"Café Grössenwahn" – "Café Megalomania". Such was the nickname of several cafés in Central Europe at the end of the 1800s. Here they would sit, the demagogues, dreamers and drunkards who would leave their mark on the coming century. These cafés in turn gave name to a music club in Oslo, Norway, where a select invitation-only door policy, strict dresscode and artists such as Tony Wakeford, Spiritual Front, Solblot and The Green Man created a suitably megalomanic atmosphere. The absinthe fountain helped a bit too... Which leads us to Café Grössenwahn Grammophon, created as a living monument – or perhaps a folly – to the club we loved. We aim to bring together some of our favourite artists both in music and the pictorial arts.
"Café Grössenwahn" – "Кафе мании величия". Так называли несколько кафе в Центральной Европе в конце 1800-х годов. Здесь обычно сидели демагоги, мечтатели и пьяницы, которые оставили свой след в грядущем столетии. Эти кафе, в свою очередь, дали название музыкальному клубу в Осло, Норвегия, где правила посещения только по приглашениям, строгий дресс-код и такие артисты, как Tony Wakeford, Spiritual Front, Solblot и The Green Man, создали подходящую атмосферу мании величия. Немного помог и фонтан с абсентом... Что приводит нас в кафе Grössenwahn Grammophon, созданное в качестве живого памятника – или, возможно, причуды – клубу, который мы любили. Мы стремимся объединить наших любимых артистов как в музыке, так и в изобразительном искусстве.
Tracklist A1 Ulver– The Inauguration Of The Kibbo Kift A2 Jännerwein– Auf! Lyrics By – Benjamin Sperling Music By – Karl Luitpold Niemandswasser, Peter Feld A3 Sol Invictus– Children Of The Fire Backing Vocals – Aurora Lee Bass [Basses], Mixed By, Producer, Other [Tea] – Clive Giblin Drums – Lloyd James Guitar – Simone Skeleton Guitar, Vocals – Tony Wakeford Lyrics By – Tony Wakeford Music By – Sol Invictus, Tony Wakeford Piano, Other [Guinness] – Eilish McCracken B1 Blood & Sun – Woodcraft Accordion – Matthew Knoedelseder Drums – Derrick Hans Mixed By, Mastered By – Bob Ferbrache Violin – John Becker Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Mandocello, Mandolin, Other [Footsteps Through Wet Grass] – Luke Tromiczak B2 Moineau– Lied Wieder Die Alte Weld Instruments [All Other Instruments], Vocals – Benjamin Sperling Music By, Mixed By, Producer – Benjamin Sperling, Moineau Violin – Matt Howden B3 TenHornedBeast– A New Earth Beneath New Heavens Music By – Christopher Walton Other [The Absence Of Vocals] – Christopher Walton
Recorded At – Lupercal Studio Recorded At – Sonnenheim Studios 069 Mastered At – The Dude Ranch Studio
Artwork [Album Cover Artwork] – Johannes Høie Artwork [Insert Cover Artwork] – Sverre Malling Layout, Illustration, Design – Antumnos Studio Liner Notes – Annebella Pollen Logo [Original Café Grössenwahn Logo] – Trine + Kim* Mastered By – Jacob Holm-Lupo
Limited edition of 500 copies. 10" in clear plastic sleeve with info sticker. 4 panel insert.
A1: recorded in Lupercal, The Old Town of Oslo, 2022. A2: recorded in Sankt Gilgen am Wölfgangsee, 2022. B2: recorded in Sonnenheim Studios 069, summer MMXXII B3: written and recorded in the expectation of a new heaven
The new release from Norwegian label Café Grössenwahn Grammophon is here, not exactly hot on the heels of Ghostly Whistlings (2017). Albion’s Beautiful Barbarians is a celebration of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, an inter-war scouting movement steeped in anti-militarist and utopian ideals and whose aesthetic has been described as “heathen futurism”. The ten inch record has specially commissioned cover art by Johannes Høie and tracks by Ulver, Jännerwein, Sol Invictus, Blood and Sun, Moineau and Tenhornedbeast. Insert with liner notes by Annebella Pollen, author of The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians (2015) and art by Sverre Malling.
Design, hand lettering and additional illustrations by Antumnos Studio.
