The
Grif / Massif
Project
A NEW ALBUM FROM PÅPPFØNK Music Productions
MUSIC
The Grif / Massif project presents songs attached to a mythical universe where the Grif is at the top of the foodchain, and top of the creative chain. The grif travels through landscapes and soundscapes to explore itself as a being and the relationships that makes the Grif so fantastic.
The main goal for the musicians and the label is to produce material that we as musicicians and music producers would want to listen to ourselves. The project is a collaboration between DuB studio, Nustate Studio, Klarinettbjorn and PåppFønk Music Production.
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The songs
Grif / Massif - Mating Call
Songs: (Recorded in Dub studio and Nustate studio, September 2023 – December 2024)
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Election
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Invitation
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Alertness
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Mating call
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Warning sign
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Bye Bye
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Hiding from pain
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Sorrow
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Sadness
Backstory:
The mythic fable-animal – The grif – exists in the great Massif and in his emancipation makes him evolve into a hunter, a leader, a lover and through struggles and hardship loses his first love, but find companionship in others and eventually gains both wisdom and strength.
“Mating call” is the Grifs process of selecting a mate, his invitation, their heightened alertness, his mating call, the break and the goodbyes, the pain of losing a loved one, the following sorrows and the sadness and acceptance of what he has experienced.
The distant cries of “it´s necessary to fail to grow” is howling in beautiful melodies from a far. The lack of cause raises questions of meaning and existance.
The production process
MythProducers:
Arnstein Håkonsen (Exec.) – PåppFønk MP – www.popfunkmusic.com
Endre Kirkesola (Recording / Mixing) – Dub Studio, Kristiansand
Roar Farstad (Preprod. ) – Nustate Studio Kristiansand
Songwriter / composer:
Arnstein Håkonsen
Roar Farstad @ Nustate studio Kristiansand
<endre Kirkesola @ Dub Studio Kristiansand
Recording
Endre Kirkesola @ Dub studio Kristiansand
Mixing
Arnstein Håkonsen
Executive producer
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Mastering
The lyrics
All lyrics:
Arnstein Håkonsen / Elliot Robert
Hiding from pain / If I C U
Haven't you heard
the news today
they´re doing it again
They say it´s right but
We know - we know
This will end us all
If you don´t here the call
This will end us all
If you can´t hear our call
Lost in the dark
But found in the light
You can drag me through the mud
But Iĺl survive the night
This night
This will end us all
If you can´t hear our call
This will end us all
if you can´t hear my call
This will end us all
If you can´t hear the call
This will end us all
If you can´t hear my call
Alertness / The beach
Wandering ´lomg the beach
going down into the spiral
with mixed emotion
and we call it time
time and time again
That I see a way
Need to feel it getting closer
If this is make believe
Than make me believe
make me believe again
Gravity has full control
The glass is empty
but the hourglass is full
Wait till castles fully washed away
It´s high time
these high tides casts away
We have just begun
Got these feelings in our bodies
They will follow us
and we can´t change
we can´t change the world
You can´t melt us down
with the flames and with the fire
but we are elements
and elements don´t break
Gravity has full control
The glass is empty
but the hourglass is full
Wait till castles fully washed away
It-s high time
these high tides casts away
I don-t want to be
controlled by gravity
burn the foes and we will rise beyond your mind
oh it´s tempting me
downward forces pulling me
leap of faith and you will be right by my side
The Band
Saxophone
Bjørn Rønnekleiv
Vocals
