Level & Tyson
Level & Tyson | |
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 Level & Tyson photographed in San Francisco | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Slacker pop, Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | DIG!, Leisure Music, Das Kirurg, Tuba, Luckee Records |
| Members | Richard Lorentz Johansen Sofie Søndervik Sæther Namra Saleem Jokaim Kristiansen Hampus Sjöstedt |
| Past members | Jobo Engh Jun Christian Villanueva |
| Website | www.levelandtyson.com |
Level & Tyson is a Norwegian slacker pop band,[1] consisting of Richard Noir, Sofie Søndervik Sæther, Namra Saleem, Joakim Kristiansen and Hampus Sjöstedt.[2]
History
[edit]Formation and Even Faster Still
[edit]Richard Noir started the band while still playing drums for Superfamily, writing songs for Even Faster Still when Noir and Sæther lived together in Paris.[3] The album was partly recorded in their apartment in Paris, and partly at Propeller Studio in Oslo together with the producer Thomas Tofte.[4] The record was released in 2012.
"Even Faster Still" is a phrase from a self-hypnosis course.[5]
Mr. Teenager and touring
[edit]In 2014 Level & Tyson released Mr. Teenager, a stand-alone single collaborating with Japanese noise musician Sakamoto Hiromichi. The collaboration was an initiative from Noir and Sæther after watching "We Don’t Care About Music Anyway", a documentary about Japanese noise music.[3]
Level & Tyson visited USA for the first time at the Culture Collide festival in October 2014. The Huffington Post marked their San Francisco concert as "refreshingly unique",[6] whilst Buzzbands LA said their LA-concert "perhaps made rock music as intimate as it could get".[7]
Gruesome Twosome
[edit]The band released the first single Tied Up on 7 May 2015,[1][8] followed by No Fun My Head on 4 September. CMJ premiered the second single a week early, announcing the track list and release date of the upcoming album.[9] The album was scheduled to be released 25 September.
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Even Faster Still (Das Kirurg/Tuba, 2012)
- Gruesome Twosome (DIG!, 2015)
Singles
[edit]- Mr. Teenager feat. Sakamoto Hiromichi (Luckee Records/Das Kirurg, 2014)
- Tied Up (Leisure Music, 2015)
- No Fun My Head (DIG!, 2015)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Oslo's endearingly odd Level & Tyson scuzz it up on their new release "Tied Up" [Premiere]". The Line Of Best Fit. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Hvem er Level & Tyson?" (in Norwegian). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Level & Tyson". The Table Chair. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Level & Tyson debuterer". Musikknyheter.no (in Norwegian). 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Q&A: NORWEGIAN ROCKERS LEVEL & TYSON TO PLAY CULTURE COLLIDE". berkleybside.com. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "Culture Collide Comes to San Francisco". The Huffington Post. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Culture Collide 2014: Sky-high on Cloud Nothings, down and dirty with Dune Rats and a Friday evening church service with Sweden's Nina Persson". Buzzbands LA. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Videopremiere: Buldrende norsk arbeiderklassepop via Portugal" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Track Premiere: Level And Tyson – "No Fun My Head"". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
