Maestro (Kaizers Orchestra album)

The first song that was written for the then-untitled third album, "Dieter Meyers Inst.", frontman Janove Ottesen wrote on the pump organ in Café Mono, Oslo. The song is about a man who willingly commits himself to a mental asylum, which set the tone for the overall theme of the album. In January 2004, a 30-track demo was recorded, which the band pitched to various record labels. They eventually landed a contract with Universal Germany. On 27 February 2004, during a concert at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, a new song called "Medisin og psykiatri" was played. Also, the song "Tokyo Ice til Clementine" was played once at an acoustic session for the Dutch Pinkpop Festival. Later in 2005, two more new songs, "Delikatessen" and "Maestro", were played at a German musical event called Eine Nacht in Bochum. The event was broadcast on the German radio station 1LIVE. "Medisin og psykiatri" was eventually scrapped from both set lists and the album. ==Track listing==

Lyrics and music by Janove Ottesen, unless otherwise noted. Also on the second disc of the limited edition are the music videos for "Maestro" and "Knekker Deg til Sist", along with the "Kaizers Orchestra Player", a custom-built music player with downloadable content available. ==Personnel==

Kaizers Orchestra • Janove Ottesen – vocals • Geir Zahl – guitar • Terje Winterstø Røthing – guitar • Øyvind Storesund – double bass • Rune Solheim – drums • Helge Risa – pump organ Additional musicians • Trifon Trifonov – Saxophone (1, 2) • Filip Ankov Simeonov – Clarinet (2, 6, 8), Trumpet (2, 6, 8) • Øyvind Husebø – Trumpet (2, 10) • Stian Carstensen – Accordion (6, 9), Banjo (9) • Rebecca Cherry – Violin (6) • Chiori Suzuki – Violin (6) • Berend Mulder – Viola (6) • Siri Hilmen – Cello (6) • Martin Holmes – Backing vocals (9) • Tor Erik Hellesen – Trombone (10) • Gunnar Hågbo – Saxophone (10) Technical • Jørgen Træen – producer, mixing • Janove Ottesen – producer • Bjørn Engelman – mastering ==Charts==