Punkt Bang/Honoré have worked together for a long time and have produced and remixed albums and tracks for a wide range of Norwegian and international artists, including those who appear on "Crime Scenes".
When the duo isn't collaborating on records or festival projects, Bang is an ac... Read More >>
Motif MOTIF was founded in the fall of -99, and have since that time been working continuously with the creation of their own sound, a sound that echoes the acoustic outings of Miles Davis, the structures of Ligeti, and the electronic collage of Aphex Twin. The band members met studying at Trondheim Conse... Read More >>
Bugge Wesseltoft Bugge Wesseltoft: pianist, composer, producer, performing artist and founder of Jazzland Recordings.
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Beady Belle "Belvedere" is Beady Belle’s fourth album, leading the group into a smoother, more soulful and at times offers an almost "Nashville"-flavored textural landscape, firmly establishing the band as one of the warmest jazz ensembles to come from the icy Nordic nu-jazz scen... Read More >>
Atomic In their amazing, powerhouse performance on their new CD Happy New Ears! (Jazzland, 2006), ATOMIC yet again finds themselves awarded with their second Norwegian “Grammy” (Spellemannprisen), awarded for Best Jazz Album. Following up 2005’s release of the triple-CD live set The Biki... Read More >>
Torun Eriksen Torun Eriksen began her musical talents as a music student in High School in Norway. Beginning at the age of six, she sang in various gospel choirs, and by the age of 19 became a featured soloist. A background steeped in soul, jazz and pop, it was through her choral experience that she began writing... Read More >>
Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset is a guitarist with a unique musical vision that absorbs and reflects all manner of music while retaining an enviable individualism and high quality craftsmanship that can span from quiet intimacy to searing intensity. His debut as a bandleader on Jazzland Recordings was described by t... Read More >>
Live Maria Roggen Lyricist, songwriter and jazz vocalist Live Maria Roggen arrives with her first solo album entitled Circuit Songs (Jazzland Recordings, 2007), consisting of nine songs written, produced and arranged by her with assistance from others. The pieces are based on texts written over the last years that ha... Read More >>
Håkon Kornstad It can often seem that within jazz music, saxophonists come a dime a dozen, with few ever gaining any permanence as a fresh, original voice. The Norwegian saxophonist Håkon Kornstad isn’t one to blow his own horn, so to speak, just to hype his talent and rave about his abilities. He's wi... Read More >>
Maria Kannegaard Born in 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark, although raised as a Norwegian musician, Maria moved to Norway at the age of ten. Her precocious musical interests began when she started playing and studying on the piano at the age of five. By the age of six, she began composing her own songs. At first her stud... Read More >>
The Core The Core, one of Norway's most hi-octane jazz bands, come to Jazzland. They have played all the major jazz festivals in the country, and have been lauded for their combination of energetic attack and high quality skills. The music is rooted in the acoustic modal jazz of the 60s, combi... Read More >>
Håvard Wiik Although he is still quite young in years, Håvard Wiik ranks among the uppermost and most widely acclaimed jazz pianists in Norway, with talents that have brought him all around the world. He made his first major appearance on the scene in 1995, with Element, but for the last 10 years he has ... Read More >>
Wibutee Wibutee, one of Norway's most noted electrojazz groups, have been receiving an expanding international audience, consisting of a public and critics who are not confined by the traditional expectations of the form. One of the most exciting sounds to emerge from the Norwegian electro-jazz scene, Wibut... Read More >>
The Mungolian Jet Set The Mungolian Jet Set have landed! After a four-year journey through time and space, Paul “Strangefruit” Nyhus, Reidar Skar and their crew have
returned, bringing many treasures back for the less adventurous to savour.
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Samsa'Ra Three generations of stylistic forerunners are brought together in SAMSA´RA. Bjørnar Andresen (acoustic bass and effects), Paal Nilssen Love (drums), and Bugge Wesseltoft (Piano, Prophet synth) make up this exciting and musically innovative trio. These three musicians are the combining ... Read More >>
Dhafer Youssef Late junction (BBC) presenter Fiona Talkington explains how an exceptional young Tunisian musician found his creative home in Europe.
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Audun Kleive Audun Kleive's reputation within the jazz community can best be described as true royalty. Voted by the Norwegian Jazz Musicians Union in 1989 as Jazz Musician of The Year, he has continued to be a highly valued artist in constant demand for other projects or as a featured performer. His musicianshi... Read More >>
gen;lon A warm welcome to the latest Jazzland recording adventure ...
gen;lon
the abbreviated, punctuated, and yes, rather splendid Swedish electronica duo Rikard Gensollen & Jonas Lonna ...
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Ola Kvernberg The Ola Kvernberg Trio was established in 2000. At that time it consisted of violinist Ola Kvernberg together with bassplayer Steinar Raknes and American guitarplayer Doug Raney. Since then, the trio has been through a few changes, the latest was adding Swedish drummer Erik Nylander autumn 2004. Ola... Read More >>
Merriwinkle "When Christian Wallumrød and I started the recording of "Merriwinkle" in 2002, we had never played together before. We had listened to each other's music for many years - and had talked a lot about music in general - so we were pretty well updated on each other's musical orientation. We also... Read More >>
Patrick Shaw Iversen & Raymond Pellicer Fresh out of Oslo’s much-talked about “Grüneløkka” scene – where jazz and electronics meet in sweet harmony…On/Off are a perfect example of the Jazzland manifest – taking “purist” ECM jazz traditions on a timely ride in to the future, one foot in the alternative dancefloor – the other in the stratos... Read More >>
Jon Eberson Group Jon Eberson, - a true legend in Norwegian jazz, and one of the reasons for it's high status and respect in world-wide jazz circles, now re-surfacing on Norway's next generation, future jazz label extraordinaire, Jazzland.
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Jon Balke The recording of Saturation began as an invitation from Jazzland founder Bugge Wesseltoft to create an album within the framework of "electronic jazz" (with no further definition). Primarily concerned with acoustic music, Balke took the opportunity to explore the landscape of electronic percussion a... Read More >>
Shining SHINING was formed 1999 when Jørgen Munkeby needed to create a band for a scheduled performance, and chose the three other musicians without ever hearing them perform previously. After a few rehearsals, they performed a concert in Jørgen’s home town of Tønsberg, Norway, an... Read More >>
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