Interview with Fredrik Saroea of Datarock (Fredrik Returns!)
We had the pleasure of interviewing Fredrik\xa0Saroea of DATAROCK over Zoom video!\xa0
Fredrik\xa0Saroea\xa0is the frontman of Norway's bizarre, global indie sensation \u2013 DATAROCK.
After years touring the world with alternative bangers such as "Fa-Fa-Fa" he now present an entirely different side to his songwriting
The new solo album Rona Diaries was inspired by everything from post-rock (like The Sea and Cake) via hard-core (like Fugazi), noise-rock (like U.S. Maple), space-rock (like Flying Saucer Attack), art-rock (like Blonde Redhead) to Morrissey's indie-classics, Sun Kil Moon's
As COVID-19 shut down live music,\xa0Saroea\xa0started recording in their label YAP Records' studio \u2013YAP HQ in Bergen (Norway) \u2013 with DATAROCK drummer \xd8yvind Solheim helping out engineering & co-producing. The 12 songs jammed in on the 28 minute long album was also mixed by Solheim &\xa0Saroea\xa0at YAP HQ, and then shipped to UK's legend Mike Marsh (Bj\xf6rk, Massive Attack, Oasis, DATAROCK) for mastering.
The artwork was created by the amazing Magnus Voll Mathiassen whom has illustrated everything from Rihanna\u2019s Unapologetic album to this years official Oscars rendition.
The release on May 28th took place with an internationally streamed concert in Norway's stately Grieg Hall \u2013 famous for the most iconic Norwegian black metal recordings. The host of the event was the largest festival in the Nordic counties for art & music; Bergen International Festival (established in 1963). The concert featured musicians from Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the contemporary ensable BIT20, and later this year the recordings will be released as a live album.\xa0
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