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Eivind Aarset
Guitarist - Oslo
Education / professional experience
1977-1980 : High school with music as main subject, Oslo. 1982-1983 : Music studies at the University in Oslo 1983 -- : Professional musician
Tours (excerpts)
2015 : I.E. 2012 to present: Dream Logic 4tet 2012 to present: Dream Logic duo with Jan Bang and Eivind Aarset 2015 Sly & Robbie meets Nils Petter Molvaer feat. Eivind Aarset & Vladislav Delay 2015 Song conversations Schlossfestspiele Ludwigsburg with Laurie Anderson, Nik Bärtsch & Eivind Aarset 2013 to present Duo with Michele Rabbia 2013 to present: Spirit Cave (Molvaer,Mazur, Bang, Aarset) 2013 to present: Dhafer Youssef “Birds Requiem 2015 Andy Sheppard “Surrounded by Sea” 2008 – 2012 Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex 4tet and Sonic Codex orchestra 1998 - 2007 : Eivind Aarsets "Électronique Noire" 2007 : Molvaer/Laswell/Dieng/Licata/Aarset 2006 : Jazzland Community feat. Bugge Wesseltoft/Sidsel Endresen/Eivind Aarset/Håkon Kornstad 1996 - 2009 : Nils-Petter Molvaer 2009 : Jon Hassell «Last night the moon came down and dropped its clothes in the street» 2009 :Andy Sheppard Movements in Colours 2005 : Arve Henriksen 2002 - 2007 : Fresu, Youssef & Aarset Trio 2001 - 2007 : Dhafer Youssef 2004 - 2005: : Jon Hassell “Maarifa street” 1992 - 2007 : Marilyn Mazurs "Future song" 2001 : "Global Tempera" with a.o.Laswell, Molvær & Anneli Drecker 1998 : "Music for science and fiction" with a.o.Wesseltoft & A.Kleive 1996 - 1997 : Bugge Wesseltofts "New conceptions of jazz" 1995 - 1996 : Morten Harket 1994 : Lasse Danielsons “European voices” 1991 - 1996 : Arild Andersen 1987- 1996 : Ab und Zu 1985 - 1998 : Bendik Hofseth 1983 - 1984 : Road (norwegian hard rock)
Recordings (excerpts)
Eivind Aarset Électronique Noire(98), Light Extracts(01) Connected (04) Sonic Codex (07) Live Extracts (10) Dream Logic (12) I.E. (15) David Sylvian A Victim of Stars Jon Hassell : ”Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the street” Dhafer Youssef : Digital Prophecy, Divine Shadows, Birds Requiem Andy Sheppard :Movements in Colour, Surrounded by Sea Jan Bang .....And Poppies from Kandahaar, Uncommon Deities, Narrative From the Subtropics Marilyn Mazur : Small labyrints, Desember danse, Jordsange, All the Birds & Daylight stories Hu Vibrational The Epic Botanical Beat Suite Food Mercurial Balm Michel Benita : Ethics Anneli Drecker: Rocks and Straws Erik Honore` Heliographs Arve Henriksen Places of Worship, Cartography Tore Brunborg Slow Snow Nils-Petter Molvær : Khmer, Solid Ether, NP3, Streamer, Er, Hamada Bugge Wesseltoft : New conseption of jazz Kjetil Bjørnstad : Grace, Before the light, the Nest Bendik Hofseth : IX, Amuse yourself, Metamorfoser, Planets - rivers and IKEA, Colours Arild Andersen : Arv & Electra Bel Canto : Magic box Rebekka Bakken : The art of how to fall, Is that you & Keep my cool Øystein Sevåg : Link, Bridge Ab und Zu : Ab und Zu, Totally, Lasse Danielson : European voices and Melange Bleu Morten Harket : Wild seed, Letters from Egypt Ray Charles : Strange Love affair Cher : It´s a mans world Anne-Marie Giørtz : På egne vegne Anne Grete Preus : Om igjen for første gang, Millimeter, Høsten kommer Tidsnok, Lav sol, høy himmel
