‘Sunday Songs’ is the newest vocal album from Jonas Sjøvaag and features a series of songs based on lyrics written in Florence. Under a scorching sun, on a rooftop in the eastern part of town, they came to be in the spring of 2019. The compositions were then written during the autumn, and the album is Sjøvaag’s 13th release under his own name. ‘Sunday Songs’ was inspired by some of the great performers of piano-driven pop, Billy Joel, Randy Newman and Randy Goodrum comes to mind, but it was also shaped by Sjøvaag’s background as a jazz musician. Andreas Ulvo plays piano throughout, and the album features guest performances from notable artists Hilde Marie Kjersem (vocals), André Roligheten (sax), Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle), Mathias Eick (trumpet) and Sigurd Hole (double bass).

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«Turmusikk» (English: «Walking music»)
SHPWRK025 | Modern jazz / improv / classical

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I S E E G R I E F:

I see grief, and I feel sorrow
Every day, every tomorrow
Let's see how it goes, as we move through the shadows
and talk in verse, more than prose
Let's see how it goes
Let's see how it goes

For themselves, at all of our mercy
It's all blurred, and it's all dirty
All of their words, from illiterate mouths, they
Lie through their teeth, cheat and oppose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows

If you believe
that tomorrow will never come
If you believe
That tomorrow will never come
It will never come
Never come
Never come

I S E E G R I E F:

I see grief, and I feel sorrow
Every day, every tomorrow
Let's see how it goes, as we move through the shadows
and talk in verse, more than prose
Let's see how it goes
Let's see how it goes

For themselves, at all of our mercy
It's all blurred, and it's all dirty
All of their words, from illiterate mouths, they
Lie through their teeth, cheat and oppose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows

If you believe
that tomorrow will never come
If you believe
That tomorrow will never come
It will never come
Never come
Never come

Teaser here: jsjs.jonassjovaag.no

An improvised meeting between musicians that have know each other for years, can be either boring, bland or magical. In this case, the latter might suffice, but only when adding 'inspiring' to the description.

Sjøvaag, Seglem and Hole usually appear next to each other in Karl Seglem's Acoustic Quartet, a group that have been working since 2007. Hole and Sjøvaag are also two thirds of the cult trio Eple Trio, the third member being pianist Andreas Ulvo, and adds four more years to the collaboration.

Dette albumet er Jonas Sjøvaags første norske fullengder og er en ambisiøs reise gjennom ulike tilstander, hverdagslige og introverte, utadvendte, flate og håpefulle. Tekstene presenteres over komposisjoner som er vevd sammen av en rekke forskjellige inspirasjonskilder, noe som er helt naturlig fra en musiker og komponist med en såpass variert bakgrunn som tilfellet er her.

Sjøvaag er ellers slagverker og komponist, kjent for sitt samarbeid med Karl Seglem, i trioen Eple Trio, med Andreas Ulvo og Sigurd Hole, og har hatt popen som hobbyvirksomhet siden 2003, primært gjennom arbeid med ensemblet Navyelectre.

'Skyer over byen' består av 8 spor, alle med tekst, komposisjoner, arr og mix av Jonas Sjøvaag.

The Norwegian trio Eple Trio will release their fifth album on September 1st 2017, and after thirteen years of existence, the trio is still one of the most genre-defying and original groups on the Scandinavian jazz scene.
With Andreas Ulvo on the piano, Sigurd Hole on bass and Jonas Sjøvaag on drums, the band is otherwise well connected and frequently plays, individually or collectively, with many other remarkable Norwegian musicians such as Karl Seglem, Jon Eberson, Tord Gustavsen, Mathias Eick and many more.

Whenever people talk or write about Jazz music it never takes very long until someone mentions the „magic“ between the musicians. If you never really understood what it meant but were afraid to ask, let Karl Seglem explain. For almost a decade the Norwegian saxophonist with a fable for all types of goat horns has been playing together with the Acoustic Quartet, three younger musicians. Together they translate into music the true meaning of „magic“ in Jazz: discipline and freedom, trust and risk, feeling and energy.
Plus: a lot of fun.

