DEATHPROD and BIOSPHERE | Stator
In 1998, Biosphere and Deathprod – Geir Jenssen and Helge Sten, respectively – released Nordheim Transformed: a split album where both artists transformed the original experimental music of (fellow Norwegian) Anne Nordheim’s Electric (1974) almost beyond recognition. It’s not completely clear whether Geir and Helge actually worked together on this album – it’s a split, where different tracks are each credited to one of the two artists – but from its coherence it’s clear that they at least influenced each other greatly in producing this album. Nordheim Transformed is a landmark album in both artists’ catalogue – as well as for the ambient music genre in general.
Seventeen years – and quite a lot of releases – later, Geir and Helge return to this split-album formula to release Stator, built on the same principles: each delivering individual tracks (three tracks contributed by Biosphere, and four tracks by Deathprod). A project that was commissioned by Tape to Zero for their 2014 festival, “presenting both familiar and unfamiliar faces on the same stage, with fresh projects and a unique musical expression.”
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