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Oh No Ono by Rasmus Weng Karlsen

Oh No Ono

Oh No Ono was an experimental pop quintet from the tiny Danish town of Aalborg. Their music, intricate and otherworldly, defies conventions and expectations (and sometimes gravity).

Oh No Ono consisted of Malthe Fischer, Nicolai Koch, Nis Svoldgård, Kristian Olsen and the two Tambourhinoceros co-founder’s Aske Zidore and Kristoffer Rom. They released two full-length albums Yes (2006) and Eggs (2009), but started off with the energetic and refreshing EP Now You Know Oh No Ono (2005).

The first album, Yes, rode a wave of Scandinavian press and Oh No Ono also received the award “Breakthrough of the Year” from DR (Danish Radio). They toured extensively with Yes but the members of Oh No Ono were always on the hunt for something bigger. The creation began of their next project: Eggs.

To record the album, the band locked themselves away in a small country house on the Danish isle of Møn for nine months. And yet, Eggs is anything but claustrophobic; reaching beyond traditional guitar/bass/drum textures, the band weaves myriad environmental sounds, samples, and nonstandard instrumentation into the mix. The sound of bird flocks taking flight are followed by woodwind players. Percussion is played on a water-filled tub. Elephants are heard, being elephants. A massive choir of Oh No Ono's friends sing along with the organ of a 300-year-old church. This is not to say the band spent all nine months cuddling trees and Pinking their Floyds.

Eggs' vivacious - even lusty - approach to songcraft is the trademark of a band determined to approach pop music via the hard road, without ever losing track of the fact that they are creating pop music.

In the end of 2011, Oh No Ono called it quits, and the members are now doing their own stuff.

 

