Short info in English: In August 2008 we are releasing a compilation of local/regional talents. We had 66 applications and have selected 24 tracks for the compilation titled "Pop08". The compilation will be given away for free to all 10th graders in Rogaland (aprox 5500) thanks to monetary support from Stavanger 2008, but the compilation will also be available as a physical cd release and as digital download.

Norwegian:
CCAP presenterer POP08 – samleplate fra Stavanger regionen – slippes august 2008
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Da er den foreløpige oversikten over hvilke artister og låter som kommer med på høstens Pop08 samling klar. Det kan fremdeles dukke opp en overraskelse eller to, men listen under er så og si komplett

Det har definitivt vært både en glede og et slit å sitte i lyttepanelet for dette prosjektet. Glede over at det virkelig bobler i de lokale musikkmiljøene for tiden. Vi mottok 66 bidrag til cd´en og det var svært mye bra musikk fra både “veteraner” og nye bekjentskaper. Det var et “slit” å skulle foreta de endelige valgene. Det var mye godt å velge mellom og vanskelig å kutte ned søknadsbunken til et mer håndterbart antall. Det er mange nye artister som ikke kom med i denne omgang men som vi er overbevist vi kommer til å høre mer fra i tiden som kommer.

Vi ønsker å rette en stor takk til alle artistene som har sendt inn bidrag og til lyttepanelet som har gjort en formidabel innsats: Johhny Liadal (Folken), Kjetil Søndeland, (Platekompaniet), Nils Østenfor (Cementen), Jesper Brodersen (Nordic Music Week), Olav Nilsen (Musikkbiblioteket), Stein Bjelland (NuMusic), Johne Fosså (Kippers) i tillegg til undertegnede.

Lyttepanelet har lagt vekt på kvalitetsmessige kriterier, samtidig som vi har prøvd å få en genre- og aldersmessig fordeling av artister og spor som gjenspeiler musikkbyen Stavanger i kulturhovedstadsåret 2008.

Følgende artister er valgt ut til å delta på Pop08 (i alfabetisk rekkefølge)

Adele – Dont Get Me Started
Afeeliated – All Day
Attention Now - Hard To Stay Alive
Bam Bam - Starliner
Beautiful Memories Last Yuor Whole Life Long - Silopie
C.H.U.D. - Fanget i Helvete
The Chairs – Kick The Sun
Eltervaag – Let It Go
Godal – Simon Says
Helldorado – Hellraising Outlaw
HoH – The Song Of Love
Jeremy – Little Boy
Melody Marshals – Space Cobain
Modan Garu feat Rosenberg – Stalin Takes A Day Off
The Norwegian Fords – Hop-Up-Pop
Popface – Swimming Triplets
Prophetic – Breaking The Chains
Rub A Dubs – Dancing Desert
Shameer – Mamma Burde Tatt Abort
The Shock! - Fuck Art Lets Kill
Teeny Grownups – John
Tore Pang – Skolevegring
Vaiping – Trans Atlantic
Waldejer, Sebastian – Luka

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THE LIST - and now we´ve got nowhere to run (CCAP064) had its physical release in Norway monday 21. April. The album is also available worldwide through iTunes and other fine digital music providers. If you cant find the album available digitally in your country please let us know and we will sort it out.

The List - short bio:

When making their debut with Perfect EP in the spring of 2006, The List where planning to release their first full-length record later that same year. It wasn’t to be…

But now, after a couple of years of uncertainty, the alternative country rock outfit is finally ready with “… And Now We’ve Got Nowhere To Land” (CCAP). More rock, less americana and a bigger portion of self esteem defines the album, where strong melodies, powerful arrangements and catchy choruses play a big part. The record is produced by Bjørn-Erik Sørensen and The List at the formers Artbeat recording studio.

Olav Larsen, Kjell Breivik and Inge Engelsvoll are among the well known local artists contributing. Also included is the transatlantic collaboration Things We Did (When We Where Kids) with lyrics and vocals from Nashvilles multitalented artist Doug Hoekstra.

With its first ever concert in 2004, The List reached the final of a local music contest. Since then, several of the former members has left the band, and four years later ”… And Now We’ve Got Nowhere To Land” demonstrates a band more confident and more harmonized then ever before. Lead singer Runar Aase have been compared to Grant-Lee Phillips and Chris Isaak by the written press, and inspired by such bands as My Morning Jacket and Wilco, The List has developed its own sound, spanning from upbeat rock to the more melancholic country styled indie-rock, without losing its credibility.

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FLYING SHOES - a tribute to the outlaw country / early alternative country of the 70´s lovely performed by Helldorado and a bunch of friends
POP08 - The best of Stavanger 2008!
HELLDORADO - Their fourth album, it sounds absolutely fantastic as usual

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MODAN GARU - Foxhunting For The Future (CCAP063) 28. April
Spring 2006: Modan Garu doesn't exist. But Tore Renberg seeks new musical directions. Being a longtime devotee of early synthpop, post-punk and electronic music, he travels from the west coast of Norway to the capital in search of the crisp embrace of an old love: The analogue synthesizer.
Renberg gets hold of a wonderful little black and silvery machine; Roland's classic, simple and unstable SH-1. He goes home to Portamento Productions, his own studio, and starts that same evening with newfound energy, exploring the strange world of his first synthesizer. He works, writes and composes day and night, and over the next months things evolve into Modan Garu, a three-piece poptronic act consisting of Renberg, the fabulous, whispery Elisabeth Røise, and Helge Olav Øksendal aka HOH, the baron of underground westcoast electronica.
Now things really begin to boil in the analogue kettles; a lot of songs are being tossed around, a lot of sounds are being tweaked, new machines are being bought, a lot of lyrics are being spoken, shouted, mumbled and whispered; should we use the Prophet 5 here? My gawd, this sounds like Japan's "Ghosts"! Oh, this must be an arpeggio from the library of Nick Rhodes! Ah, now, here's a space for the wonderful SH-1 again.
It twists and turns, the band move from homely pre-production to the lovely studio of Håvard Rosenberg - Sweet Music; their final stop, where the 20 or so songs are being cut down to eleven, where the album finally is being produced, strengthened and pieced together: nine songs signed Modan Garu, plus two highly original covers, to say the least: Billy Bragg's classic love-ballad "St. Swithin's Day" and Duran Duran's classic "Rio".
September 2007: Modan Garu releases their first single while making their live-debut at the prestigious NuMusic-festival. "Foxhunting For The Future" is available on MG's own label Moga Records, 500 ltd copies, hand-numbered + a promo cds. It is backed by a smoothe & cool Rosenberg-remix, exclusive for this single. The single gained fine critical response and did well on radio, several class DJ's having picked it up.
The band have done several live-shows, gaining fabulous response from both media and audience, and have been picked as one of few acts to play at By:Larm 2008 in Oslo.
Modan Garu release their 2nd single mid-february 2008, the pop-wonder "Schiller's Children", a snappy, catchy gem based on a smoothe piece of german philosphy (what? what!?!). Available in all formats, you want the real thing? Order from moga@tele2.no. You want the digital thing? Surf on: iTunes, Rhapsody ... all over the place.
And now, finally: April 25th will see the debut-album hitting stores and fans.
So please, dear friends: Stay tuned to our MySpace-Site for information and electronic joy & sadness, or knock down our doors if you simply can't wait.
And if you wonder what Modan Garu means, keep on wondering - or travel to Tokyo and start asking around for The Modern Girl.
This is the band that puts the warmth back into cold.