A SHORT CHAT WITH DET SKANDALØSE ORKESTER

Norwegion rock band Det Skandaløse Orkester will perform at the Zappanale main stage on Saturday, half an hour past midnight. Some would already call that Sunday.
Let’s try to prepare for it.
Here's a Short Chat with Sondre Jørgensen (composer, keys and vocals / Det Skandaløse Orkester) 

UniMuta: Hi Sondre,
Det Skandaløse Orkester’s previous visit to Zappanale was in 2019. I remember it as a pretty wild concert. Do you have any recollections?
Apparently, there also was a concert film called “Legends Of Europe”. Can you tell us a bit about that?

Sondre Jørgensen: Zappanale 2019 is the greatest festival experience I have ever had. We heard so much great music and met so many good people there. The concert itself nearly got cancelled due to the big storm that suddenly took us by surprise. We were down at the beach and saw it all coming in and when we came back to the festival everything had turned into a disaster and they were closing down and evacuating people. Luckily the wind and the rain stopped and we got to play our best concert until then, two hours behind schedule late at night, but in front of the greatest audience we have seen. It was a magical night that we will never forget.

We made a concert film of the performance, "Legends Of Europe", which you can find on YouTube, and we´re planning to make another film this year. If you have any suggestions for a title, let us know!!

UniMuta: Det Skandaløse Orkester has released two excellent albums, “No Har De Laget Skandale igjen” (2014), and “Tenk Om Noen Ser Deg” (2018). The really uplifting news is that you will be presenting your new release at Zappanale: “Masters Of The Universe”. Will you be performing material from this latest release, or what can we expect?

Sondre Jørgensen: Recently we have released two EPs and now we will collect both of them into one for a CD and LP release. On page A on the LP there is "Legenden om Boblemus" (the legend of the bubble mouse) - This is s suite with a very stupid story about a poor little mouse who crawls out of her mouse hole for the first time. Through six chapters we get to experience wonder and expectation, romance and downfall, but then it ends oh so well in the end. This is probably the most Zappa inspired work we have ever done and we believe no one has ever made such great music with such poor lyrics since Zappa himself. On page B on the LP there is "Masters of the Universe". This is a collection of famous theme songs and other heroic music that has been an important inspiration for our band. This includes tunes like 'Peaches En Regalia' by Frank Zappa and 'Back To The Future Theme' by Alan Silvestri among others.
At the Zappanale concert we will will play "Legenden om Boblemus" in it´s entirety, and highlights from "Masters of the Universe".

UniMuta: You concert is scheduled at half past midnight. That might be a bit late for some of the old folks. How would you try to convince them to catch your concert?

Sondre Jørgensen: We believe ourselves that what we do is something you don´t get to see live on a stage everyday. Not even on a festival for music outside the norm. It is just wild energy and happiness, combined with great songs, crazy guitar solos and madness. Check out the film from 2019 - Legends of Europe - and if you like it you probably know that reality is even better.

One of Germanys finest people - Stef Lorentz - became our number one fan when he saw us last time and this is what he had to say:
"I´ve been waiting nearly 30 years for music to evolve - and then I see you: Young people making music like this. Zappa would be proud!" (Stef Lorenz)

UniMuta: Thank you, Sondre.
Safe travels & see you soon.

Det Skandaløse Orkester will perform Saturday night, at 00h30.
This is going to be great !
And they are playing concerts on a regular basis. If you happen to be in Norway, be sure to check out their website: https://skandalose.no/