Violeta Violeta is a series of studio albums by Norwegian alternative rock group Kaizers Orchestra, comprising their sixth, seventh, and eighth studio albums. The album trilogy was released throughout 2011 and 2012. Vol. I was released on 31 January 2011, going straight to #1 in VG-lista, the official Norwegian Albums Chart in its first week of release. Vol. II was released on 11 November 2011, and Vol. III on 2 November 2012. Background In 2007, Kaizers Orchestra's co-founder and primary songwriter Janove Ottesen hit a major creative boon, and composed two to three songs every day for ten days. Using this extensive backlog of material as a basis, Ottesen conceptualized a trilogy of albums based around the same theme. Retreating to the studio in the basement of his home with an oil barrel, Ottesen recorded a "bare-bones" demo of songs intended for the trilogy. Basic information was provided regarding Kaizers Orchestra next studio album in 2009, citing a 2011 release. Later, the band announced the Studio Tour, a four-concert tour of Norway whose proceeds would finance the new album. Concert attendees were given a mail-in letter for a limited edition of the first album in the series. The albums' title and format, owing to Ottesen's extensive songwriting sessions in 2009, was revealed on 10 February 2010, the day of the first show of the Studio Tour. During an interview with NRK, it was stated that each album would have 10 songs, breaking the standard they had set of 12 per album. When asked if there would be more songs on the limited edition of the albums, they denied it, sticking with 10 per album for the trilogy. Recording Recording sessions for the first of three albums began on 28 February 2010 in Duper Studios in Bergen. Jørgen Træen, Yngve Sætre, and Ottesen acted as producers. On 11 March Ottesen revealed that 12 songs had been recorded in 12 days, completing the first album in the trilogy. The recording of additional instruments such as strings and orchestra was scheduled for a later date. On 7 June 2010 their official site confirmed the completion of Vol. I, as well as the release of the first single in August, and the second single in early January 2011 (though this was changed to October 2010). According to an interview with VG Nett following the release of their first single, they explained that the first