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Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, Girl

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On June 9, 2015, “Sacred Bones” label released “Apocalypse, Girl”, the fifth Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Lasse Marhaug.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocals, effects, keyboards, arrangements, recording
  • Håvard Volden – guitar, bass
  • Øystein Moen – synths, mellotron
  • Kyrre Laastad – drums
  • Thor Harris – various mallets, percussion
  • Okkyung Lee – cello
  • Rhodri Davies – harp
  • Lara Myrvoll – beats
  • Syster Alma – sampling
  • Lasse Marhaug – arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Rob Halverson – additional recording
  • Sam Grant – additional recording
  • Marcus Schmickler – mastering
  • Lisbeth Vogler – design
  • Zia Anger – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval, except where noted.

  1. Kingsize
  2. Take Care of Yourself
  3. That Battle Is Over
  4. White Underground – Jenny Hval, Lasse Marhaug
  5. Heaven
  6. Why This?
  7. Some Days
  8. Sabbath
  9. Angels and Anaemia
  10. Holy Land – Jenny Hval, Lasse Marhaug

Jenny Hval: Viscera

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On April 26, 2011, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Viscera”, the debut Jenny Hval (under her name) album. It was recorded in 2011, “Kampen Kirke” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Deathprod and Jenny Hval.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocals, guitar, church organ, zither, arrangements, additional recording
  • Håvard Volden – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone Guitar, psaltery, arrangements 
  • Kyrre Laastad – drums, synth, drum machine, church organ
  • Helge Sten – recording, mixing
  • Bob Katz – mastering
  • Kyrre Laastad – arrangements
  • Kim Hiorthøy – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Engines in the City
  2. Blood Flight
  3. Portrait of the Young Girl as an Artist
  4. How Gentle
  5. A Silver Fox
  6. Golden Locks
  7. This Is a Thirst
  8. Milk of Marrow
  9. Black Morning / Viscera

Lost Girls: Menneskekollektivet

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On March 26, 2021, “Smalltown Supersound” label released “Menneskekollektivet”, the debut Lost Girls studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Øra Studios” Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Kyrre Laastad, Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – vocal, guitar
  • Håvard Volden – guitars, various instruments
  • Kyrre Laastad – recording, mixing
  • Mike Grinser – mastering
  • Jacob Grönbech Jensen – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jenny Hval except where noted, all music by Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden.

  1. Menneskekollektivet
  2. Losing Something – lyrics by Racter (with citation from The Policeman’s Beard)
  3. Carried By Invisible Bodies
  4. Love, Lovers
  5. Real Life



Jenny Hval: Classic Objects

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On March 11, 2022, “4AD” label released “Classic Objects”, the eighth Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Øra Studio” in Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Jenny Hval and Kyrre Laastad.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – lead and backing vocals, various instruments, programming, arranger, concept, recording
  • Kyrre Laastad – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, recording
  • Håvard Volden – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Daniel Meyer Grønvold – guitar
  • Johan Lindvall – keyboards, piano
  • Vivian Wang – keyboards, additional vocals, recording
  • Hans Hulbækmo – drums, percussion
  • Natali Abrahamsen Garner – additional vocals, recording
  • Annie Bielski – additional lyrics, artwork, concept, photography
  • Even Ormestad – recording
  • Heba Kadry – mixing, mastering
  • Lasse Marhaug – graphic design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Year of Love
  2. American Coffee
  3. Classic Objects
  4. Cemetery of Splendour
  5. Year of Sky
  6. Jupiter
  7. Freedom
  8. The Revolution Will Not Be Owned

Trondham Jazz Orchestra: In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper

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On February 26, 2016, “Hubro” label released “In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper”, album by Trondheim Jazz Orchestra / Kim Myhr & Jenny Hval (the 18th Trondheim Jazz Orchestra album). It was recorded in 2015, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Kim Myhr.

Personnel:

  • Christian Wallumrød – piano, harmonium
  • Michael Duch – bass
  • Tor Haugerud – drums
  • Morten Olsen – percussion
  • Jenny Hval – voice
  • Kim Myhr – voice, 12 string guitar, arrangements (in collaboration with all the musicians)
  • Rhodri Davies – harp
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – viola
  • Klaus Holm – clarinet
  • Eivind Lønning – trumpet
  • Martin Taxt – tuba
  • Jim Denley – flute, alto saxophone
  • Espen Reinertsen – tenor saxophone
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording
  • Johnny Skalleberg – mixing
  • Helge Sten – mastering
  • Aslak Gurholt, Thomas Nordby (Yokoland) – design
  • Tebbe Schöningh – cover photography
  • André Løyning – recording session photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jenny Hval, all music by Jenny Hval and Kim Myhr.

  1. Seed
  2. Something New
  3. Me, You, Me, You
  4. The Beak
  5. Mass
  6. Even the Vowels
  7. Soft as Tongues
  8. Silence A Beat

Jenny Hval: Innosence Is Kinky

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On April 19, 2013, “Rune Grammofon” label released “Innocence Is Kinky”, the second Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Parish.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval– lead and backing vocals, drum machine, guitar, keyboards, sampling, arranger, engineer
  • Chris Kaus – quotation author
  • Håvard Volden – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, drum machine, arrangements
  • John Parish– banjo, bass, guitar, keyboards, trombone, mixing
  • Kyrre Laastad – drum machine, drums, keyboards, percussion, arranger
  • Espen Reinertsen– saxophone
  • Kari Rønnekleiv – violin
  • Ole Henrik Moe– violin, viola, string arrangements
  • Ali Chant – engineer, mixing
  • Stefan Hambrook – engineer
  • John Dent – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Innocence Is Kinky
  2. Mephisto in the Water
  3. I Called
  4. Osio Oedipus
  5. Renée Falconetti of Orléans
  6. Give Me That Sound
  7. I Got No Strings
  8. Is There Anything on me That Doesn’t Speak?
  9. Amphibious, Androgynous
  10. Death of the Author
  11. The Seer