Album Name and Art
The album's title, Maskineri, which means "Machinery", was revealed in December 2007. The reason for choosing that is still unknown, but in many news articles, the band has been referred to as an "extremely well-functional live act machinery". The track "Maskineri" also contains a sample loop from an actual machine, recorded by Tollak Friestad, better known as Don Fist from guitarist Terje Winterstø Røthing's punk rock side-project Skambankt.
The album art depicts the six members of Kaizers Orchestra, from left to right; Helge Risa, Geir Zahl, Janove Ottesen, Terje Winterstø Røthing, Rune Solheim and Øivind Storesund, standing in front of an old movie theater build in 3d by Gosu Design AS. The band's new logo is featured on top of the marquee, and the words "Maskineri" are featured on the marque. On the cover, as well as all promotional photographs for the album (Art-Director and Photographer Björn Myreze), Helge Risa is shown without the band's trademark gas mask, furtherly emphasizing that Maskineri would be a very different album; the cover art for Maskineri marks the first time Helge has been featured on an album cover without the mask. However, the band's old logo featuring the gas mask is shown on a streetlight next to Risa.
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