MMx089 Lamek – Ro Ro Ro
Back in 2005, Bob Marley’s old band, The Wailers, played a sold-out gig at Rockefeller in Oslo. After the show, a bunch of young Norwegian reggae enthusiasts/musicians managed to hook up with some of...
View ArticleMMx090 Boblebad – s/t
Boblebad sounds like it’s been kept in a time capsule since the early 90’s, but have somehow evolved in there, and gets out all frisky and 95’ski and asks – whatever happened to that OL-floka, man?...
View ArticleMMx091 Ruth Hansen – Horvat Knows What Up
I first met Ruth a few years back while I worked at an old folk’s home. I wasn’t quite sure if she worked there or whether she lived there. She had a fascination for octopi and would often tell the...
View ArticleMMx092 U Trip – Flush
Not much is known about this record. It’s some beats, some brass, slouching juicy bass and all the shank that comes with that. Instrumental and you can rap to it if you like. Music and cover art by...
View ArticleMMx093 Skiftende Bris – Virvelhoste
Four more tracks from Skiftende Bris. Some cosmic funk vibe on these tracks. Scandi-funk. Scunk. We dig! Music and cover by Ulf. [Download Full Release] Tracklist 01. A Moment 02. Lapskauskaos 03....
View ArticleMMx094 Coax – COM1
We’ve been hassling Coax to release some stuff on MarsMelons ever since that insane live show he did at Mir a year back, and I’m proud to say we’ve finally received some material – and boy, oh boy,...
View ArticleMMx095 Duelling Ants – Fauna
‘Fauna’ is a collection of some lovely new electroacoustic pieces from Duelling Ants (aka Hans Marius T. Jacobsen). It features the same lush sound as on ‘Phones’ from a couple of years back –...
View ArticleMMx096 Lord Panzer – No Justice Just Us
Here’s some good old sing along punk for those summer night glubs. Lord Panzer arose from the ashes of the band Saddams Sønner. After a breef interlude with the Bistronauts, Lord Panzer teamed up with...
View ArticleMMx097 Fruktnøtt – s/t
Back in 2004, two guys started a musical project called Fruktnøtt. At that time it consisted of merely a couple of weird experiments with beats and piano sounds, sounds which never came to see any...
View ArticleMMx098 Wild Man Riddim – s/t
Wild Man Riddim is one of the finest reggae/ska-influenced bands in Norway today, and it’s an absolute pleasure to release some of their music on MarsMelons. Here’s the lowdown from Martin; Brage...
View ArticleMMx099 Coax – CRASH2
A new exquisite record from Coax, squishing itself through the grapevine. Here’s Ulf’s lowdown; Coax’s new record CRASH2 is a great listen. It’s heading in another direction than COM1, towards a more...
View ArticleMMx100 West Bank Robbers – Pusten Jager
This in from Martin – two new tracks by West Bank Robbers. These two tracks were recorded live and raw in Cantus studio a couple of years ago. The idea was to just plug into the amps and record without...
View ArticleMMx101 Phlu – Inner Logix
So Phlu’s been on hiatus for a while, but he sent me this a while back. Some lovely cosmic electro funk shizzle! Inner Logix was created in between other and more important tasks in life like watching...
View ArticleMMx102 Sykt Barn – Jord
3 (and a half – soon four!) year old Milla is MarsMelons’ latest collaborator. Armed with a modular synthesizer, she’s spraypainting a picture of her world with the synthetic sounds coming out of the...
View ArticleMMx103 Gorgonsola Flyplass – Uendelig Regress
Thoughts looping and bending in on themselves with concurrent added high frequent feedback. ‘Uendelig Regress’ is about a perceived defeat of the self. A kid with no direction, no ambition, not...
View ArticleMMx104 Polly Marker – Sundae
Fresh out of Australia, ‘Sundae’ is a “sunny sort of record”, according to Polly, who says she’s been making it on the go as she’s been travelling the outback with her pet koala, Steve. “Steve has been...
View ArticleMMx105 Thomas Bergsten & The Harvey Steel Show – Frank Walker (Episode #3 –...
Here’s the third iteration of what’s becoming the epic tale of Frank Walker. The soundtrack to this is just phenomenal. Should definitely be performed in some concert hall at some point. In this third...
View ArticleMMx106 Kyalka – All seas turn black
Mixtape of some beats about the end of the world from Kyalka titled ‘All seas turn black’. A few picks from a pool of shit, as Kyalka puts it himself. [Download Full Release] Tracklist; 1. Drowning 2....
View ArticleMMx107 Miinarets – Byzantine
‘Byzantine’ tells the story of Goiney, a young man recently knighted by the queen of his country for his brave service during the recent war. A few weeks after the knighting, while searching for a...
View ArticleMMx108 Duelling Ants – Reverse Seaworld
‘Reverse Seaworld’ is Duelling Ants’ third installation on MarsMelons – and as you would expect, it’s a lovely collection of mellow electronic tracks, as well as a fitting welcoming into this world of...
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