NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO OUT NOW
On September 21 Martin Hall releases his first new song in 5 years, the track Services Rendered. The title is available as a 12” single featuring another new song on the B-side, "Not Amused". The record is released in a limited vinyl edition, but also available on all major digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.).
"Services Rendered" is recorded with pianist Eskild Winding and features a string arrangement written by Andreas Bennetzen. The quintet performing on the recording consists of Tinne Albrectsen (violin), Gustav Ranum (violin), Nicolaj Møller Nielsen (viola), Live Johansson (cello) and Andreas Bennetzen (string bass).
https://youtu.be/hzLLc1101F4
The video for the song has been filmed by Danish photographer Robin Skjoldborg and Staal Film. Long-time collaborator Johnny Stage conducted the recording process and the track is mixed by Thomas Li, co-producer of Random Hold. The B-side ”Not Amused” has been made in collaboration with Linus Carlsen.
The 12” vinyl single is released by Panoptikon and distributed by Target and contains additional digital download codes for both tracks.
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YOU CAN ORDER THE NEW 12” VINYL SINGLE HERE:
"SERVICES RENDERED"
13,25 EURO
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You can also read the new GAFFA interview with Hall in relation to the video premiere of "Services Rendered" – a feature where he explains about the background for the song and the upcoming concerts:
LIST OF LIVE CONCERTS 2018
In October and November 2018 Martin Hall will be playing his first live concerts as a singer for more than five years. He will be performing with a group of five musicians and the set is said to feature both older and recent tracks. A special guest appearance will take place at selected events. The confirmed dates are:
- Saturday the 6th of October 2018: Fuglsøcentret (Jutland)
- Saturday the 20th of October 2018: Bremen Teater (Copenhagen)
- Saturday the 27th of October 2018: Kulturmaskinen (Odense)
- Saturday the 24th of November 2018: Hvalsø Kirke (Zealand)
The musicians accompanying Hall at the concerts are Christine Raft (piano, violin), Johnny Stage (guitar, sitar), Una Skott (guitar, keyboards), Andreas Bennetzen (double bass) and Sisse Selina Larsen (drums, percussion).
The concerts also mark the 40th anniversary of Hall’s career as an active musician (you can find a short storyline concerning his activities at the bottom of this post).
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On September 21 Hall releases his first new song in 5 years too, the track Services Rendered. The title will be available as a 12”-single that features another new song on the B-side, "Not Amused". The record is released in a limited vinyl edition, but will also be made available on all major digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.).
You can find more information about the upcoming 12" single and video here.
SERVICES RENDERED
SERVICES RENDERED
MARTIN HALL
12″
SEPTEMBER 2018
PANOPTIKON (OPTIK 55)
On the 21st of September 2018 Martin Hall released his first new song in five years, the track “Services Rendered”. The title was made available as a 12” single featuring another new song on the B-side, “Not Amused”. The record is released in a limited vinyl edition, but also made available on all major digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.).
“Services Rendered” is recorded with pianist Eskild Winding and features a string arrangement written by Andreas Bennetzen. It’s an equally dramatic and emotional song presenting Hall at his most vulnerable best. The single is a solid return to form after years of self-chosen absence as an active singer and songwriter.
1. Services Rendered (4:02)
2. Not Amused (2:35)
SERVICES RENDERED
All these beauty queens and cavaliers
Shimmering beneath the chandeliers
Considerate seems a fitting phrase
When you’ve lost your way and you’ve lost your grace
At first, at last
Services rendered will always make you feel
All high, all low
As you try to let it go
Just a street away the world begins
For a moment you can hear its beckoning
Used to go to admire the view
But got so tired of watching without you
At first, at last
Services rendered will somehow make you feel
All high, all low
As you try to let it go
All of the world in her eyes
As she passes and walks by
With a gaze full of shame
Still you’d do it all again
At first, at last
Services rendered will always make you feel
All high, all low
You know you have to let it go
NOT AMUSED
Guess I’m not amused
Waiting for a cue
Feeling crowded and sore
Like so many times before
It lingers on
This haunting wrong
Such a squalid sadness
First response, embedded
Lovers’ talk and pillow cries
This hesitation never dies
It’s always been the same
Never seems to fade
The centre won’t hold
Even this feeling runs cold
I suppose
Martin Hall: Vocals
Eskild Winding: Piano
Tinne Albrectsen: Violin
Gustav Ranum: Violin
Nicolaj Møller Nielsen: Viola
Live Johansson: Cello
Andreas Bennetzen: String bass
Linus Carlsen: Harmonium, guitar and piano
Cathérine: Speak
Design: Kenneth Schultz
Photo: Shoshan
Johnny Stage engineered the recordings of “Services Rendered” and the track is mixed by Thomas Li. The B-side ”Not Amused” was produced in a collaboration with Linus Carlsen. Mastering conducted by Thomas Li.
