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N∆EON TE∆RDROPS – OUTBOUND REMIXES
April 24, 2023, 1:34 pm
Filed under: News, Release
The new N∆EON TE∆RDROPS single OUTBOUND will be released on Friday April 28th. Two remixes of the song will follow on May12th. The first mix is done by Randaberg’s disko maestro LINDSTRØM and the second by Tromsø’s own KOHIB.



WATERS RISING VIDEO
April 10, 2023, 1:53 pm
Filed under: Music video, News
Watch the video for the N∆EON TE∆RDROPS’ single WATERS RISING above. Shot in downtown San Fransisco by Stein Sørlie.


N∆EON TE∆RDROPS – WATERS RISING
March 10, 2023, 6:48 am
Filed under: News, Release

N∆EON TE∆RDROPS is a new artist alias from Norwegian techno and electronica veteran Per Martinsen, mostly known under his guise MENTAL OVERDRIVE.

Stepping out of his familiar instrumental electronic productions and into vocal-based songwriting, N∆EON TE∆RDROPS explore influences of the synthpop and darkwave of his formative years, while aiming to put these influences into a more contemporary context.

The music of N∆EON TE∆RDROPS was born out of his writing project PYRAMIDS ON THE MOON – a fictional autobiography in three parts where he explores three alternative timelines of his own life, and where each of his three imagined personalities create music under different artist aliases.

N∆EON TE∆RDROPS released the single AMNESIACS in 2021, reaching no 8 in the Deutsche Alternative Charts, followed by SHADOWSISTER in 2022, which reached no 12 in the same chart.

The new single WATERS RISING will be out on March 17th 2023, and takes us on a deep and melancholy melodic ride atop a slow beat suitable for the more soulful and mellow dancefloors.

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Artist talk by Per Martinsen
December 18, 2022, 11:05 pm
Filed under: Interview, News

Watch and listen to Per Martinsen talk about his artistic research project “The Search for Resonance” which spawned the multi-dimensional autobiography “Pyramids On The Moon”, including music from MENTAL OVERDRIVE, N∆EON TE∆RDROPS and WAVE∞FORM.



INTERVIEW WITH LHMREXP
October 17, 2022, 9:28 pm
Filed under: Interview

Listen to James Welburn talking with Per Martinsen about music, his Pyramids On The Moon project and his various selves. The interview was done in connection to WAVE∞FORM playing James’ brilliant event series Lillehammer Experimental earlier this year. Link here.



“PYRAMIDS ON THE MOON” NOW ON PATREON
August 29, 2022, 3:30 pm
Filed under: News, Release

A 50-year old electrician has a midlife crisis and starts making ambient music. A group of people in Berlin uses sound to induce the release of DMT in the brain in order to travel between dimensions, and a character named ∆EON walks the streets of London while rebelling against the digitally connected society they live in, as part of the “DisCon” activist movement. 

“Pyramids On The Moon – a multi-dimensional autobiography” is a work in progress, where the main body of work is a story about life and music in three parts, each describing an alternative timeline to the author’s own, where the three main “characters” create and release their music under the artist names WAVE∞FORM, MENTAL OVERDRIVE and N∆EON TE∆RDROPS respectively.

Although the three different versions of the author’s personalities exist in parallel universes, they are still somehow connected, and each one encounter different “portals” through which they become aware of the others, without necessarily understanding that these are other versions of themselves.

Through the process of storytelling, “Pyramids On The Moon” allows for exploring questions around identity and authenticity, both on a personal and professional level, and by shifting through the different modes of character the author can use the freedom of not having to be “oneself” to open up for new forms of musical expression.

The text has so far been posted chapter by chapter on the project website, www.pyramidsonthemoon.com, and the musical output of the three artist can be found at the project’s own page on bandcamp.com

Some of the music has also been made available as official releases through the label Love OD Communications, and a series of NFT’s connected to the project has been dropped at objkt.com

You can now support the further development of the story and its connected music by becoming a patron at patreon.com.



