Opsvik & Jennings

A Dream I Used to Remember
Out Now on Loyal Label
Available on CD/LP/Digital
buy CD here:
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LP:
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Downloads:
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more to come

A Dream I Used to Remember
2009 Loyal Label - CD/LP/Digital

Commuter Anthems
2007 Rune Grammofon

Fløyel Files
2005 NCM East

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Compilations:

Money Will Ruin Everything 2
2008 Rune Grammofon
contains the track "Leaves and Smoke "

Rufs
2006 Fenetrê Records
contains the track "Self"

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06/24/09: VINYL!
The vinyl version of our new record is finally available, get it online at Insound, or if you're in NYC you can pick up a copy at Other_Music or Academy Records

06/10/09: TWO MORE SONGS POSTED
We've taken down the free album download, but we have posted two more songs from our new record; 'Windswept' and 'Anchor Lane Parade' in the column to the right. The LP has been delayed a bit but will be availabe at our record release show and soon thereafter online and in select stores, updates coming soon.

05/21/09: ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
We're doing a New York record release show for our new one at our regular East Village hang out, Nublu, on Monday June 15th (9pm). Come on out and help us celebrate!

04/25/09: RELEASE DATE
Official US release date for "A Dream I Used to Remember" is May 26th 2009. Available on CD/LP/Digital

04/25/09: NEW MUSIC VIDEO
New Opsvik & Jennings video for the title track from our upcoming record. Based on footage from a play-doh stop motion animation film Opsvik made with his brother and father back in 1980. Watch it here

04/18/09: NEW ALBUM FOR FREE
Our new record; "A Dream I Used to Remember" is coming out in May on both CD, Vinyl and Digital. And it will be available here as a FREE download on May 1st , but for a limitied time only (month or so). Later on it will be up on paysites like iTunes, emusic etc.

04/16/09: COVER ART
Check out the cover for "A Dream I Used to Remember" Photography and art direction by Michelle Arcila. see it here

03/17/09: SONG FROM NEW RECORD
"September and Starry-eyed" a song from our upcoming record; "A Dream I Used to Remember" (coming in May) is now available here (next column over) on our myspace and on last.fm

03/05/09: NYT AT O & J CONCERT
New York Times came to our show at Death by Audio in Brooklyn on March 3rd and said this: "The band that came across best was Opsvik & Jennings, an electro-acoustic chamber-pop quartet. Led by the bassist Eivind Opsvik and the guitarist Aaron Jennings, with Brian Drye on Farfisa organ and Dave Christian on drums, this group advanced a series of tuneful provocations, self-contained and pregnant with detail. And appropriately, as a counterpoint to the evening’s headliner, it balanced precision against a spirit of wonder." Nate Chinen, NYT >>

02/05/09: # 3 ON LOYAL LABEL
"A Dream I Used to Remember", Opsvik & Jennings third record, will be released on CD, vinyl and downloads on Loyal Label in early May (release date tba). The record features ten new songs, a female choir, brass section, more guitar and double bass, drums by Opsvik and RJ Miller, banjo by Jennings and more.

12/17/08: LEAVES AND SMOKE
Check out the new tune up here now; Leaves and Smoke, taken from "Money Will Ruin Everything" (see below)

11/25/08: $ WILL RUIN EVERYTHING
Rune Grammofon's gorgeous 10 year celebration 2cd/book: "Money Will Ruin Everything" will be released on December 8th. Among the tracks is a never before released tune by Opsvik & Jennings called "Leaves and Smoke" as well as the track "Neil" from Eivind Opsvik's Overseas III.
It also features all new art from Kim Hiorthøy, graphic works, photos, video stills, used and unused sleeve art, complete discography, interviews and essays (among others one by David Fricke, senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine) Read more about it here

11/01/08: RECORD # 3
Our third record, title yet to be decided, is nearing completion, mastering scheduled for december, more info to come soon.

