Madrugada

03.11.10

Madrugada to release new song
and a collection of career highlights.

10 years after their critically acclaimed debut Industrial Silence, the time has now come for The Best Of Madrugada – a double album packed with career highlights. The album is released on November 29th, and contains 27 Madrugada classics – including a previously unreleased track called All This Wanting To Be Free.

The Best Of Madrugada is compiled by Sivert Høyem, Frode Jacobsen and Jon Lauvland Pettersen. The collection is based on original singles Majesty, Lift Me, The Kids Are On High Street and key live and signature tracks such as Black Mambo, Strange Colour Blue. Fan-favorites such as Quite Emotional, Step Into This Room and Dance For Me are also included.
The album is sequenced as two thematically different discs – the first as a Madrugada live set with noisier, aggressive and up tempo tunes and the second disc with a more moody and mellow atmosphere. The new song All This Wanting To Be Free was presented to Robert Burås by Frode Jacobsen and Sivert Høyem on the band’s last rehearsal. Although enthusiastic, Robert didn’t get the chance to play on it before he passed away. Later on, Jacobsen, Høyem and Alex Kloster Jensen layered guitars on the track while Erland Dahlen added drums.

This is the ultimate distillate of a musical era that stands without comparison in the history of Norwegian rock - the final chapter of a band that ended way too soon. Their legacy speaks for itself. A wonderful treasure trove of music that has stood the test of time and that will continue to engage and amaze new listeners in the years to come.

CD1:
1. The Kids Are On High Street
2. 7 Seconds
3. Look Away Lucifer
4. Belladonna
5. Blood Shot Adult Commitment
6. Higher (2010 Digital Remaster)
7. Beautyproof (2010 Digital Remaster)
8. Black Mambo
9. Salt (2010 Digital Remaster)
10. Stories From The Streets
11. I Don't Fit
12. Majesty (Live)
13. You Better Leave (Live)
14. All This Wanting To Be Free

CD 2:
1. What's On Your Mind
2. Hold On To You
3. Strange Colour Blue (2010 Digital Remaster)
4. Vocal (2010 Digital Remaster)
5. Hands Up - I Love You
6. Majesty
7. This Old House
8. Lift Me
9. Honey Bee
10. Electric (2010 Digital Remaster)
11. Quite Emotional
12. Step Into This Room And Dance For Me
13. A Deadend Mind
14. Sail Away

08.06.10

Remastered De Luxe edition of Madrugada's
debut album "Industrial Silence"

The remastered De Luxe edition of Madrugada's debut album "Industrial Silence" will be released in Norway by EMI Music Norway on the 5th of July. The international release will follow after the summer. The De Luxe edition is a double album: Album 1 contains the remastered "Industrial Silence" as it was originally released in 1999. Album 2 contains tracks from all their early EP-s and four previously unrelased demo recordings. The album is remastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York. The CD version will be a 8 page digipack with a 16 page booklet and liner notes by Pierre Perrone.

Here is a little taste:
Hush Sleep Tonight (1996 Demo)

CD1:
1. Vocal
2. Beautyproof
3. Shine
4. Higher
5. Sirens
6. Strange Colour Blue
7. This Old House
8. Electric
9. Salt
10.Belladonna
11.Norwegian Hammerworks Corp.
12.Quite Emotional
13.Terraplane

CD 2:
1. Wheelchair
2. Move
3. Sweet Simone (Demo)
4. Strange Color Blue (Alternative Version)
5. Highway 2.000.000
6. Oceanliner
7. The Riverbed
8. Tonight I Have No Words For You
9. 1990
10.I’m Life’s Wonderful Way Of Letting You Down
11.Bill Skins Fifth
12.Mother Of Earth
13.Legends And Bones
14.Step Into My Mirror
15.Hush Sleep Tonight (1996 Demo)
16.Shine (1996 Demo)
17.I’m In Love With You
18.This Must Be The Song That Will Pay My Bills (demo)

08.06.10

New photos from the time of
"Industrial Silence"

10.12.07
Madrugadas sixth album
will be out in January of 2008

There`s no doubt that working in the studio with the new Madrugada songs has been therapeutic for Sivert and me, says bass-player Frode Jacobsen in connection with the fact that he and singer Sivert Hoyem have decided to stick with the original schedule, set before guitarist Robert Burås tragic death, for the recording of their new album.

We´re really glad that we have these recordings, fourteen songs where Robert plays a major part. By continuing the work according to our plan, our ideas are still fresh, the vision the three of us had for this record still feels alive . If we had put it aside for a year, I´m sure we would have ended up with a completely different record. We would probably have been alot more apprehensive in our approach. The material on the new album was developed among the band members in the three years that have passed since their last studio album, The Deep End, recorded in Los Angeles in the fall of 2004.

Madrugada began work on their new album in New York in May with the producer/engineer John Agnello. Agnello mixed Madrugada`s debut album Industrial Silence (1999) and he was involved as a producer for the follow-up, The Nightly Disease (2001). He also mixed Robert Buras`s band My Midnight Creeps second album, the very well received Histamin (2007). In other words; He is the external creative force that has had the most influence on Madrugada`s artistic development.

Earlier this fall, Agnello worked with the band in Svenska Grammofon Studio ( Run by Kalle Gustavson, bass-player from leading Swedish rock band, Soundtrack Of Our Lives).
In November, Madrugada and Agnello met back in the US to finish and mix the album in the two studios, Magic Shop (Manhattan) and Water Music ( Hoboken, New Jersey). We were really happy with the first sessions we had in New York in May. The foundation for the whole record was done at that time.

On one very special day, the three of us experienced something that was both magical and to us, very unusual.We recorded five songs in a row, normally it takes at least a couple of days to get one song down on tape.

