Fra Lippo Lippi was formed in Nesodden, outside Oslo, by Rune Kristoffersen, Morten Sjøberg and Bjørn Sorknes after a couple of years of writing and rehearsing as Genetic Control. Debut 7″ 4-track instrumental EP is released on Private Records, 3 of the tracks being short, funny, quirky stabs at electropop, the b-side a longer, darker and more ambient offering. Songwriting for the debut album is showing the strong influence of groups like The Cure and Joy Divison and Bjørn Sorknes decides to leave. He will shortly join Holy Toy, the experimental rock group led by Andrej Nebb and featuring Lars Pedersen (When) and later to be composer Rolf Wallin. Debut album “In Silence” is released on Norwegian independent label Uniton. Excellent post punk / wave album. In Silence was released on vinyl by Uniton Records (UNITON 003) in 1981.
Tracks:
- Out Of The Ruins
- A Moment Like This
- In Silence
- Recession
- The Inside Veil
- I Know
- Quiet
- Lost
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