Miniatures

Alog have been with Rune Grammofon since their debut album Red Shift Swing was released in 1999. Already a mature and original collection, their sound has since been perfected through their second album, Duck-Rabbit, and concert activities before arriving with Miniatures, their third and in our view best and most consistent album. The title is inspired by Turkish miniature paintings, where the rules can be as follows: No shadows, no mixed colors, no perspective, no facial characteristics, no uniqueness of objects. Only pure radiant colored objects configured in mysterious patterns. Whether these rules are applied to the music of Alog is open to discussion, but theres no doubt that there are similarities of expression. And theres no doubt that Kim Hiorthoy has taken this into account when designing the sleeve. The duo's name alludes to their preferred methods of sound-treatment, to show that both digitAL and anaLOG procedures are integral to their work, with Espen being 'Digitalman' and Dag-Are being 'Analogman'.