In addition I have also played live and/or recorded with different artists like Laurie Anderson, David Sylvian, Hamid Drake, Jan Garbarek, J.Peter Schwalm, Paolo Fresu, Nana Vasconselos, Russel Mills, Mike Manieri, Michele Rabbia, Tony Levin, Django Bates, Talvin Singh, Tata Vega, Abraham Laboriel, Marc Ducret, Tigran Hamayasan, Hilmar Jernsson, Nguyen Le, Bill Laswell, Laurie Anderson, Stefano Battaglia, Nik Bärtsch, Arve Henriksen, Jon Christensen, and Jan Bang
Preformed with my own projects on the following international festivals:
«Musik Triennale» i Køln, «Nattjazz» in Bergen, «Trytone» in Amsterdam, «Jazzjamboree» in Warzava, «Jazzland Norge» in Hamburg, «Banlieus Bleu» in Paris, 2 times at Montreal jazzfestival, 2 at Vancouver international jazzfestival, 2 times at the «Northsea jazzfetival», «ESB festival» in Dublin «Jazzfest Willisau» in Sveits, «Fertilizer» in London, «Sound Vortex» in Tokyo, Molde internasjonale jazzfestival, «Factory Festival» in Paris, «Jazzin Sardegna XXII festival internzionale», Punkt festivalen in Kristiansand 2 ganger, San Sebastian Jazzfestival, Slovenia International jazzfestival, Budapest jazz festival, Jazzfestivalen i Vienne, London Jazzfestival, Time in Jazz 09 Sardinia, Pomigliano Jazz 09, Konsberg jazzfestival 09, Oslo Jazzfestival 09, Moers jazz festival 09, Saalfelden 09, Padova Jazz 09, jazzExpo Cagliari 09, Poggibonsi 10,Nattjazz 10, North Sea, Rotterdam 10, Jazz by the sea Fano 10, Wuerzburg hafensommer 10, Peporoncino jazzfestival 10, Tokyo Jazzfestival 10.Vancouver jazz festival 11, Montreal jazfestival 11, Edmonton Jazzfestival 11, Ottawa jazzfestival 11, San Sebastian jazzfestival 11, SKIF festival i St.Petersburg 12 Larvik gitarfestival 13, Jazzspring 14 i Budapest, Vienne Jazzfestival 14. Musik Biennale Zagreb 15, jazz by the sea Fano 15 Pomigkiano Jazz 2015
Solo tour in Norway and Europe 05
Made a remix of Laurence Reveys :"L´hombre" Made music for the television series " Det tredje tegnet" Made music for the movies "ædda bædda", "Hvalens sjel" "Dykk", », ”Eis im Bauch” , ”Pax”, ”Pioneren” and ”Respite” My music has also been used in the swiss documentary ”Sleepless in New York” and in the american TV series Nip/Tuck Together with Peter Baden I produced the album “på egne vegne” for Anee Marie Giørtz. I produced the album “Divine Shadows” for Dhafer Youssef
Partisipated in following commission works
Eivind Aarset : “7” Maijazz 1997 Nils Petter Molvær : “Labyrinter” Vossajazz 96 Kirsten Bråten Berg : “Nye ord, gamle toner” Telemarkfest. 97 Bendik Hofseth : “Metarmofoser” Rikskonsertene 94 Bendik Hofseth : “Q” Vossajazz 90 Marilyn Mazur : “Desember danse” 92 Danmark Marilyn Mazur : “Fjellslottet” Vestfoldfestspillene 92 Rolf Wallin : «Too much of a good thing» Ultima 94 Arild Andersen : “Arv” estspillene i Bergen 92 Kjetil Bjørnstad : «Grace» Vossajazz 2000 Marilyn Mazur: : «Jazzpar prize 2001» Paolo Fresu : «Ethnographia» Sardinia Dec 02 Kjetil Bjørnstad : «Seafarers song» Festspillene Harstad 03 Jasper Bloom : «Northsea 03» Den Haag 03 Jon Hassell/Force Majeur: «Maarifa street» Montreal 04 Jan Gunnar Hoff : «Free flow songs» Voss 05 Jan Bang mfl : «Wagner Reloaded» Punkt 06 Anneli Drecker : ”Rocks and Straws” 2012 Martux ”About in a silent way” Pomigliano Jazz 09 Paolo Vinaccia ”Dommedag” 2015 Anneli Drecker : ”Talisman” Nordlys festivalen