Highasakite

Highasakite

Highasakite at the Steinkjerfestivalen 2014.
Background information
Origin Norway
Genres Indie rock, indie pop
Years active 2011 (2011)–present
Labels Propeller Records,
Universal Music
Website highasakite.no
Members Ingrid Helene Håvik
Trond Bersu
Øystein Skar
Marte Eberson
Kristoffer Lo

Highasakite is an indie pop and indie rock band originating from Norway. The band has since formation consisted of Ingrid Helene Håvik as vocalist, Marte Eberson and Øystein Skar on synths and keys, Trond Bersu on drums and Kristoffer Lo on guitar, percussion and flugabone.

The band released their debut album, All That Floats Will Rain, in 2012 to rave reviews; the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet gave the album a 6 on the dice, writing that "if you have lost faith in pop music, Highasakite is here to show you the light."[1] Their debut full-length album, Silent Treatment, was released in 2014 to equally rave reviews, with Dagbladet lauding it, and giving Highasakite their second consecutive 6/6 from the newspaper,[2] with Verdens Gang equally enthusiastic giving it a 5.[3] For the album, Highasakite won the "Pop Group of the Year Award" at the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Spellemannprisen; additionally Håvik was nominated in the categories "Composer of the Year" and "Writer of the Year", winning the former. The same year the band won the Bendiksen Award, an award and grant given to up-and-coming arists to help develop their talent, winning 100,000 Norwegian kroner.

Their third album, Camp Echo, is scheduled to be released May 20th, 2016. The first single from the album, "Someone Who'll Get it", released early 2016, received significant critical acclaim upon release, highlighting an anticipation for their third album.[4] As of April, the single has been played over 2,700,000 times on Spotify. The second single, "Golden Ticket", was released in April, 2016.

Biography

Vocalist Ingrid Håvik and drummer Trond Bersu met while Bersu was studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory; after starting out as a duo, the two recruited Thomas Dahl, a producer, to help out on bass and guitar, and Øystein Skar joined the group to play synthesizer. After bonding they spent the next six months working on a debut album. Their debut album, All That Floats Will Rain, was released in Norway in February, 2012 on the record label Riot Factory, and was produced by Juhani Silvola and Thomas Dahl. The album reached #16 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. After the album's release the band began to play live shows, adding Marte Eberson on synthesizer and Kristoffer Lo on guitar, percussion, flugabone, and tuba to extend their layered instrumentation, and flesh out their sound. Highasakite started out opening for other musical projects like Your Headlights Are On, PELbO and Sacred Harp.[1] The band later performed at many festivals in 2012, including Øyafestivalen, and the Iceland Airwaves.

The band entered the studio with producer Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim to record their first full-length album. The album, Silent Treatment, was released in February 2014 and reached #1 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.[5] It was named the second best album of the year by Norwegian music critics in a list published by Dagsavisen.[6] The group toured extensively this year, mostly in Norway.[5] They also toured with the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, during their Europe tour. At The 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, Highasakite was the winner in the "Pop Album" category for "Silent Treatment". The band can today be proud of having the first album with 92 consecutive weeks (and counting) at the Norwegian Billboards, "Topp 40" at VG-lista.[7]

Awards

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Track list
NOR
[10]		 AUS
[11]
2012 All That Floats Will Rain 16 —
  1. "Son of a Bitch"
  2. "Winners Don't Come Easy"
  3. "Indian Summer"
  4. "When You Have Gone"
  5. "In and Out of Weeks"
  6. "God Is a Banquet"
  7. "My Soldier"
  8. "Whatever That Means"
  9. "Everything Sank in You"
  10. "The Heron"
2014 Silent Treatment 1 90
  1. "Lover, Where Do You Live?"
  2. "Since Last Wednesday"
  3. "Leaving No Traces"
  4. "Hiroshima"
  5. "My Only Crime"
  6. "I, the Hand Grenade"
  7. "Darth Vader"
  8. "Iran"
  9. "The Man on the Ferry"
  10. "Science & Blood Tests"
2016 Camp Echo — —
  1. "My Name Is Liar"
  2. "Samurai Swords"
  3. "Someone Who'll Get It"
  4. "My Mind Is a Bad Neighborhood"
  5. "God Don't Leave Me"
  6. "I Am My Own Disease"
  7. "Golden Ticket"
  8. "Deep Sea Diver"
  9. "Chernobyl"

Singles

Year Single Peak position Album
NOR
[10]		 AUS
[12]
2013 "Since Last Wednesday" — — Silent Treatment
2016 "Someone Who'll Get It" 34[13] 100 Camp Echo[14]

References

  1. 1 2 Pettersen, Julia (February 3, 2012). "Avlys resten av musikkåret" [Cancel the rest of the year in music]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Falkenberg-Arell, Rannveig (February 3, 2014). "Årets første norske sekserplate" [This year's first Norwegian six-record.]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bøe, Tor Martin (February 1, 2014). "Skimrende, lys og tusen etasjer høy" [Shimmering, bright and one thousand stories high]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/singelanmeldelse-highasakite-someone-who-ll-get-it/a/23605044/
  5. 1 2 Thomas Talseth (14 February 2014) Highasakite er årets albumvinnere (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Rusdal, Espen Hågensen (2014-12-12). "Her er listene over den beste musikken i 2014" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  7. ↑ Talseth, Thomas (2015-11-13). "Highasakite setter ny VG-listerekord" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  8. ↑ Stein Østbø (20 May 2014) Highasakite vant 100.000 kroner (Norwegian) VG.
  9. ↑ "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. 29 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Highasakite page". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  11. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 29 September 2014" (PDF) (1283). Pandora Archive. September 30, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  12. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (12 March 2016). "ARIA Singles: Lukas Graham Spends 4th Week at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  13. ↑ http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/2016/uke/6
  14. ↑ http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/highasakite-announce-second-record-camp-echo
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Real Ones		 Recipient of the best Pop band Spellemannprisen
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