Love OD Communications

It is with great sadness we bring you the news of the passing of our good friend Christian Hollingsæter AKA Le Petit Garcon. We have lost not only a close friend, but a talented artist and unique personality that meant a lot to many people connected to Tromsø’s local art and music circle and far beyond. Our thoughts are with Christian’s family.

We’re currently going easy on the releases here at Love OD Communications, but be sure to check in on our Bandcamp page from time to time for special offers on vinyl and digital releases from our catalogue.

Mental Overdrive’s new EP is now available on vinyl through Clone Distribution. Pick it up at a local store like Phonica or Oye Records, or place an order directly through Clone’s mailorder. The digital version will be available through all digital outlets on November 17th, but as we’d like to take care of friends who take the time to follow us, you can get it now in all digital formats if you head over to our Bandcamp page.

Charlotte Bendiks returns with a follow-up to her debut EP from last year in the shape of a new 4-tracker for Love OD. On “Aurora EP” she continues the development of her strict dancefloor-focused productions of classic house minimalism, much like an echo of a Chicago that has been abandoned and moved to become a ghost town deep into the Arctic. The opening track “Bananas” has DJ Strangefruit from Mungolian Jetset chanting and wailing like the soul of a dead raver gone awol in this stone cold Limbo for diseased disco hedonists, while the title track has Charlotte herself coldly proclaiming “I like your groove, I like the way you move”, as if she was the ruthless keeper of this strange place. If you, like us, still have any senses left intact, you will no doubt listen and obey. “Aurora EP” will be available digitally from October 20th 2014 with special artwork by Reddymade.

Tracklist:

01 Bananas
02 Aurora
03 Inside Joke
04 Crazy in the coconut

We’re happy to announce that a new EP from Boska will be available through Love OD from July 21st. Preview in the player above. More info TBA.

Our film “Monster” will have its international premiere at London’s East End Film Festival this coming Saturday the 21st of June. The film is part of the “Alienation” programme of shorts screening at the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel at 4.15PM. “Monster” is directed by Carl Christian Lein Størmer and based on a screenplay written by Per Martinsen, who has also written and produced all music featured in the film. “Monster” will also be available for online screening through Vimeo on demand from Monday 23rd of June, but you can pre-order it for streaming and download already at this link.

The new remix 12″ of Mental Overdrive’s “Mønster / Ritual”, featuring remixes by Optimo’s JD Twitch and Full Pupp’s Blackbelt Andersen, is out now. Get it from your local vinyl specialist or order directly from Clone Records.

On Friday April 4th there will be a screening of Kostya Shamshin’s Frost/Mental Overdrive-affiliated short film “Ghost Radio Hunter” at London’s National Portrait Gallery. The film is shot by Carl Christian Lein Størmer, and the screening is part of Noise of Art’s “100 years of electronic music” series of events. The event is on between 6-9pm and is free of charge and open for all. Afterwards Per Martinsen will head over to Big Chill House in King’s Cross to play a DJ-set in connection to the UK album launch of the new Mental Overdrive album “Everything is connected”.

For the second time this year DJ Magazine awards a Mental Overdrive album 9 out of a possible 10 and writes a raving review. This time it’s ‘Everything is connected’ that tickles their fancy (in their April issue), though in a different way than ‘CYCLS’ did back in their January issue.

The new Mental Overdrive album ‘Everything is connected’ is out today. The album is a compilation of EP’s and singles released over the last 3 years, plus some exclusive bonus tracks. Head over to your favourite online store, or get it directly from our Bandcamp page, where you can now also order the limited CD edition of the previous Mental Overdrive album ‘CYCLS‘.