Live at Roadburn (Ulver album)

Live At Roadburn
Live album by Ulver
Released 12 April 2013
Recorded April 12, 2012, 013, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Genre Art rock, psychedelic rock
Length 53:52
Label Roadburn Records
Producer Ulver
Ulver chronology

Childhood's End
(2012)		 Live At Roadburn
(2012)		 Messe I.X-VI.X
(2013)

Live At Roadburn (subtitled Eulogy For The Late Sixties) is a live album by Norwegian experimental collective Ulver. Produced by Ulver, the album was recorded at the Roadburn Festival, held at 013, Tilburg, in the Netherlands on April 12, 2012, and issued in April 2013 via Roadburn Records.

Rygg commented on the release, “This was our pre-release party for the commemorative album Childhood's End, which we had just sewn up when we received the invitation from Roadburn. A one-shot psychedelic blowout or perhaps some sort of karaoke for our vestigial veterans; felt quite invigorating after the doom and gloom of the last few years. We gathered the guys who were involved in the album sessions and rehearsed the songs a couple of days before travelling to Tilburg. Not in total control, but that’s the spirit. Haywire lycanthropy.”[1]

Commenting on Ulver’s performance at Roadburn Festival, Jamie Thomson, writing for The Quietus, said, “I was placing a lot of faith in Ulver but ultimately I was to be disappointed. They were playing set of ‘60s psyche covers – and while the band themselves had a pretty good stab at recreating the sounds of the time, the alchemical tools to make it something special seemed just out of frontman Kristoffer Rygg’s reach. Ulver's restless reinvention is rarely less than compelling, so it was unusual to see their ambitions outstrip their ability.”[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Bracelets of Fingers" (The Pretty Things)Dick Taylor, Phil May, Wally Walter 4:49
2. "In the Past" (We the People)Wayne Proctor 3:03
3. "Can You Travel in the Dark Alone?" (Gandalf)Peter Sando 5:00
4. "Soon There'll Be Thunder" (Common People)Denny, Jerrald Robinett 2:27
5. "Today" (Jefferson Airplane)Marty Balin, Paul Kantner 3:50
6. "Velvet Sunsets" (Music Emporium)William Cosby, Thom Wade 4:04
7. "Street Song" (The 13th Floor Elevators)Stacy Sutherland 5:57
8. "66-5-4-3-2-1" (The Troggs)Reg Presley 3:48
9. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" (The Electric Prunes)Annette Tucker, Nancie Mantz 3:27
10. "Magic Hollow" (The Beau Brummels)Ron Elliott, Sal Valentino 3:27
11. "Impromptu Performance (Dedicated to Can)"    11:19

Personnel

Live Band
  • Drums – Tomas Pettersen
  • Electric Bass – Mats Engen
  • Electric Guitar – Alexander Kloster-Jensen, Trond Mjøen
  • Organ, Mellotron, Electric Piano – Daniel O'Sullivan
  • Percussion – Anders Møller
  • Voice, Guitar – Daniel O'Sullivan (tracks: 7)
  • Voice, Effects, Percussion – Kristoffer Rygg
Other Credits
  • Cover – Trine + Kim Design Studio
  • Engineer [FOH] – Chris Fullard, Kristin Bøyesen
  • Mastered By – Jaime Gomez Arellano
  • Mixed By – Anders Møller
  • Photography By – Christian Westgeest, Paul Verhagen
  • Producer – Marcel van de Vondervoort, Robert de Lorijn
  • Recorded By – Danny Gras, Kristian Vloet

References

  1. ↑ "ULVER GOES WOODSTOCK". Ulver. April 12, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Thomson, Jamie (April 27, 2012). "LIVE REPORT: Roadburn Festival 2012". The Quietus. Retrieved June 5, 2014.