WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU?

THE HOUR OF THE WOLF LOOK AWAY LUCIFER HONEY BEE NEW WOMAN/NEW MAN WHATS ON YOUR MIND? HIGHWAY OF LIGHT VALLEY OF DECEPTION OUR TIME WONT LIVE THAT LONG
PRODUCED BY MADRUGADA & JOHN AGNELLO

MADRUGADA
Sivert Hyem / Robert Burs / Frode Jacobsen Additional musicians: Erland Dahlen / Alex Kloster-Jensen / Mikael Megaton Lindqvist Kid Congo Powers / Dag Stiberg / Ane Brun / Ingrid Olava / David Mansfield String Arrangements on Whats On Your Mind & Highway Of Light by Bjrn Yttling Strings by ETHEL MUSIC BY MADRUGADA / LYRICS BY HYEM OUR TIME WONT LIVE THAT LONG BY ROBERT BURS Recorded by John Agnello at Water Music, Hoboken, New Jersey Additional recordings by John Agnello at Svenska Grammofonstudion, Gothenburg & Magic Shop, NYC Mixed by John Agnello at Water Music & Magic Shop Except tracks 2, 3 & 8 mixed by John Agnello at Magic Shop Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC Compiled by Espen Berg at The Living Room, Oslo Second engineers at Water Music: James Frazee, Scott Altizio & Ted Young Strings recorded by Stewart Lerman at Water Music, Hoboken, New Jersey Second engineer at Svenska Grammofonstudion: Mathias Nyberg Second engineer at Magic Shop: Ted Young Ingrid Olava appears courtesy of EMI Music Norway Ane Brun appears courtesy of DetErMine Records John Agnello represented by Sharon Agnello at Steeltoe Mgmt. Original art by Judith Eisler (www.cohanandleslie.com). Art Direction: Alex Kloster-Jensen Layout by Alex Kloster-Jensen & visjonwiruz.com. Photos: Morten Andersen. Madrugada photo-collage by Alex Kloster-Jensen. Management: Stageway Talent AS, Norway World Lee Consultng Ltd - UK. All songs written by Madrugada. EMI Music Publishing www.madrugada.net

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU? Sivert: Vocals, Feedback & Acoustic Guitar / Robert: Guitar Frode: Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Hammond Bass Pedals / Erland: Drums, Percussion & Piano Alex: Guitar Syntheseizer Pad THE HOUR OF THE WOLF Sivert: Vocals / Robert: Guitar / Frode: Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Backing Vocals / Erland: Drums & Percussion / Mikael: Vox Jaguar Organ / Alex: Guitar LOOK AWAY LUCIFER Sivert: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar / Robert: Guitars & Feedback Frode: Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals / Erland: Drums, Piano & Tambourine Mikael: Recorder & Farfisa / Alex: Guitar & Backing Vocals / Emelie & Elin Sorstedt: Poi Sounds HONEY BEE Sivert: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar / Robert: Spanish Guitar / Frode: Bass Guitar & Hammond Organ / Erland: Drums / Ane: Backing Vocals / Ingrid Olava: Backing Vocals NEW WOMAN/NEW MAN Sivert: Vocals & Backing Vocals / Robert: Guitar Frode: Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals / Erland: Drums, Percussion & Vibes / Mikael: Piano & Organ / Alex: Guitar & Backing Vocals WHATS ON YOUR MIND? Sivert: Vocals / Robert: Guitar / Frode: Bass Guitar, Tambourine & High Strung Acoustic Guitar / Erland: Drums, Vibes & Percussion / ETHEL - Strings / Kid: Slide Guitar / Mikael: Hammond Organ, Harpsichord & Vibes / Alex: Acoustic Guitar Ingrid Olava: Backing Vocals / David Mansfield: Pedal Steel HIGHWAY OF LIGHT Sivert: Vocals & Hammond Organ / Robert: Guitar Frode: Bass Guitar, Hammond Bass Pedals & Tambourine / Erland: Drums & Percussion Mikael: Organ / ETHEL: Strings / Dag: Alto Sax VALLEY OF DECEPTION Sivert: Vocals / Robert: Guitar / Frode: Bass Guitar Erland: Drums & Vibes / Kid: Slide Guitar / Alex: Backing Vocals / Mikael: Organ OUR TIME WONT LIVE THAT LONG Robert: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar / Mikael: Hammond Organ

The last time I spoke to Robert Burs, he was just back from New York, done with the initial sessions for this Madrugada album, the bands sixth. He said it was his best recording experience to date, that he was sure that Madrugada had started to paint their masterpiece. He spoke about one particular session that brought forward songs that elevated their work to a whole other level. Although Robert was famous for his enthusiasm when he initiated his friends to fresh recordings, it became clear to me that this time it was different. As we all know, this eponymously titled album is indeed different. Not just from an artistic perspective, but from a human one. This is the last time we will hear the voice of Robert, the fluid and bluesy sound that became a trademark of the group according to English writer Pierre Perrone (The Independent). It is just about ten years since I first ran into the four young guys that made up the original line-up of what would become the band Madrugada. Four musicians that had brought with them, from their home turfs of Northern Norway, the rocknroll dreams that so many possess and so few succeed to realise. In one perspective the ten years gone by is an eternity, in another it happened just yesterday that Robert and his musketeers convinced me of the validity of their dream. In this time span, this collision between eternity and yesterday, Robert and his co-musicians created a body of work that has changed rock history in Norway. Albums and songs that will stand the test of time and will be referenced the same way Robert quoted his blues heroes. Tom Skjeklesther Halden, Norway, in the dismal year of 2007

In memory of Robert S. Burs & Asbjrn S. Hyem