Release date 12 May 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Third album from a free spirited power trio that should need no long introduction by now.

The hand in glove rhythm section of Nilssen-Love and Håker Flaten has graced a large number of recordings over the years. Björkenheim has been around since recording with Edvard Vesala and Krakatau for ECM back ... [More]

Release date 7 April 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Motorpsycho was founded in 1989 in Trondheim, Norway´s third biggest city, when mainstays Bent Sæther (bass, vocals) and Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan (guitar, vocals) were joined by drummer Kjell Runar ”Killer” Jenssen. The first album, “Lobotomizer”, was released in 1991 after which Killer quit and Håkon Gebhardt took over the ... [More]

Release date 10 March 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Skyphone belong to a new generation of Danish musicians that also include bands like Under Byen and Efterklang . Musically it´s possible to place them somewhere between Efterklang, Sigur Ros and Swedish group Tape. In the Rune Grammofon catalogue Skyphone is probably closest in spirit and musical ideology to ... [More]

Release date 4 February 2008 on Rune Grammofon.
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Something of an international supergroup, the founding of this excellent ensemble is a touch of genius that remains something of a mystery. Hand-picked by writer and film-maker Philip Mullarkey to record and play live as part of the art/film project [box], the four musicians met for the first time in ... [More]

Release date 5 November 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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This is probably among the most extreme solo violin music ever written, performed and recorded. Two pieces lasting 40 and 43 minutes, both pushing the performer to the edge when it comes to endurance and concentration. Being one of the reasons why composer Ole-Henrik Moe, himself a more than capable ... [More]

Release date 8 October 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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Supersilent celebrate 10 years as a groundbreaking quartet with their first studio album in almost 5 years. As with Supersilent 6 it was recorded during a 5 day studio session at Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway, the all analogue facility where other great sounding Rune Grammofon albums like ... [More]

Release date 20 August 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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Susanna Wallumrød is most known for two sublime albums and a number of quietly powerful concerts with Susanna and the Magical Orchestra . And not forgetting, for writing Believer , the song Mojo called ”one of the greatest break-up songs ever”. For her debut solo recording she has ... [More]

Release date 11 June 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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Out of Norway's super-fertile impro scene, MoHa! are boldly leading the way with a sound that encompasses the best of rock, free jazz and electronic music. Despite the enormity and broad spectrum of sounds that constitute their unique style, it is the work of just two talented young men, Anders ... [More]

Release date 11 June 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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Ultralyd was formed in 2004 when legendary saxophonist Frode Gjerstad suggested that the trio Gjerstad/Olsen/Hana needed a distinct bass player. The very first rehearsal with Kjetil D Brandsdal (also of Noxagt) was released as the self titled album "Ultralyd" on the English label FMR in 2004. After a UK tour ... [More]

Release date 2 April 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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”Commuter Anthems” is the second album, and the first for Rune Grammofon, from Eivind Opsvik and Aaron Jennings. Eivind Opsvik is from Oslo, Norway, but has lived in New York since 1998. He started out playing the drums at a very early age, but gradually switched to bass in his ... [More]

Release date 12 March 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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On his third album, ”Strjon”, Arve Henriksen is joined by his Supersilent colleagues Helge Sten and Ståle Storløkken. Sten has also produced the album.

”Strjon” brings together the various sides of Henriksen, from the zen-like solo pieces of his debut album Sakuteiki to the open-ended melancholia of ... [More]

Release date 29 January 2007 on Rune Grammofon.
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The press dropped many names when trying to place Shining´s previous album on the musical map, from The Mars Volta and Slayer via King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra to Henry Cow , This Heat , Ornette Coleman , ... [More]

Release date 4 December 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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Morten Qvenild is probably best known for being the orchestra in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra . However he has many more keys to his harmonium. He has been a member of both Shining and Jaga Jazzist and is a longstanding member of Solveig Slettahjell´s ... [More]

Release date 30 October 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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They have worked with Tonny Kluften since 1998, as the core of improvising ensemble No Spaghetti Edition and in the quartet HISS with British keyboardist Pat Thomas. The HISS CD from 2003, ”Zahir”, shows the group's intense, listening application of the strategies of so-called free improvisation.The ... [More]

Release date 11 September 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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Susanna Wallumrød has a unique way of making a song her own, and to fill the lyrics and melodies with the emotional content it requires. This was made crystal clear with her stunning interpretation of Dolly Parton´s classic "Jolene", recorded for the duo´s debut album " List Of Lights and ... [More]

Release date 11 September 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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True story, as told by Per Henrik Svalastog himself: “I found an old Norwegian zither laying around my grandfather's barn in the mountains. It appeared that he had been a fiddler before he lost all his fingers at the sawmill and convertet to become a hardcore pietist setting down a ... [More]

Release date 29 May 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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The second album from the duo that is Thomas Strønen ( Food ) and Ståle Storløkken ( Supersilent ), now simply calling themselves Humcrush, after the title of their debut from 2004. ”Hornswoggle” is an altogether more developed, varied and subtle collection of tracks, going from downright funky to abstract ... [More]

Release date 22 May 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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A breath of fresh air at the time, this excellent debut from Phonophani still stands as one of the very best electronica albums ever released in Norway. Well crafted and full of ideas and original turns, it has a rare timeless quality that makes it sound as fresh today as ... [More]

Release date 6 February 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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MoHa! is the latest Rune Grammofon signing and the youngest artists on the label as well. Guitarist Anders Hana turned 23 the day before he and longtime friend Morten J. Olsen (24) went into Athletic Sound in August 2005 to record Raus Aus Stavanger, their first proper release as a ... [More]

Release date 6 February 2006 on Rune Grammofon.
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Thomas Strønen is founder and leader of the Norwegian/British band Food, whose base line-up is now Strønen and British sax player Iain Ballamy and, until recently, bassist Mats Eilertsen and prolific trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Food have released four albums, their selftitled debut and Organic and GM Food on Feral, as ... [More]

Release date 12 December 2005 on Rune Grammofon.
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The original version of their best known and most popular album Songs, for the very first time on CD.

This album was first released in 1985 on the band's own Easter Productions label, and is not the same as the Virgin edition, released one year later with partly re-recorded and remixed ... [More]

Release date 28 November 2005 on Rune Grammofon.
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Their third studio album marks the 10th anniversary of this all female quartet. Free collective improvising is one of the most demanding ways of making music: the pitfalls are many – self-absorption, incoherence, certain standardized "gestures" of free jazz, lack of dynamics, humourlessness – but SPUNK are alert to the ... [More]

Release date 14 November 2005 on Rune Grammofon.
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The air was ripe with anticipation outside Parkteatret in Oslo on the sunny, warm and beautiful evening of August 16, 2004. Supersilent hadn't played the capital for quite some time and the queue went around the block. With film cameras occupying a certain amount of the audience space it was ... [More]

Release date 23 May 2005 on Rune Grammofon.
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Low Tide Digitals II is the sequel to this duo's acclaimed 2001 debut album of the same name. As with the debut, this is an extremely fine-tuned mix of acoustic instruments and electronic elements. An album of sensitive, electronically-tinged free improvising, it's the work of two Swiss based musicians, guitarist ... [More]

Release date 7 March 2005 on Rune Grammofon.
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Morten Qvenild (26) is already a central force in a young generation of extremely competent musicians operating with great ease between various genres. He is the orchestra and writing partner in Susanna and the Magical Orchestra; he is a band member, writer and arranger for acclaimed Norwegian jazz singer Solveig ... [More]