Wednesday 23. April 2025, Håkon Thelin and Gisle Nataas released the album “Architecture as instrument | Fehn” at Sentralen in Oslo. The record company Case Records is releasing the album. We have gone for a gatefold cover that is beautifully designed by Erik Johan Worsøe Eriksen, Torleif Kvinnesland has taken the photos, the LP is produced with 180 gram vinyl by T-Time Vinyl Plant in Norway and the album has turned out super cool. Ando Woltmann has written the text “Now, what if walls actually could talk?”. The LP is super exclusive, there are only 100 copies, all numbered!
Buy the album directly from Tiger Records or Big Dipper
Gisle and Håkon have previously collaborated during the Ultima festival in 2023, but this is the first time they have collaborated on an album. This record presents two distinct compositions derived from field recordings captured within two architectural projects by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn (1924-2009):
Fehn/Gyldendalhuset (2007) and Fehn/Storhamarlåven (1973).
Each composition immerses the listener in the unique acoustic landscapes of Fehn’s architecture. The pieces feature an array of sounds, including glass, concrete floors, staircases, railings, and exhibition display cases in metal, concrete, and wood vibrating, resonating, and being played. Footsteps, architects conversing, doors unlocking and creaking, an elevator opening, and birds nesting under the roof of the Hedmark Museum all contribute to the sonic tapestry. Every sound in these works originates from field recordings taken within the architectural spaces themselves.
