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    True North
    (2022)
    a-ha's 11th studio album,
    recorded in Bodø, Norway

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  • From the archives

     
    Bridges: Våkenatt
    (1981)

    The second studio album by Bridges; Paul and Magne's band prior to a-ha. Now available on CD for the first time (2020).

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Archive for November, 2024

Savoy’s 2004 album reissued as Whalebone

Posted by Jakob S on November 22nd, 2024

New cover and new title

Today Paul announced that Savoy’s self-titled 2004 album has been reissued digitally, featuring a new cover image and even a new title; Whalebone, named after the album’s lead single.

Savoy’s fifth album was originally released in August 2004 and included the radio singles “Whalebone” and “Empty of Feeling”. It peaked at #7 on the Norwegian album chart.

The new cover image is taken from Jason Brandenberg’s short film for the closing track “Isotope”, and was used inside the fold-out digipak edition (CD+DVD) of the album when it was first released.

This means that all seven Savoy studio albums are now available on streaming. And while some previous Savoy reissues were shortened by several minutes, the new reissues of Reasons To Stay Indoors and Savoy both seem to retain the same length as before.

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Living With Ourselves art vinyl now shipping

Posted by Jakob S on November 12th, 2024

Art by Magne on both the cover and the record itself

Fans in many countries are now starting to receive the Living With Ourselves Limited Edition Art Vinyl, which was sold exclusively through Magne’s official website on November 1st. Only 200 copies were available and sold out instantly.

The album comes in a gatefold sleeve, numbered and signed by Magne. He has also personally mixed the colours of each individual vinyl record. Additionally, the package includes a unique monotype print (12×12 cm, signed and numbered on the back) from the Past Perfect Future Tense period, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that album.

The album includes all the 11 tracks listed on a-ha.com recently, but has a different running order. It opens with “Look how far we haven’t come” and ends with a cover version of TOTO’s “Hold the line”.

Living With Ourselves is released on Magne’s own label Passion Fruit Records, while the record itself was pressed at T-Time Vinyl Plant in Stavanger, Norway, where Magne and producer Bjarne Stensli are among the co-owners.

A regular edition of the album on vinyl or CD has not been announced so far.

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Reasons To Stay Indoors reissued digitally

Posted by Jakob S on November 9th, 2024

The new cover

Paul has announced that a remastered version of Savoy’s fourth album Reasons To Stay Indoors (2001) is now available on all streaming platforms.

The reissued album also comes with an alternate cover photo, taken by Sebastian Schmidt, and updated band logo. The same photo was previously used for the promo single of “Half Of The Time”, though it was a mirrored version.

Reasons To Stay Indoors peaked at #8 on the Norwegian album chart back in 2001 and included the singles “If You Won’t Come To The Party”, “Half Of The Time” and “Five Million Years”.

No word yet if a Hi-res version of the album will also be available for purchase, like the reissue of Mary is Coming (96 kHz/24 Bit) last year, or if a vinyl or CD reissue could be possible.

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More music and podcast episodes from Magne

Posted by Jakob S on November 8th, 2024

Cover image

The second track from Magne’s upcoming solo album Living With Ourselves is out now, on all streaming platforms.

Entitled “Look How Far We Haven’t Come”, the song features backing vocals by Tini Flaat.

Also available now is episode 6 – 11 of Magne’s new interview podcast in English, hosted by Ørjan Nilsson. Although originally planned to be released weekly, Magne decided to share the whole series now. He explained on Instagram:

“since my plan of releasing one podcast episode pr song (through some glitch) went south and 5 episodes were released all at once, i will heed my own advice and
‘learn to make better mistakes’ 😂🤷‍♂️
hence, the last 5 episodes of this will be released on the coming friday – unless gremlins in the system also puts this new plan to shame!!”

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Magne performs at Porsche car center

Posted by Jakob S on November 8th, 2024

Performing “Take On Me”, with artwork by Magne as backdrop, November 7th.
(Screenshot from Instagram video)

Magne performed live at the 5th anniversary of Porsche Center Asker & Bærum in Billingstad on November 7th, for a group of invited guests. He was joined by Martin Halla on vocals and Dan Sunhordvik on guitar.

Magne’s art was also on display in the showroom, including the massive glass sculpture “Sub Sea” and a Porsche Macan decorated with his design.

