SHINING on the net: NEW ADDRESS!: myspace.com/SHININGofficial YouTube.com/SHININGofficial Facebook.com/SHININGnorway twitter.com/SHININGofficial twitter.com/gninihs flickr.com/groups/shining LastFm.com --------------------------- Fisheye - Single: For sale on iTunes now! Blackjazz: Release date 25th Jan 2010! Grindstone CD: Limited edition vinyl LP - Grindstone + Kingdom (2 full albums): NEW T-SHIRT FOR SALE!: Click here to see details: FRONT // BACK Order through Rune Grammofon: www.runegrammofon.com --------------------------- Some International Reviews: FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF REVIEWS - GO TO Discography. Cokemachineglow.com - USA - rating 87% "it’s absolutely fucking astounding." This great and surrealistic review gave me the shivers! If you ever need a Grindstone 101 introduction to the record (and it's references - he got them all), it's all here. Stylusmagazine.com - USA - rating B "[...]a bit like staring at a charging animal. It is a thrilling and changing experience—just prepare to get gouged." New York Times - USA "Jorgen Munkeby [...] leads the group with brazen confidence, and his three band mates decisively match his frenzy. [...] It’s a completely over-the-top stretch of music, and that seems to be the point." Allmusic.com - USA "[...]these cats are among the most sophisticated of the new European generation that listens to absolutely everything and learns to play it, too." "[...]apparent madness that is both wise and wry, and that lets its outrageousness become part of the aesthetic. Fantastic!" Sonicfrontiers.net - USA [i]"Grindstone's bombastic, weird, energetic, chaotic, and creative music has solidified Shining's rank as one of the top bands as far as boundary pushing music goes[...]" Pitchforkmedia.com - USA - rating 7.6 TERRORIZER MAGAZINE - rating 7 Factmagazine.co.uk - UK "[...]Shining have produced one of the most compelling records released so far this year[...]" Jazzwise - USA "Grindstone is an excercise in extremes played out with strict abandon[...]" Buzz - UK "Of all the heavy rock/jazz/prog bands that are around at the moment [...] Shining are one of the most whacked-out." Almostcool.org - USA "If you thought their first album was crazy, though, you really haven't heard anything yet." International Herb "Prog’s become less of a dirty word over the last two years and it will be interesting to see whether Grindstone is picked up on as a figurehead for some sort of revival. Post-prog?" Boomkat.com - Store - USA "Absolutely nuts, and quite brilliant." Rock-A-Rolla - UK "A frighteningly intelligent, original and wide-ranging album, viscerally powerful and perplexing in the best way possible." Some Norwegian Reviews: 6/6 - Dagbladet 6/6 - Bergens Tidende 6/6 - Panorama.no 6/6 - Spirit 7/7 - Groove.no 6/6 -Rockeweb.com 5/6 - Natt og Dag 5/6 - Side2.no 5,5/6 - Backstage 5/6 - Monster Magazine FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF REVIEWS - GO TO Discography.
UPCOMING SHOWS: Date format: yyyy-mm-dd New album "Blackjazz" coming out 25th January 2010! 2010-01-14 Eurosonic, Groningen, The Netherlands 2010-01-20 NORWEGIAN "BLACKJAZZ" RELEASE SHOW! Blå, Oslo, Norway 2010-01-21 Garage, Bergen, Norway 2010-01-22 Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway 2010-01-27 Blæst, Trondheim, Norway 2010-01-28 NRK P2, Musikkredaksjonen, Radio, 15:30-16:00 CET 2010-01-29 Horten, Norway 2010-01-30 På Hjørnet, Kristiansand, Norway 2010-04-15 SHINING Solo Show Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2010-04-17 A very special performance of the legendary "Armageddon Concerto", performed and written with ENSLAVED! Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands ............................... ..............+............... ............................... ....|......../|.|\........|.... ....|....../..|.|..\......|.... ....|..../....|.|....\....|.... ....|../......|.|......\..|.... ....|/........|.|........\|.... ..............|.|.............. ..............|.|.............. ..............|.|.............. ..............|.|.............. ..............|.|.............. ..............---.............. ............................... PREVIOUS SHOWS: 2009-10-19 Special TV live performance at NRK, Store Studio World premiere of new song Fisheye from upcoming album Blackjazz. 2009-09-10 Numusic Festival, Stavanger, Norway 2009-06-06 Working Class Hero (Kongsberg Jazz Festival Promo Concert), Drammen, Norway 2009-05-23 SPOT Festival, Århus, Denmark 2009-05-16 The Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK 2009-05-13 !!!CANCELLED!!! Corsica Studios, London, UK !!!CANCELLED!!! 2009-05-12 !!!CANCELLED!!! Effenaar (2nd Room), Eindhoven, NL !!!CANCELLED!!! 