The Grand is a power-quartet from Oslo, Norway that plays "dirty and razor-sharp, but still highly psychedelic and eclectic" music. In 2007, they released an EP in and an eponymous LP and are currently recording their next album.
Nils Økland is a Hardanger fiddle player from Norway. In spite of being associated with the traditional Norway folk music scene, on his 3 LPs ("Blå Harding", 1996; "Straum", 2000; "Bris", 2004) Nils writes all the tunes himself (unusual for the genre) and presents a distinctive style heavily influenced by free jazz.
Kate Havnevik is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Oslo. Her debut album, the electronica-infused "Melankton," was released in March 2006 on iTunes and April 2006 (on physical CD) in Norway, before being licensed internationally later in the year. Havnevik has been working on three albums simultaneously - "Melankton," "You" and an acoustic album entitled "Embla." In a move similar to that of British singer and friend of Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Kate is releasing her albums through her own record label, Continentica Records.
Hanne Hukkelberg (born April 1979) is a singer-songwriter from Kongsberg, Norway. Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock and free jazz, and was a member of a heavy metal band in high school, called Funeral. She earned her degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway. Her debut album Little Things was released in Norway in 2004 with a subsequent worldwide release in June 2005 by Propeller Recordings and distributed by Sony Music.
Josefin Winther was born in 1986 in Bergen, Norway. She grew up in a big family with five siblings, and a guitar-playing father. From a young age she became acquainted with music and performance, singing classical arias and training her voice; during the same years she played cello in a youth orchestra. At thirteen she began to play guitar and to write her own songs. Her teenage years were filled with transitions: a child became a young adult, and turned from a dedicated classical musician to a performing artist and songwriter; she turned her focus from athletics and basketball to music...
Shorty G was the name used by Gezim Rama in the UKM competition of Rogaland 2007. He rapped a song called mama forgive me, representing the municipality of Stavanger.
Moddi is the solo project of Pål Moddi Knutsen, a North Norwegian boy in the twenties using his accordion and ocean blue guitar to make songs that "always sound bigger in my head than what ends up on tape". His debut album was recorded in Greenhouse, Reykjavik, produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, and was released in february 2010 on Impeller Recordings to great reviews.
Live members:
Katrine Schiøtt - cello
Hanna Furuseth - violin
Jørgen Nordby - drums/percussion
Datarock are a quirky norwegian duo who play 80s inspired dance music, combined with guitars and cheesy, tongue-in-cheek lyrics. They met at the University of Bergen, Norway in 2000. Band members are:
- Fredrik Saroea (vocals, guitars, drums, percussion, keyboards)
- Ket-ill (bass, background vocals, programming, keyboards) Among their influences are the trinity of Talking Heads, Devo and Happy Mondays.
Ragz is a singer/songwriter born and raised in a land coloured by northern lights
and fairytale creatures. With her rich, sustained voice, skilled musicianship and
gorgeous, occasionally dark music, Ragz has gained many fans and favourable
comparisons to, amongst others, Joni Mitchell, Feist and even Jeff Buckley. She has cemented herself into the musical folklore of her current hometown,
Liverpool, and developed her craft on stages across the UK, supporting artists
including Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Mumford and Sons, Adem,
Black Metal from Trondheim, Norway. Current Members:
Luctus - Vocals (Behexen / Celestial Bloodshed)
Åsli - Guitars (Vemod)
*symbol* - Drums (Mare) Former/past members:
Steingrim Torson - Bass (Celestial Bloodshed, Miseria X, Selvhat, Jammerskrik, Unbeing, Grenjar) (R.I.P. May 1st 2009) Discography:
One Tail, One Head, Demo 2008
Demo II, Demo 2008
One Tail, One Head (Remastered EP) 2011
Tandava (EP) 2011