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Artist
The Captain & Me
12+ albums
folkAllnorwegianNorwaybluegrass
about
This Oslo band consists of multi-instrumentalists Morten Krane and Even Vaa, who are pioneers in the musical genre of Balkan country, or, as more eloquently described in their own words, “maximalistic, epic, conceptual Balkan-country”. The record is written, produced, recorded, arranged, played, and sung by Morten Krane and Even Vaa in Even’s home recording studio in his bedroom. Guest appearances on the record include saxophone, trumpet and mandolin, and friends join in to sing some of the choruses. The mixing was done with help from Andreas Wickman. Their musical inspiration comes from artists like Crosby, Stills & Nash, Goran Bregovic, Boban Markovic, The Decemberists, Bob Dylan, Wunderkammer, and Sufjan Stevens, without sounding like any of the above. In the multi-vocal harmonies, one is subtly reminded of those hair-raising moments of the Beatles at their best. Authors such as Thomas Pynchon, Alessandro Baricco and Gabriel Garcia Marquez inspire the lyrical content of “Automata”. The Captain & Me are storytellers of grand human tales with an eye for the mundane details of life like their literary examples: wise men sitting around the campfire recounting tales of old, strangers telling of their travels, ghosts, and sometimes, the bottle or the dream speak for themselves. The band’s voices mix with the coloured voices of many different and interesting characters of stories from here, there, everywhere… and beyond. The Captain & Me’s music has the ability to bring you to
