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Emil Storløkken Åse is a young, promising and active guitarist and improviser from Trondheim, who now lives in Oslo.

"Electric Forest" is thoroughly dystopian and inspired by science fiction and man's implementation of machines and automation in nature and society. The rigid patterns and structures of electronics meet the organic tension, spontaneity and humanity of improvising freely. The music has experimental rock and jazz from the 70s as its sound ideal, and mixes it with the details of modern sound processing. Contrasts in energy and musical landscapes are explored here. Small, close and dry melodies, through synthetic, glitchy noise, to big, distorted walls of guitar sounds.

The debut album was recorded live, freely improvised and without overdubs. Emil splits the guitar signal into four amplifiers, and processes each signal differently, to create a holistic, interacting forest of electric sounds. The control over the sonics is tilted between human hands and machines, and at times becomes a brutal battle that helps raise the energy in the music.

Emil Storløkken Åse - el. guitar, electronics

Guests on Slaughter Machine: Amalie Dahl - saxophone, August Glännestrand - drums, pads, Nicolas Leirtrø - el. Baritone guitar, electronics