Says Kaizers Orchestra’s drummer Rune Minken Kaizer on the upcoming tour: “We now have to focus on supporting the European releases of our two albums. Kaizers Orchestra’s albums will also be released in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden. “Ompa til du dør” sees its Austrian and German release this week. All albums have been released on tiny Norwegian indie-label Farmen. Earlier this year, Kaizers followed-up with their second album “Evig Pint”, which was also awarded solid reviews and healthy sales figures. Ecstatic reviews and hectic touring resulted in platinum sales and domestic stardom for the Stavanger-based collective.
Kaizers Orchestra’s first album “Ompa til du dør” caused a massive stir upon its 2001 release. Rumours of the collective’s unique live-appeal soon spread, prompting the upcoming European tour that will take the band to Austria, Germany, Holland and Denmark. However, applauded performances at such central European festivals as Roskilde in Denmark and Eurosonic in Holland caused a massive word of mouth campaign. Most would argue that the band, which performs Norwegian lyrics exclusively, has limited international appeal. Platinum sales, lengthy tours, massive radio-play and headliner slots at major festivals have contributed to Kaizers Orchestra’s solid status on the Norwegian scene. On the domestic market, Kaizers Orchestra is a veritable institution. Listen to more tracks or buy Kaizers Orchestra’s Evig Pint Album album Listen to a 30 second clip of Kaizers Orchestra’s Evig Pint Single One of the domestic Norwegian market’s biggest successes of the last years is poised for European touring bringing a unique combination of Tom Waitsesque, oil barrel-fuelled tunes with lyrics sung in heavy west-Norwegian dialect. Kaisers Orchestra mount European offensive
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