VokaLarm 2010 - the first groovy vocal festival in Norway
PUST are one of 6 invited guest ensembles of VokaLarm in Trondheim, 7th - 10th of October 2010. VokaLarm welcomes both well-established groups and choirs, but also those who are just curious and want to learn about vocal group singing.
VokaLarm offer a range of workshops, seminars and concerts. We are confident that you will find content both for development and inspiration!
Beside PUST you can hear Vocal Group Cosmos (Latvia), Apes&Babes (Norway), Trondheim Voices (Norway), Pitsj (Norway) and Rajaton (Finland). The members of these groups will also be instructors at the workshops and masterclasses. Sounds good? Go check out the webpage, it's still possible to apply for the festival!
Arctic PUST
Watch some beautiful pictures from Greenland and Svalbard together with "Innocent" by PUST at YouTube! This is one of our favorite songs, originally written by The Fleshquartet. It's recorded on our first album 'Femkant'. (We recommend watching in HD.)
Buy scores with songs from PUST
Some of the scores from our first album 'Femkant' (2007) can be ordered at Musikk-Husets Forlag A/S or Norsk Korsenter. Published scores:
Bruremarsj fra Sørfold (Norwegian folk tune / arr: Håvard Gravdal)
Femkantgeneralen (Håkon Hartberg / arr: Marius Løken)
Innocent (Fläskkvartetten / arr: Elisabeth Anvik)
Jeg tenker så tidt på min bryllupsdag (Norwegian folk tune / arr: Pust)
Turlutte 33 (French-Canadian folk tune / arr: Pust)
Vaggviselåt (Anne Hilde Grøv / Nils Ferlin / arr: Håvard Gravdal)
No CARA award to KRY
PUST didn't receive any CARA award this time, but we are 'runner up' in the category of best folk/world album!
4 CARA-nominations to KRY
PUST and our newest album Kry are nominated in 4 categories by the Comtemporary A Cappella Recording Awards 2010! 'Best folk/world album', 'Best folk/world song' (En Reell Halling), 'Best European Album' and 'Best Professional Original Song' (Usynlig composed by Elisabeth Anvik). You can listen to the 2 nominated songs at MySpace and you see the video of En Reell Halling at YouTube. The winners will be announced on April 1st.
Picks of the year - KRY as 'honorable mention'
At the end of each year the reviewers of RARB pick their two favorite albums from those they reviewed during that year. RARB's 'Picks of the Year' represent countless hours of critical listening by the Board's team of experienced reviewers. All the reviewers of Kry acclaim the album as the 'honorable mention' of 2009:
“A unique a cappella experience that features passionate performances, impeccable musicality, and a strange, unique approach to music through "voiceplay". Definitely the most intriguing and pleasantly different album of 2009.” (Andrew DiMartino)
PUST visited Voice Mania in Vienna
16th of November PUST had a concert together with Club for Five (Finland) at the Voice Mania festival in Vienna. It was a great evening; wonderful concert hall, lovely audience, and a great festival. Check out some pictures from our concert!
Recorded A Cappella Review Board
Check out the RARB review and what the Americans feel about the album KRY!
Video of 'En reell halling'
Watch our video of 'En reell halling', the opening track from the album KRY. The video is made by Sangløftet, a Norwegian project focusing inspiration and support for all kind of vocal activities.
Release - KRY
PUST's second album was released last September. KRY includes songs composed by members of the group, and all the lyrics will be in Norwegian. We hope you will like ut anyway. PUST’s music is meant to be international.
The songs are available digitally on the Internet (iTunes Store etc). You can also order PUST CDs by sending an e-mail to post@pust.org. You can listen to some of the tracks at www.myspace.com/pust6voices.
Here you can find the track list of KRY and some explanations of the content of the songs.
PUST in concert with The Manhattan Transfer
PUST was invited to international vocal festivals in Germany and Austria this autumn. Early October we had a concert together with The Manhattan Transfer at Vocal Jazz Summit in Mainz. World class ensembles like The Real Group and The Swingle Singers were also invited to this festival. An amazing weekend!
Check out our concert calendar.
PUST shared the stage with Bobby McFerrin
May 6th, 2009, Bobby McFerrin gave a concert at the Oslo Concert Hall, and PUST was invited to improvise with him. A great experience!
The concert was a part of a project called Hele Norge Synger, focusing everyone's joy in singing.
