Bakklandet, Trondheim, Norway
Photo: Scanpix
Angelica’s Elegy plays melancholic indie pop inspired by Beach House, Deerhunter, Yo La Tengo og Madlib. The band was started by Simen and Erik at Trøndertun Folk high school. They have cooperated with people from Dråpe and Bendik (who’ll appear on this blog on tuesday).
Our favourite place is more of an area of the city we live in, than a specific smaller location. The place is called Bakklandet, and is an old part of the city laying next to the Nidaros river. This place is all “brick road, old tree houses, old shops and bridges”, with several cozy pubs and coffee shops. Also, the fact that Simen and Karl’s Greener Productions is located in a studio called Trondheim Studio at Bakklandet makes this place very relevant when we reminisce over “what made all of this the way it is?”, “how did Angelica’s Elegy come to this point?”
Angelica’s Elegy is playing at Slottsfjell festival in Tønsberg this summer!
Slottsfjell artists
We are, as everybody else with a little sensibility, super excited about the festival summer. I can’t wait to get dirty feet on festival ground, buy the funkyest hat I can find, hang out with my old friends, make some new friends and sing on the top of my voice! I am also pleased to see that some of the bands that contributed to this blog is playing at the Slottsfjell festival in Tønsberg, Norway, one of the festivals I’m definitely going to :D
If you work with music and want to contribute to this blog: send an e-mail to marie@ufa.no and tell me about your favourite place and who you are (about your career) and a picture of the place.
Ballparken, Oslo, Norway
Dråpe is a Oslo based band that plays aggressive and calming noisy pop. See them at by:larm in Oslo on thursday 17th of February on Mono and on saturday 19th at Dattera Til Hagen
Favorite spot where members of Dråpe loves to chill must be “Ballparken” at Grünerløkka in Oslo. Ballparken is wonderful because there is so much you can do there when shiny summer days appear. The area is several basketball courts with great smooth ground. There you can shoot some hoops with friends or with other people.
Theres always people dancing with some old skool hip hop music that sets a great mood for a sunny day. Even better when you have gathered your friends for a barbeque to make some sweet memories. If you are a skater the smooth ground comes in handy, it doesn´t matter how good you are people are there just to have fun. Are you more of a relaxing person but still want to compete there is a couple of ping pong tables out on a little grass field.
The surroundings around Ballparken is filled with cosy shops, café´s and restaurants with food from all over the world. From Oslo sentrum you simply take either 11, 12 or the 13 tram up to “Olaf Ryes Plass” then its about 2min from the station.
