Sugar Plum Fairies

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This article is about the Norwegian folk and pop band. For the American dream pop band, see Sugarplum Fairies. For the Swedish pop-rock band, see Sugarplum Fairy.
Sugar Plum Fairies
Sigmund Groven & Sugar Plum Fairies.JPG
Background information
OriginFyresdal, Norway
GenresPop, folk, country
Years active2000–2009
Labels
Website[1]
Members

Sugar Plum Fairies were a folk and pop band from Fyresdal, Vest-Telemark, Norway, formed in 2000, who released one studio album. The band plays pop music influenced by the folk music tradition of their native Telemark, using folk instruments like the Norwegian hardanger fiddle and accordion alongside guitar and piano, as well as brass instruments such as the trumpet and euphonium. The band perform songs in their native dialect.

On 2 June 2009, the band announced on their Facebook page that they were on indefinite hiatus.[2]

Members[]

  • Øyvind Berge - vocals, guitars, bass
  • Merethe Jørgensdottir Reinskås - guitars, accordion, trumpet, piano
  • Birgith Jørgensdottir Reinskås - euphonium, synthesizer
  • Torbjørn Strånd - drums, percussion, bass until 2005
  • Tor Christian Tovslid - drums
  • Gro Elisabeth Valebjørg Galambos was a part of the original line-up, but quit prior to the recording of their debut album.
  • Sarah Corbisier has been a recurring member of the band's concert line-up since 2006.

Fivrelddans[]

Sugar Plum Fairies' album, Fivrelddans (English: Butterfly Dance) was a spin-off from a concert production entitled Fivrelddans & filosofi - Haakon Lie i ord og tonar composed and performed for the festival in 2004. The album was co-produced by Torbjørn Kittelsen and Jørgen Eide Kittelsen in , Rjukan, Norway in April and May 2005, and released independently through the band's own label on 10 December 2005.

The record received several good reviews,[3][4] and some airplay in Norway and abroad. The tracks "Andre Dugurdskvildi", "Fridtjof Nansen" and "Strålefall" were minor Norwegian radio hits.

The album contains music put to the poems of writer , who is also from the band's hometown of Fyresdal.[5] There were guest appearances on the album by Sarah Corbisier (viola) and Magne Berge (Hardanger fiddle). The song "Storlivisa" and the poem "Hjuringvise" featured in the original stage production, but were not recorded by the band. "Fløytarvisa hans Aslak smed" was not a part of the original stage production.

Track listing[]

Unless otherwise stated, all words are written by Haakon Lie with music by Øyvind Berge.

  1. "Fivrelddans & filosofi" (H.Lie / M.J. Reinskås)
  2. "Tid er pengar"
  3. "Fyrste dugurdskvildi"
  4. "Jolekveld" (H. Lie/Ø. Berge/M.J. Reinskås)
  5. "Fridtjof Nansen"
  6. "Andre Dugurdskvildi"
  7. "Voggesong" (H. Lie/M.J. Reinskås)
  8. "Sylvet"
  9. "Tridje Dugurdskvildi"
  10. "Fløytarvisa hans Aslak smed"
  11. "Stogetaket"
  12. "Einsemd"
  13. "Fjorde Dugurdskvildi"
  14. "Strålefall"
  15. "Fivrelddans & filosofi - reprise" (H. Lie/M.J. Reinskås)

Other appearances[]

In 2006 , Norwegian rapper, hip-hop artist & producer, sampled the band's song "Jolekveld", and the resulting collaboration "Depend" was released online under the name Paul Bernard feat. Sugar Plum Fairies, as part of Bernard's album Unfinished bizniz - a collection of dreams and grey stones, with a live version included on the DVD . In 2007, the band appeared with Sigmund Groven and as invited guests of (The Norwegian Harmonica Association) at a concert in in Fyresdal.[6] In 2008 the band was included on the compilation album Norwegian Wood Music For China vol.5.[7]

Solo appearances by band members[]

Øyvind Berge contributed vocals and songwriting on the track "Ser Du Stjernene?" on Paul Bernard's album Unfinished Bizniz - a collection of dreams and grey stones,[8] and also sang on "Fat Fucks' Theme", part of the incidental music for ' DVD "".[9]

In 2012 he released his debut solo album under the name "Sir Øyvind Berge & His Imaginary Orchestra", on Norwegian label .

Merethe Jørgensdottir Reinskås is a member of the ensemble and appears on their album OfBit.

Discography[]

  • 2005 Fivrelddans - Haakon Lie i ord og tonar (Spun Sugar Records)
  • 2006 "Depend" (Påls kjøkken) (Paul Bernard feat. Sugar Plum Fairies) (Internet only release)
  • 2008 Norwegian Wood Music For China vol.5 (October Party Records) (Released exclusively in China)

Awards[]

  • 2006 - The Fyresdal Municipality Culture Award[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sugar Plum Fairies op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  3. ^ "musikkguiden groove.no - anmeldelse: Sugar Plum Fairies - Fivrelddans - Haakon Lie i ord og tonar (2005)". Groove.no. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  4. ^ "Friske Fyresdal-tonar" (in Norwegian Bokmål). www.ta.no. 2006-01-17. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  5. ^ "Historisk cd-slepp i Fyresdal" (in Norwegian Bokmål). www.ta.no. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. ^ "Ulefoss" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  7. ^ "Band fra Fyresdal lanseres i Kina" (in Norwegian Bokmål). www.ta.no. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  8. ^ "Paul Bernard ft.Mr.Berge - Ser du stjernene?". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  9. ^ "Paul Bernard & The Fat Fucks - "Live@Lost Weekend" DVD". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  10. ^ Geir Ufsgeir (2006-05-20). "Vest-Telemark Blad". Vtb.no. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-26.

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