sverre knut johansen -distant shore- 1994-2014!

20 Years Anniversary album `distant shore` 1999-2014.

The music is composed and arranged by sverre knut johansen
produced by erik wøllo

sverre knut johansen plays:
steinberger bass, tobias 5 str. bass, waldorf microwave, korg
wavestation A/D, korg 01R/W, korg M1, roland juno-106,
roland mks 30, yamaha DX-7, proteus/1, akai 1100, arp
odyssey, kurtzweil K2000, yamaha RY30 and alesis D4.
prophet 12, poly-61 and softsynths.

guest musicians:
børge petersen-øverleir - guitars (track 1,2,3,4,6,8 and 9)
roar engelberg - pan flute (track 2)
tore brunborg - saxophones (track 4 and 6)

digitally recorded and mixed by erik wøllo at wintergarden
studio, fredrikstad in 1992 and 1993. track 9 is recorded and
mixed by sverre in okt 2014. digital mastering by
morten lund at masterhuset a/s in 1993. track 9 is digital
mastered in 2014 by morten lund at lund lyd, Oslo.

front cover photo by ole toft, new zealand
color portrait photo by jan-petter rogne
b/w portrait photo by ketil born
cover artwork by sverre knut johansen
orginal design & artwork by harald aksnes lervik

thanks to bodvar moe for computer assistance, paal jøran
olsen for a theme on «nippon dawn», erik wøllo for his talent
and commitment, vegar and elisabeth wøllo for their
hospitality and harald aksnes lervik for making it all possible.
a special thanks to bjørn f. skogly for his friendship and
inspiration.

this music is deditated to aleksander

all tracks published by sverre knut johansen

© 2014 ORIGIN MUSIC

Reviews:

SONIC IMMERSON;
Distant Shore
CD, Origo Sound, 1994
As far as I know, "Distant Shore" is the debut album by the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Sverre Knut Johansen, who proves he’s also one hell of a composer in about 70 minutes.

The ten minute title track, assembling rhythms and both symphonic and intimate passages, is already a great example of that. This kind of music at times made me think of Gandalf’s early music. On the second piece "Nippon Dawn", Mr Johansen skillfully displays some pleasant moods with slight Eastern flavours.

The kind of music on this album is a well-executed blend of occasional melodic music riding the edge between symphonic rock and electronics, although I’m not too fond of the contribution of a sax-player on two pieces.
At the end of the recording we find the 17-minute "Transition Suite" on which Sverre oncemore gives his best, aptly incorporating powerful rhythms and breaks in his symphonic sound paintings.

The great production skills of Erik Wøllo put the icing on the cake for the highly-recommended "Distant Shore".
© Bert Strolenberg