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Oh No Ono events

Oct-07-2010
Oh No Ono @ La Casa 139
Milan, Italy
Oct-06-2010
Oh No Ono @ Diagonal Loft Club
Forlì, Italy
Oct-05-2010
Oh No Ono @ MADS
Rome, Italy
Oct-03-2010
Oh No Ono @ Kaserne Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Oct-02-2010
Oh No Ono @ Rockhouse
Salzburg, Austria
Oct-01-2010
Oh No Ono @ B72
Vienna, Austria
Sep-30-2010
Oh No Ono @ Musik & Frieden
Berlin, Germany
Sep-24-2010
Oh No Ono @ Templet
Lyngby, Denmark
Sep-11-2010
Oh No Ono @ Store Scene
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep-10-2010
Oh No Ono @ BLÅ
Oslo, Norway
Sep-04-2010
Oh No Ono @ SKUESPILHUSET
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep-03-2010
Oh No Ono @ Scene 2
Stavanger, Norway
Sep-02-2010
Band of Horses @ Unknown venue
Stavanger, Norway
Sep-02-2010
Oh No Ono @ Hulen
Bergen, Norway
Aug-10-2010
Efterklang @ Gustav Adolfs Torg
Stockholm, Sweden
Aug-10-2010
Efterklang @ Unknown venue
Stockholm, Sweden
Aug-10-2010
Oh No Ono @ VEGA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jul-23-2010
Oh No Ono @ Tivoli Friheden
Aarhus, Denmark
Jul-22-2010
Oh No Ono @ Rythm Club
Aalborg, Denmark
Jul-17-2010
Toro y Moi @ Unknown venue
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Jun-25-2010
Oh No Ono @ Kansas City
Odense, Denmark
May-30-2010
Oh No Ono @ Klub 007 Strahov
Prague, Czech Republic
May-29-2010
Oh No Ono @ Unknown venue
Linz, Austria
May-28-2010
Oh No Ono @ Bronson
Ravenna, Italy
May-27-2010
Oh No Ono @ La Salumeria Della Musica
Milan, Italy
May-26-2010
Oh No Ono @ 59:1
Munich, Germany
May-25-2010
Oh No Ono @ Nachtleben
Frankfurt, Germany
May-24-2010
Oh No Ono @ Studio 672
Cologne, Germany
May-23-2010
Oh No Ono @ Musik & Frieden
Berlin, Germany
May-23-2010
Dr. Dog @ Musik & Frieden
Berlin, Germany
May-22-2010
Oh No Ono @ Prinzenbar
Hamburg, Germany
May-20-2010
Air @ Grand Théátre, La Passerelle
Saint Brieuc, France
May-19-2010
The Maccabees @ Unknown venue
Liverpool, UK
May-19-2010
Archie Bronson Outfit @ The Kazimier
Liverpool, UK
May-18-2010
Wolf Parade @ The Borderline
London, UK
May-17-2010
Oh No Ono @ The Luminaire
London, UK
May-15-2010
Oh No Ono @ La Flèche d'Or
Paris, France
May-14-2010
Oh No Ono @ Handelsbeurs Concertzaal
Ghent, Belgium
May-02-2010
Katy B @ Electric Ballroom
London, UK
May-01-2010
Mark Corbett @ Proud Camden
Camden, UK
Apr-30-2010
Oh No Ono @ Train
Aarhus, Denmark
Apr-17-2010
Oh No Ono @ Huset KBH
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar-25-2010
Little Dragon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY, US
Mar-24-2010
MAYAENI @ Mercury Lounge
New York (NYC), NY, US
Mar-20-2010
Oh No Ono @ Lustre Pearl
Austin, TX, US
Mar-19-2010
Efterklang @ The Music Gym
Austin, TX, US
Mar-19-2010
Hifiklub @ Lamberts
Austin, TX, US
Mar-18-2010
Bowerbirds @ Home Slice Pizza
Austin, TX, US
Mar-17-2010
Oh No Ono @ Red 7
Austin, TX, US
Mar-07-2010
Oh No Ono @ Prinzenbar
Hamburg, Germany
Mar-06-2010
Oh No Ono @ Bang Bang Club
Berlin, Germany
Mar-05-2010
Oh No Ono @ Gebäude 9
Cologne, Germany
Mar-04-2010
Oh No Ono @ Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar-03-2010
Oh No Ono @ The Garage
London, UK
Mar-03-2010
Matthew and the Atlas @ Unknown venue
London, UK
Mar-02-2010
Oh No Ono @ Brudenell Social Club
Leeds, UK
Mar-01-2010
Oh No Ono @ The Captain's Rest
Glasgow, UK
Feb-28-2010
Oh No Ono @ Atomic Café
Munich, Germany
Feb-26-2010
Oh No Ono @ Le Romandie
Lausanne, Switzerland
Feb-25-2010
The Drums @ La Maroquinerie
Paris, France
Feb-17-2010
Oh No Ono @ Lilla Hotellbaren
Stockholm, Sweden
Feb-15-2010
Oh No Ono @ Kuudes Linja
Helsinki, Finland
Jan-28-2010
Oh No Ono @ Union Hall
Brooklyn, NY, US
Jan-27-2010
Bear In Heaven @ Mercury Lounge
New York (NYC), NY, US
Jan-26-2010
Oh No Ono @ Sound Fix
Brooklyn, NY, US
Dec-03-2009
Hawnay Troof @ The Old Blue Last
London, UK
Dec-02-2009
Oh No Ono @ 229
London, UK
Nov-28-2009
Mew @ KB Hallen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov-27-2009
Oh No Ono @ Scandinavian Congress Center
Aarhus, Denmark
Nov-25-2009
Mew @ Helsinki Ice Hall / Helsingin Jäähalli
Helsinki, Finland
Nov-25-2009
Oh No Ono @ Old Ice Hall
Helsinki, Finland
Nov-10-2009
Oh No Ono @ VEGA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov-05-2009
Oh No Ono @ Det Musiske Hus
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Oct-10-2009
Oh No Ono @ Templet
Lyngby, Denmark
Oct-08-2009
Oh No Ono @ Forbrændingen
Albertslund, Denmark
Sep-24-2009
José González @ Reeperbahn
Hamburg, Germany
Aug-14-2009
Arctic Monkeys @ Valbyparken
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug-14-2009
Arctic Monkeys @ Unknown venue
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jul-02-2009
