HALL TOPS A LINE OF ’BEST IN 2009’ EDITORIAL CHARTS

Having just received the Recession award 2010 for best live-performance in 2009 for his concert in the Danish church Sankt Paul’s Kirken in October 2009, Martin Hall is now also featured on a series of other lists made by leading Danish independent medias summarizing the best records and concerts released or performed during the past year. On the highly respected Danish site and magazine Geiger’s 2009 list Hall appears with his critically acclaimed 2009 studio album ‘Hospital Cafeterias’. The site summons up the release with the following words: “Without the shadow of a doubt a principal work in Hall’s already impressive line of artistic outputs”. You can see out the site’s full list here (featured alphabetically): Geiger chart 2009. On the Transmission site MH figures on both the album and concert chart. This time around ‘Hospital Cafeterias’ reaches #5 on the album list, but maybe more impressively his live-performance at Hotel des Nordens in Germany on the 24th of October makes it to #2 on the list over best concerts during 2009. You can see both lists here: Transmission charts 2009. Rounding off the year lists Undertoner also includes ‘Hospital Cafeterias’ on the editor’s list. Here it reaches #7: Undertoner chart 2009.

SEE TEASER FOR HALL CONCERT-TRANSMISSION ON DK4

You can see the new DK4 teaser for the forthcoming televised version of Martin Hall’s critically acclaimed church concert at Sankt Paul’s Kirken in October here: Martin Hall live: DK4-teaser from Sankt Pauls Kirken. The station is a Danish television channel, but you should be able to see the concert on the station’s website after the first television-appearance at DK4. Panoptikon is currently considering releasing the concert as a DVD at the end of next year, but more news about this will follow, if and when this plan is realized.

SUBLIME REVIEWS OF MARTIN HALL'S 2009 CONCERTS

The reviews from Martin Hall’s first live-performances in more than three years have been absolutely fantastic. All features, reviews and articles report that Hall seems to be at his peak as both a singer and a performer at the moment. Add to this that his backing musicians – as well as the light and the live sound – at the shows are getting equally praised. You can read a short summary of each review with links to the relevant sites in the following survey: Gaffa (Århus): “An absolutely outstanding evening ... you couldn’t ask for much more.” (5 out of 6 stars) Jyllands-Posten (Århus): “He let the highlights of his first 30 years of his impressive career speak.” (5 out of 6 stars) Geiger (Flensborg): “Phenomenal: Martin Hall and his group weren’t just good; there were moments that can only be desribed as sublime.” Transmission (Flensborg): “I’m about to give the event the “concert of the year”-sticker.” Medienkonverter (Flensborg): “Für mich das bewegendste und emotionalste Konzert seit langer Zeit. Ganz, ganz groß!.” P1/Europaklip (Flensborg): “Martin Hall’s in all probability best concert ever.” Herning Folkeblad (Flensborg): “Hall-eluja, this was good!” Grenzwellen (Flensborg): “A touching and impressive evening! Totally overwhelming.” You can also read the response from the audience at Hall’s Facebook site.

THE NEW MARTIN HALL ALBUM MET WITH FANTASTIC REVIEWS

Martin Hall's latest studio album Hospital Cafeterias has received a line of overwhelming reviews. In the following section we bring you a short overview of some of the quotes and appraisals Hall has received in relation to the release. Among the list of participants on the album you’ll find artists such as Claus Beck-Nielsen Memorial, Marquis Marcel de Sade as well as members of the renowned Danish band Efterklang. Politiken (The Danish equivalent to The Guardian): "Exceptional: In the wild growing Martin Hall catalogue ’Hospital Cafeterias’ is both a concentrate as well as a climax in his production." (5 out of 6 hearts) Soundvenue (The Danish equivalent to Q Magazine): “A varied and beautiful album: Hall balances self-assured on the knife edge between decadence and humility, to a degree where you can be nothing but fascinated.” (5 out of 6 stars) Information (The Danish equivalent to The Independent): ”Best album since 2001. Outstanding.” Undertoner: “Hall is a pioneer who still searches for the absolute limit." (5 out of 6 stars) Geiger: “Without the shadow of a doubt a principal work in Hall’s already impressive line of artistic outputs”. MetroXpress: “Magnificent!” (5 out of 6 stars) Skopet: ”Grandiose and generous.” (4 out of 5 stars) Voxhall: ”An extraordinary and spectacular experience. Wow!!!!” Grenzwellen: ”Desolaten Atmosphäre und desperaten Intensität.” Ernesto Tomasini: "’Hospital Cafeterias’ is a masterpiece! A beautiful masterpiece!” You can hear a selection of the tracks from the album on the new Hospital Cafeterias Site. You can order the cd here or download here: Please be informed about the newly released special editions of Random Hold, Apparently All The Same and Relief/Cutting Through as well.

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TITLE: Hospital Cafeterias ARTIST: Martin Hall RELEASED: February 2009 LABEL: Panoptikon CAT. NO.: OPTIK 15 CATEGORY: CD

TITLE: Vagtloes Mand Under Truende Sky AUTHOR: Martin Hall RELEASED: December 2008 PUBLISHER: Lindhardt og Ringhof ISBN: 9788711431184 CATEGORY: Diary

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