With an ability to slip the boundaries of the real world and enter new dimensions through their music, Flunk present their latest and final album Take Me Places. Familiar yet surreal in the same breath, the 11 tracks are soaked in the soft hues of dusk, dawn and the intervening stillness that sits between. Whether it's ethereal downtempo, immersive electronica, trip hop undertones or folk leanings, Flunk have crafted their finest work to date in this LP. A bittersweet swansong, as the band will dissolve back into the ether that their music inhabits following a run of live shows this spring and summer. Consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, vocalist Anja Øyen Vister, and bassist Ole Kristian Wetten, the veteran Norwegian quartet is a band that has stayed true to its roots since the very beginning. Part of the Beatservice Records family since the early '00s, their distinctive amalgamation of folk, downtempo and indie rock has enamoured listeners the world over. Depth, emotion and beauty permeate their productions and Take Me Places is the perfect example of this. The album begins in signature storytelling fashion with 'Capitalism', a brooding journey through the underworld, interspersed with arresting vocal samples and haunting harmonies. It rolls symbolically into 'Trapdoor', pulsating through swirls of synth-laden deepness, crossing the boundaries between the ethereal and electronic realms. That celestial touch is a thread that ties together all of Flunk's work, regardless of the path they take or the genre they explore. 'Climbing Kilimanjaro' fills the air with dust-flecked sonics, as sweeping strings and modulating synths glisten in the hazy sunlight. Elsewhere, listeners are led on an absorbing eyes-closed journeys through the melancholy, Scandinavian sonic magic of 'Noise' and the powerful, yearning, off-world 'I Think I Like You'. On the album you'll also find two breathtaking covers. First, Flunk takes Massive Attack's classic and stamps their own distinctive mark on it. A sea of slow-motion synthesisers, sustained sliding guitars and reclining beats. Then, Nick Murphy aka Chet Faker's spellbinding song 'Message You At Midnight' reaches new stunning heights in Flunk's own signature way. Its delicate strings ebb and flow underneath Anja Øyen Vister's captivating vocals. Drawing Take Me Places to its conclusion, the minimalistic 'Omens' sees the deftness of Bakke's acoustic guitar in perfect synergy with Vister's dreamlike voice. It's a poignant note to signal the final stop in their long-standing career. Demystifying the mystical, bringing a human touch and connection to the ethereal depths below, Flunk have spent the last 25 years considerately undertaking this albums namesake. A lifetime legacy of taking listeners to faraway worlds and places that will forever resonate deep within.

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Flunk's third ordinary album 'Personal Stereo' was released in 2007. The album "Personal Stereo" is similar to the first two ("For Sleepyheads Only" (2002) and "Morning Star" (2004)) in that it is centered around Anja's elf-like vocals over Ulf's programmed electronica and Jo's layers of guitars and other stringed instruments. And even if uplifting melancholy is still the Flunk trademark, and Anja sings more beautifully than ever, "Personal Stereo" is in some ways darker than its predecessors. But it also sees a return to the debut album notion of cutting and pasting from the last 30 years of popular music, sometimes in an obvious way (as on the title track and "Change My Ways"), other times as more obscure nods to Flunk heroes. One of them, cult favorite Daniel Johnston, contributes with vocals on "Haldi". As usual, Flunk's "budget pop" is recorded and produced in its entirety in bedrooms in two different apartments in Oslo, at Ulf's and Jo's.

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Beatservice are delighted to present the debut album from the irrepressible Norwegian outfit, b0ka, with 13 genre-surfing tracks lovingly presented on the gloriously pop-centric 'Forever, My Friend'. Friends since as far back as kindergarten, the b0ka players released a selection of highly regarded singles between 2013 and 2016, with their music arriving via prestige imprints including Eskimo, Paper Recordings, Diamond Club, and their own b0ka Recordings. They've since pursued a diverse range of projects, including Lakehouse, OJKOS, Bjørnar Sira and Den Kosmiske Overorden, with their expansive sounds routinely winning admirers throughout the global music community. The pandemic-induced lockdowns allowed the band an opportunity to re-visit long lost b0ka projects: reviewing dusty hard discs before funnelling the best morsels into the Sagrada Jukebox mixtape earlier this year. It was during this journey of sonic rediscovery that the masterfully diverse 'Forever, My Friend' was ushered into existence. Drawing on all-manner of far-flung influences and brilliantly assembling the components with a pop-ready sophistication, this is spectacular work from b0ka, marking their return to release action in breathtaking style.

