Ayer entrebamos en la escena musical escandinava junto a los Jeremy Irons & the Ratgang Malibus . Hoy traigo a quienes furtivamente , por debajo del radar de la fiebre del garage rock e importados de Noruega son uno de los mas solidos e interesantes grupos escandinavos que escuche, los Cato Salsa Experience .
Cato Thomassen: , Christian Engfelt y Jon Magne Riise:se unieron en 1998 como una banda de aficionados con la intencion de la mayoria, hacer un poco de ruidos juntos y divertirse , asi comenzaron con una nueva perspectiva en la musica, creando una cantidad inusual de musica que desperto el asombro y la curiosidad, quisieron pasar por alto las normas de la industria y crearon su propia discografica, Garralda Records , quisieron mejorar su estetica como banda e incluyeron a una mujer, Nina Bjorndalen. La casualidad tambien jugo su papel cuando a un productor le llamo la atencion el arte de tapa de su primer disco, lo que hizo que llegaran a conocerse en Estados Unidos.
Desde 2005 se asociaron con el free-jazz trío The Thing y el saxofonista americano Joe McPhee para liberar algunos registros de heavy jazz-rock no convencional, aqui encontraran algunos que seguramente los sorprendera, hay por ahi una version de Whole Lotta Love de Zeppelin imperdible.
Los pueden encontrar encuadrados en un estilo de Garage revival setentoso , como musica ideal para el verano, comparados por algunos con los Jon Spencer Blues Explosion . Yo no los encasillaria en el genero Garage rrevival o Garage Lo-Fi , en realidad no los encasillaria en ningun genero en especial, creo que eso limitaria injustamente su audiencia, ya sabemos que muchos de nosotros nos guiamos a veces por los generos en eque encontramos a las bandas, aunque es imposible detener el que sean comparados con otras bandas Garage.
Cato Salsa Experience muestran un poder real y la creatividad para darnos lo que venimos escuchando hace decadas pero con un sonido asombroso.
Podria ampliarme, pero ultimamente me esta faltando el tiempo, de todas maneras, no tengo que convencerlos de nada, solo comiencen a escucharlos, el resto lo haran ellos…
Mañana les acerco otra banda de la zona , i promise….
Cato Salsa Experience – A Good Tip For A Good Time
Label:Garralda Records
Format:Vinyl, LP
Country:Norway
Released:2000
Artwork By – Karegutt
Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals – Francis Moon
Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, Backing Vocals – Jon R. Lucar
Engineer [Assistant] – Lars Klokkerhaug
Guitar, Organ, Mellotron, Organ [Moog], Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cato Salsa
Mastered By – Ingar Hunskaar
Organ, Theremin, Percussion – Nina Delay
Photography – Kimm
Recorded By, Mixed By – Christian Engfelt
Recorded By, Mixed By, Written-By, Arranged By, Producer – Cato Salsa Experience
Tracklist
1 Listen To Me Daddy’ O 2:34
2 So, The Circus Is Back In Town 2:58
3 M.F. 3:00
4 Lucky Girl 2:49
5 I Can Give You Anything 4:31
6 Deadbeat 3:07
7 Move On 2:33
8 High Heeled Leather Boots 3:08
9 Time To Freak Out! 3:56
10 Tanquaray 3:06
11 Albert Bones Electric Meal 3:59
Bonus Track
12 Got Soul If You Want It 2:56
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Cato Salsa Experience – Salso Casa
Label:Garralda Records
Format: CD, Album
Country:Norway
Released: 2000
Artwork By [Cover] – Kåregutt
Bass, Vocals – Francis Moon
Drums – Dick Lugar
Effects [Space Echo] – M.Kristiansen
Guitar, Vocals – Cato Salsa
Organ, Percussion, Theremin – Nina DeLay
Photography – Jostein Hansen, Kimm
Saxophone – O.Thoresen
Vocals [French] – Hedvig
Written-By – Cato Salsa Experience (tracks: 1 to 9), Jagger-Richards (tracks: 10)
Tracklist
1 Salso Casa Vocals [Additional] – Fuzz DeLay 0:54
2 Rock’N’Roll & Satisfaction Vocals [Additional] – Fuzz DeLay 3:11
3 First Shock, Then Anger 3:30
4 Henriette 1:59
5 Big Thing 2:16
6 Hardcore Mama Vocals [Additional] – Fuzz DeLay 2:47
7 Sister Disco 2:56
8 Kangaroo 2:27
9 Some Girls… 2:39
10 Citadel 3:01
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Cato Salsa Experience – The Fruit Is Still Fresh
Label:Garralda Records
Format:CD, Album
Country:Norway
Released:2003
Bass – Christian Engfelt
Drums – Jon Riise
Guitar – Cato Salsa
Keyboards – Nina Bjørndalen
Mastered By – Morten Lund
Photography – Kimm Saatvedt
Recorded By, Mixed By – CSX*, Morten Aa. Kristiansen*
Written-By – Cato Salsa Experience
Recorded at Parkometer Studios, ever now and then between October 2001 – March 2003. Mixed at Parkometer Studios. Mastered at Masterhuset. Horntveth and Eick are Jaga Jazzist Horns.
