Maestro (Kaizers Orchestra album)
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| Studio album by Kaizers Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 15 August 2005 | |||
| Recorded | February to March 2005 at Duper Studio in Bergen, Norway | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:20 | |||
| Label | Kaizerecords, Universal | |||
| Producer | Jørgen Træen, Janove Ottesen | |||
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Maestro is the third studio album by Norwegian alternative rock group Kaizers Orchestra, released on 15 August 2005. It was later released as a 2CD Limited Edition with bonus tracks and videos.
Like the two previous albums, the lyrics on the compositions are stories that are all related somehow to the theme of the album, this time in a post-war mental hospital owned by a man called Dieter Meyer.
The first song that was written for the then-untitled third album, "Dieter Meyers Inst.", frontman Janove Ottesen wrote on the pump organ in Café Mono, Oslo. Being a song about a man who willingly commits himself to a mental asylum, Ottesen decided to set the tone for the overall theme of the album. In January 2004, a 30-track demo was recorded, which the band pitched to various record labels. They eventually landed a contract with Universal Germany.
On 27 February 2004, during a concert at the Rockefeller concert hall in Oslo, a new song called "Medisin og psykiatri" was played. Also, the song "Tokyo Ice til Clementine" was played once at an acoustic session for the Dutch Pinkpop Festival. Later in 2004, two more new songs, "Delikatessen" and "Maestro" were played at a German musical event called "Eine Nacht in Bochum". The event was broadcast on the German radio station Radio Eins. "Medisin og psykiatri" was eventually scrapped both from setlists and the album.
The first single, "Maestro", was changed from its original version to a more hit-friendly style. Some fans claims the track was "popped" after pressure from Universal, but Ottesen has never agreed to that statement. A video for "Maestro" was also recorded in Germany. Before releasing the album, now officially named Maestro, Kaizers released an EP with the same name, featuring the single, the album track "På ditt skift" and two b-sides; "D-dagen" and "Sorti", as well as the "Maestro" video. The release garnered much critical praise and helped to build expectations for the new release.
Maestro was finally released on August 15, 2005, and the record received outstanding reviews from most of the larger newspapers in Norway as well as Scandinavia and other European countries. Shortly thereafter, the Maestro Tour, spanning most of central Europe and later Scandinavia, commenced. At the end of the tour, on October 5 and October 6, the band performed two sold out shows two nights in a row at the famous Vega concert hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. The last performance was recorded for a future live DVD and album, Viva La Vega and Live at Vega, respectively.
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