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2012 studio album by Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
The Death Defying Unicorn
Studio album by Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
Released10 February 2012
Recorded2011
GenreProgressive rock
Length83:44
LabelStickman Records
Rune Grammofon
ProducerKåre Christoffer Vestrheim & Bent Sæther
Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken chronology
Heavy Metal Fruit
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The Death Defying Unicorn is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released on 10 February 2012 via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. It was released on double CD and double 12" vinyl. It is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.

Track listing

Compact disc

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Out of the Woods"Ståle Storløkken2:40
2."The Hollow Lands"Bent Sæther7:36
3."Through the Veil (parts I & II)"Hans Magnus Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken16:01
4."Doldrums"Storløkken3:06
5."Into the Gyre"Ryan, Sæther10:22
6."Flotsam"Storløkken1:33
Total length:41:21
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh, Proteus - A Prayer"Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken7:35
2."Sculls in Limbo"Ryah2:21
3."La Lethe"Storløkken, Sæther7:53
4."Oh, Proteus - A Lament"Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken1:04
5."Sharks"Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken7:56
6."Mutiny!"Ryan, Sæther8:33
7."Into the Mystic"Sæther7:04
Total length:42:29

Vinyl

Side A:

  1. Out of the Woods
  2. The Hollow Lands
  3. Through the Veil, Part I

Side B:

  1. Through the Veil, Part II
  2. Doldrums
  3. Into the gyre
  4. Flotsam

Side C:

  1. Oh, Proteus - A Prayer
  2. Sculls in Limbo
  3. La Lethe
  4. Oh, Proteus - A Lament

Side D:

  1. Sharks
  2. Mutiny!
  3. Into the Mystic

Credits

Music arranged by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken
Words by Bent Sæther
Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra arranged by Ståle Storløkken

Performed by Motorpsycho:
Kenneth Kapstad – drums
Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars and vocals
Bent Sæther – bass and vocals
and
Ståle Storløkken – keyboards

featuring
Ola Kvernberg – violin
Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion

with
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Kjetil Traavik Møster – clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophones
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm – alto saxophone
Andre Roligheten – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Mathias Eick, Eivind Nordseth Lønning – trumpets
Mats Äleklint, Kristoffer Kompen – trombones

Trondheimsolistene
Daniel Turcina, Åse Våg Aaknes, Sigrid Stang, Stina Andersson – violins
Frøydis Tøsse, Lars Marius Hølås – violas
Marianne Lie, Tabita Berglund – cellos

References

  1. Kelman, John (March 18, 2012). "Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken: Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn". All About Jazz. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
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