Majestic Mountain Records has been busy behind the scenes putting together a tribute to Ole Sletner, bassist of Saint Karloff, who passed away of cancer last year. The first song, with Spain’s Wild Fuzz Trip taking on the title-track of Saint Karloff‘s 2019 debut, Interstellar Voodoo (review here), has been posted, and it’s one of apparently eight tracks that will feature on the homage-minded compilation due to release hopefully sometime later this year. I did not know Sletner personally, but there’s no question his death had a marked effect on the heavy underground in Saint Karloff‘s native Oslo and beyond, as Wild Fuzz Trip‘s hailing from Iberia would also seem to confirm.

I’m not sure of the release date or the title or who else is taking part in the tribute, but, well, this is a good song and I have friends who’ve passed away who I still miss — you probably do too if you’ve been alive for more than 15 minutes — so I felt like posting this wasn’t out of line. We’re all humans out here, trying to do our best.

From social media:

Dear Majestic Mountain Records Friends-

We begin our week with a very special day, one that is bittersweet but extremely important for all of us. Exactly two weeks ago marked the one-year anniversary since Ole Karloff was taken from this corporeal realm.

Today, we celebrate his consummate humility, quiet generosity, the lasting influence of the blinding talent he possessed. Today we celebrate the existence of a truly special human being, taken too soon on what would have been his birthday.

We promised to do everything we could to keep his memory alive forever and our resolve to that goal has not been diminished. As such, we kick off a week of Gräs Olle/STP and Saint Karloff related news and celebration, starting now.

We are very pleased to bring you news of a Saint Karloff covers album due out on wax (with the full Majestic treatment of course) this year. Eight tracks, eight incredible bands paying tribute to and covering Saint Karloff tunes in each their own style, and we cannot wait to share it with you all. Today, we see the digital release of the first track from the album, an incredibly special and soulful rendition of an excerpt from Interstellar Voodoo by the insanely talented Wild Fuzz Trip who have included their own arrangements on the outro. Vocals by Iago Pico with drums by Suso Valcarcel. Mixed and mastered by Iago Pico at Pouland Studios with cover art by Manu Seoane.

You can experience this insanely beautiful tribute here: https://wildfuzztrip.bandcamp.com/track/interstellar-voodoo
and streaming all over the web: https://pontana.lnk.to/k1rWJ2

The Gräs Olle project goes strong and next, we will bring you an update about that! To round out the week, we have some extremely exciting Saint Karloff related news coming to you on Friday.

To all those who have shared your sentiments about Ole, who have celebrated his life in your own ways, sent birthday wishes and especially those who have supported the Gräs Olle project, we thank you humbly from the bottom of our hearts. It is our sincere mission to keep Ole’s legacy alive so that it will be felt forever in legions of fans and musicians who encountered Ole’s work with Saint Karloff, and to bring new awareness to Saint Karloff and Ole’s magic. Your support helps us to accomplish that goal.

Today, let’s raise a glass and celebrate the life of our fuzz brother, the one and only Ole Karloff.

We love you and miss you so much, Ole. Happiest of birthdays to you in the infinite.

We love you Mads and Adam, and we send our deepest wishes for the joys and quirks of his memory to comfort you, Ole’s family, and friends.

STP
OLE FOREVER.

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Wild Fuzz Trip, “Interstellar Voodoo”