Sweet Mental

Sweet Mental
Studio album by Wibutee
Released	2006
Recorded	January 3–15, 2006 at Propeller Studios, Oslo, Norway. Track 1 recorded May 2005 in Audiopol, Skien, Norway. Track 6 additional recorded at Wibuton.
Genre	Electronica, Jazz, Rock
Length	42:33
Label	Sonne Disc
Producer	Wibutee

Sweet Mental (released 2006 in Norway by Sonne Disc - SON001) is a studio album by the Norwegian band Wibutee, and could be characterized as an anniversary album after ten years of collaboration.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Crash Hit" (4:57)
   Tor Egil Kreken - banjo & bass
   Wetle Holte - drums, effects (drones) & programming
   Rune Brøndbo - synthesizer, synthesizer (arpeggiator), sounds (sound treatments), drum programming & effects (filtered drone)
   Håkon Kornstad - vocals, saxophone (saxhorn), synthesizer, celesta & programming
   Lyrics by Håkon Kornstad
2. "Aalo" (4:54)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar (additional)
   Wetle Holte - drums & drum programming (beats-programming)
   Mike - guitar (additional 12-string)
   Rune Brøndbo - guitar, synthesizer
   Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, synthesizer & mellotron
3. "Travel With You" (4:49)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
   Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer, programming & piano
   Rune Brøndbo - guitar, synthesizer, programming, bass (treatments) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
   Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone & synthesizer
4. "Sterio Plains" (4:58)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
   Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer & programming
   Rune Brøndbo - guitar
   Håkon Kornstad - saxophone ("sax Machine"), piano & synthesizer
5. "SORPI" (4:36)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
   Rune Brøndbo - mellotron, synthesizer & bass (Ms20)
   Håkon Kornstad - saxophone (saxhorn), piano, synthesizer, flute, melodica, programming & flute (flutonet)
6. "It's All Here" (3:14)
   Wetle Holte - drums
   Håkon Kornstad - saxophone (percussives) & vocals
   Rune Brøndbo - synthesizer, bass (synth), guitar, programming, drum (edits) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
7. "Sebastopol" (4:59)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
   Rune Brøndbo - drum programming (beats-programming), synthesizer, guitar & editions (treatments)
   Wetle Holte - drums
   Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, flute & synthesizer
8. "Two With Nature" (5:37)
   Tor Egil Kreken - bass & guitar
   Wetle Holte - drums, synthesizer, programming & piano
   Rune Brøndbo - guitar & bass (Ms20)
   Håkon Kornstad - tenor saxophone, baritone Saxophone, piano, synthesizer & synthesizer (Yamaha Sk20)
9. "The Ball" (4:29), featuring Anja Garbarek
   Rune Brøndbo - drum programming (beats-programming) & synthesizer (Korg Kaoss Pad)
   John Mallison - vocals recordings
   Håkon Kornstad - synthesizer, flute, melodica, programming & backing vocals
   Anja Garbarek - vocals
   Lyrics by Håkon Kornstad

Credits

• Artwork – Håkon Kornstad
• Artwork (live pictures] – Joachim Drageland Isachsen
• Artwork (vector landscapes) – Marius Watz
• Co-producer – Michael Hartung
• Additional engineer – Espen Gundersen (tracks: 1)
• Engineer & mixing – Michael Hartung*
• Management – Henning Meyer Petersen
• Mastering – Thomas Eberger
• Composer – Anja Garbarek (track: 9), H. Kornstad*, R. Brøndbo*, W. Holte* (tracks: 1-8)
• Assistant photographer – Jan Erik Corsten
• Liner Photo photography – Jørgen Tverås Gomnæs
• Producer – Wibutee
• Recordings - Håkon Kornstad (track: 9)
• Additional recordings – Håkon Kornstad (tracks: 1, 7), Rune Brøndbo (track: 6)
• Mixed March 2006 at Propeller Studios, Oslo, Norway.
• Mastered April 4, 2006 at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden.

This recording was funded in part by "Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere" and "MFOs Vederlagsfond"
Wibutee is supported by "Norsk Kulturråd" and "Norsk Jazzforum"
Wetle Holte plays Ruff Drums.
Tor Egil Kreken uses Demeter amps & Nechville banjos
Packaged in a Jewel Case. Booklet 8 pages^[2]

References

1. "Ikke akkurat jazzpurisme" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no.
2. "Wibutee – Sweet Mental". Discogs.com.

External links

• Official website