A selection of pictures have been posted on Instagram by Modus Design, who helped organize the event. The post also includes a video clip of “Take On Me” performed acoustically.

This is not Magne’s first collaboration with his local Porsche center. In 2021 he held an exhibition of 23 large graphic prints inspired by classic Porsche racing cars there. He has also decorated cars before, a Porsche 718 GT4 in 2021 and a BMW i8 in 2016.

Last night’s event is the latest of several mini-concerts Magne has done this autumn. He also performed at a private event in Oslo on 17 september, but with a full band set-up featuring Karl Oluf Wennerberg, Even Ormestad, Erik Ljunggren, Dan Sunhordvik, Tini Flaat and Martin Halla.

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Just Loomis photo book available digitally

Posted by Jakob S on November 7th, 2024

Book cover

Just Loomis’ photo book “Cry Wolf”, featuring photos taken during the Brazilian leg of a-ha’s 1991 tour of South America, is now for sale digitally through Apple Books. The book is 169 pages long and can be purchased for $12.99.

Update 16 November: The book is now also available to purchase for Amazon Kindle.

Here is a description from the publisher:
“CRY WOLF is a selection of Just Loomis photographs taken of the band A-HA in 1991 at their performance in the ROCK IN RIO and their first tour of Brazil. Beginning in RIO and traveling to towns like Recife, Fortaleza and Aracaju, Just Loomis captures the unique relationship between the band and the people of Brazil. Edited and designed by Nicole Segel this is a cinematic picture book. Just Loomis tells the story of this very special time in the history of the band. 180 pages in Amber and Black and white.”

The book was originally published in connection with Loomis’ a-ha exhibition at the Rockheim museum of popular music in Trondheim, Norway in 2020-21. However, the book was only available to buy in person at Rockheim and only around 50 softcover copies were printed, leading it to sell out within a few days. It has since become a highly sought-after collector’s item.

Many fans were unable to see the photo exhibition, due to Covid restrictions. But now at least the photo book is available for a larger public. Another printed edition is uncertain at this point.

News of the digital book edition was first shared by a-ha-forum.de.

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New Magne song and podcast now available

Posted by Jakob S on November 3rd, 2024

Single cover, artwork by Magne

The first song and title track from Magne’s upcoming fourth solo album Living With Ourselves was released on his birthday, Friday 1 November. The song is available on Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and other streaming services, with another new song from the album to follow each Friday in the coming weeks.

The song is accompanied by a new podcast in English called “no animals were hurt during the recording of this series”, which features Magne in conversation with Norwegian journalist and author Ørjan Nilsson. There will be one weekly episode for each song on the new album, eleven in total. But the first five episodes already seem to be up. They are available through Acast.com and other platforms such as Spotify.

Ørjan Nilsson has also written a new book about Magne which will be published in Norwegian in 2025. It is based on several interview sessions done in Norwegian over the last couple of years. Nilsson has previously written books about Paul (2017) and Morten (2019), and this new book will therefore complete a sort of “a-ha trilogy”.

On 1 November a special ltd edition art vinyl of Magne’s upcoming solo album “Living With Ourselves” was also made available to order from his official website. Featuring a signed and numbered 12″ gatefold LP, where each vinyl record has been personally colour-mixed by Magne, along with a signed MF original art print. Only 200 copies were up for sale, and sold out within minutes. Hopefully there will also be a regular vinyl and CD release later.

Here is the tracklist of the upcoming album, as shared by a-ha.com:

1. living with ourselves
2. look how far we haven’t come
3. white horses
4. world so strange
5. god is in the details
6. time is on your side
7. giving in to christmas
8. teo’s theme
9. hold the line
10. you won (and then some)
11. one 4 all and all 4 none

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  • New a-ha reissue

     
    Foot Of The Mountain
    15th Anniversary Edition
    on Crystal Clear Vinyl
    (2024)

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  • New Savoy album

     
    Under
    (2024)
    New Savoy studio album,
    featuring the singles
    "Lonely Surfer", "Digital River",
    "Life and Times of a Wannabe"
    and "Coming Down".

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  • a-ha Unplugged

     
    MTV Unplugged
    - Summer Solstice
     2CD edition
    (2017)

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