Keswicklemon is a blog by artist Michael Holland from Lancashire england. Its an archive of projects artwork music photographs collections and writings. not many people follow me and there are way too many blogs in the world but this one is simply just for me to keep my ideas from disappearing into nothingness.

Friday 18 July 2008

01 Ono Norway


3rd March 2007 The Start of Ono.



This months licktronica is a 'ono' special to help launch my new CDr label
this sunday the 4th of march, licktronica will feature some of the upcoming dj's that will contribute both visually and aurally to the ono audio visual label so expect some exciting sounds, here's what i wrote about my CD!

LABEL : ono
RELEASE : norway

Ono norway is a split dj mix by two artists on the idea of norway. or if spoken ; “ohno No Way !” We hope to go on to produce some magical sounds that interest and educate people around the world hopefully inspire people as mixtapes have inspired us in our short lives. More mixtapes to come from artists such as mooken , keswicklemon , jonny ruzzle , svarte greiner , sean vinylment , miles whittaker , xela and not forgetting howie b good. Genres dont count anymore , recycle, buy vinyl, share whatever knowlege you have, with whoever asks.

Tracklist as follows.

Svarte Greiner - Hunderfossen
1. Tony conrad with faust - Outside The Dream Syndicate (Table of the elements)
2. The Grey field recordings - Ring Bells (Anticlock)
3. Noxagt - Acasta Gneiss (load)
4. Francois Tétaz - Arcane Menace (from Wolf Creek OST) (Rubber music)
5. Gultskra Artikler - Slovami Poeta (miasmah rec.)
6. Sixtoo - Incidental 7 (bully)
7. Req - Wasp zither (warp)
8. Dubbing mixers - Omena (Tuulanauhat)
9. Paavoharju - Mitä Sinä Et Ole (Miasmah music)
10. Selda - Yaz Gazteci Yaz (Finders keepers)

Keswicklemon - Erlington
11. John Cage : Fontana Mix (turnabout)
12. Spunk : Marbles (Rune Grammofon)
13. Matmos : Rag: for William S. Burroughs (Matador)
14. Discipline : Jazz Head (Artefact)
15. Machinefabriek : Zucht (Machinefabriek)
16. Twine : R-'ono' (Komplott)
17. Sunburned Hand Of The Man: Life In The City (Manhand)
18. E.g. Oblique Graph : The Piano Room (kinematograph)
19. Ben Frost : Stomp (Bedroom Community)
20. Volcano the Bear : The Pincher (No Fi)
21. Supersilent : 6.3 (Rune Grammofon)
22. Keith Jarrett : The Koln Concert Side 1 (ECM)


this is what boomkat wrote about it.

The caliginous shadow of Svarte Greiner (aka Erik K Skodvin) returns once more to wreak havoc on all who lend a severed ear, and this time he comes with a wretched familiar, the Dadaist jester and Ono label-curator Keswick Lemon (aka Michael Holland). The two mischievous spirits have put their broken minds together to come up with an hour-long mix of tumult and faux-splendour, with half an hour procured from each tortured soul. First up is Skodvin and for those of you lucky enough to have consumed his emissions on the Type label you should already have an idea what to expect. Bolt your windows and doors and make sure your house wasn't built on an ancient Indian burial ground, this is music to crumble your soul and facilitate your innermost desires. Tracks from Norwegian metal-terrorists Noxagt, Canadian alt-hiphop man Sixtoo and Finnish weird-folkies Paavoharju are cruelly spliced with lesser-known gems from The Grey Field Recordings, Dubbing Mixers and Francois Tetaz, but this is not about the tracklist – it's about the mood, and what that mood is capable of inducing. Let's just say you'd better make sure you have an alibi handy. Holland continues this murderous theme wonderfully with some abstract cross-eyed cuts from well-known purveyers of musical mayhem John Cage, Spunk, Matmos, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Volcano the Bear interspersed with rarities from Twine and Machinefabriek among others. All in all we are left with a diverse, challenging and devilishly enjoyable selection, mixed supremely by our two ungracious hosts. If this is the sound of Norway, I'm on the next flight to Oslo, never mind the cost of beer! Limited to only 80 copies and coming on CDR only with hand-made artwork this won't last long, and is hopefully an indication of oddness to come from the Ono imprint.

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