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01. THE LAST HURRAH!! - The Rush / Lonely Whistle Call / The Trip / In India / Harem for Tourists / In Japan / High in Hawaii / Where Am I Now
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ARTIST
LAST HURRAH!!, THE
TITLE
The Beauty of Fake
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
RUNE GRAMMOFON
CATALOG #
RCD 2145CD
RCD 2145CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/9/2013
The Last Hurrah!!
is the project of Norwegian guitarist
HP Gundersen
plus a jamboree of international players and singers. Based in Bergen in western Norway, Gundersen has a long history in Norwegian music and beyond. As a producer he discovered and nurtured the career of
Sondre Lerche
, one of Norway's most successful international exports. As well as
Madrugada
's mega-hit "Lift Me" with
Ane Brun
, he has produced over 50 albums -- including
Tim Rose
's final album
American Son
. An encounter with a Gambian kora-playing folk musician a few years ago was life-altering and, in his own words, took him to a new level of musical understanding. n 2011, his cover of
Pink Floyd
's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the free
Mojo
tribute CD
Return to the Dark Side of the Moon
drew high praise from readers. His previous album,
Spiritual Non-Believers
, was voted album of the year in
VG
, Norway's most popular newspaper;
The Wire
called it "maddeningly well executed." HP Gundersen grew up in the 1960s, tuning in to European radio stations and having his mind blown by the sparkling melodies of the decade's pop music, like
The Byrds
and
The Beatles
. Notably, these two groups were among the first to absorb Eastern influences, as Gundersen has done in The Last Hurrah!!. Chinese
guzheng
(zither) resonates with pastoral flutes, Hawaiian guitars and the plangent tones of the Scandinavian Hardanger fiddle. Listening to the repetitive pluckings of the opener, "The Rush," you can't help but think of
Steve Reich
's solo guitar trance-out
Electric Counterpoint
; elsewhere you'll hear echoes of
Don Cherry
's multicultural visions, the soaring harmonies of
Rubber Soul
-era Beatles, and the magical open tunings of folk-rockers like
David Crosby
and
Stephen Stills
and
Davy Graham
. Country music meets raga meets psychedelic sugar-rush. For Gundersen, the concept of universal music is a truth older than entertainment. Jamming on one chord is a highly democratic way of music-making: anyone can take part. And they do: a dozen extra musicians are involved on various tracks, including jazz-trained vocalist and long-time collaborator
Heidi Goodbye
, and the remarkable guzheng (zither) played by
Yuyue Zheng
. There's even an appearance from U.S. saxophonist
Jon Irabagon
, leader of tumultuous ensemble
Mostly Other People Do The Killing
. Paradoxically, being restricted to a one-chord drone opens the music up wider than ever.
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