The Norwegian band Gazpacho has been described by one critic as being “classical post ambient nocturnal atmospheric folk world rock”.
Putting them in a single genre is not really possible, although bands such like Radiohead, Muse, Marillion, Talk Talk or Porcupine Tree have been named. The coorperation with Producer Steve Lyon (Depeche Mode, Cure, Paul McCartney), various international Tours and hundreds of enthusiastic Reviews has brought critical acclaim to the band. After 4 Albums in the past 5 years, Gazpacho will take off with their fifth release“Tick Tock” in spring 2009.


Gazpacho are:

  • Jan-Henrik Ohme – vocals
  • Jon-Arne Vilbo – guitars
  • Thomas Andersen – keyboards
  • Mikael Kromer – violin, mandolin, guitar
  • Robert R. Johansen – drums, percussion
  • Kristian Torp – bass guitar

Gazpacho

Tick Tock
The Album

Desert Crash and mighty pictures…

December 29, 1935 Antoine de Saint-Exupery took off in an attempt at a long distance flight from Paris to Saigon. He crashed in the Desert many hours later stranded with his co pilot Prevot. Later he recounted his experience in a book called Wind, Sand and Stars and this story forms the basis of the Tick Tock album. After Night the hypnotic repetition of a single bar of music that is changed by the chords and the songs on top of it still held a seductive charm for Gazpacho and though Night dabbled in this, Tick Tock wallows.

The metaphor of a desert walk represented by a ticking clock may not be sublime but by golly the music is in moments. The apathetic underscore of a sweltering almost synthy loop which really is a b4 organ played through a guitar amp and a sequencer brings at first hesitation then desperation then more hesitation and then something happens and you get sucked into a glassy mood.

Almost as if you were walking a long and lonely walk in the desert where there is only you, the stars, wind and sand, the sound of your footsteps softened by the burning sand and heard only through the bones of the body.

gazpacho

GAZPACHO tick tock

1) tick tock .....(Album) 49:30
Album is mixed arranged and produced by Thomas Andersen, Mikael Kromer, Jon-Arne Vilbo


Music published by HWT Edition/Regenmacher Musikverlag
Piano & Keyboards: Thomas Andersen • Guitar: Jon-Arne Vilbo • Bass: Kristian Torp
Guitar, Violin: Mikael Kromer • Drums: Robert R. Johansen • Vocals: Jan-Henrik Ohme
Track 02 mixed arranged and produced by Thomas Andersen, Mikael Kromer,
Jon-Arne Vilbo for HWT Edition/Regenmacher Musikverlag/copyright control
Piano & Keyboards:Thomas Andersen • Guitar Jon-Arne Vilbo • Bass: Kristian Torp
Guitar, Violin: Mikael Kromer • Drums: Robert R. Johansen • Vocals: Jan-Henrik Ohme
Cover by Antonio Seijas
Photography by Jeroen Bos
(P) & © 2009 HWT records LC: 15775
CD „tick tock“ Best.Nr: 8869747314298 Vö: .27.03.09