I am happy to announce that my piece, “Inside the inside” for Vertixe Sonora Ensemble was premiered at Vertixe Vigo festival in Galicia, Spain on the 22nd of November. Hopefully this would be a beginning of a life for this piece. I wish to thank Vertixe Sonora for their work in commisioning and performing the...
read moreThere is a new solopiece by me available for digital download here, taken from a solo gig at Cafe Oto in London last year. Hope you’ll enjoy it !
read moreDans les arbres has been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize for 2015 ! Read more about it here.
read moreThe first release of the percussion quintett, Glück is now out on Mikroton recordings. Check it out!
read moreTwo new albums by LabField and Huntsville are now available on the norwegian label Hubro. Go and check them out HERE...
read moreTwo new releases are available in January. Both albums shows my collaboration with the great Miguel Angel Tolosa. Our first, but not last, duo album, “Loner” (SOFA 545) is out on SOFA by the end of the month. And Miguel Angels beautiful solo album, “Haereo” on Mystery Sea records is finally out, and I am fortunate to contribute on one track. Enjoy...
read moreA small portrait of me is to be heard here on Norwegian radio NRK P2. (Norwegian only….sorry). It’s the end of the year, a year filled with many musical highlights such as: – Performances with the new project; “Two Hundred and Forty” with MURAL and videoartist Kjell Bjørgeengen. – The great England tour with Caroline Bergvall and Thomas Köppel performing DRIFT. – The lovely USA tour with Dans les arbres in November, finding new directions in our music. Next year is looking promising. –...
read more– Dear all. In september MURAL with Kjell Bjørgeengen will perform three shows in Paris, Geneva and Metz. I hope some of you manage to come out and see this special project. More info to be found in my concert calendar. – The project “DRIFT” is heading out on a tour in England during the first week of October. Also I am doing a solo gig at Cafe Oto on the 5th of October, sharing the night with the great Vilde & Inga duo. Hope to see you there ! – It looks like its going to be a busy start of the new year...
read moreSeptember is here and after a long relaxing summer, my activities are picking up again. Please log into the concert schedule for an update. – Two new releases are being presented at the Punkt festival in Kristiansand in Norway the first weekend of september: Erik Honoré’s great debut cd on Hubro which I have contributed on some tracks. Mural’s – Tempera, a limited cd release on www.con-v.org (60 copies only...
read moreSpring is here, and time has passed since my last update. There has been lots of things happening since the Japan tour with Huntsville in february. – Dans les arbres has been working with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble. A fruitful collaboration resulting in two concerts in Moss and Oslo. DLA also participated in the Symposium at The Music Academy in Oslo. A very nice gathering of people and interesting presentation of different groups working with improvisation in various forms. -I’ve done several solo concerts, and I am still working...
read moreA great experience as always being on tour with my friends in Huntsville, and always a pleasure to visit Japan. This time we played new music to Aki Kaurismaekis silent film; Juha. A dark film, which suits our music well, and it also gave us a chance to explore new material in the trio. Thanks Japan and thanks Aki. Thanks also to Tom Ohsawa for setting up the tour. Looking forward to next...
read moreThe Australia tour with MURAL and our new collaborator, Kjell Bjørgeengen on live video, was a real treat for me. This photo is taken from our 4 hour performance at the MONA FOMA festival in Hobart, Tasmania. Fantastic venue...
read more– 2013 has been an eventful year. I have had time to do research and to compose music for my new solo album which will come out in the autumn next year. I’ve had the pleasure of developing my solo project alongside the great Miguel Angel Tolosa. Eventually our collaboration will also culminate in an album during the year. – Dans les arbres has had two great tours in Japan and Australia in 2013. We’ve also started doing an electronic version of the ensemble, and also managed to record material for a new album. Next...
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