More info (in Japanese) here: http://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/61780

Singel nummer to fra et album med planlagt slipp høsten 2016.
Release på Tidal osv. den 20 juni.
Tilgjengelig på bandcamp nå: http://jonassjovaag.bandcamp.com/track/n-rmere-enn-n

Tekst:
Jeg husker livet slik det var før
Slik det sakte glei forbi
Vi var bølger, som brøyt mot ei strand
Gang på gang

Nå går praten på tomgang
Alle orda er brukt
Men her og nå skal jeg rette det opp
Jeg byr deg opp til dans
Vi danser uten stans, og vi

ref
Har aldri vært nærmere enn nå
Vi får ikke tiden tilbake
Jeg holder deg tett inntil
Og veit akkurat hva du vil
Det er slik vi lever nå
Med følelsene utenpå

This one is 'Parkblomster (Park Flowers)
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Dette er Jonas Sjøvaags debut som visesanger med sangen ”To planeter i samme bane”, og han står frem som en artist forankret i den norske visetradisjonen anført av Lillebjørn Nilsen, Jan Eggum, Bjørn Eidsvåg og Odd Nordstoga. Med et billedrikt tekstmateriale som henvender seg til et voksent publikum, tar Sjøvaag visesangen tilbake til Østlandet og synger om et hverdagsliv de fleste kan kjenne seg i igjen i. Det er en sang om der glasset er halvfullt snarere enn halvtomt, der det viktigste er menneskene rundt oss, og om en hverdag som blir avbrutt av plutselige innfall.

My newest record, with bass player Arild Andersen, releases one week ahead of the others on Tidal HiFi today.
Have a listen at http://listen.tidal.com/album/53226201

New record to be released on November 23rd, with pre-streaming available through Tidal.com from November 16th.

Catalog number: SHPWRK011
Release date: November 23rd 2015
With: Jonas H. Sjøvaag / percussion & Arild Andersen / bass & electronics

Karl Seglem feirer 30 år som musiker med jubileumsutgivelse

Karl Seglem er en banebrytende og stadig søkende musiker og komponist. Musikken han gir ut i forbindelse med feiringen av 30 år som frilansmusiker i denne boksen finnes det ikke maken til. Med fasinasjonen for den enestående hardingfelemusikken og klangen av bukkehorn begynte Karl Seglem for over 20 år siden å koble klangen av disse instrumentet opp mot en elektrisk og elektronisk verden der det også er mye plass til improvisasjon. 

Jubileumsboksen JazzBukkBox er egenartet og sterk kost! I denne boksen finner man personlige og grensesprengende improvisasjoner fra flere av de fremste folk- og jazzmusikerne i landet. Det er jazz, det er world, det er folk, og til tider ganske rocka.

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Jonas H. Sjøvaag’s debut som albumartist ble utgitt første gang i 2003 på labelet Chewinpine. At utgivelsen har fått nytt katalognummer og label skyldes at den ikke tidligere har vært tilgjengelig i fysisk format, og heller ikke har hatt profesjonell distribusjon. Det har således ikke vært søkt om støtte til denne utgivelsen tidligere.

Watch the Navyelectre Large Ensemble promo video HERE

Jonas Howden Sjøvaag’s Navyelectre – Large Ensemble
Arrangert av Jan Martin Smørdal

Med: Jonas H. Sjøvaag (vokal), Mathias Eick (trompet), Ole Jørn Myklebust
(trompet), Jørgen Munkeby (klarinett), Morten Barrikmo (bassklarinett), Anders Grønseth (klarinett), Christian Magnusson (klarinett), Erik Johannessen (trombone), Martin Taxt (tuba), Inga Byrkjeland (cello), Yngvil Bjellaanes (cello), Andreas Ulvo (piano), Magne Vestrum (bass), Pål Hausken (trommer) og Audun Borrmann (gitar)

From the album Imperial Splendor - Shipwreckords © 2014
Buy CD and VINYL here:
Platekompaniet: platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Mattis__The_Grand_Trunk_Road/Imperial_Splendor/?id=SHPWRK007
More info: shipwreckords.no/album/imperial-splendor
Words and music by Mattis Myrland
Directed, filmed and edited by Birgit Solhaug
Produced in collaboration with Feral Entertainment, New Delhi
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In 2007, singer Mattis Myrland travelled to India - New Delhi, to live and study with a master of Indian Classical Singing - Madhumita Ray. The discipline and daily vocal training inspired Mattis to create a host of stories and gave him a rucksack full of new sounds to accompany them.