Vital to making this Madrugada album both the best and the most important ever, is the list of merited musicians and friends the trio has involved; Madrugadas drummer from the last two albums, Erland Dahlen, The American guitarist Kid Congo Powers ( The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Gun Club), who also played on the big selling live album ” Live at Trafalmadore” (2005), the guitarist Emil Nicolaisen (Serena Manesh), the American pedal steel-players Eric Heywood (Son Volt, The Jayhawks, Joe Henry) and David Mansfield ( Bob Dylan, Alpha Band). Adding vocals are Norwegian singers Ane Brun, who was the duet partner on the mega hit ”Lift me” in 05 and Ingrid Olava. A first on this album is a song where Robert sings lead vocal. Even though he sang with his own band, My Midnight Creeps, he was always reluctant to sing with Madrugada.

I´m really happy that we managed to persuade him, concludes Frode Jacobsen.

Press release (in norwegian)

1.12.07
Ny singel fra Madrugada 10. desember 07
Madrugada - "Look Away Lucifer"

I tradisjonell kristen tankegang er Lucifer en fallen engel og identisk med Satan. Navnet Lucifer har latinsk opprinnelse og betyr ”lysbærer”, opprinnelig den som bringer lyset om morgenen. I den snart 10-årige historien om Madrugada vil 2007 for alltid bety året da lyset gikk. Robert Burås bortgang i sommer har selvfølgelig satt Norges mest fremgangsrike bands fremtid i usikkerhet.

De to resterende medlemmene, sanger Sivert Høyem og bassist Frode Jacobsen, har besluttet å gjøre ferdig albumet som trioen var langt på vei med innspillingen av da tragedien rammet og med hjelp fra en rekke av bandets nærmeste musikalske kolleger er albumet nå ferdig. Utgivelse skjer tidlig i 2008, ti år etter at Madrugada slapp sin første EP. ”Look Away Lucifer” er en kraftfull manifestasjon av Madrugadas enestående evne til å blande folk-sanger med en blytung malstrøm av elektrisk rock.

1.12.07
NyTT ALBUM fra Madrugada 21. januar 2008

Det er ingen tvil om at det å jobbe i studio med de nye Madrugada-sangene er terapi for Sivert og meg, forklarer bassist Frode Jacobsen i forbindelse med at han og sanger Sivert Høyem har besluttet å holde seg til fremdriftsplanen for innspillingen av nytt Madrugada-album.

Vi er svært glad for at vi har denne plata, med 14 sanger der Robert er med. Hadde vi vært i den situasjonen hvor dette materialet skulle vært gjort uten Roberts spillemessige bidrag, hadde det fortonet seg helt annerledes.

Ved å fortsette å jobbe etter den opprinnelige timeplanen holder vi inntrykkene våre ferske. Vi har fortsatt friskt i minne alle idéene og den visjonen vi i felleskap hadde med denne plata. Hadde vi lagt det til side et år, ville vi sannsynligvis endt opp med en helt annen plate. Vi ville ganske sikkert ha vært mer forsiktige i vår tilnærming.

Materialet på den nye plata har vært under utvikling mellom bandmedlemmene i de tre årene som har gått siden det forrige studioalbumet, ”The Deep End”, ble spilt inn i Los Angeles høsten 2004.

Madrugada startet arbeidet med innspillingen av albumet i New York i slutten av mai, sammen med produsenten/ teknikeren John Agnello. Agnello mikset Madrugadas debutalbum, ”Industrial Silence” (1999) og han var også innvolvert som produsent på oppfølgeren ”The Nightly Disease” (2001) og senest som mikser på Robert Burås My Midnight Creeps andre album, ”Histamin” (2007). Han er med andre ord den utenforstående kreative kraften som har hatt størst innflytelse på Madrugadas kunstneriske utvikling.

Tidligere i høst har Agnello vært i Svenska Grammofon Studio (drevet av Kalle Gustavson, bassist i Soundtrack of our Lives) i Gøteborg og senere i høst har Madrugada og Agnello møttes for avsluttende innspillinger og miksing i de to amerikanske studioene Magic Shop (Manhatten) og Water Music (Hoboken, New Jersey).

Vi var veldig fornøyde med den første sessionen vi hadde i New York i mai. Med unntak av en sang, finnes hele fundamentet for denne plata der. Det var spesielt en dag som vi alle opplevde som magisk, vi spilte inn hele fem sanger på stripe. Vanligvis tar det 2-3 dager å få en sang ned på tape.

Den ene sangen som vi har gjort i sin helhet i Gøteborg, var en sang vi hadde slitt med lenge. Siste gangen vi øvde med Robert, dagen før han døde, fikk vi den endelig til. Det er My Midnight Creeps-gitaristen Alex Kloster-Jensen som spiller på den sangen.
Med på å gjøre den nye Madrugada-plata til både den beste og viktigste noensinne, er en rekke meritterte musikere som Madrugada-trioen uansett hadde planlagt å involvere; Den amerikanske gitaristen Kid Congo Powers (The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Gun Club) som også spilte på det storselgende livealbumet ”Live at Tralfamadore” (2005), gitaristen Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh), trompetisten Nils Petter Molvær og de amerikanske pedal steel-gitaristene Eric Heywood og David Mansfield (Dylan, Alpha Band). Madrugadas trommeslager på de to siste platene, Erland Dahlen, er også på plass.

En first på denne platen er også en sang der Robert synger. Selv om Robert sang i My Midnight Creeps, kviet han seg for å synge med Madrugada. Heldigvis klarte vi åoverbevise ham, avslutter Frode Jacobsen.