(Original on vg.no)
The record companies EMI Norway and Universal Music fight to get Kaizers Orchestra.After Kaizers Orchestra broke up the contract with the record company Farmen earlier this year, the metal workers from Bryne still haven't secured themselves a new contract. In the mean time, the band has gotten several offers from Norwegian and foreign companies, but Kaizers Orchestra wish to wait until the super contract is on the table.
- I have the understanding that Kaizers Orchestra is one of the most genuine Norwegian bands, and that, additionally, they sell a lot of records, which is a good combination, the administrating director of Universal Music, Petter Singsaas, says to VG.
After what VG knows, Universal Music and EMI Norway are the two record companies that are willing to come up with the most money to get Kaizers - even though manager Eivind Brydoøy claims that the decision is between some companies in the Netherlands and Germany.
-Too early
- I think it is much too early to comment on this in any way. They are actually busy negotiating a preliminary agreement with several companies, and what this will be, is unsure. We don't know what they are after, Singsaas says, who has distributed Kaizers Orchestra through Universal's own Sonet Distribution.- Universal has sold Kaizers, and thus we have a relation to the band already. Of course it is natural that we talk to them, Singsaas says.
The record company EMI Norway also wishes to have Kaizers Orchstra in their stable. Kaizers-singer Janove Ottesen's solo album "Francis' Lonely Nights" was released by the same company, and EMI director Per Eirik Johansen has allegedly tried to get the band several times before.
European release
"Ompa til du dør" and "Evig pint" have sold over 200,000 copies total. According to the plan, Kaizers Orchestra will go into the studio in spring 2005, and they themselves have big plans for the European release.- The situation is fantastic. We have established ourselves in Norway, and we have a hype in Europe. The cirumstances are right to make a good album, and now we only need to find out with whom we most want to work, Janove Ottesen told Aftenposten a while ago.