Coldplay @ Unknown venue
Roskilde, Denmark
May-21-2009
Yann Tiersen @ Århus City
Aarhus, Denmark
May-14-2009
Oh No Ono @ Pumpehuset
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr-29-2008
KT Tunstall @ Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan-20-2008
C-Mon & Kypski @ Effenaar Grote Zaal
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jan-15-2008
Oh No Ono @ Atomic Café
Munich, Germany
Sep-28-2007
The Concretes @ Pod
Dublin, Ireland
Sep-25-2007
Menomena @ The Roadhouse
Manchester, UK
Sep-07-2007
The Penelopes @ La Flèche d'Or
Paris, France
Sep-01-2007
Levellers @ Unknown venue
Utrecht, Netherlands
Aug-08-2007
Snoop Dogg @ Unknown venue
Skanderborg, Denmark
Jul-05-2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Unknown venue
Roskilde, Denmark
Jun-15-2007
Scissor Sisters @ Törnävä
Seinäjoki, Finland
Jun-14-2007
50 Cent @ Hultsfreds Hembygdspark
Hultsfred, Sweden
May-17-2007
Adele @ Unknown venue
Brighton, UK
May-14-2007
Oh No Ono @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London, UK
Apr-21-2007
Oh No Ono @ Metro
Ringsted, Denmark
Apr-07-2007
Oh No Ono @ Templet
Lyngby, Denmark
Mar-24-2007
Kashmir @ KB Hallen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar-23-2007
Kashmir @ Scandinavian Congress Center
Aarhus, Denmark
Feb-26-2007
Au Revoir Simone @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London, UK
Jan-11-2007
Mika @ Binnenstad
Groningen, Netherlands
Mar-06-2010
Oh No Ono @ Bang Bang Club
Berlin, Germany
Mar-05-2010
Oh No Ono @ Gebäude 9
Cologne, Germany
Mar-04-2010
Oh No Ono @ Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar-03-2010
Oh No Ono @ The Garage
London, UK
Mar-03-2010
Matthew and the Atlas @ Unknown venue
London, UK
Mar-02-2010
Oh No Ono @ Brudenell Social Club
Leeds, UK
Mar-01-2010
Oh No Ono @ The Captain's Rest
Glasgow, UK
Feb-28-2010
Oh No Ono @ Atomic Café
Munich, Germany
Feb-26-2010
Oh No Ono @ Le Romandie
Lausanne, Switzerland
Feb-25-2010
The Drums @ La Maroquinerie
Paris, France
Feb-17-2010
Oh No Ono @ Lilla Hotellbaren
Stockholm, Sweden
Feb-15-2010
Oh No Ono @ Kuudes Linja
Helsinki, Finland
Jan-28-2010
Oh No Ono @ Union Hall
Brooklyn, NY, US
Jan-27-2010
Bear In Heaven @ Mercury Lounge
New York (NYC), NY, US
Jan-26-2010
Oh No Ono @ Sound Fix
Brooklyn, NY, US
Dec-03-2009
Hawnay Troof @ The Old Blue Last
London, UK
Dec-02-2009
Oh No Ono @ 229
London, UK
Nov-28-2009
Mew @ KB Hallen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov-27-2009
Oh No Ono @ Scandinavian Congress Center
Aarhus, Denmark
Nov-25-2009
Mew @ Helsinki Ice Hall / Helsingin Jäähalli
Helsinki, Finland
Nov-25-2009
Oh No Ono @ Old Ice Hall
Helsinki, Finland
Nov-10-2009
Oh No Ono @ VEGA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nov-05-2009
Oh No Ono @ Det Musiske Hus
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Oct-10-2009
Oh No Ono @ Templet
Lyngby, Denmark
Oct-08-2009
Oh No Ono @ Forbrændingen
Albertslund, Denmark
Sep-24-2009
José González @ Reeperbahn
Hamburg, Germany
Aug-14-2009
Arctic Monkeys @ Valbyparken
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug-14-2009
Arctic Monkeys @ Unknown venue
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jul-02-2009
Coldplay @ Unknown venue
Roskilde, Denmark
May-21-2009
Yann Tiersen @ Århus City
Aarhus, Denmark
May-14-2009
Oh No Ono @ Pumpehuset
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr-29-2008
KT Tunstall @ Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan-20-2008
C-Mon & Kypski @ Effenaar Grote Zaal
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jan-15-2008
Oh No Ono @ Atomic Café
Munich, Germany
Sep-28-2007
The Concretes @ Pod
Dublin, Ireland
Sep-25-2007
Menomena @ The Roadhouse
Manchester, UK
Sep-07-2007
The Penelopes @ La Flèche d'Or
Paris, France
Sep-01-2007
Levellers @ Unknown venue
Utrecht, Netherlands
Aug-08-2007
Snoop Dogg @ Unknown venue
Skanderborg, Denmark
Jul-05-2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Unknown venue
Roskilde, Denmark
Jun-15-2007
Scissor Sisters @ Törnävä
Seinäjoki, Finland
Jun-14-2007
50 Cent @ Hultsfreds Hembygdspark
Hultsfred, Sweden
May-17-2007
Adele @ Unknown venue
Brighton, UK
May-14-2007
Oh No Ono @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London, UK
Apr-21-2007
Oh No Ono @ Metro
Ringsted, Denmark
Apr-07-2007
Oh No Ono @ Templet
Lyngby, Denmark
Mar-24-2007
Kashmir @ KB Hallen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar-23-2007
Kashmir @ Scandinavian Congress Center
Aarhus, Denmark
Feb-26-2007
Au Revoir Simone @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
London, UK
Jan-11-2007
Mika @ Binnenstad
Groningen, Netherlands
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