Panzerpappa - Landsbysladder (CD)This is an Apollon Records release.Twenty-five years after their first recording, Panzerpappa – perhaps Norway’s most cordial avant-prog ensemble – felt the time had finally come to release their first-ever concept album. On August 22, 2025, the band will launch Landsbysladder, their eighth studio release. Landsbysladder is Norwegian for “village gossip” and the album comprises seven instrumental pieces centred on the themes of rumours, tales, and gossip in a small village – a musical chronicle of minor and major dramas unfolding in a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone – or at least thinks they do.Landsbysladder tells a vivid story without uttering a single word. The music shifts between open, melodic passages and sudden bursts of intensity, drive, and complexity. Tempo changes, rhythmic twists, and harmonic detours mirror the unpredictable way gossip can spread, grow, and shift the mood in an instant.The album features several distinguished guest musicians: renowned folk artist Rannveig Djønne on diatonic accordion, seasoned performer Silje Hveem Lofthus on flute, internationally acclaimed soloist and professor Håkon Stene on tuned percussion, Håkon Børve on the rarely heard contra-alto clarinet, and last but not least, jazz luminary Ståle Storløkken – known from Elephant9, Terje Rypdal, Motorpsycho, and Supersilent – on synthesizer. Tracks: 1. Ah, Nyhetspamp 2. Kuldeskrik 3. Landsbysladder Petty Four 4. Landsby Intermezzo 5. Landsbysladder Pas De Deux 6. Landsbyminiatyr 7. Pa Jolla, Til Nordafjell Format: CDArtist: PanzerpappaRelease Date: August 22, 2025
