Kim Hiorthoy

steve-o · Post by **steve-o** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:26 pm

Has anyone heard of him? I have one record and a book of his artwork. Really like both quite a bit. I believe he is from Norway.

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:37 pm

i've got Melke, his 'singles and mixes unreleasedn sheeyat' album. i think he makes great music (i fell in love with Evil House, Evil Day - the Melke-version that is - it's one fuck of a great song). also got this smalltown supersound shirt he designed a few years ago . i think you can still download his datamusic thing, it's free and good.

Derail · Post by **Derail** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:48 pm

More info please...

Never heard of him.

DocteurOrlof · Post by **DocteurOrlof** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:51 pm

Derail wrote:More info please... Never heard of him.

Yes, more info please...

Never heard of him (so why the name sounds familiar to me???)

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:54 pm

and i quote:

On his records Kim Hiorthøy combine weird beats, lo-fi/leftfield electronics, field recordings, electro-acoustic sounds and samples, resulting in a sound all his own. His debut album "Hei" was released in 2000 to rave reviews around the world. His second record, "Melke", a collection of remixes, 7 inches, rejected tracks and tracks for compilations, was released in 2002. His live sets differ somewhat from the records; with faster speeds and louder beats they sometimes end up as tiny techno raves, if perhaps weird ones at that. Hiorthøy is also a graphic designer, mostly recognized for his work for the Rune Grammofon label and rock group Motorpsycho. A book, "Tree Weekend", was published by Die Gestalten Verlag in 2000.

check out his music, it's really good

DocteurOrlof · Post by **DocteurOrlof** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:27 am

cmx wrote: i think you can still download his datamusic thing, it's free and good.

datanom / datamusik is currently on hold
we hope to be back online sooner or later during 2005.

welcome back

//datanom

so...

steve-o · Post by **steve-o** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:40 pm

Tree Weekend it s great book, art can be fun. I have Hei and i've always loved it. He's been a great influence on my own stuff. I have to get that other record though.

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:49 pm

go to http://www.smalltownsupersound.com and listen to some samples in their online shop

vlari · Post by **vlari** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:21 pm

shared a cab with him after a gig once. a pretty quiet person, I must admit.

I like his Hei album, but not too keen on his later stuff. He's an excellent graphic designer too, and has made a truckload of sleeves for lables like Rune Grammofon and Smalltown Supersound. He's also a character in a book written by norwegian author Erlend Loe, don't think it's translated, but if it is the book's called "L" (in norwegian atleast)

steve-o · Post by **steve-o** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:15 am

Yeah I listened to an hour long interview with him that is available somewhere on the web (sorry I don't remember the URL). And yes, he seems fairly reserved. I really like his approach and his outlook on music, art, etc. Is Melke(?) that much different than Hei??

vlari · Post by **vlari** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:07 am

i think Hei is more coherent as an album, Melke suffers a bit from being a compilation, with that said, there are a few good tracks on it

Retrodreaming · Post by **Retrodreaming** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:22 pm

I downloaded Hei & Melke now they are on order love them both!!! Evil House, Evil Day is such an awesome tune!!

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:58 pm

The one I've listened to a lot is Fantasin Finns, which I now see is a collection from other releases. The standout for me has always been 'Forskjellige Gode Ting' which is also on Hei

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Sat May 02, 2009 6:03 am

Bryan wrote:The standout for me has always been 'Forskjellige Gode Ting' which is also on Hei

That's an absolute killer tune indeed!