Tracklist
1 Living Longer Each Year
2 Awaiting The Bash
3 Lovesick
4 Runaround
5 Handsome Hank Is Back In The City
6 Rock ‘n’ Soul
7 Taste For Honey
8 Up & Around
9 Waiting For The Summer Sun
10 Candyman
11 In Case You Need Deep Love
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Cato Salsa Experience And The Thing With Joe McPhee – Sounds Like A Sandwich
Label:Smalltown Superjazzz
Format:CD, Mini-Album
Country:Norway
Released:2005
Bass, Vocals – Christian Engfelt
Co-producer – Joakim Haugland
Design – Rune Mortensen
Double Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Drums – Jon Riise, Paal Nilssen-Love
Engineer [Live Sound] – Hans Petter Heggli
Guitar, Organ, Theremin, Vocals – Bård Enerstad
Guitar, Vocals – Cato Salsa
Mixed By, Mastered By – Helge Sten
Photography By – Thomas Reisæter
Producer – Cato Salsa Experience, Thing, The (2)
Recorded By – Thomas Hukkelberg
Saxophone – Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson
Recorded live at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2004.
Mixed and Mastered at Audio Virus Lab.
Credits are divided into two sections. Engfelt, Riise, Enerstad and Salsa are credited as Cato Salsa Experience. Håker Flaten, Nilssen-Love, Gustafsson and McPhee are credited as The Thing With Joe McPhee.
Tracklist
1 Sounds Like A Sandwich 1:42
2 Whole Lotta Love Written-By – Page, Bonham, Jones, Plant 5:34
3 Art Star Written-By – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2:48
4 Our Prayer Written-By – Don Ayler 6:23
5 Hardcore Mama Written-By – Cato Salsa Experience 3:24
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Cato Salsa Experience – N º 3
Label Sony Japan
Format:CD
Country:Norway
Released 2005
Tracklist
01. Burn A Hole In The Night
02. It’s Gonna Be Easy
03. What A Day That Was
04. Milk For Revolution
05. Take It Home
06. (Wascha Raj)
07. Keep On Running
08. Drop The Anchor
09. Counting Down Your Dreams
10. Big Buck
11. Evil Man
12. There’s No Other Place
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Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee – Two Bands and A Legend: I See You Baby (2007)
Record label Cine Nomad,
Country Norway
released 2007
Christian Engfelt – bass, vocals;
Cato Thomassen – guitar, vocals;
Jon Magne Riise – drums;
Bĺrd Enerstad – guitar, organ, theremin, vocals;
Mats Gustafsson – baritone sax, tenor sax, electronics;
Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten – double bass, electronics;
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums;
Joe McPhee – tenor sax, pocket trumpet, vocals.
Track list
1. I See you Baby Shakin’ That Ass
2. Nation Time
3. Our Prayer
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Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee – Two Bands And A Legend
Record label Smalltown Superjazz
Country Norway
released 2007
Christian Engfelt – bass, vocals;
Cato Thomassen – guitar, vocals;
Jon Magne Riise – drums;
Bĺrd Enerstad – guitar, organ, theremin, vocals;
Mats Gustafsson – baritone sax, tenor sax, electronics;
Ingebrigt Hĺker Flaten – double bass, electronics;
Paal Nilssen-Love – drums;
Joe McPhee – tenor sax, pocket trumpet, vocals.
Track list
1. Who The Fuck
2. The Witch
3. Too Much Fun
4. Tekla Loo
5. Louie Louie
6. You Ain’t Gonna Know Me ’Cos You Think You Know Me
7. The Nut
8. Baby Talk
9. I Can’t Find My Mind
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