Imitating Aeroplanes is the new project of Tord Overland Knudsen (The Wombats) and Marius Drogsas Hagen (Team Me) – a collective output tallying five albums, multi-million sales and streams, repeat Billboard charts, international play-listing and widespread acclaim, including a Norwegian Grammy Award and multiple NME / MTV Award nominations. On paper, it’s an impressive partnership, but this is one project more destined than designed. Marius and Tord have been playing and writing music together since childhood, recording their first demos to cassette circa ‘96. The pair grew up in small Norwegian town Elverum before embarking respective international careers, with their latest planetary pursuit landing in Tokyo – the heartland of forthcoming album Planet Language via Propeller Recordings. The album blends elements of pop, prog, funk and psychedelia, with a no holds barred approach to song structure and production. Itoken’s influence was great, contributing additional production and keyboard parts on instrumental prelude Roppongi Hills, and unintentionally coining the album’s title whilst explaining his wife’s “made-up” language
