Stereo Total, one of my very own all-time favourites playing ut up at the backstage loft at John Dee. They gave us a cute little cover of Kraftwerk´s "Tour de France". Quite fitting they explained as they were both french and german. The dancing bunny however made little sense...

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Avant-garde pop in a cute floppy wrapping. Center of the Universe have just released their new album, Levitating Disk. The celebration took place at Månefisken, we showed up a few hours earlier and was given an exclusive version of Levitating Tune by the Aker river.

Cheers! We´re up to our tenth Rastløs, and what a way to celebrate. Grand Island has one of Norway´s most unique sounds, something they have tweaked and tuned even tighter on their newest release, Östra Knoll 1:22. We met the guys right next to Akerselva, running straight through Oslo. So hands up for one of Norway´s quirkiest bands, here´s the song Suffer/Lid, min kjære.

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I had the chance to meet up with some charming people from Bodø last week. Coming out of the lively music scene centered around fresh pop favorites Kråkesølv, Cold Mailman is a new Bodø band worth keeping your eyes on. I visited the guys in a small cozy apartment filled with old furniture and trinkets, where they played the song Time is of the Essence. Have a look for yourself!

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Nils Bech is on everyone's tongue these days. The talented young electropop artist from Norway has just released his debut album, Look Back. Electropop might not sound like the best genre to do an acoustic version of, but mr. Bech and sax player Bendik Giske took the challenge and played a beautiful version of the song Curious Love.

groove.no Rastløs #8 - Nils Bech from groove.no on Vimeo.

My debut as a director, the short film Daggry, has finally reached it´s completion. The story was written by myself and Preben Simonsen and was produced with funds from Filmkraft Rogaland. We shot the film in November last year, and the last few months have been spent on post-production. An amazing team of dedicated actors and film workers have made this a wonderful experience and I can´t wait for everyone to catch the full film.

I'm proud to present one of Australia's greatest pop artists at this week's Rastløs. Sarah Blasko swept across the down under continent last year with the release of her second album As day follows night. Now she's getting ready to lay Europe beneath her feet with beautiful indiepop melodies and a characteristic voice. Blasko played at last weeks Fanzine 12th release party at Internasjonalen, and we met up with her a few hours before the show.