JULY #30 2010
STREAM OCEAN SOUND RECORDINGS SHOW
watch the egil olsen with friends show live from the beautiful studio; ocean sound recordings on the, if possible, more beautiful island; giske. NRK STREAM

we will be back at giske for another performance this weekend at the greatest festival in the world. see you and thousands upon thousands of others there.

JULY #16 2010
EGIL OLSEN SHOWS
there will be egil olsen shows at a few festivals this summer, as well as a few normal club shows. guitar heroes paal and stig ulv will be joining.

APRIL #23 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #6
thanks for a wonderful week at ocean sound recordings and to all the beautiful people who showed up at the intimate and extremely exclusive live show and to robert post for an always pleasant and wonderful surprise guest performance.

PS:
this morning i woke up to snow and hail hammering the windows and ended the day with a dip in the crazy ice cold ocean. i love giske.


ice ice baby!

APRIL #22 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #5
today we've mainly been recording vibro-slap. and of course some more dobro-slap and stig ulv magic. the only thing left to record is a few hand claps. or hand-slaps.


vibro-slappin'

PS:
to mark the end of a wonderful week at ocean sound recordings, we are inviting the locals on and around the isle of giske to join us for an intimate and extremely exclusive live show in the recording room, friday at 7pm - norway time.

APRIL #21 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #4
it's been a quiet day. meaning no drums. mainly egil olsen guitars, some vocals and the all mighty legend of string based instruments, king stig ulv, dobroing. tomorrow; more dobro, banjo, guitars and who knows maybe a mandolin, and maybe even a ukulele.


tech-man eyvinn magnus, egil o'boy and stig ulv.

APRIL #20 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #3
drums and percussion is done. klaus robert is flying home through the ashy clouds over norway. been testing microphones for guitar recording tomorrow with stig ulv and myself. u47 is a winner. don't know if it sounds best, but it's the biggest and most shiny. and oldest and wisest and most expensive. vintage.


shake and bake.

APRIL #19 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #2
we have recorded drums all day using fine and beautiful microphones and the fine and beautiful santa klaus robert blomvik. after 14 hours of sound, it's time for some visual stimuli AKA a movie and a cold beer for grown ups.


santa klaus is great!

APRIL #18 2010
OCEAN SOUND BLOG #1
recording at ocean sound recordings. today we've had pizza and snow and prepared for tomorrows drum show.


144 bpm or 146 bpm?

APRIL #14 2010
NOTHING LIKE THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU
today, to celebrate egil olsen's 30th birthday, a very exclusive and limited tribute album is being released on vinyl on big dipper records. while egil olsen was in los angeles working on new music, friends and fellow music makers planned the best birthday surprise ever.

"i feel old. not just 30. but a tribute album? it feels more like i'm dead." says egil olsen.

visit nothinglikethelovewehaveforyou.com for more information and samples. order your copy now at bigdipper.no

nothing like the love we have for you
lovely renditions of evergreen egil olsen hits

side A
01 uncle's institution feat. #6 - singer / songwriter
02 thom hell - wannabe
03 audun automat - you and i (and the dog)
04 karen rosenberg olsen - home alone
05 paal b solhaug - the heart is what we need the most
06 dj jørnis feat. phil corda - mike and ike
07 stig ulv - sleep with you

side B
01 side brok - alt en mann kan drøyme om
02 a boy named sue - let's go crazy
03 stonxyblot noir - deep down the basement
04 ante & the ant - toilet
05 robert post - birds in my backyard
06 sunnmøre baarelag - gro et kvart
07 dondre vaular - dot
+ rockettothesky - they are playing happy birthday

FEB #10 2010
SADDEST SONGS
the song nothing like the love i have for you is featured on the compilation saddest songs released by lirico in japan today!

JAN #23 2010
NEWS
egil olsen is in los angeles.

OLD NEWS
the award winning singer / songwriter music video has apparently been off the tube of you for quite a while, but it's back. tell your friends and family.



NOTHING LIKE THE REVIEWS I GOT FROM YOU:

6/6 ØSTLENDINGEN / HA
"strokes of genius"

5/6 HALDEN ARBEIDERBLAD
"one of the best norwegian albums of 2009. or THE best?"

5/6 RANABLAD
"this is a man about to take a solid step out from the shadows."

5/6 BA
"beautiful rhymes and fables - realityshots so naked and naivly honest that even cynics can risk getting their belief in love back."

5/6 TA
"you are pretty darn cynical if you're not charmed with this version of egil olsen."

5/6 VARDEN
"talk about putting people in a good, laughing and warm mood."

7/10 MUSIKKNYHETER
"the songs hold so much warmness -it's impossible to not be happy whilst listening."

4/6 DAGBLADET
"naivt - supert!"

DAGNES NÆRINGSLIV
"we are not spoiled with good, idosyncratic pop composers in this country, but we have some, and egil olsen is about to end up in the front row."

SUNNMØRSPOSTEN
"geniously simple. plain and simple genius."