in curtains of psychedelic machine trickery that will appeal to any electronica headMIXMAG
This intense Scandi quintet are laden with cool influences - The Stooges, Spacemen 3, synthy Kraut-rock - but they deliver epic, throbbing tracks like this with such power (and great hooks) that they transcend retroFACT MAGAZINE
Epic new wave Kraut coming to a disco near you soonSPIN
120 Days can make any room feel like on it's on the brink of explosion. It is awe-inspiring.FILTER
It's a post-punk, post-rave, post-pre-Armageddon masterpiece of sleazy, chaos-worshipping rock.VILLAGE VOICE
These songs are totally allergic to restraint; they're built for huge outdoor festivals, and they push outward and unfold upward, aiming for cheap seats.PITCHFORK
These guys go big on everything. They exude audacity. A first-order phenomenon, with its own heat and light.NEW YORK TIMES
It takes a live performance to appreciate 120 Days, a Norwegian band that takes the throbbing repetition of rave music and German synthesizer rock and adds fervent vocals.URB
Their self-titled debut album on Vice Records is one of the most amazing of the year.Design / Programming: Truls Haugland www.trulshaugland.net