Exercises In Style – No. 18: Negatives
It was neither light nor dark, but the dim flicker before extinction. For Negatives, Anders returns to his metal roots, drawing on the raw energy…
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Exercises In Style – No. 56: Taktilt (Tactile)
Here’s an Exercise to ring in the New Year: #56 Tactile. Inspired by the form of a Toccata, the name comes from the Italian word…
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Exercises In Style – No. 38: Eg For Min Del (Speaking Personally)
This exercise is entitled “Eg for min del” in Norwegian, which directly translated into English means “For my part”. Steinar, which took upon him to…
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Exercises in Style – No. 80: Antonymisk (Antiphrasis)
Early on we decided that at least one of the Excercises would be dedicated to the musical world of Tom Waits (it will actually be…
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Exercises in Style – No. 35: Aphereser (Apheresis)
«Apheresis» is a rhetorical and phonological term for the omission of one or more sounds or syllables from the beginning of a word. For this…
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Exercises in Style – No. 72: Epenteser (Epenthesis)
This Exercise requires some personal backstory, as recalled by Jarle: «A little over ten years ago, in January 2014, there was quite a bit of…
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Exercises in Style – No. 61: Permutasjonar I (Permutations I)
In this exercise, Trond wanted to explore a style reminiscent of what the German electronic pioneer Klaus Schulze was doing during his heyday in the…
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Exercises in Style – No. 89: Gastronomisk (Gastronomical)
On the 5th of February 1978, Robert Fripp made the first solo performance of what would later be known as Frippertronics at the Kitchen (hence…
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Exercises in Style – No. 71: Prostesar (Prosthesis)
It didn’t take Steinar long before he decided on a creative direction when Exercise no. 71 landed in his lap. Steinar went straight for the…
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Exercises on Stream – out now!
On July 2nd, 2021 Panzerpappa released the first part of an ambitious project, Stiløvingar (Norwegian for “Exercises in Style”), based on and inspired by Raymond…
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Exercises in Style – No. 29: Perfektum (Present Perfect)
The next chapter in our Exercises in Style-saga has been uploaded to Bandcamp. This time it is variation #29 Perfektum (Present Perfect). A new animated…
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Exercises in Style – No. 40: Så (You Know)
It all started with a paper cup… Anders received a video from his niece, with her performing a «cup-clap»-rhythm. She asked if he could set…
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Exercises in Style – No. 68: Med Ordbok (Translation)
In 1960 Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais formed OuLiPo, Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, as a part of Collège de ‘Pataphysique. OuLiPo consisted of mostly…
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Exercises in Style – No. 47: Spøkelsesaktig (Spectral)
A spooky Exercise in Style written as a tribute to the composers of classic horror movie scores (John Carpenter, Goblin, and Jerry Goldsmith to mention…
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Exercises in Style – No. 94: Portrett (Portrait)
What an honor to have one of your compositions performed, analyzed and even reviewed by the one and only Wolfgang Plagge! “Portrait” is a theme…
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Exercises in Style – No. 94: Portrett (Portrait). Video.
Performed by Wolfgang Plagge (piano) and Torgeir Wergeland Sørbye (piano). Part of Panzerpappa’s Exercises in Style-project (2021 – 2025) The Stiløvingar [Exercises in Style] album…
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Exercises in Style – No. 81: Makaronisk (Dog Latin)
No. 81 Makaronisk (Dog Latin) is written in a style reminiscent of the Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594). The «Palestrina» style…
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Exercises in Style – No. 17: Ordsamansetning (Word-composition)
Every preset on a synth or keyboard gives musical ideas. Torgeir tried a new wavetable synth and found the sound that reminds of a vintage…
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Exercises in Style – No. 70: Anglisismar (Anglicisms)
This particular variation was written back in 2004 by Jarle. The title connotates to «something REALLY British!», and although there were several possible styles to…
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Exercises in Style – No. 27: Insisterande (Insisting)
In 2021, the Norwegian band Panzerpappa announced a 5-year project to interpret musically all the 99 short texts contained in the book Exercises in Style…
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Exercises in Style – No. 83: Italianismar (Italianisms)
This one was written back in early 2004. When we first started working on the Stiløvingar-project in 2003, Jarle was going full-on with his master’s…
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Exercises in Style – No. 24: Pressemelding (Blurb)
This particular exercise is set out for a 10-piece brass ensemble (4 trumpets, horn, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone and tuba). It was written fairly…
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Exercises in Style – No. 31: Preteritum (Past)
We are happy to present the next chapter in the Stiløvingar saga, the 11th track so far and the first one in 2022. This time…
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Exercises in Style – No. 96: Bondsk (Paysan). Video.
No. 96 – BONDSK featuring Magne Storløkken on harmonica. Magne has been a dear friend of Panzerpappa from the early days, and it’s very exciting…
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Exercises in Style – No. 59: Telegraphic. Music Video.
Torgeirs grandfather, Haakon Sørbye, studied electrical engineering and was a radio amateur. In 1940, in the beginning of WWII, he was recruited as a telegraph…
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Exercises in Style – No. 59 & 96: Telegraphic & Bondsk (Paysan)
We give you two new Exercises in Style, just in time for the holidays! No. 59: TELEGRAPHIC https://panzerpappa.bandcamp.com/…/telegrafisk-telegraphic Torgeirs grandfather, Haakon Sørbye, studied electrical engineering…
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Exercises in Style – No. 12 & 92: Hesitation & Modern Style.
𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞! Number 92, “Modern Style” is for big band, and number 12, “Hesitation” is for piano, string synth and saxophone. Check…
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Exercises in Style No. 5 & 6: Precision and Narrative
We are proud to present two new chapters in our ongoing grandiose project Stiløvingar [Exercises of Style]: Precision and Narrative. https://panzerpappa.bandcamp.com/…/stil-vingar… FORTELJING (NARRATIVE) Back in…
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The Exercises In Style Sessions: Part 2
Part two of Jarle and Anders’ discussion of Raymond Queneau’s “Exercises in Style” and the challenges of making a musical theme that is supposed to…
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Exercises in Style – No. 4: Metaforisk (Metaforically). Music video.
Heavily inspired by the late 80’s/early 90’s «indie»-aesthetics on MTV, which we all fondly remember from our younger years, we filled our rehearsal space with…
More…Exercises in Style No. 1 – 4 – now on Bandcamp!
Our first four “exercises” are out! Notat (Notation) Fordobling (Double Entry) Litoter (Litotes) Metaforisk (Metaphorically) Just 95 to go before December 31st, 2025… 🙂 Check…
More…Our first four “Exercises in Style” coming on Bandcamp July 2nd 2021!
The first installment of our “Stiløvingar”-project is due for release on Bandcamp on Friday July 2nd! These are the first four of a total of…
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The Exercises in Style sessions: Part 1
Anders and Jarle presents Panzerpappa’s ambitious Exercises in Style-project. They talk about its inception, the making of the initial theme, and the intriguing literary concepts…
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About STILØVINGAR
In 1947, French writer Raymond Queneau published a book called Exercises De Style. Queneau was part of a literary group called Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly…
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