EMBRYONIC (NOR) (T.A TELEMARKSAVISEN, NOVEMBER 1991) > PRE-EMPEROR & THOU SHALT SUFFER < (TRANSLATED)

Telemarksavisa is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county since 1921. Here’s a short article translated for you.

Some background, In May 1991 after the show with Embryonic in Haugesund, Norway. They received a prize in the form of a scholarship in the amount of 5.000 kroner (about $500) which will be used to record an instrumental album.

GVARV: Jon Jarle Haugen received the Sauherads Kulturpris 1991. The pianist and music teacher who started his childhood and youth career at Vålatoppen in Notodden. The musician who has inspired so many, who has played with so many and who is keenly interested in what is happening on the music front. An all-rounder of the best quality, even though many have probably associated Jon primarily with the blues.

HENNING JOHANSSON

He likes Sauherad, and his family has roots from the Gunheim area. But he is no more bound to a place than that he is constantly on the road with different bands. Whether it is blues bands or Latin American folk musicians.

- I play with those who want to play with me, says Jon. He is perceived as a very welcoming and sociable guy, and he is a musician who can master most things. He is also a perfectionist on his instrument.

Embryonic

Embryonic is the name of the band that won the youth Kulturpris. No one was happier about it than Jon Jarle Haugen. He knows the guys and knows that they are serious and hard-working musicians. Even though they are only 15-16 years old. But the music is a far cry from what Jon plays on a daily basis.

- When I'm at home, it's mostly boogie and trad jazz. It's good exercise for the fingers. It's also happy and pleasant music, you can dream away with that. The guys in Embryonic play <<basic». That is to say, it's raw, tough music. A form that doesn't give you the big gigs and the fat whores, but which has the basics in it. I think it was nice that they won the youth culture prize, and that in a village with traditions in completely different types of music.

Tomas Haugen (Samoth), Jon Jarle Haugen (Music critic), Vegard Tveitan (Ihsahn) after the award.

Great fun

So there they stood, two of the young guys in Embryonic, with their long hair and youthful insecurity. There are four of them in the band, but Tomas Haugen and Vegard Tveitan were the band's ambassadors on Saturday. They didn't quite know how to hold the flower bouquets, but the check would come in handy.

- You have to take into account that Torbjørn Akkerhaugen and Vidar Våer are also in the band, the two say. Also, that we play hard, very hard. Motorhead and Kizz are just little boys in comparison.

The presentation of the cultural awards was undoubtedly the highlight of Sauherad Day on Saturday. But we also saw that Sauherad has a lot to offer when it comes to culture. Both visual arts and singing, dancing and music. It's growing well now, the young forest must also be nourished in the future.