The video for “Services Rendered” was filmed by Danish photographer Robin Skjoldborg and Staal Film.
The record is released with support from DPA/Koda’s cultural funds and the process has been assisted by Danish Composers’ Society.
NEW MARTIN HALL 12” SINGLE
On September 21 Martin Hall releases his first new song in 5 years, the track Services Rendered. The title will be available as a 12” single that features another new song on the B-side, "Not Amused". The record is released in a limited vinyl edition, but will also be made available on all major digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.).
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"Services Rendered" is recorded with pianist Eskild Winding and features a string arrangement written by Andreas Bennetzen. It’s an equally dramatic and emotional song presenting Hall at his most vulnerable best. The single is a solid return to form after years of self-chosen absence as an active singer and songwriter.
Long-time collaborator Johnny Stage has assisted the recordings of "Services Rendered" and the track is mixed by Thomas Li with whom Hall recorded one of his major works during the 90’s, Random Hold. The new song also features Tinne Albrectsen (violin), Gustav Ranum (violin), Nicolaj Møller Nielsen (viola), Live Johansson (cello) and Andreas Bennetzen (string bass). The B-side ”Not Amused” has been produced in a collaboration with Linus Carlsen.
The video for "Services Rendered" has been filmed by Danish photographer Robin Skjoldborg and Staal Film and premieres on the day of the release. The 12” vinyl single is released by Panoptikon and distributed by Target and contains additional digital download codes for both tracks.
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YOU CAN ORDER THE NEW 12” VINYL SINGLE HERE:
"SERVICES RENDERED"
13,25 EURO
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In October 2018 Martin Hall will be performing his first concerts as a singer for more than five years too. He will be playing with an ensemble of five musicians and the set is said to feature both older and new tracks. A special guest appearance will take place at selected events.
- Saturday the 6th of October 2018: Fuglsøcentret (Jutland)
- Saturday the 20th of October 2018: Bremen Teater (Copenhagen)
- Saturday the 27th of October 2018: Kulturmaskinen (Odense)
- Saturday the 24th of November 2018: Hvalsø Kirke (Zealand)
The musicians accompanying Hall at the concerts are Christine Raft (piano, violin), Johnny Stage (guitar, sitar), Una Skott (guitar, keyboards), Andreas Bennetzen (double bass) and Sisse Selina Larsen (drums, percussion).
BEFORE THE CONCERTS
Before the concerts in October, information is available about the following events:
- June 5 (8 PM): Artist talk about 1971-1985 with Danish Radio journalist Chris Pedersen at Granola (Frederiksberg).
- June 29 (9 PM): Spoken word performance with instrumentalist Johnny Stage at St. Lukas Church (Frederiksberg).
- August 5 (4.30 PM): Artist talk about 1971-1985 with Lars Sonnergaard at Floss (Larsbjørnsstræde).
- August 25 (1.30 PM): Artist talk about 1971-1985 with Pil Lindgreen at Odense Spoken Word Festival 2018 (Studenterhus Odense).
NEW ALBUM ENTERS CHART AT #2
Quite surprisingly the new album A Brief Summary went directly in as #2 on the official Danish vinyl hitlist the week after its release – Hall's highest chart ranking ever. Obviously, it didn't stay there very long, but thank you very much for all your support.
In the same week Information (one of the major Danish newspapers) published this brilliant review of the record:
Furthermore you can find new features in GAFFA (Denmark’s biggest music magazine) and Jyllands-Posten (the country's largest daily newspaper) – interviews and articles that circle around the album, the upcoming concerts and Hall's 40th anniversary as a musician.
You can also hear the extensive Sort Søndag ("Black Sunday") interview with Hall on P6, the weekly metal broadcast on Denmark's Radio.