Jazzens ti på topp - 2014
Jazz top 10 - 2014

By Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen

We're very happy to report that the album 'Universal Cycle' by Eple Trio is on Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisens list of best jazz albums of 2014.

1. Large Unit: «Erta Ale». Paal Nilssen Loves store band med elleve norske jazz-musketerar spelar alle andre av banen.

2. Eple Trio: «Universal» Cycles. Sterk norsk pioner og pianotrio feira tiårsjubileum med fjerde og beste album.

3. Ola Kvernberg & TrondheimSolistene: «The Mechanical Fair». Stort eller lite band, Ola Kvernberg skapar

4. Eldbjørg Raknes og Oscar Grönberg: «You Make Me Feel». Årets musikalske lukketreff mellom ei stemme og eit piano.

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Watch our anniversary concert, live from Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo!

Interview and pre-listen available at http://magazine.wimp.no/2014/09/eple-trio-feirer-10-ar-eksklusiv-forhand...

LP + CD-sleeve
NORCD1438/39LP

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Untitled #29 (Waterfall III) | 100 cm X 100 cm

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Untitled #28 (Waterfall) | 100 cm X 100 cm

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Untitled #27 (Waterfall) | 130 cm X 113 cm

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Untitled #26 | 100 cm X 100 cm

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Untitled #25 | 100 cm X 100 cm

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Norwegian Sky III | 130cm X 85cm

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Norwegian Sky II | 130cm X 90cm

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Norwegian Sky I (Vaalerenga, Oslo) 130cm X 85cm

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House (from Made This (2007)) performed live at Sendesaal, Bremen, 2014
Composed by Jonas Howden Sjøvaag

Moon Tint (from Made This (2007)) performed live at Sendesaal, Bremen, 2014
Composed by Sigurd Hole

Video interview with guitarist Ivar Grydeland, made for Subradar.no

Coverdesign by Jonas H. Sjøvaag
Photo by Natalia Ulanova | Editing by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

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In 2007, singer Mattis Myrland travelled to India - New Delhi, to live and study with a master of Indian Classical Singing - Madhumita Ray. The discipline and daily vocal training inspired Mattis to create a host of stories and gave him a rucksack full of new sounds to accompany them.

Back in Norway, Mattis reworked the sketches he had scribbled and recorded during his eight months stay. He gathered together some of his favourite performers on the Norwegian music scene, and named the band after one of South Asia’s oldest roads that has linked the Eastern and Western regions of the Indian subcontinent for centuries.

SHPWRK007
Released in 2014

Cutup of Moutmarka, Tjøme (NO). Windy but sunny

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Storm at Moutmarka, Tjøme, South Norway

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"Why and how has the Norwegian scene managed to build such a reputation, not just on its own turf but around the world? There are a number of answers to that question, but first and foremost is a commitment to the arts that began more than 40 years ago and which has, unlike so many other countries, remained a priority ever since. When Sverre Lunde, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke at the 2013 Punkt Festival in Kristiansand – announcing that, after nine years, the Ministry would be providing some well-deserved (and much needed) financial support to the festival, and that Punkt was now considered amongst the country’s elite events – what was, perhaps, an even more compelling statement was that the country’s goal has been to devote a full one percent of its budget to culture.

En samtale om markedsføring i streamingmarkedet. Hvordan maksimere salg via streamingtjenester. I samtale med Phonofile.
Ledet av Jonas Howden Sjøvaag.

Panelsamtale med Erik Brataas (Phonophile), Inger Elise Mey (TONO), Marthe Thorsby (Ifpi), og Jonas Howden Sjøvag (Subradar)

Noen av de største autoritene på det digitale musikkmarkedet møtes til debatt om hvilke utviklingstrekk og utfordringer streaming står ovenfor.

Streaming seiler opp som den ubestridte vinner på musikkonsumentmarkedet, og Norden ligger ca. fem år foran resten av verden. Kritikk og irritasjon har gjort seg gjeldende blant artister, låtskrivere og labler. For er det ikke bare megahits og enorme backkataloger som gjør reell inntjening mulig? Og hva med den såkalte "norskandelen"?

