Red Stone Cherub

When guitarist Brynjar Boe was promised a gig for his band at the student- festival in Oslo Aug. 2002, he got into a dilemma. The band in wich he played was a little bit "out of tune" at the moment, and wasn't able to perform. But he really wanted to play that gig anyway, so he had to come up with a new band for the occation. He started writing some music with his friend and musician Mads Friberg, and little by little it started to develop into songs. The music was inspired by ambient and electronica, and they had in mind a female singer to perform the songs.

Also, It was in the greatest interest to them adding string-players to the group, and eventually, a bass-player and a drummer. Red Stone Cherub performed for the first time at Oslo studentfestival the 28 th of august 2002, and the stage was filled up with eight musicians, cellis, rainsticks, computers, and some other funny stuff. During the concert, even a cake-lottery was taking place.. After that concert, some of the members left while new were added to the group. Going into a long period of reherseals, identity-crisis, long discussions, recordings, trying to find the right sound, and a lot of nice moments as well, Red Stone Cherub started developing into something new.

The band became less of a world/ambient orchestra, and more of an experimental pop-orchestra with elements of classical and jazz represented. In september 2003, Red Stone Cherub played their second concert at a small festival called b-festivalen, at the student hang-out place; Chateau neuf, in Oslo. At that gig, producer Simon Poole heard Red Stone Cheruba for the first time, and offered them to produce a demo-recording for them at the studio in wich he was attached, "gjokeredet" or "the nest". The band immediately liked the idea, and throughout february, they recorded the songs "mechanical","Safe Hurting", and "Meticulous Fashion". Red Stone Cherub is currently playing gigs in Oslo, always experimenting with new sounds and new approaches.