2009-04-23 Hulen, Bergen, Norway 2009-04-22 Nasjonal Jazzscene - Victoria, Oslo, Norway 2008-12-27 Union Scene, Drammen, Norway 2008-11-08 Nordic Music Week, Cementen, Stavanger, Norway 2008-10-25 OFFICIAL CMJ Music Week Concert, The Knitting Factory (Tap Bar), New York City, USA Show starts at 09:00 PM 2008-10-24 IMPOSE RECORDS Latenight CMJ Party, Cake Shop, New York City, USA Show starts at 01:30 AM in the night (NEW TIME!) 2008-10-11 Samfundet, Trondheim, Norway 2008-10-10 Motstøy Festival, Notodden, Norway 2008-10-09 Blå, Oslo, Norway 2008-10-06 Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan Venue: Tsuki-miru Kimi-omou Venue phone number: +81 3-5474-8115 Ticket office: Office Ohsawa, info@bigstream.co.jp, +81 3-3728-5690 2008-10-04 NOTCH'08 Festival Shanghai, China Venue info: 669 Greenhouse (6485 5356): 669 Gui Guo Road, near Tian Lin Road, Shanghai 2008-10-03 NOTCH'08 Festival Guangzhou, China Venue info: Sapphire Art Space (8776 8558): 2F Holiday Inn City Center, 28 Guangming Road, Huanshi Road E., Guangzhou 2008-10-02 NOTCH'08 Festival Beijing, China Venue info: Yugongyishan (6404 2711): West courtyard of Duan Qirui Government Former Site, Zhang Zizhong Road 3-2, Beijing 2008-09-15 ZXZW Independent Culture Batcave, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2008-08-05 Klubb Øya: Garage, Oslo, Norway 2008-07-19 OBS: CORRECTED DATE! Molde International Jazz Festival, Norway SHINING and ENSLAVED performing their newly composed 90-minutes concerto: Nine Nights in Nothingness [i]- Glimpses of Downfall - Probably your only chance to see this performed live! 2008-07-02 Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway CANCELLED! 2008-06-04 Trondheim Jazzfestival, Trondheim, Norway 2008-05-10 Skanu Mezs Festival, Riga, Latvia 2008 - 16/04 Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey 2008-03-16 Relax Bar, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA 2008-03-15 11:00PM Emo's Jr. - South By South West, Austin, Texas, USA 2008-03-13 03:00PM End Of An Ear (record store, at 3 PM), Austin, Texas, USA 2008-03-11 The Empty Bottle, Chicago, USA 2008-03-10 10:00PM Knitting Factory, New York City, USA 2008-02-23 by:Larm, DogA, Oslo, Norway 2008-02-21 by:Larm, Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway 2008-01-12 VK, Brussels, Belgium 2008-01-11 Eurosonic, Groningen, The Netherlands 2008-12-14 State-X New Forms Festival, Der Haag, The Netherlands 2007-11-30 Club Maiden, Oslo, Norway Grindstone Over Europe - Part I: (Support for Enslaved) ----------------------- 2007-10-27 Saarbrücken - Roxy (DE) 2007-10-26 Munich - Backstage (DE) 2007-10-25 Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL) 2007-10-24 Biebob, Vosselaar (B) 2007-10-23 Mezz, Breda (NL) 2007-10-22 Nottingham - Junktion7 (UK) 2007-10-21 London - Mean Fiddler (UK) 2007-10-20 Rennes - Ubu (FR) ----------------------- 2007-08-21 Hole In The Sky, Garage, Bergen 2007-08-11 Varangerfestivalen, Vadsø, Norway 2007-08-10 Mono, Oslo, Norway 2007-08-08 Øyafestivalen, Main Stage, Oslo, Norway 2007-07-19 Århus Jazz Festival, VoxHall, Denmark 2007-05-25 Blå, Oslo, Norway 2007-04-25 Live på NRK P3 - Lydverket / Hør og lær, NRK Radio 2007-03-31 Vossajazz, Park Hotel, Voss, Norway 2007-03-17 Samfundet, Tronheim, Norway 2007-03-15 Checkpoint Charlie, Stavanger, Norway 2007-03-10 Kvarteret, Bergen, Norway 2007-02-26 Mono, Oslo, Norway 2006-01.18 Samfundet Trondheim, Norway 2005-11-05 Kvarteret Bergen, Norway 2005-11-02 John Dee Oslo, Norway 2005-10-22 Nefertiti Göteborg, Sweden 2005-10-21 Kafé K Porsgrunn, Norway 2005-10-06 Rumorfestival Utrecht, Netherlands 2005-10.05 Kab de L'usine Geneva, Switzerland 2005-08-13 Øya-festivalen Oslo, Norway 2005-08-04 Lost Weekend Bergen, Norway 2005-07-29 Canal Street Arendal, Norway 2005-07-08 Kongsberg Jazzfestival Kongsberg, Norway 2005-06-17 Hultsfredfestivalen Hultsfred, Sweden 2005-06-11 Månefestivalen Fredrikstad, Norway 2005-06-01 Mean Fiddler London, UK 2005-05-28 Nattjazz Bergen, Norway 2005-05-27 Garage Oslo, Norway 2005-04-10 Ancienne Belgique Brussel, Belgium 2005-04-09 CC Luchtbal Antwerpen, Belgium 2005-04-08 OC Kreun Kortrijkt, Belgium 2005-04-07 De Doos Hasselt, Belgium 2005-04-06 De Warande Turnhout, Belgium 2005-02-12 by:Larm - Hall Toll Stavanger, Norway 2005-02-10 Kvarteret Bergen, Norway 2005-02-09 Driv Tromsø, Norway 2005-01-29 Samfundet Trondheim, Norway 2005-01-28 Blå Oslo, Norway 2004-12-17 KillYrEgo, Oslo, Norway 2004-03-27 Mod, Hasselt, Belgium 2004-03-26 De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium 2004-03-25 Vooruit, Gent, Belgium 2004-03-24 Ab Club, Brussel, Belgium 2004-01-11 Last Train, Oslo, Norway 2004-10-13 Ab Club, Brussel, Belgium 2004-05-05 Release Sweet Shanghai Devil Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2002 December China tour, 6 concerts, Shanghai, Harbin and Jiang Xing	www.michaelbrecker.com One of the greatest sax players in history is now gone. 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