LIVE CONCERTS OCTOBER 2018
In October Hall performs his first concerts for more than five years. There will only be a few selected shows. The set list will feature both older and new tracks.
Tickets available via links. The confirmed dates are:
Saturday the 6th of October 2018: FUGLSØCENTRET (near Aarhus).
Saturday the 20th of October 2018: BREMEN TEATER (Copenhagen).
Saturday the 27th of October 2018: KULTURMASKINEN (Odense).
A special guest appearance will take place on some of the occasions.
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The musicians accompanying Hall at the concerts will be:
Christine Raft : Piano.
Johnny Stage: Guitar and sitar.
Una Skott: Guitar and farfisa organ.
Andreas Bennetzen: Double bass.
Sisse Selina Larsen: Drums and percussion.
The ticket sales for Fuglsøcentret and Bremen Teater have started. Sales for the Odense concert will follow at a later date.
NEW ALBUM: 'A BRIEF SUMMARY'
On Friday the 4th of May Martin Hall releases the double album A Brief Summary, a retrospective release featuring several new recordings such as the upcoming video single ”Lesser Gods”. Another newly recorded track is ”Semi”. Apart from this the album features remakes and alternative versions of material mainly selected from his 21st century catalogue.
The title will be released as a double vinyl album, a digipak CD and a music cassette (MC) – all formats in limited editions. Although the design and colour code remains the same on all three versions of the album, the front cover image varies, forming its own visual entirety when compiled as a whole.
Among the guests on the album you’ll find the Danish electronica pioneer Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), the 4AD band Efterklang, the British pianist Othon and the world famous jazz musician Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005). The latter performs on the partly re-recorded track ”Lesser Gods”.
The vinyl edition contains additional digital download codes for the album. A Brief Summary will also be made available on all major digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.).
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ORDER THE NEW ALBUM HERE
COMPLETE SERIES: 2-LP/CD/MC
349 DKK (46,75 EURO)
DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM EDITION
199,- DKK (26,75 EURO)
DIGIPACK-CD EDITION
129,- DKK (17,25 EURO)
MUSIC CASSETTE (MC) EDITION
69,- DKK (9,25 EURO)
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The new digital single "Lesser Gods" was released on March 30th. You can see the video for the song here:
https://youtu.be/mtmvsSNS-FY
FIRST CONCERTS IN FIVE YEARS
In October 2018 Martin Hall will be performing his first concerts as a singer for more than five years. He will be playing with an ensemble of five musicians at the selected events and the set list will feature both older and new tracks.
Ticket sales for Fuglsøcentret and Bremen Teater will commence on the 2nd of March 2018. Sales for the Odense concert will follow at a later date.
- Saturday the 6th of October 2018: Fuglsøcentret (near Aarhus)
- Saturday the 20th of October 2018: Bremen Teater (Copenhagen)
- Saturday the 27th of October 2018: Kulturmaskinen (Odense)
The musicians accompanying Hall at the concerts will be Christine Raft (piano), Johnny Stage (guitar, sitar), Una Skott (guitar, farfisa organ), Andreas Bennetzen (double bass) and Sisse Selina Larsen (drums, percussion).
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FUGLSØCENTRET – SATURDAY THE 6th OF OCTOBER 2018
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BREMEN TEATER – SATURDAY THE 20th OF OCTOBER 2018
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Through the years Hall has performed remarkably few concerts in comparison to his long career. His last concert in Copenhagen was awarded six out of six stars in Denmark’s biggest music magazine GAFFA. Most recently he’s been performing live with Marc Almond in London.
Live photo: Jacob Dinesen/Gaffa.
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A BRIEF SUMMARY
A BRIEF SUMMARY
MARTIN HALL
LP/CD/MC
MAY 2018
PANOPTIKON (OPTIK 50)
In relation to his 40th anniversary as a musician Martin Hall released the double album A Brief Summary on the 4th of May 2018, a retrospective release featuring several new recordings such as the digital single and video track ”Lesser Gods”. Another newly recorded track is ”Semi”.
Quite surprisingly the album went directly in as #2 on the official Danish vinyl hitlist in week 19 (2018), giving Hall his highest chart ranking ever.
