ANVÅR is Ivar Bjørnson and Andrew Liles.

Ivar needs no introduction, as a luminary in underground Metal, he has been creating innovative music for over 30 years with his groundbreaking band Enslaved. Andrew is a prolific solo artist, producer, remixer and studio engineer. He has worked with many leading lights in experimental and outsider music and is renowned for his work with Nurse With Wound and Current 93.

ANVÅR was hatched in 2021, amid the chaos of the Covid pandemic when after some idle chit-chat, Ivar and Andrew discovered they were both owners and fans of vintage Roland synths.

Andrew has a Roland SH-101
Ivar has a Roland SH-1 and a SH-1000

So a plan was made to create an album in homage to those synths, a very analogue recording with strict guidelines. The concept was to ONLY use the Roland keyboards, nothing else, no extra instrumentation, just the Roland synths. All songs could be no longer than ten minutes ten seconds and only minimal post production and effects were allowed. The words, eloquently narrated by Melanie Duperrex, are, in part, taken from Roland manuals. The cover art is also is an adaptation of diagrams from Roland manuals. 

In an era when musicians have endless choices at their fingertips and VST plugins can emulate practically any instrument with incredibly convincing accuracy, Andrew and Ivar wanted to go back in time and create a recording of authentic analogue integrity. Hailemal is the result.       

Tracklist: 

Side A:
1. Harvester Of Selves
2. Shånger

Side B:
3. Hell IS Other Machines
4. Metatonic

Label: By Norse Music
Media Type: 12" LP in Sleeve
Color: Black
Release date: March 7th, 2025
Genre: Experimental Electronic

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