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Kjetil Saunes
Kjetil Saunes (born 22 October 1962 in Ulsteinvik, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass), composer and songwriter raised in, and still residing in, Oslo. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with musicians like Bjørn Eidsvåg, Ketil Bjørnstad, Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Eivind Aarset, Morten Harket and Unni Wilhelmsen. Career Saunes started his musical career as 19 years old, in a band including Kjetil Bjerkestrand, Anders Viken and Eivind Aarset. His main instrument is the bass. He later worked as a studio musician and arranger, next to his own solo career. In the 80s he played with the KGB, a Christian rock band from Hamar. In addition he has collaborated with artists like Marius Müller, The Cardigans, Ketil Bjørnstad and Unni Wilhelmsen. Saunes has released four solo albums with his own music, lyrics, production and the bulk of the gameplay itself. The music can be characterized as intricate and well produced pop music, with well-written and poetic ...
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Ulsteinvik
is a town in the municipality of Ulstein, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The town is the commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein and as such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the municipality's population. The town has a population (2018) of 5,788 and a population density of . The town of Ulsteinvik is located on the west side of the island of Hareidlandet, about southwest of the city of Ålesund. Ulstein Church is located in the town, serving the population of the whole municipality. Ulsteinvik received town status on 1 July 2000. Economy The town is built in a natural harbour (in fact, the town's name means "Ulstein cove" or "Ulstein inlet"), and has an industry driven largely by shipbuilding, with two major shipyards: Ulstein Verft and Kleven Verft. The Ulstein Group includes the Ulstein Verft shipyard and a growing number of other marine-related companies, the largest of which are Ulstein Power & Control AS and Ulstein Design & Solutions AS. The town has dozens of othe ...
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Per Hillestad
Per Hillestad (born 25 March 1959 in Øvre Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums) and record producer, known as drummer in Lava and was contributing in releases by a-ha, Vamp, Jonas Fjeld, Bjølsen Valsemølle and Marius Müller. Career Hillestad founded "supergroup" Lava in Årdal 1977, together with Kjell Hestetun, Stein Eriksen and Svein Dag Hauge. From 1980 Lava released a series of albums receiving very good reviews. They were awarded Spellemannsprisen in 1984 for the album ''Fire'', and has been nominated for the award several times. Lava has among others toured together with the vocalist Randy Crawford in Australia, Asia and Africa. Hillestad also played on albums by Vigdis Eidsvåg (''Mørk Og Mjuk'' 2000), D.D.E. (''Vi E Konga'' 2003), Øystein Sunde (''Sånn Er'e Bare'' 2005) and Jan Groth (2006). Honors *1984: Spellemannsprisen in the class Pop, within the band Lava *1995: Gammleng-prisen in the class Studio. Discography (in selection) ;Within L ...
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People From Ulstein
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1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ...
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Kirsten Bråten Berg
Kirsten Marie Bråten Berg (born 7 January 1950 in Arendal, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, silversmith and government scholar. She is currently living in Valle in the Setesdal area of southern Norway. She trained as a silversmith at the Torleiv H. Bjørgums Vocational College (''Oslo Yrkesskole an Torleiv H. Bjørgums'') in Setesdal and then set up her own workshop there, in Nomeland. She began singing traditional Norwegian folk songs in the 1970s and since the late 1970s has given concerts and made recordings, winnin''Spellemannprisen''awards (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy award) in 1979 and 1988. She met the bass player Arild Andersen in 1990 and became a member of his group in 1992. Bråten Berg's interest in the Norwegian folksong tradition has led her to meet and learn from older Norwegian musicians and people or from recordings of their music-making. Alongside figures such fiddler Hallvard Bjørgum, she exemplifies those Norwegian folk mus ...
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EmArcy
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company. During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy. It is today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its .... The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary. Discography :Mono 12" LP series (1954–c. 1958)Derived from issue dates given in Neal Umphred ''Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-69'', Iola: WI: Krause, 1994 of the earliest and last items on the list. References External links Official siteModern Jazz Di ...
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Électronique Noire
''Électronique Noire'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset. Background This is a ground breaking debut solo album, and whether collaborating with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer or recording for Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland label, Eivind Aarset remains a highly treasured ambasadour of the Norwegian jazz scene. ''Électronique noire'' was rated "one of the best electric jazz albums of the post-Miles era" by no less than ''The New York Times''. Melting jazz and electronic music into the most unexpected alloys, incorporating Aarsets unstoppable creativity and very personal sound, the result is an appreciably hearable album. Reception The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Beate Nossum of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 3. Track listing #«Dark Moisture» (7:50) Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Drums – Anders Engen Electric piano (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft Mixing (Mix) – Ulf W.Ø. ...