1. P.O. (2:36)
2. St. Petersburg Notes (4:04)
3. Lesser Gods (4:11)
4. A.S.A.P. (1:51)
5. 40 Versions Of The Time Before (2:41)
6. Semi (3:46)
7. Minor Frame (2:42)
8. Ash And Lemon Water (3:09)
9. Tu Es Mon Image (7:00)
10. Tout Le Monde (1:32)
11. Plaza Flesh (2:33)
12. Muted Cries (4:17)
13. Interim (1.46)
14. Cue (3:20)
15. Emblematic (2:21)
16. Exit Signs (4:55)
17. Sob Story (3: 39)
18. Pantomime (3:38)
19. Schwund (1:46)
20. Meth (8:20)
21. Mimic (4:28)
22. Replicator (2:46)
P.O.
I’ve seen your face a thousand times
I’ve seen you hide in the crowd
I feel you run within my blood
But dreams are never quite enough
Not enough
All I want to believe in is the look in your eyes
All I want to believe in is your sigh
Let me stay here forever, let me stay here tonight
Let us stay here together for a while
No one knows you better than me
ST. PETERSBURG NOTES
The cigarette smoke in the air
The smouldering waves everywhere
Full of eyes
Prune-coloured eyes
In Moscow and St. Petersburg
The places turn into a blur
In your mind
A violent sigh
The salt water traces that burn on your skin
The words that you hid in letters never sent
Your heartbeat’s a rage never tamed, never shown
Wherever you go, you’re never alone
The alcohol glows for a while
It’s shining like gold in the light
Like a trace
Of halcyon days
Like ghosts in their circuits of loss
You carry your own little cross
As a shield
Against any need
Wherever you go, you leave something behind
The parts of yourself you’ve been trying to find
The smell of the night seems to stick to your skin
All locked in a cage, the journey begins
LESSER GODS
Suddenly
Came to see
Everything so differently
Children of lesser gods
Haunt my mind
All the time
Strangers inside of me
All distant memories
Turning another page
In the book of days
Rain falling in the night
Like teardrops from the sky
Falls like my imagery
Falling inside of me
Seemingly endless
Pauses inside of me
Empty of memory
All of the whys and hows
Coming full circle now
Rain falling in the night
Falls from an empty sky
Seemingly
A.S.A.P.
She’s turning away to lie still for a while
Just watching the clouds drifting by on the night sky
The skin of a girl and the face of a child
She touches my hand and suggests that we go out
She’s checking her face in the mirror
Adjusting her hair endlessly
The hard light of the elevator
Follows her out in the street
It’s too hot to sleep
40 VERSIONS OF THE TIME BEFORE
Falling asleep on a long distance flight
The images in the still of the night
A scent of waste
The sight of your face
A flicker of uneasiness
Will I be able to forget now?
Nurses and young girls in a row
How can I ever let you go now?
Like 40 versions of the time before
The ballerinas at my feet
The connoisseurs out in the street
You mean nothing to me
Just try to tell yourself the tale again
You tell yourself it’s all the same again
The city lights that came alive
The stars that fell down from the sky
You turned around within the light
Your skin so frail and lily-white
The centre of the Western world
A glamorous confusion zipped
Upon the parting of your lips
Intangible as every breath
As inescapable as death
It means nothing to me
SEMI
Hey baby
Let’s go out tonight
I don’t want to feel this way
Forget all your troubles
Forget them tonight
MINOR FRAME
Crowded Saturdays
Guest among ghosts
A girl made of shivers
Girls on their own
Rolled down shades
Sweet, harsh sweat
It’s the choked laughter
The unmade bed
All the things you might remember
Things you might forget
Looking young and old
In the same glance
Nervous tenderness
But steady at hand
Curly hair
And vinyl sounds
Guess it’s carved in the faces
Carved and painted down
A cigarette that’s burning
Along the line
I guess that she’s the one you won’t forget
ASH AND LEMON WATER
Ash and lemon water
Shining on your lips
Whatever you do
Don’t try to resist
It’s the kind of understanding that makes you feel uncomfortable
It’s the kind of circumstances that make you feel so old
You’re all immune
To crowded rooms
Your heart’s made of air
It’s easy to share
You’re sliding down
The open sky
A handle that breaks
Excitement’s a rage
TU ES MON IMAGE
Les rails de la nuit noire
Ils brillent comme lumière
Le monde ne dort jamais
Nourrit nos rêves
Mon image de toi
Est tombée du ciel
Les rêves paraissent continuer
Les chants intérieurs
