Day 269.
Subsonic Eye: the Singapore label Middle Class Cigars is releasing a wonderful album called “Nature of Things” by the also Singaporean combo Subsonic Eye. So far we can preview one of the songs, “Unearth”, which sounds amazing. It even has a video if you are not convinced. You’ll see this is great. Totally recommended. Now I hope I get to listen to the rest of the songs, if they are as good as “Unearth” we are in for a treat!
The Fisherman and his Soul: well this is already sold out. That is a shame. Sebastian Voss’ solo project have just released a 7″ with two songs, “Reckenfeld (Feat. Tenant from Zero & Estella Rosa) and “Harenberg (feat. Kev Robertson)”. I don’t know how many copies were made, I just know I arrived late. But at least we can stream both songs on Bandcamp.
Iris Bevy: remember the band Ping Pong Club from Indonesia? They were great, weren’t they? Well it seems they have changed a bit their style, more into electropop, and also their name, to Iris Bevy. Their latest song is called “Endeavor (feat. Emiri Kanou)”, and it is quite lovely. A bit different yeah, but very enjoyable.
Tres Oui: now a four-piece from Austin, Texas, that have just released a 2 song digital single on their Bandcamp. The songs are called “Sad Boys” and “Oh Guitar”. They are jangly and bright. They have a few other releases, they’ve been going since at least 2017, so I’ll have to check those out!
English Summer: I’ve championed this jingle jangly band from Melbourne in the past. Their songs are very Sarah-esque at times, other times it feels very Bodines. So yes, it is great. We know the band is working on an album called “The Wedding”. I can’t wait for it. This is very very promising. I am sharing now with you their latest song, “Flowers For You”.
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“Impractical Guide to the Opposite Sex”, a 10″ and CD released in 2001 by Radio Khartoum (Mhz201/Khz201). That’s the only proper release of the Norwegian project.
You can also count a compilation appearance from 2000. Their song “Dream 2001” appeared on “We Love You… So Love Us” a CD/LP compilation release by We Love You (AMOUR 1) that got released in the UK, France, Australia, and more. There is just one little thing about this release, Nice System actually appears as Nice System 2001. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Back to the 12 song album “Impractical Guide to the Opposite Sex”, a perfect soundtrack for a rainy or lazy Sunday. One thing we need to say from the get go is that Nice System was the side-project of the superb Norwegian band Remington Super 60. It is no surprise then that you can listen to the record now on Remington Super 60’s Bandcamp. Also do check that on the front cover of the sleeve it says “Remington Super 60 presents”.
The 10 songs on this album were “System Instrumental 02”, “We Sing Ba Ba Ba”, “Sara 0157”, “In Bed All Day”, “Sleeping By a Building Site”, “Song for Me”, “Did I Do Wrong”, “My Name is Juolio”, “A Day in Christoffer’s Bedroom”, “DO You Know the Way to Fredrikstad”, “System Instrumental 01” and “Elevator Disco Express”. They were written by Christoffer Schou and recorded at Henning Fjeld’s studio (FRXTA). The songs ended up being mastered by Jiri Novak from the fantastic band Cinnamon.
For instruments in the album we know that Christoffer Schou played guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and effects. Magnus Abelsen did vocals, played drums and percussion while Benedicte Sveinsson Computorgirl also sang and played cello.
The band was based in Frederisktad.
The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1567 by King Frederick II, and established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Glemmen was merged with Fredrikstad on 1 January 1964. The city straddles the river Glomma where it meets the Skagerrak, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Sweden border. Along with neighboring Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad forms the fifth largest city in Norway:
The city was named after the Danish king Frederick II in 1569.
We also know other bands they’ve been involved with. For example Schou was in Doopy, Benedicte was on Remington Super 60 and Magenta and Magnus played in Remington Super 60, Julenavigatorene and Safariari.
There doesn’t seem to be much more info on the web of this project. One does wonder why they used a different name to Remington Super 60. Why they stopped used it and didn’t release any other records. Are there more compilation appearances? Any other songs by this project? Did they ever play live with this name?
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Listen
Nice System – In Bed All Day
