Morten Harkets speed boat was the only access to the venue of the making of “Vogts Villa” - the Vogts Villa itself an old 1800’s house, little more than a shell with the last remnants of an electrical supply hanging from the ceiling, left there by the Germans during the Second World War. There was no luxury. Convenience food was eaten with plastic spoons, all lodgers sleeping in sleeping bags - no running water and just a couple of generators that each member of the band took turns to fill and keep running.
In twelve intense days in september, that house was transformed into a studio, with wires and cables linking four rooms full of recording equipment. It was here with the help of Håvard Rem, Ole Sverre Olsen, Kåre Christian Vesterheim, Thomas Tofte, Geir Sundstøl and Anders Engen, Morten Harket gave birth to his third solo album - an album which made the sparse, barren and almost primitive existence fade as the noise, movement and energy of the musicians created a home - a warm home stamped on laser disc....