Photo shoot with Klaus Holm and the band Honest John.
More info here: http://www.honestjohn.no/

Katt Hernandez (violin, Japan tour)
Ole-Henrik Moe (violin)
Kim Johannesen (guitar, banjo)
Ola Høyer (bass)
Erik Nylander (drums)
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm (composition, alto sax, clarinet

4 page booklet + inlay | Jewelcase
Released by AIM

Cover for Boa - mOOn Over tOwns
Grappa Musikkforlag

4 panel digipak
8 page booklet
Digital booklet

Poster for Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Marius Neset
A3 | 2013

Very happy to make it to the second round of the Saatchi 'Back to Nature' Showdown.
2800 artists have become 300, and after jury votes the number will be down to 30.

I've entered with a piece entitled David's Rowanberries: http://www.saatchionline.com/art/New-Media-Art-Digital-Collage-David-s-r...

All the finalists can be viewed here: http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/art/showdown/15

Lab label is a new label run by Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, aiming to release folk music digitally and physically. The images presented here is the logo sheet for this project.

Ingfrid wanted something that moves upward, representing something new but still with a connection to tradition. So, this is an abstraction of an exclamation mark, rounded off quite a bit, resembling a seed that really is both a promise of something new, whilst at the same time being rooted in tradition.

This is a logo for Subron, the house label for online (non-profit) record store Subradar.no.
Run by Klaus Holm, the label aims for digital releases of music within the genres sold at the shop. These include noise, improv, free jazz and related genres.

Check out the store at: www.subradar.no

Taken from a plane en route to Hamburg, Germany.
Original available as limited edition Epson Digigraphie.

Untitled #16 (Hello Réne) | 120x80 | Edition 1 of 10

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Also used as a front for NORCD1327: http://www.jonassjovaag.no/content/80/papirfly-norcd1327

4 panel digipak
Papirfly | NORCD1327

Hanne Kalleberg, vokal
Philip Birkenes, piano
Knut Olav Buverud Sandvik, bass
Jakop Janssønn, trommer og sag

More info: http://www.norcd.no

Original photo: http://www.jonassjovaag.no/content/80/untitled-16-hello-r%C3%A9ne

Vinyl release
Duplex - Sketches Of... | NORCD1325

Christian Meaas Svendsen & Harald Lassen

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Time matures us. Four years and two months went by between the recording of NORSKjazz.no and this album. In the course of these years this quartet has presented around 30 concerts with material from the earlier recording. It has been an inspiring and powerful experience to see that the tunes we recorded, which were written a long time ago, come alive every time they are played.

I've entered the Saatchi Showdown Contest. If you like my work, please give it your vote HERE!

Koan is:
Torbjørn Eftestøl (piano & prepared piano)
Juhani Silvola (prepared guitar & electronics)

Kōan; Listening into the Event

Sold to a Norwegian collector.

Printed using Epson certified Digigraphie

One sold | 14 available

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Universal Cycle:
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Released October 1st 2014

Recorded in IsItArt Studio, Sweden, by Peder Kjellsby & Sjur Miljeteig, and in Propeller Music Division, Oslo, Norway, by Morgan Nicolaysen.
Mixed by Morgan Nicolaysen at Propeller Music Division. Mastered by Chris Sansom at Propeller Music Division.

All tracks written by Jonas H. Sjøvaag, except track 2, 5 & 6 written by Andreas Ulvo.
Produced by Jonas H. Sjøvaag, Sigurd Hole & Andreas Ulvo. Cover photo (Untitled #21 / Red Mirage), booklet photos & cover design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag.

New album by Eple Trio, due for release in Japan on September 7th. Norway and rest of the world will follow in March 2014.

Jewelcase with 8 page booklet and inlay with dual sided print.

Tracklist:
01 / Setting Foot on Another Planet (Sjøvaag)
02 / One Elephant (Ulvo)
03 / Island Sunrise (Sjøvaag)
04 / In Our Home, Where We Live (Sjøvaag)
05 / First Sun (Ulvo)
06 / Tippler’s Insomnia (Ulvo)
07 / And Now, Many Days Have Passed (Sjøvaag)
08 / Morning Stillness, Crisp Air (Sjøvaag)
09 / On a Road That Never Ends (Sjøvaag)

Andreas Ulvo / Piano
Sigurd Hole / Bass
Jonas H. Sjøvaag / Drums
Mathias Eick / Trumpet (track 3, 4 & 7)
Ivar Grydeland / Guitar (track 1 & 5)

I've entered the showdown at Saatchi online galleries, presenting the image 'David's Rowanberries.'
Very much inspired by David Hockney, the image is a cut-up of a rowanberry tree nearby a lake in Oppland, Norway.