Murmure des mots inouïs
Tu es mon image
Enfourche la lumière comme une vague
Les yeux d’océan, d’amant ne mentent jamais
Détournons nous comme des étrangers
Tout ce que je veux, c’est tout
Tout ce que je veux, c’est toi
Tu es mon image, c’est toi
Les rails de la nuit noire
Ils brillent comme lumière
Le monde ne dort jamais
Nourrit nos rêves
Mon image de toi
Est tombée du ciel
Tombée du ciel
Tu es mon image
Plus bleus que toute raison
Timides comme tout mensonge
Des yeux d’amants jamais secs
Tu es mon image
TOUT LE MONDE
April 4 turning 9.25
Writing words in the air
Lovers left with a cool rainy day
Places no longer there
Cardboard letters and manners that fail
Paris Odéon girls
Doors are closing
Lights still glowing with a weak innocence
PLAZA FLESH
Show me your true desires
Show me your plaza flesh
Pictures of people dying
Seem to have no effect anymore
I don’t really give as much as a toss anymore
I just want to hide away, never beg anymore
I don’t really count the days or the hours anymore
‘Cause she’s gone
Come now
Inject the daylight
Come here
Each little girl
At first
Just want to kiss you
But then I want it all
I want excess
Your plaza flesh
MUTED CRIES
The clouds in her eyes
A whispering need
Shedding her light all over me
Try recall the cities in twilight
The clubbing
The cigarette sky
As you notice the silence
The carvings
The memory lines
The muted cries
A jaded desire
A comforting need
Walls coming down
On callous beliefs
Try recall the cities in twilight
The clubbing
The cigarette sky
As you notice the silence
The carvings
The memory lines
The muted cries
CUE
The cities of light, the mirrors beneath the stars
In all of my life I’ve followed my untamed heart
It burns like a fever in the sleepless nights
Behind closed doors and behind closed eyes
The sea of the sky keeps shining a world of gold
The sweeter the song, the sadder the tale that’s told
Like a secret that I’ll never know
There’s a feeling that will follow me anywhere I go
I’ll walk on the waters
I’ll quiet the storms
With you as my reason
With you as my calm
EMBLEMATIC
I felt a sigh pass your lips
I saw the weight on your eyelids
Yet there you swagger and there you go
The mise-en-scène of your mercy drome
Too many images at play
Too many faces in a day’s work
Your sweet incentive, it’s so relentless
My grief’s been waiting for this day
No easy answers, only hard choices
I guess we came to the end of the road
Your random gender, my desolate needs
The splintered voices of lost beliefs
Trading commodities with no fixed presets
No traces left of a long gone starlet
Pornographers and secondhand consumer rights
All sons and lovers of 70’s delight
EXIT SIGNS
Cheekbones made of light
Somewhere it’s morning
The languid grey of night
Leaving the fragrance of a cry
Guess you’re sliding back into your life
The pressure on your eyelids
Patterns of waiting
Of suffocating
Replaying the same scene
Recalling the same dream
Cover any feeling
Cover any reason now
You’re breathing the same air
The same hysteria
Like a mirrorball that shines
Just another flash of light
Deteriorating
Forgetting the details
Rewriting the scene in your mind
The exit signs of light
She’s lying beside me
She’s hidden in a sigh
In the changes of a room
Guess she’s sliding back into her life
The pressure on her eyelids
The time that it’s taking
Before she awakens
It feels like a lifetime
A memory rewind
SOB STORY
Hide away
With somebody else by my side
It could have been anyone
It could have been you
A moment ago
Whatever you do
Whatever you say
It won’t be the same
Just won’t be the same
For someone like you
It’s all just a game
I guess it’s always the same
Whatever the stakes
It’s a reason to fail
A reason to hate
PANTOMIME
Feeling like Berlin 1929
So many feelings all caught up inside
Falling like cities seen through lovers’ eyes
Shaking with fever as they say goodbye
Each time you look
Somebody hides
All of the world
Up in the clouds
Feeling so stupid in this pantomime
All that I need is a pair of starry eyes
SCHWUND
Metaphysische Diskussionen in einer Bierstube: nichts ist, nichts wird, nichts ist nicht. Wir fassen uns selbst als rationale Wesen auf, die Tatsachen akzeptieren und Argumente respektieren, in Wirklichkeit jedoch glauben wir nur an das, an das zu glauben wir gelernt haben. Unsere Spiritualität ist eine mechanische Konstruktion.
