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Released
  
2006

Producer
  
Wibutee

Release date
  
2006

Label
  
Sonne

Length
  
42:33

Artist
  
Wibutee

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
January 3–15, 2006 at Propeller Studios, Oslo, Norway. Track 1 recorded May 2005 in Audiopol, Skien, Norway. Track 6 additional recorded at Wibuton.

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Sweet Mental (released 2006 in Norway by Sonne Disc - SON001) is a studio album by the Norwegian band Wibutee, and could be characterized as an anniversary album after ten years of collaboration.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Crash Hit" (4:57)
    Tor Egil Kreken - banjo & bass
    Wetle Holte - drums, effects (drones) & programming
    Rune Brøndbo - synthesizer, synthesizer (arpeggiator), sounds (sound treatments), drum programming & effects (filtered drone)
    Håkon Kornstad - vocals, saxophone (saxhorn), synthesizer, celesta & programming
    Lyrics by Håkon Kornstad
  2. "Aalo" (4:54)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar (additional)
    Wetle Holte - drums & drum programming (beats-programming)
    Mike - guitar (additional 12-string)
    Rune Brøndbo - guitar, synthesizer
    Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, synthesizer & mellotron
  3. "Travel With You" (4:49)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
    Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer, programming & piano
    Rune Brøndbo - guitar, synthesizer, programming, bass (treatments) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
    Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone & synthesizer
  4. "Sterio Plains" (4:58)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
    Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer & programming
    Rune Brøndbo - guitar
    Håkon Kornstad - saxophone ("sax Machine"), piano & synthesizer
  5. "SORPI" (4:36)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
    Rune Brøndbo - mellotron, synthesizer & bass (Ms20)
    Håkon Kornstad - saxophone (saxhorn), piano, synthesizer, flute, melodica, programming & flute (flutonet)
  6. "It's All Here" (3:14)
    Wetle Holte - drums
    Håkon Kornstad - saxophone (percussives) & vocals
    Rune Brøndbo - synthesizer, bass (synth), guitar, programming, drum (edits) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
  7. "Sebastopol" (4:59)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
    Rune Brøndbo - drum programming (beats-programming), synthesizer, guitar & editions (treatments)
    Wetle Holte - drums
    Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, flute & synthesizer
  8. "Two With Nature" (5:37)
    Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
    Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer, programming & piano
    Rune Brøndbo - guitar & bass (Ms20)
    Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, baritone Saxophone, piano, synthesizer & synthesizer (Yamaha Sk20)
  9. "The Ball" (4:29), featuring Anja Garbarek
    Rune Brøndbo - drum programming (beats-programming) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
    John Mallison - vocals recordings
    Håkon Kornstad - synthesizer, flute, melodica, programming & backing vocals
    Anja Garbarek - vocals
    Lyrics by Håkon Kornstad

Credits

  • Artwork – Håkon Kornstad
  • Artwork (live pictures] – Joachim Drageland Isachsen
  • Artwork (vector landscapes) – Marius Watz
  • Co-producer – Michael Hartung
  • Additional engineer – Espen Gundersen (tracks: 1)
  • Engineer & mixing – Michael Hartung*
  • Management – Henning Meyer Petersen
  • Mastering – Thomas Eberger
  • Composer – Anja Garbarek (track: 9), H. Kornstad*, R. Brøndbo*, W. Holte* (tracks: 1-8)
  • Assistant photographer – Jan Erik Corsten
  • Liner Photo photography – Jørgen Tverås Gomnæs
  • Producer – Wibutee
  • Recordings - Håkon Kornstad (track: 9)
  • Additional recordings – Håkon Kornstad (tracks: 1, 7), Rune Brøndbo (track: 6)
  • Mixed March 2006 at Propeller Studios, Oslo, Norway.
  • Mastered April 4, 2006 at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden.

    • This recording was funded in part by "Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere" and "MFOs Vederlagsfond"
    Wibutee is supported by "Norsk Kulturråd" and "Norsk Jazzforum"
    Wetle Holte plays Ruff Drums.
    Tor Egil Kreken uses Demeter amps & Nechville banjos
    Packaged in a Jewel Case. Booklet 8 pages

    Songs

    1Crash Hit4:57
    2Aalo4:54
    3Travel With You4:48

    References

    Sweet Mental Wikipedia
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