MINI-FESTIVAL@HELVETESVEITASENTERET
August 17, 2022, 9:46 am
Filed under: News

Helvetesveitasenteret – our temporary pop-up space in Grønnegata 114 in Tromsø is now moving into its final phase, and we’ll mark this with a mini-festival over the last two weekends of August.

We can offer vinyl, CD’s and tapes for sale, coffee, sound-massage, vintage clothes and other second-hand goods plus an art-auction, each day ending with a live concert.

Saturday 20/8 the king of electronic improv Tim Exile will play a set with his own Endlesss setup, Sunday 21/8 Tromsø-based Themis Altintzoglou AKA Θ (theta) will present his new piece “tar reign” under his new project name “pangaion”. Saturday 27/8 Aggie Frost will play a mini-concert with material from her “Perlemor” album, and Sunday 28/8 Per Martinsen will play a live set with his project WAVE∞FORM.

In other words a super opportunity to buy records, art and second-hand treasures while enjoying good music and company. The music festivals Hagefestn and Rakettnatt also take place these two weekends down the road, so this is also a perfect way to warm up for the evening if you’re heading for any of these afterwards.

All revenue from sales and donations will be used to finance production of new music and art by the involved artists, who might also be found in the DJ booth before the live gigs start.

Opening times all days: 12PM-4PM

All gigs start at 4PM

Link to event on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/3360354420850998/3360354437517663



WAVE∞FORM – UPON THESE WAVES I SLEEP
April 5, 2022, 10:05 am
Filed under: News, Release

WAVE∞FORM’s debut album “Waveform01” was released through LOVE OD COMMUNICATIONS in 2020, and the follow-up album UPON THESE WAVES I SLEEP is now ready for release.

The tracks on this new album, like most of the material emerging from the project PYRAMIDS ON THE MOON, were inspired by the subject matter of Per Martinsen’s artistic research project THE SEARCH FOR RESONANCE – a three year research project at UiT – The Arctic University of Tromsø that culminated in an exhibition in November 2021.

The exhibition contained a series of installation works, including the “wavemassage” room, where members of the public could lie down on a massage bench connected to a powerful transducer, and have their entire body physically shook by parts of the WAVE∞FORM material that is to be found on this new album.

The new material also explores alternative tuning systems and sometimes leans on music theory sourced from an intense research period looking at everything from sound healing to sonic levitation and ideas of sound as the very origin of the physical universe.

UPON THESE WAVES I SLEEP will be released on all digital platforms on April 29th 2022. The album will also be available on cassette and CD-R through the LOVE OD Bandcamp store.

The album will also be previewed in a special concert at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden on Sunday April 24th. More info and tickets here: https://www.hok.no/en/events/wave-form

Tracklist:

01: LIFE AFTER DEATH
02: TRAVELS
03: GLACIER
04: UPON THESE WAVES I SLEEP
05: B7
06: WAVEFORM02 – PART 2
07: LIVE BY THE WAVE
08: EXPANSION
09: WAVEFORM02 – PART 1
10: FREEFALL
11: TESSERACT
12: WHILE SHE DREAMS
13: THE PIER
14: HEAVEN SHALL WAIT
15: AEONS

All tracks are written, produced and performed by Per Martinsen.
Catalogue no: LoD2201



N∆EON TE∆RDROPS – “SHADOWSISTER”
March 16, 2022, 2:04 pm
Filed under: News, Release

N∆EON TE∆RDROPS will release their second single “SHADOWSISTER” on April 8th. The song is a homage to the complimentary self, be it Anima, Animus or any soul-balancing entity, and is paired with a cover of “THE FIGUREHEAD” by THE CURE. Remixes of “SHADOWSISTER” courtesy of MENTAL OVERDRIVE will be released on April 22nd.



New vinyl, t-shirts, books
December 9, 2021, 1:44 pm
Filed under: News, Release

The Love OD Bandcamp store has now been updated with our latest vinyl releases plus “Pyramids On The Moon” T-shirts with a brand new design by Lasse Marhaug. Also available are two different designs for N∆EON TE∆RDROPS, and a limited edition 3-part book bundle designed by Lasse with the POTM story so far. Go have a browse for these and back catalogue items still in print.