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Espen Sommer Eide and Dag-Are Haugan of Norwegian electronic duo Alog have been fooling around. They've recorded themselves playing various instruments to which they are not accustomed. The result is anything but amateurish, but it is Amateur, a collection of these recordings releasing in North America on double LP and CD May 15 on Rune Grammofon.

Rune Grammofon are having themselves a busy late spring, with MoHa!'s Norwegianism and Ultralyd's Conditions for a Piece of Music both due out this month. And Supersilent are at work on a new disc, tentatively scheduled for late summer or fall according to the label's website.

Alog's got an awfully leisurely schedule in comparison, with a single September date scheduled in Spain.

Amateur:

01 Son of King
02 Throne for the Common Man
03 Write Your Thoughts in Water
04 Sleeping Instruments
05 Beginner
06 Learning Curve
07 Turn Back Undo
08 Book of Lightning
09 Future of Norwegian Wood
10 Exit Virtuoso
11 Bedlam Emblem
12 Northeast Passage

Alog comes alive:

09-14 Madrid, Spain – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte