''A Night at Salle Pleyel'' is a live instrumental album by Norwegian singer-songwriter

Susanne Sundfør Susanne Aartun Sundfør ( (local Haugesund dialect; ʉˈsɑ̀nːə ˈɔ̀ʈːʉːn ˈsʉ̀nføːrin Urban East ("standard") Norwegian); born 19 March 1986) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Haugesund, Su ...

, released on 11 November 2011. The album was recorded at Sentrum Scene in

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on 18 August 2011, and served as commission piece for the

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's 25th anniversary. It is composed solely of synthesizers with a team of four keyboardists chosen by Sundfør.

Background

The album was commissioned by the

, which asked Sundfør to write 44 minutes of music: "I didn't have any other restrictions or guidelines or anything. So I decided to make a piece of music for a string quintet. And then, when I started writing, during the process I got more and more convinced that this would sound really cool with just five synths. So at the beginning it sounds more like classical music and then it goes more and more into this synth world." Sundfør said she considers the album to be more of a side project to her main project.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''A Night at Salle Pleyel''.

Locations

* Recorded at Sentrum Scene * Mixed at Duper Studio * Mastered at Digital Domain

Personnel

– composition, Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer, Korg KP-3 Kaosspad * Ådne Meisfjord – Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer, Electro-Harmonix Memory Man, Electro-Harmonix POG, Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyser, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, Roland RE-20 Space Echo, Robotalk Random Arpeggiator *

Morten Qvenild Morten Qvenild (born 31 August 1978) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer. Career Qvenild started his jazz career in the big band Ung Musikk in 1995, followed by studies on the Jazz program at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. He u ...

– Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer, Moog Voyager Filter Section, Roland RE-20 Space Echo, Ibanez Tube Screamer Keeley Mod, Zvex Tremorama, Zvex Fuzzfactory, Moogerfooger Analog Delay, Oto Machines Biscuit, Mackie 802-VLZ3 Line Mixer *

Øystein Moen Øystein Moen (born 16 August 1980) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer known for his participation in the bands Jaga Jazzist and Puma. Career Moen was born in Steinkjer, and studied music on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevator ...

– Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer, Elektron Octatrack, Ableton Live, Motu Express 128, Akai LPK25, Akai MPK25, Boss Spaceecho, Roland RE-20 Space Echo *

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

– Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer, Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer, Moogerfooger LFO * Thomas Hukkelberg – recording *

Jørgen Træen Jørgen Træen also known by his stage name Sir Dupermann (born 15 April 1973) is a Norwegians, Norwegian record producer, musician (guitar, keyboards and bass guitar) and electronica artist from Bergen. He is best known for his work as a music p ...

– mixing *

Bob Katz Bob Katz is an American audio mastering engineer and author of a popular book on audio mastering. Katz has mastered three Grammy Award–winning albums and one nominated album. Projects he has worked on have received Grammys and acclaim from audi ...

– mastering * MVM – design, artwork

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Night at Salle Pleyel 2011 live albums EMI Records albums Live instrumental albums Susanne Sundfør albums