Dadafon

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Slow Day 05:37 Tools
I Wish To Weep 01:35 Tools
Move 03:47 Tools
The Garden 05:00 Tools
My Brother's Comeback 04:16 Tools
When Did You Leave 03:36 Tools
Hold On 03:47 Tools
Heel Of Achilles 04:36 Tools
My Dream Is Dead 04:06 Tools
A Tribute To Waiting 03:42 Tools
Days That I Knew 04:27 Tools
The Bed Split 06:12 Tools
Van Gogh's Boat 07:34 Tools
Glorify 04:37 Tools
When I Sit Alone 06:32 Tools
And So We Have To Say Goodbye 04:15 Tools
Insufficiency 04:24 Tools
Today 05:31 Tools
Beautiful 03:37 Tools
Raining 04:36 Tools
Birthday 05:28 Tools
Hunted 03:59 Tools
She's Falling 04:13 Tools
Bygones 04:34 Tools
After All 01:35 Tools
My Days Go On 02:28 Tools
Release Me 03:55 Tools
If He Comes 04:55 Tools
Babylon 04:05 Tools
A Man's Requirements 05:02 Tools
Visitor 04:48 Tools
Bonus Track 04:44 Tools
House of Clouds 06:36 Tools
Slow Day (album version) 05:36 Tools
Travel On 03:46 Tools
She`s Falling 03:46 Tools
Drink to Me 04:33 Tools
Afa 04:33 Tools
She Left Me Behind 04:33 Tools
Charrid 04:00 Tools
Alabama Song 03:39 Tools
Mamselle Marie 04:40 Tools
Kirsi 02:01 Tools
Slow Day (cтихи: Чарльз Буковски) 02:01 Tools
Untitle Bonus Track 05:35 Tools
Be It So 05:35 Tools
And I Can't Stand Still 05:35 Tools
I'm Going to Sing 05:35 Tools
Show Day II 05:35 Tools
Dadafon_Drink_To_Me 05:35 Tools
Abrehets Song 06:41 Tools
Slow Day (Lyrics by C. Bukowski, OST Factotum) 04:54 Tools
Abrehet's Song 03:03 Tools
And I Can´t Stand Still 06:41 Tools
Farewell I 06:41 Tools
In The Kitchen 06:41 Tools
Ice Plant Overture 01:24 Tools
My Garden 01:24 Tools
Quirky Waltz 01:24 Tools
Beside You 01:24 Tools
Pickles 01:24 Tools
Dreamland II 04:18 Tools
Drunk Driving 04:18 Tools
Shoes 04:18 Tools
Farewell II 04:18 Tools
I´m Going To Sing 04:18 Tools
Slow Day Fragments 04:18 Tools
If You're Going To Try 04:18 Tools
Still Awake 04:18 Tools
Remembering 04:18 Tools
Reunion 02:50 Tools
Abrehet´s Song 02:50 Tools
Free Heart 02:50 Tools
Horse Race Groove 02:50 Tools
My Brothers comeback 02:50 Tools
On The Bus 02:50 Tools
slow day (factotum soundtrack) 02:50 Tools
Lost Love Chord 03:46 Tools
Slow Day (Lyrics by C. Bukowski) 03:46 Tools
Slow Day (OST Factotum) 03:46 Tools
Track 1 03:46 Tools
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Dadafon is a norwegian band. Before Dadafon came to light they were called “Coloured Moods”. The band was formed in 1995 by drummer Martin Smidt and included Kristin Asbjønsen, Carl Haakon Waadeland, Jostein Ansnes and Bjørn Ole Solberg. The band gathered elements from African music. In general it was Smidts own transcripts from Ghana. The album “Coloured Moods” was released in 1998. Rhythms, soundscapes and improvisation were central and Kristin sang most of the songs in her own made-up language. In the fall of 2000 the band changed their named into Dadafon and recorded the album “And I can’t stand still”. Asbjørnsen had been on a trip to Africa. The music was inspired by traditional African music from Gambia, Mali and Ghana, as well as afro-American spirituals. Dadafon left their own company called RIM records and signed with the little record company Via Music before their next release. On the “Release Me” Ep from July 2002 Dadafon has been re-in forced with Cellist Øyvind Engen. For the first time the songs have been composed from scratch with music written by Kristin Asbjørnsen and Jostein Ansnes. The songs are based on simple, melodic structures combined with an organic soundscape where the African feel has been slightly toned down. Impulses from the Southern US music tradition can be heard. Kristin Asbjørnsen has written most of the lyrics and in addition “borrowed” lyrics from the Victorian poets Elisabeth Barret Browning, Christina Rosetti and Walt Whitman. Dadafon can be described as passionate love songs with both strong melancholy and a feisty devilish energy. When the album “Visitor” was released in October 03, the press was over themselves with excitement. Dadafon received a nomination for the “Spelemannsprisen” award in the Pop category and and won the Alarm award in the Jazz category. The bass player Eirik Øien joined the band after having contributed on the album whilst the drummers/ percussionist’s Waadeland and Smith left the band and was replaced by Kenneth Kapstad. 2003 was an active year for Dadafon with over 40 concert performances both in Norway and abroad. Through their performances in rock venues, cultural venues and jazz clubs the band has reached a constantly growing audience. In September Dadafon built their own studio on the docks of Trondheim and recorded the single “And so we have to say goodbye” at the same time as they decided to sign with Universal Music Norway. “Harbour” was recorded during the fall and was mixed in Oslo in January 2004. The record is a continuation of both the musical and the lyrical aspect of “Visitor” with a “tighter” band and a more energetic rhythm section. It is still the strong melodies and the powerful and danceable rhythms that are the main focus, and with Dadafons unique string-instruments and vocal harmonies Kristin Asbjørnsen sings more intense, raw and seductive as ever before. Albums; *Coloured Moods (RIM - 1998) *And I Can't Stand Still (RIM - 2001) *Visitor (VIA - 2002) *Harbour (Universal –2004) KRISTIN ASBJØRNSEN / vocal JOSTEIN ANSNES / gitarer / vocal ØYVIND ENGEN / cello / vocal EIRIK ØIEN/ bass/vocal KENNETH KAPSTAD/ drums Rune Holme/Sound Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.