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Wayfaring Stranger 1:000:00/1:00
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Over The Horizon 1:000:00/1:00
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New Moon 1:000:00/1:00
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The Road Not Taken 1:000:00/1:00
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Bring It Out 1:000:00/1:00
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Future Groove 1:000:00/1:00
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A Song in Minor 1:000:00/1:00
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Stay With Me 1:000:00/1:00
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When All is Said 1:000:00/1:00
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2020 1:000:00/1:00
“HORIZONS finds FrodoCPU stretching past his own circuitry, delivering a panoramic blast of synth‑born emotion and digital swagger that is coded in mostly rock and pop languages. Press play on track one and we get a rendition of the classic "Wayfaring Stranger" that should help Frode become more familiar to the masses. The rest of the disc feels like watching a new world boot up in real time via software that could have been programmed in part by the likes of Asia and Alan Parsons. This fourth full-length from the Norway native living in California for the past 35 years really connects indicating good things really are on the horizon for him.”
“Frode Holm, the Norwegian singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and producer who rose to prominence in the 1980s as HolmCPU, has returned with his project FrodoCPU and the new album Horizons. The record is an original mix of electronic sounds and vintage inspirations, balancing 1990s synth thoughts with echoes of Holm’s rock and prog roots. The entire sound is influenced by early ’90s electronica, multilayered synths, vibrating beats, and lo-fi aesthetics, but Holm’s experienced voice adds an unexpected dimension, recalling the warmth and tone of ’70s classic rock singers. It’s a combination that provides the music a classic character, combining nostalgia and technology. Tracks like “Over A Horizon” wonderfully illustrate this dichotomy: shining synths carry a lo-fi electronic atmosphere, while other keyboard sections and Santana-inspired guitar touches provide a progressive rock element. On the other hand, “New Moon” changes speeds, leaning into jazz-inflected beats that break free from standard dance structures while remaining repeatedly rhythmic. Horizons is interesting because it refuses to stay in one lane. At times, it feels like forgotten electronica from the ’80s/’90s vaults, nevertheless it also moves forward with a distinctive modern edge. The end result is an album that speaks to both nostalgia fans and those looking for genre-mixing adventures.”
“Freshly detoxed after an addictive inaugural release from Beranek, Olsen offshoot Dansbar is back, blowing the cobwebs off another hit from the lesser thumbed pages of the Norwegian songbook. With Bobby Spice, Bjorn Torske and Rune Lindbaek all joining Terje backstage, you can guarantee we're in for one hell of a show. Our star is Frode Holm, a Norwegian renaissance man who introduced Oslo to bell bottoms and two-tone sofas, prog noodle and wigged out jazz-rock before diving headfirst into Silicon Valley's 1980s PC boom. Thankfully before the AWOL audiophile joined Flynn and Tron in the Grid, he did hit the studio and lay down the criminally overlooked pop masterpiece '.Login'. Boasting the best of disco, jazz, rock and new wave, as well as housing our beloved 'Fotspor', the kaleidoscopic stylings of '.Login' should have topped the charts - but with a solo Phil Collins at the height of his powers, the timing was all wrong. Thankfully the Olsen family are here to put things right with a much needed release of 'Fotspor' 2.0. Borrowing a little extra load from those friendly guys at CERN, Terje turns on the hardware and powers out a pair of supercharged dance floor reboots on the A-side, in disco and dub form respectively. The disco mix shimmies into view on a killer Compass Point 4/4, firing out celestial sequences, Supernature keyboards and mirror ball guitar while Holm's aspirational vocals soar way overhead. Tropical synth riffs turn up the temperature and blazing horns offer bursts of sun kissed colour while the star grazing synth solo blasts us into distant dance floor orbit. On a dub tip, Terje takes us on a glue sniffing groove mission from Oslo to Kingston - Rio to Romulus. Space Echo and Bucket Brigade Delay clothe the funk guitars, clipped horns and chattering monkey drums in a nebulous haze, spiraling off around the sound space as we deck out the love boat in true Carnival style. Stand still to this? You may as well play hoopla on a unicorn's horn. As we skip to the flip we say hello to Oslo edit machine Bobby Spice, who rearranges the original into a loose and limber funk freestyle complete with cocktail sipping crowd sounds, balloon rubbing bassoons and seesawing organs. Shaking a yuppie leg in conga line with 'Club Tropicana', 'Wham Rap' and 'Chant No. 1', this wine bar banger is the finest lifestyle choice you'll make all year. The ever intrepid Bjorn Torske takes the reins for the B2, rolling a barrel of monkeys into studio A and locking the door for the next seven minutes. Those percussive primates make light work of the master tapes, pulling the original apart and reassembling it into a sunset spectacular awash with croaking guiro, tropical bird calls and spaced out slap bass. A masterpiece of disorienting dub disco, Torske's echo heavy remix should sound perfect in the sweat and swelter of a midsummer dance floor. Phil Collins can keep 1981. 2016 belongs to Holm CPU and his bell bottomed grooves. ”
— Picadilly Records
| NEWS |
March 2, 2026
A new review is in on Rockin' Rich Lynch.
August 26, 2025
Now playing on Radio Seagull, the original 'pirate' radio in Europe (since 1973).
August 21, 2025
Check out this review from Skylight Webzine.
July 2, 2025
Featured on Blue Desert. The premier site for fans of West Coast music.
March 03, 2025
Next album, "Horizons" on track for release on June2 2025.
August 31, 2023
A 'lost' track from 2001 featuring Eleanor Grant on lead vocals on "Dedicated To My Love For You" is due for relase on September 8th. All platforms.
March 10 2022
Holm CPU - ".login" released on Norske Albumklassikere.
http://norskealbumklassikere.no
November 15 2019
Released a new video: "Shock Bone". Off THIRD.
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Warm Wind
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Wide Open Eyes
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It's Time (Club Remix)
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