The Progspace Streams The Book Of Hours Debut By Norwegian Prog Act

The Progspace is hosting an exclusive stream of The Book Of Hours, the incredible debut LP from Norwegian instrumental progressive rock project AGROPELTER, ahead of the album’s release this Friday on The Lasers Edge.

AGROPELTER is the creative outlet of multi-instrumentalist Kay Olsen, a new contender on the blossoming Norwegian prog scene. The music lends as much inspiration from the classic prog groups like Genesis, Camel, King Crimson, and Eloy, as it does from classic composers Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Bach, along with Vangelis and Terje Rypdal.

On AGROPELTER’s The Book Of Hours, listeners will be met with a wealth of lush tones from Mellotron, Hammond organs, ARP, cembalo, Minimoogs, and Taurus bass pedals. With all guitars, bass, church organ, and keyboard leads on the album performed by Kay Olsen, the album also features contributing musicians Jonas Reingold (Steve Hackett, The Flower Kings, Kaipa, Karmakanic) on fretless bass, Andreas Sjøen (Umpfel, VÅDE, Sean Ashe) on drums, and Mattias Olsson (Änglagård, White Willow, Molesome) handling percussion, vintage synth overdubs, and atmosphere, as well as a wide array of classical musicians providing various strings and woodwinds. As the interest in Scandinavian prog rock continues to trend upward, you can count on AGROPELTER being a part of the action.

The Book Of Hours was mixed and mastered by the great Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow, Donner, Solstein) and completed with cover art by Dag E. Clausen.

With their early stream of the record, The Progspace is running a track-by-track rundown of the album written by Kay Olsen, who also writes, “This album is a summary of what I would love to listen to myself. It features all the styles and genres I normally pull out of my shelves when I sit down and listen to records. Hopefully, I managed to compose an album that sounds original, although not completely removed from my greatest influences.”