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The Cover Ups vinyl edition is a double LP consisting of the first Cover Ups (digital only release 2016) and the new Cover Ups 2 (released April 2023). Recorded mostly on Flunk's annual Christmas parties, "julebord" in Norwegian, with a big dinner and plenty of drinks, rounding off with an acoustic recording of a favourite cover version. Cover Ups / LP1 consists of coversongs from New Order, Yazoo, Depeche Mode and Fink. Cover Ups 2 / LP2 consists of coversongs from Rod Stewart / Everything But The Girl, Simon & Gafunkel, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stranglers, Soft Cell and Radiohead, and some new acoustic versions of old Flunk-songs.

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Oslo-based four-piece Legs 11 return to Beatservice Records with their third studio album, serving seven beguiling tracks on the delightfully off-kilter 'Welcome Home'. Comprising of deviant players Sigmund Floyd, Torstein Dyrnes, Nils Tveten, and Audun Severin Eftevåg, Legs 11 have been Beatservice mainstays since making their label debut back in 2016. Fusing a disparate blend of esoteric sounds that include synth-pop, post-punk, new wave, house and more, the quartet journey from the murkiest depths into the pop-leaning stratosphere, taking in all manner of mind-altering detours along the way. Throughout their production journey, they've revelled in the unexpected, and 'Welcome Home' masterfully continues this aberrant trajectory. This is entirely unique work from Legs 11. Deviant, potent, and fiercely energetic, each track is propulsive enough to ignite dancefloors while embodied with more than enough profundity for headphone immersion. Utterly compelling.

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Beatservice Records are thrilled to present the hotly-anticipated third album from Oslo-based production maestro, Third Attempt. 'The Novel Sound' follows on from the widely acclaimed 'Beats From The Quarantine' album released in April 2021, and further compliments the young artist's deserved reputation as one of the dance underground's most exciting talents to emerge in recent years.'The Novel Sound' once again sees Third Attempt dextrously merging expansive musical aesthetics that fuse trip-hop, funk, soul and disco to deliver a sound that – although endowed with vintage sensibilities – feels proudly up to date. Continuing his breathtaking development in dazzling style, the album feels destined to echo over blissed-out sunsets, back-room excursions and twilight skies for many years to come.



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Third Attempt has a distinct and uplifting flavour, firmly planted in the smoother areas of deep house. His influences range from jazz to ambient, trip hop to classic house. Third Attempt's first Beatservice single "Shoreline" accumulated numerous accolades and tens of thousands of plays on various streaming platforms. After three two-track EP's, and one four track EP, it is now time for a new album from Third Attempt! The album continues his mixture of funky, jazzy and deephouse grooves, but, while his EP's have been aimed mostly for the dancefloor, the album is on the smoother end of the scale.

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Flunk is a quartet from Oslo making downbeat acoustic music. From their debut in 2002, they have built a steady following around the world. They have about 55K followers on Spotify, with the top 5 countries being USA, Turkey, Germany, UK and Poland. Flunk is known for their downbeat version of New Order's Blue Monday (their best selling track by far). Flunk is now building up towards their next album, their seventh ordinary album. They released two digital singles in the autumn of 2020, and three more are out or planned winter/spring as a buld-up towards the album. The singles are pushed by targeted pre- and post-release world wide promotion in social media. The album will be markeded the same way. Their new album will be out on digital, vinyl and CD. The album patches together trademark elements of soul-healing downtempo electronics and naive pop, infused in Nordic mystique and faded Americana tropes.

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