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Henrik Mestad
Henrik Mestad (born 22 June 1964) is a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He received the Hedda Award in 2011. Mestad was born in Oslo as a son of the politician Viking Mestad. He is educated at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and was hired at Nationaltheatret in 1991. As a dramatist, Mestad penned and starred in the plays ''Lik meg når jeg er teit'' (1993) and ''Nansens sønn'' (2002), both of which played at Nationaltheatret. On the screen, he has starred in '' Svarte pantere'' (1992), '' Vestavind'' (TV series, 1994–95), ''Sons'' (2006), ''The Art of Negative Thinking'' and '' Tatt av kvinnen'' (2007). In 2013-2014, he co-starred in seasons two and three of the Netflix original series ''Lilyhammer''. From 2015–2020, he portrayed the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jesper Berg, in the political thriller ''Occupied ' (Norwegian: ') is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015. Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø, the serie ...
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Petronella Barker (actress Born 1965)
Petronella Barker (born 29 October 1965) is a British-born Norwegian actress. She was born in Colchester, England, but grew up in Fredrikstad, Norway. While still studying at the Theatre Academy in Oslo (1985–1988), she had her debut in the Soviet-Norwegian co-production ''Dragens fange'' (''Trees Grow on the Stones Too'', 1985). Her breakthrough as a movie actress came with the dystopic ''Sweetwater'' (1988), followed by ''Havet stiger'' (The Ocean Rises, 1990). In 1990 she made her stage debut as Perdita in Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale'' at Centralteatret. Since then she has acted in several plays, also for Oslo Nye Teater Oslo Nye Teater is a theater located in Oslo, Norway. The theater has its main stage in its own theater house at Rosenkrantz' gate 10. It is one of Norway's most visited theatres. Oslo Nye Teater AS is wholly owned by Oslo Municipality. Histor ... and The National Theatre. Meanwhile she has continued doing roles both for TV and film, most ...
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Eldbjørg Raknes
Eldbjørg Raknes (born 9 February 1970 in Midsund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist known for her a cappella vocal performances, innovative improvised vocals and electronic effects. She has collaborated with musicians such as Jon Balke, Anders Jormin, Bendik Hofseth, Christian Wallumrød, Arve Henriksen, Ketil Bjørnstad, and StÃ¥le Storløkken. She is the sister of the bassist Steinar Raknes. Store Norske Leksikon.no (in Norwegian) NRK.no (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian) Career Raknes was educated in the music program of Atlanten videregÃ¥ende skole (secondary school) in Kristiansund (1986–89), in drama at Romerike Folkehøgskole (Folk high school - 1990), and in the Jazz program at Trondheim Conservatory of Music (1991–94), with specializations in voice pedagogy, arrangement, and composition. (in Norwegian) As a student she sang with Bodega Band and collaborated with the keyboardist Christian Wallumrød among others. She has also worked with the vocal quartet ''Kvitr ...
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Poetenes Evangelium
''Poetenes Evangelium'' is the debut solo album by Norwegian singer Morten Harket, released in 1993 on the label Kirkelig Kulturverksted. Review The title translates into ''The gospel according to poets'' and was a follow-up from a book anthology of classical 20th century Norwegian poetry depicting the life and death of Christ. All 12 tracks are unedited poetry written by Norwegian authors Jens Bjørneboe, Inger Hagerup, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Kaj Skagen, Georg Johannesen, Arnold Eidslott and Håvard Rem. All music is composed by ''Øivind Varkøy'' for this album. Track listing # "Natten" (The Night) - 3:16 # "Hymne Til Josef" (Hymn to Joseph) - 5:03 # "Salome" - 3:48 # "Elisabeth Synger Ved Johannes Døperens Død" (Elisabeth Sings at the Death of John the Baptist) - 3:22 # "Fra Templet" (At the Temple) - 2:44 # "Hvor Krybben Stod" (Where the Cradle Stood) - 3:15 # "Rytteren" (The Rider) - 3:02 # "Sviket" (The Betrayal) - 3:55 # "Påske" (Easter) - 4:02 # "Den Fremmede" (The ...
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