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The Loch Ness Mouse have started to record their new album in Harry’s Gym Recording Studios. Updates will follow. Excited!

In case you haven’t got the vinyl of the 11-22-album yet, out on Oslo Grammofon, go to www.myspace.com/oslogrammofon.

New photos out in “Live section” plus we’ve struck a deal with booking agency Kopter Agency, www.kopter.no, see “Booking”. New show.

Håvard does some studio session playing on the new Maria Solheim record “Will there be spring”. Check it out. Jørn has written a song (“Lord, don’t pass me by”) for the new The Ladybug Transistor album out on Merge Records (www.mergerecords.com) in May.

We're so heartbroken by the message of Marius B. Larsen's passing on Dec. 19th, and at the same time we feel extremely fortunate to have known him and to have had the honor of working with him.

We first met the man in the late summer of 2005, when we sat down with him for a couple of intense weeks during long days of album mixing sessions. We had heard the best things about him up front, but to see how 2 years of writing and studio sessioning was now channeled through Marius' hands into the final mixes was sheer wonder. He was the perfect ears, hands, heart to hand it over to and to trust. If we had rounded it up at midnight, and he had handed me a test disc for the 1+1 hour drive home/back the next morning (because he always needed to be assured we didn't leave anything and move on before everything felt fully realized), he might meet us with a completely new mix the next day, because he had found some potential that needed to be explored, then spent hour on hour on it. And although it shone through very strongly in those weeks that he possessed a great knowledge in the whole register of technical nuances, it was always to make the music ring through and speak as clearly as possible that was his focus, in that room. He was a guy who could probably tell what was happening technically underneath the knobs, but didn't do much of that, because he sought something else: Through the way he played around on them, the sound of what you were searching for unfolded right before your ears. He was very listening.

As summer fades away you can take a look at our smashing summer photos and reviews!

Fra Pstereo:

The Loch Ness Mouse
Den siste plata til Loch Ness Mouse - "11-22" - låter fortsatt litt vel
modent for min smak. Blåserne lukter litt for sterk messing, og gitarene
blir liksom litt for mange år eldre enn meg. Av de samme grunnene har jeg
aldri falt helt for blåserne til Steely Dan og gitarlyden til Mark Knopfler.

Vel, ting forandrer seg.

For det Ole Johannes Åleskjær og resten av The Loch Ness Mouse presterte på
Øyafestivalens åpningsdag, var langt over det jeg hadde forventet både av et
band som spilte så tidlig på dagen, og utfra det jeg har hørt fra platene.

Ja, fra et norsk band i det hele tatt, faktisk.

De ville nemlig mer enn de fleste, Loch Ness Mouse. Og selv om blåserne datt
litt langt bak, og strengene hadde noe ujevn lyd, skapte de virkelig noe
helt spesielt i Ruinparken.

Loch Ness Mouse må være noe av det mest samspilte jeg har opplevd på en
norsk scene. De strålte omtrent som The Beach Boys gjorde på Brian Wilsons
minst depressive dager, rett etter han hadde skrevet "I get around" eller
"Good vibrations", fjernt fra perioden han følte seg sjanseløs mot The
Beatles' "Rubber Soul" eller "Meet the Beatles", og før han ble en feit,
alkoholisert gubbe med grilldress.

La oss si tiden der California-sommeren var det fineste som fantes, og
popmusikk var en lek og ikke et nesten-uløselig mattestykke.

Loch Ness Mouse fortjener mye mer oppmerksomhet enn de får i dag. Og selv om
de fortsatt ikke har gitt ut sin "Pet sounds", er det slett ikke umulig at
den kommer en dag.

God only knows.

For på scenen kan de omtrent ikke overgås.

(8/10)
Asle Frøkedal

"11-22" gets its Japanese release on March 20th through Rosemary Records (www.rosemary-records.com). US version coming up on Sounds Familyre (www.soundsfamilyre.com) and the vinyl w/ 2 bonus tracks on Oslo Grammofon.

Hello fellas! We have a bunch of shiny new press pictures on the photo section and as small bonus we have a couple of new shows posted in the live section! Ole's addiction to Myspace made us make LNM page >> www.myspace.com/thelochnessmouse. Check it out!

The guestbook is now up and running again, aparrantly people havent been able to use it.

Check out the live section everyone! I've been updating new upcoming concerts in 2006.

Hi folks! The Loch Ness Mouse album "11-22" has been nominated for the Alarm Prize Awards 2006!

We have been nominated in the pop category and we need your votes so get clicking!

11-22 gets reviewed in this radio program on Norwegian National Radio (click on 07.11)

The press about The Loch Ness Mouse’ new album ”11-22”

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”Noe av den beste popmusikken som noen gang er laget innenfor Norges landegrenser”

Natt&Dag

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”11-22 er et soulevangelium (…) Et bedre produsert album og med like god lyd tror jeg dessuten knapt vi har skipet ut til verden.”

Groove (rating 6/7):

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Anbefalt av NRK Lydverket

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”Årets hyggeligste overraskelse”

Spirit (Månedens killer på Musikkmisjonen P3 og i Spirit i november)

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”The Loch Ness Mouse er tilbake. Men det er ikke sikkert at du vil kjenne dem igjen. (…) Det er mer sweet soul music på «11-22» enn på det aller, aller meste vi hører nå for tida

Pstereo (rating 9/10)

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”Ei glitrande plate”

Vårt Land

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Terning 5 i Bergens Tidende

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”En av de beste norske platene som er blitt sluppet i år.” (Rating: A)

Studentavisa Hugin

"11-22" album starting to roll: Recommended by NRK TV Lydverket, interviews coming up in Natt&Dag & Groove.

Proudly presenting opening act & special guest NOELLE (www.noellemusic.com) + other guests on stage

THE LOCH NESS MOUSE’ NEW ALBUM 11-22 IS IN THE SHOPS IN NORWAY ON MONDAY OCT. 24

Grand release party at John Dee Sunday Oct. 23 w/special guests on stage. Norwegian tour follows, check SHOWS section for updates!

Photo section is up and running...check it out! Visit our interact page and leave a message in the guestbook if your in the mood...

The Ladybug Transistor will do a couple shows in Norway in early September. Ole Johannes is playing guitar. Hope you can come and see Gary Olson & his band if you are in town, confirmed dates this far:

The sold out Flair for Darjeeling album is being re-pressed on CD again by the label.

The new The Loch Ness Mouse album, working title “11-22”, is in the mixing & close to completion. The tracks, not in the final order, are:

The Loch Ness Mouse are Helga Trømborg, Håvard Krogedal (ex Serena Maneesh) and the Åleskjær-brothers with ex-members, friends & session musicians. List of studio cats & guests makes us proud: Guitarist Georg Wadenius (Steely Dan/Donald Fagen, Aretha Franklin etc etc.), Emil Nikolaisen (drums, guitars, percussion + mix & engineering), Elvira Nikolaisen (lead & background vocals), Hilma Nikolaisen (vocals), Amy & Kimberly Jubb (drums), David Wallumrød (Maria Solheim-band) on clavinet, Torstein Krogedal (stack of sax trax), Ravi on trumpet, and more….The album blends jazz-, rock- and soul elements & hip hop hints with pop hooks & will be out this fall for you to let the belly out & dance to.