Watch it here: http://www.saatchionline.com/art/New-Media-Art-Digital-Collage-David-s-r...

Old Mares, 17 years of age. Have now given birth four times, after being kept as race horses before given the chance to breed.

Genealogically linked to the image "Colt in a Field" as the colt portrayed is the offspring of one of these.

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Colt in the field - Color and medium variation #1
42 x 59,4 printed on paper | Limited edition number 1 of 100

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Colt in a field

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Looking up at l'Aiguille du Midi, from Chamonix.

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Variation on the topic stated in Lors de la marche dans la forêt, je regarde les montagnes #1.
Still walking in the woods.

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Variation on the topic in Stones in display cases / In the museum #1.
Still walking in the Geology museum (Oslo, Norway), pulling out color and rearranging space in the image.

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Boschamaz | Rød
HECREC106
6-panel digipak

Photo by Raymond Mosken
Design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Okavango | Phonogene
HECREC107
6-panel digipak

Photo by Raymond Mosken
Design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Koboku Senjû | Selektiv hogst
SOFA530
4-panel digipak

Artwork + design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Vertex | Shapes & Phases
SOFA529
4-panel digipak

Artwork, drawing + design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Mural | Nectars of Emergence
SOFA538
4-panel digipak

Artwork + design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Varianter av døde trær | Akiyama, Taxt, Lønning, Reinertsen
SOFA536
4-panel digipak

Drawing, artwork & design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

North of the North
SOFA525
Marc Pichelin / Ivar Grydeland / Ingar Zach
4-panel digipak

Drawing, artwork & design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Streifenjunko | No Longer Burning
SOFA527
4-panel digipak

Artwork & design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Hilde Marie Kjersem | Let's Let Go
BRCD001 / BRLP001

Superjewelcase w/ 12 page booklet
Single release
Digital booklet (iTunes)
Gatefold vinyl cover (shown here)

Photo by Hilde Marie Kjersem
Editing, design & artwork by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Håkon Storm | Zinober
NORCD1105
4-panel digipak

Photo by Øyvind Næss
Cover design & artwork by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Stian Omenås | Klangkammer
NORCD1201
4-panel digipak

Photo by Andreas Ulvo
Cover design + artwork by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Lindha Kallerdahl | Let's Dance
NORCD1207
4-panel digipak

Photo by Klara Andreasson
Cover design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

BLINK | NORCD1103
4-panel digipak

Cover photo (Andalucian Sky) and design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

NORCD1099 / 2CD
6-panel digipak + booklet

Released in 2012
Photos, artwork and design by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Sunny weather
115 km
1400 meters elevation gain
Finish at Grefsenkollen, Oslo

The photo 'Oslo Opera 1' is featured in the collection The Naked Eye: New Photography, curated by Rebecca Wilson.
Head over to http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Photography-Digital-Mixed-Me... to view more photos from this selection.

Karl Seglem Acoustic Quartet, "Portugalsong"
(Trad./arr.Seglem) Live in Tromsø (N) October 2011

The Greatest Joy on Earth
by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

Karl Seglem Acoustic Quartet
live at Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2012

Recorded by John Kelman at Kongsberg Jazzfestival (N) 2012, for All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com

We´re looking forward to play 6 gigs and then travel to sørfjorden and Odda to record our next album.

We went to Odda in Hardanger to record our next album. Spent three nights there and had intense studio-days rehearsing and recording new stuff.
Hopefully the album will be out during spring 2013.

The Norwegian duo mattisogjonas moves fluently between the genres of pop, improvised music and electronica, and have just recorded a new song suited for the pop segment more than anything else they have done. The song is called ''And There You Were' and is an epic tale of love to life, to eternity and to the human lifespan of birth and death. It takes you out in the vast cosmos, a trillion years into the future, and back when the main characters of the song imploodes into each other through a collision of particles in the CERN Large Hadron Collider. This is a song about the large scale, and about endless space.

