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New Circular website

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:05:50 +0000

It’s been quite a while since I last wrote something on my blog. The reason is quite simple. Both Circular and Pjusk now have their own blog-based websites and the need to express my personal ramblings has diminished significantly since their arrival. I strongly suggest you check out the new sites! I will be back from time to time.

Circular live in Athens on the 22nd of January

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:41:29 +0000

NEWSFLASH! Circular will perform live in Athens on the 22nd of January – alongside Carbon Based Lifeforms and Sync24. I am doing a VJ-performance with new visual material provided by Fuglefjellet (helicopter footage). An example can be seen here on Vimeo.

More info:
BLEND CLUB ATHENS, Aristofanous 11, Psiri, Athens, Web: www.blendathens.com

Music by Pjusk featured on American documentary

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:59:56 +0000

Tracks from the album “Sart” will be featured on the American feature-length documentary Cultures of Resistance directed by Iara Lee and produced by George Gund. We look forward to watching it!

Pjusk now represented by Danilo Pellegrinelli of Shakti Music

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:29:26 +0000

I am thrilled to announce that Danilo Pellegrinelli of Shakti Music is now representing Pjusk as exclusive booking agent. This is a fantastic turn of events and a we are excited and honoured to be in the same stable with prominent artists such as Fennesz, Matmos, Mike Patton, BJNilsen, Alva Noto, Biosphere and other talented acts.

New album from Pjusk out on 12k (US) March/April 2010

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:02:47 +0000

We are delighted to tell you all that the next album from Pjusk called “Sval” will be out on Taylor Deupree’s label 12k March/April 2010. The amount of positive feedback has come as a bit of a surprise to us, but we are extremely proud of our soon-to-be-released album and really hope it will be as accomplished as we feel “Sart” was.

We feel privileged and honoured to be included in the 12k lineup and would like to extend our gratitude to Taylor Deupree for giving us this magnificent opportunity.

Ableton Max for Live – Guide

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:08:35 +0000

A new era! I am not the programming type, but I am really excited about Max being made available for the Ableton Live community. In my mind this is like having NI Reaktor with all its possibilities directly wired into Live’s devices. Please check out the links and you’ll find a ton of info about this great invention. Hopefully someone will make something spectacular with the Akai APC40 as well.

Max for Live Guide 10

http://max4live.info/

Pjusk album “Sval” in the making

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:10:19 +0000

It’s been quite a while since my last entry, so I decided to write a new one (just after having purchased Ableton Max for Live – really excited about what this application will do for Live users – and I am also waiting for some serious Akai APC40 tweaking to go along with it).

Anyway, the status at the moment in the camp of Pjusk is simply that Andreas “Lupo” Nordenstam is currently mastering and mixing the album which will be named “Sval”. For those not that fluent in Norwegian (probably 99% of you), Google translate suggests “cool” (temperature). Feedback so far from Andreas is really promising and if everything goes as planned, the album should be out on 12k spring 2010. With the next Pjusk album on its way, I have already started working together with Bjarte on the next Circular album. Promise to be back soon. Cheers, Josten!

Circular album in preorder phase!

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:54:53 +0000

We are so excited! Our new album “Substans” will be released on the 29th of April and you can get your copy reserved right now!

More info right here!
http://ultimae.com/en/releases/341/index.html

We even have a free track for you right now!
http://www.ultimae.com/downloads/CIRCULAR-Substans-Ultimae-promopack.zip

New Pjusk website up and running!

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:26:18 +0000

We are proud to present a new and refurbished www.pjusk.no from the very capable hands of Joel Schafer. Special thanks go to director Grim Berge of Fram Film who contributed with his great video for the track “Flyktig”.

Circular-web on German television

Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:23:41 +0000

Circular on German television! Skip to approx 01 minute.