Phanerothyme is the ninth full length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho is a band from Trondheim, Norway. Their music can generally be defined as psychedelic rock, but they also mix in elements from metal, jazz, rock, pop and many other musical styles. The members of the band are Bent Sæther , Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan and Kenneth Kapstad...

. It was released through Stickman Records (Europe) and Sony (Norway). It was also released in Japan through P-Vine.

Track listing

1. "Bedroom Eyes" – 2:18
2. "For Free" – 5:13
3. "B.S." – 3:41
4. "Landslide" – 4:38
5. "Go To California" – 8:00
6. "Painting The Night Unreal" – 6:35
7. "The Slow Phaseout" – 4:30
8. "Blindfolded" – 3:44
9. "When You're Dead" – 4:52

• Nr. 1-3, 6 by Sæther.
• Nr. 4, 5, 7 by Sæther/Ryan.
• Nr. 8 by Ryan.
• Nr. 9 by Gebhardt.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, guitarmando, percussion, viscount organ, drums
• Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, piano, viscount organ, mellotron, bass
• Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, vocals, percussion, guitars, zither, banjo, lap-steel guitar
• Helge Sten (Deathprod): Audio virus, filters, ringmodulators, echoplex, theremin
• Baard Slagsvold: piano, wurlitzer, clavinette, rhodes piano, backing vocals. Slagsvold did all the string/reed-arrangements, except for "When You're Dead"; which was arranged by Lars Horntveth
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• Øyvind Fossheim : violin
• Vegard Johnsen : violin
• André Orvik : violin
• Hans Morten Stensland : violin
• Jon W. Sønstebø : viola
• Anne Britt Søvig Årdal : cello
• Ketil Vestrum Einarsen : flute
• Lars Horntveth : tenor sax and bass-clarinette
• Anne-Grethe Orvik : oboe
• Even S. Andersen : trombone
• Mathias Eick
  Mathias Eick
  Mathias Eick is a Norwegian jazz musician born near the town of Eidsfoss in the county of Vestfold, Norway. He is mainly known as a musician on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he also plays double bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar.In his lifetime Eick has...
  
   : trumpet and flugelhorn
• Line Horntveth : tuba
• Kim Hiorthøy
  Kim Hiorthøy
  Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.-Biography:Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...
  
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Videos

The band made videos for "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California", the latter showing them as Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 people walking, running and jumping through the Norwegian woods, whilst carrying surfboards around.

Singles

There were no single/EP releases for this album, but some of the additional songs recorded during the Phanerothyme sessions surfaced on the "Serpentine" EP (2002). Also an EP named "Barracuda" was released in February 2001, containing left over songs from the Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake (album)

Let Them Eat Cake is the eighth full-length studio album by the Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released early in 2000, the album showed the band taking steps in a new direction, leaning more towards jazz and psychedelia than the heavy indie rock guitars the band was famous for.The EP "The Other...

-sessions. Still, promotional only singles of "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California" (edited version, 2:53 mins) were pressed and sent to radio stations.