Reviews
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
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
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
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 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
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
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

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