Niemand kann gegen Vermutungen aufbegehren, die nicht formuliert worden sind. Weder sie noch ich. Wir sind an unsere Vermutungen gebunden. Gebunden an das gegenseitige fehlende Verständnis von uns selbst. Mutige Feiglinge sind wir, Gespenster aus dem Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, Fetzen von Erinnerungen an etwas, das einst geschah.
Wir sind das Geschehene. Wir sind Schwund.
METH
Wide eyes, swollen lips
She examines herself like she’s about to fade
Into air
Into all she disbelieves
Skin engraved with burns
Like a jaded belief about to disappear
There’s no need
To enact this line of ways
Trace the fading needs
The ebbing desirability
You’re turning away
Still hiding your face
Don’t you know your name?
Through all of these years it stayed the same
It’s always been you
I just couldn’t choose
Lines
She wets her lips
Leaning back with her arms wrapped around her knees
To adjust
To recalibrate the need
Words in pantomime
Eyes like shimmering marble
Pressure veiled by grace
Once again
Seems to settle for reserves
Don’t you feel the weight?
The slight hesitation, the delay
Aesthetic beliefs
Won’t cover this need
Don’t you know your name?
Through all of these years it stayed the same
Whatever I do
It’s always been you
Try to hold back the dawn
Try to hold back the morning
Hold back the night
If just for a while
MIMIC
The midnight music from a distant room
The morning light, it always comes too soon
Lick your tongue now
Against my desires
Late at night
Even the sounds, they shine
Winter tales that last forever
Summer rites that taste so sweet
Just another chance encounter
Of lines that meet
Of mimic needs
“Once again Martin Hall proves that he belongs in the same realm as mythological figures such as Brian Eno and David Bowie … With A Brief Summary Martin Hall molds the foundation of his own mausoleum, a place where you can come to recall fallen musical legends, but where there’s obviously also plenty of room for future generations to have a party.”
Information – Sophia Handler (May 18, 2018)
(Danish equivalent to The Independent)
Martin Hall: Vocals and instruments
The Vista Dome Ensemble: Orchestra
Else Marie Pade: Electronics
Efterklang: Instruments
Konsort: Choir
Claus Beck-Nielsen Memorial: Choir
Herbert Zeichner: Voice
Katja Andersson: Vocals
Biljana Stojkoska: Vocals
Marcel de Sade: Piano
Mikkel Meyer: Electronics
Miss Fish: Vocals
Othon: Piano
Linus Carlsen: Piano
Johnny Stage: Guitar, mandolin and glockenspiel
Henriette Groth: Piano
Ida Bach Jensen: String bass
Eskild Winding: Harmonium
Christian Skeel: Keyboards and string arrangements
Sara Wallevik: Violin
Iben Teilmann: Viola
Henrik Marstal: Cello
Ole Hansen: Keyboards, trumpet and french horn
Jens Albrectsen: Piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: Double bass
Jonas Johansen: Drums
Karoliina Koivisto: Violin
Hélianne Blais: Violin
Anette Slaatto: Viola
Gry Vester-Andersen: Cello
James Crabb: Accordion
Mimi Kjær: Piano
Dennis Jørgensen: Timpani
Mads Strandgaard: Piano
Thomas Li: Networks and treatments
Design: Kenneth Schultz
Photo: Maiken Kildegaard
A Brief Summary features remakes and alternative versions of material mainly selected from Hall’s 21st century catalogue.
The title was released as a double vinyl album, a digipak-cd and a music cassette – all formats in limited editions. Although the design and colour code remains the same on all three versions of the album, the front cover image varies, forming its own visual entirety when compiled as a whole.
Among the guests on the album you’ll find the Danish electronica pioneer Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), the 4AD band Efterklang, the British pianist Othon and the world famous jazz musician Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005). The latter performs on the partly re-recorded track ”Lesser Gods” that was released as a digital single on March 30th 2018.
The record is released with support from The Danish Arts Foundation, Koda, Danish Artist Union (DAF), DJBFA (Composer and Songwriters’ Production Pool and Koda’s Cultural Funds) and Danish Actors’ Association (DSF).