Magnus Öström: A Room For Travellers

Magnus Öström | Daniel Karlsson | Thobias Babrielson | Andreas Hourdakis

Easily the best album so far by Magnus Öström. While previous albums under his own name were perhaps guilty of...

Reviewed in issue June/2023

Rymden and Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (Kork): Rymden + Kork

with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra | Dan Berglund | Lars Erik Gudim | Magnus Öström | Bugge Wesseltoft

This is the third Rymden album after their debut, Reflections & Oddysseys, and follow-up Space Sailors plus some seven EPs...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Schwarz: Duo II

Kid Be Kid | Bugge Wesseltoft | Ildiko Ludwig | Paul Valikoski | Jemma Endersby | Grégoire Simon | Boram Lie | Catherine Schorling | Jennifer Kae | Sebastian Studnitzky

Norwegian keyboardist/composer Bugge Wesseltoft and German computer musician and producer Henrik Schwarz began their partnership back in 2009, and made...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Maridalen

Jonas Kilmork Vemoy | Andreas Rodland Haga | Anders Hefre

Another song of Norway to relish. The trio take their name from the valley by Lake Maridal, and the band...

Reviewed in issue September/2021

Tortusa: Bre

John Derek Bishop

Tortusa is essentially the project of one man, electronics wiz Bishop, who lives in Stavanger, Norway. For Bre, his second...

Reviewed in issue July/2021

Håkon Kornstad: Out of the Loop

Håkon Kornstad

Håkon Kornstad was once a member of Wibutee, one of the best bands to follow into the space opened up...

Reviewed in issue May/2021

Maria Kannegaard Trio: Sand i en Vik

Thomas Strønen | Maria Kannegard | Ole Morten Vågan

Recently nominated for a Norwegian Grammy for this new release, the Danish-born pianist-composer Maria Kannegaard's long­standing trio have continued to...

Reviewed in issue May/2021

Album Interview: RYMDEN: Space Sailors

Bugge Westeltoff

You can only make a first impression once, and RYMDEN’s debut album, Reflections and Odysseys, was always going to be...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Snow Catches on her Eyelashes

Jan Bang | Nils Petter Molvaer | Ardun Erlien | Eivind Aarset | Erik Honoré | Audun Eirlen | Hilde Norbakken | Sidsel Endresen | Anders Engen

There’s a cut from this duo’s last album, Dream Logic, called ‘The Beauty of Decay’, and that could easily describe...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Mosambique: Big City Moves

Led by keyboardist Ivan Blomqvist, Mosambique are an expansive sounding quintet capturing a head-nodding yet unspectacular Oslo-based melting pot of...

Reviewed in issue August/2019