06/06/08: LIVE IN OSLO
O & J will participate in a concert series at Henie Onstad Art Center in Oslo, Norway on Sunday August 31st at 3pm.

01/06/08: BEST OF 2007
The American magazine Downbeat has included Commuter Anthems on their list of the Best CDs of 2007

09/14/07: RUNE GRAMMOFON NIGHT IN NYC
On Thursday December 13th at the Cake Shop in NYC (Lower East Side) Opsvik & Jennings will play a doube bill with Huntsville, also on Rune Grammofon.

06/12/07: GUEST PLAYLIST
We've been asked to put together a guest playlist for the Discollective website, it's now up on their site >>

06/03/07: NEW YORK TIMES
O & J featured in the NYT column: Playlist, along with artists such as Jim O'Rourke and Porter Wagoner. Compiled by Ben Ratliff >>

04/26/07: REVIEWS
Reviews of "Commuter Anthems" are now starting to appear; newspapers, magazines, blogs, record stores etc.

04/02/07: PURCHASE
Commuter Anthems is now up for sale on

Amazon worldwide
Barnes and_Noble
Thrill Jockey
Other Music
Insound
Post Everything
vh1shop
Small Fish Records
BoomKat
plus a plethora of other record stores both online and real.

02/27/07: COVER
Click here to see the cover for Commuter Anthems, designed by Kim Hiorthøy

02/05/07: MARCH 26 RELEASE
Rune Grammofon has set the release of "Commuter Anthems" to March 26th in Europe and Asia, April 17th in the US and Canada

01/13/07: RUFS
Opsvik & Jennings' tune "Self" is part of a new compilation cd called "Rufs" on the new Norwegian imprint Fenêtre Records. www.fenetrerecords.com

01/13/07: RUNE GRAMMOFON
We can now confirm that our next record; "Commuter Anthems" will be released on Rune_Grammofon this spring. CD was mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge in New York.

12/01/06: iTunes
Fløyel Files is now available on iTunes

04/12/06: OSLO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Opsvik & Jennings confirmed for this years Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway. We’ll be playing on Thursday August 17th at the club Blå

03/12/06: MY SPACE
Opsvik & Jennings has a myspace.com page. myspace.com/opsvikjennings

03/05/06: FF IN JAZZTIMES ARTICLE >>
"It's difficult to parse the various sounds on the recording or even to distinguish between digital and acoustic components. And that seems to be the point. Like the best electronic music - or at least, the stuff that tends to draw me in- Fløyel Files places emphasis not on algorithms but rather lyricism, texture and mood. It's an intimate and introspective album, imbued with a stripped-down pop mystique." Nate Chinen for JazzTimes

02/22/06: OJ LIVE IN NYC
Opsvik & Jennings are playing two dates live at Mundial in the East Village of NYC. Monday April 17th and Monday May 1st, starting around 8pm. on the 17th we will be joined by Rich Johnson on trumpet and computer.

01/19/06: BEST OF 2005 LIST >>
Fløyel Files is on the japanese website grinningtroll.com’s list over the top ten CD’s of 2005

01/15/06: FAMOUS FOR 15MB >>
O & J featured on the newly launched website
Famous for 15mb “A completely new space for deserving artistic talent. In 15 easy to use spaces, we offer you the cream of all the under-booked and possibly overlooked musical and audiovisual artists from around this small planet. As this is not MySpace.com, not everyone who submits gets to be featured on Famous For 15mb.” check it out >>

10/15/05: FLØYEL FILES RELEASED
Our debut cd: "Fløyel Files" is now out on the Brooklyn-Seattle based label NCM East

From "A Dream I Used to Remember"
Out now on Loyal Label
Windswept
Anchor Lane Parade
September and Starry-eyed

From "Commuter Anthems" on Rune Grammofon (2007)
Silverlake
The Pendler

From "Fløyel Files" (2005)
Thread

From "Money Will Ruin Everything 2" (compilation cd/anniversary book) on Rune Grammofon (2008)
Leaves and Smoke

A Dream I Used to Remember
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