'And There You Were' - text & lyrics by Jonas Howden Sjøvaag.
Recorded by Jonas Howden Sjøvaag and Mattis Myrland.

15 editions available per print. Some are sold, contact me for further details.

Lyrics on track #1 by Jonas H. Sjøvaag

På ”For Flowers, Cars and Merry Wars” som slippes digitalt og i begrenset opplag på vinyl går Huntsville i en tyngre, mørkere, mer rocka og elektrisk retning.

Navyelectre's newest record and the first in a series of five entitled 'AORTA'
Available in online stores from 1st of January 08. Official release February 20th 2008.

Album information:
Produced, arranged, composed & lyrics by Jonas Howden Sjøvaag.
Mixed by Audun Borrmann at Cabin Recorders, Oslo, Norway
Mastered by Brad Blackwood, Euphonic Masters , USA

Every instrument played by Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, with the exception of synth sax solo on 'Then spring exploded into light' by Jørgen Munkeby of Shining , and guitar solo on 'Skullduggery' by Even Helte Hermansen.

Geek listings:

Sjøvaag appears on track #2

Batymetri = topografi som beskriver forhold under vann. Et batymetrisk kart gir informasjon om bunnforholdene i havet eller en innsjø, som for eksempel dybde.

Bathymetric Modes er solodebuten til en av våre favorittmusikere; Ivar Grydeland. Han er kanskje mest kjent som medlem i de improvisasjonsbaserte bandene Huntsville, Ballrogg og Dans Les Arbres (ECM), men spiller også med den idiosynkratiske popartisten Hanne Hukkelberg og rockebandet Last Heat.

Tanken om å gjøre et soloprosjekt har brukt mange år på å modnes og innspillingen har foregått over lang tid. Resultat er en varm og personlig instrumentalplate som viser nye sider av musikeren Ivar Grydeland.

In the Clearing / In the Cavern (Double album - 2010)
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Tenorsaksofonisten Karl Seglem har saman med Eple trio skapt eit album som bryt med hans tidlegare utgjevingar. Samstundes er den ei tydeleg vidareføring av hans arbeid som musikar og komponist, og som poet. Norskjazz no, er ei melodiøs og melankolsk CD-innspeling med tradisjonell jazzkvartett. Ei vandring i eit landskap der det er tydeleg at Seglem har arbeida mykje med norsk folkemusikk som utgangspunkt for komposisjon og improvisasjon. Både klangleg og melodisk. Seglem seier sjølv at han ville laga "eit vakkert, poetisk og reinskore jazz-album". At han lenge hadde hatt ein draum om å komponere musikk til, og spela inn eit album med klassisk jazz-kvartett. No har han gjort det! Gjennom melodi, arrangement og improvisasjon framstår kvartetten som ei svært samspelt gruppe.

Our latest (and only) album so far. Re-released by Million Records in 2012, with one additional song (And There You Were). This bundle contains 7 songs, and a PDF digital booklet.

Listen to this:
The Widening Sphere of Influence (2008)
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Made This (2007)
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We’re going to play several concerts this month. First out is Jon Balke’s festival MOMBI, located in Søndre Land, which is a two hour drive from Oslo. More info here: madstun.no. Next one is arranged by Kirkelig Kulturverksted and happens in Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo, on September 16th. This is a part of the series ‘Mathias Eick Presenterer’. Then, we’ll play at Norsk Maritimt Museum as a part of Oslo Kulturnatt. This happens at September 24th.

So, in short:
September 4th: MOMBI2010, Søndre Land
September 16th: Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo
September 24th: Norsk Maritimt Museum, Oslo Kulturnatt

Welcome!

Mattis Myrland & Jonas H. Sjøvaag are active musicians on the Norwegian music scene, both with a background from the State Academy of Music in Oslo. They collaborate with other musicians, such as Ingrid Olava, Eple Trio and Karl Seglem, amongst others, and have a broad spectrum of influences and interests. The project mattisogjonas (mattis and jonas) is a result of years of work with improvised music and jazz, and an effort to combine the improvisational structures from these fields with the ear-catching dogma of modern pop music. The songs, however, differ greatly from the standard pop format, both in length and delivery and provide an alternate way of communication that is modern in terms of instrument usage, form and function, and expression.