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Westrveg
Westrveg. The second of three albums by the Norwegian synth-duo Langsomt Mot Nord. Label: CBS Record No: CBS 461165 2 Release year: 1988 Musicians: Ola Snortheim; drums, sequencing. Morgan Lindstrøm; keyboards, programming. Guest musicians: Olav Snortheim; bukkehorn. Knut Buen; hardanger fiddle (hardingfele). Brynjar Hoff; oboe. Steinar Ofsdal; willow flute. Carl Anders Sponberg; violin. Atle Sponberg; violin. Eva Knardahl; grand piano. Jon Eberson; guitars. Producers: Snortheim/Lindstrøm. Technicians: Anders Lind, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Øystein Boassen. Recording locations: Silence Studio, Rainbow Studio rainbowstudio.no Tracks # Westrveg (3:10)Arranged By – Morgan Lindstrøm, |
Langsomt Mot Nord
Langsomt Mot Nord (''en: Slowly Approaching the North'' or alternatively ''Slowly Northward'') is a Norwegian synth-duo, founded by rock-drummer Ola Snortheim. Snortheim a well-known rock drummer of the Norwegian scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and he played in bands with Blaupunkt, De Press and Circus Modern.En hardtslående Trommeslager Ola Snortheim biography, (in Norwegian) Dølen 01.04.2004, p 14-15 Langsomt Mot Nord has released three albums to date. Live performances Despite releasing three albums, Langsomt Mot Nord has only performed live a few times. They appeared at the '''' program at |
Morgan Lindstrøm
Morgan Lindstrøm (born 29 April 1956 in Oslo) is a Norwegians, Norwegian artist, composer, and synthesizer-performer. Lindstrøm was a member of the synth-duo Langsomt Mot Nord during their "Westrveg" period. His style has been described as "... rock propelled with influences from Norwegian folk and classical music, the synth work sometimes taking on the Michael Garrison wall-of-sound feel, with the finesse of early Vangelis". Before Langsomt Mot Nord, Lindstrøm was a member of the band "Ixi". Ixi participated on a record released by NRK radio in 1982, containing the chosen bands from "Ungdommens Radioavis Rockemønstring", a competition of upcoming bands. Ixi was later seen in the renowned Club 7 in Oslo. He is the brother of another Norwegian artist, Rune Lindstrøm of deLillos. In 2007 Lindstøm started an electropop-band called SoulSheen, with Kaja Norum (lead vocals), Madeleine Schee (vocals) and Mikjel Helmers and Lindstrøm on synthesizers. The band have websites on http ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Snortheim
Ola Snortheim (born December 3, 1954, Harpefoss) is a Norwegian artist and record producer. Snortheim is the son of the folk-musician Olav Snortheim. Known as one of the most important drummers on the Norwegian rock-scene of the 1980s and 1990s, he has played in many bands, often together with guitarist Jørn Christensen. The most famous of the rock-bands Snortheim have played in was De Press. The group won the prize Spellemannprisen in the class ''New Rock'' in 1981, after releasing the album Block to Block. Snortheim is the founder of the electronica-group Langsomt Mot Nord. Side-Line Magazine Ola Snortheim has played in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinar Ofsdal
Steinar Ofsdal (born 4 October 1948) is a Norwegian composer and flutist. Career Ofsdal has since 1967 performed on numerous stages in Norway, and worldwide in different settings. He has performed alone or within one of his many bands, and is also known as one of the members of the folk group Bukkene Bruse, including Annbjørg Lien, Arve Moen Bergset and Bjørn Ole Rasch. He has written several compositions for his own concert use, and music for theater, film, television and radio. Ofsdal won the Spellemannprisen 1983 in the Open class for the album ''Hat Trick'' and Spellemannprisen 1989 with Per Midtstigen in the class Folk / Old Norwegian Folk Dance for the album ''Sjøfløyta''. Bukkene Bruse was awarded Spellemannprisen 1993 in the class Children's music. He was also awarded Gammleng-prisen 1999 in open class and was nominated for Edvard Prize 2005, in the class Traditional folk music. In 2009 he was twice winner of the championship in folk music (Landskappleiken Geilo) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Eberson
Jon Arild Eberson (born 6 January 1953) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, the son of jazz guitarist Leif Eberson (1925–1970), and the father of keyboardist Marte Maaland Eberson. He was a member of the bands Moose Loose (1973–77), Radka Toneff Quintet (1975–80), and Blow Out (1977–78). Career Eberson had his debut recording as a guitarist on Ketil Bjørnstad's debut album ''Åpning'' (1972). In 1980 he formed the Jon Eberson Group, supported by vocalist and lyricist Sidsel Endresen. The group attracted attention with ''Jive Talking'' (1981), which was awarded the Spellemannprisen, and ''City Visions'' (1984), but disbanded in 1986. The following year he released the ''Eberson Pigs'' and ''Poetry'' with Endresen, and he has continued to be noticed in a variety of contexts like the Jazzpunkensemblet. He released the album ''Dreams That Went Astray'' (2001), closely followed by the album ''Jazz for Men'', with bassist Carl Morten Iversen, and the album ''Mind the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørn Christensen
Jørn Christensen (born December 29, 1959) is a Norwegian artist, actor, and record producer. He is known as a prominent and original guitarist of many leading Norwegian bands. Some of the more important projects have been those in conjunction with Ola Snortheim, the force behind Langsomt Mot Nord, which Christensen came up with the name for. Christensen is also a producer, and has worked with popular Norwegian bands like deLillos. He had a leading role in the Norwegian movie '' X'' (1986), directed by Oddvar Einarson. In 2008, Christensen also appeared on the children's album "Magic hooks & secrets" produced by Linn Skåber and Jacob Young with the song "Winter is here". Other artists who participated were Simone Larsen, Maria Haukaas Storeng, Egil Hegerberg, Venke Knutson, Alejandro Fuentes, Julius Winger, Live Maria Roggen, Alexander Rybak, Paal Flaata and Andrea Bræin Hovig. Jørn Christensen has been a member of the following Norwegian bands: * Can Can *CC Cowboys * Cirku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silence Studio
Silence Studio is a Swedish recording studio in the small town of Koppom, owned by recording-technician/producer Anders Lind. The studio has been the location of many recordings of Swedish and Norwegian artists. This is an incomplete list of examples. *Atomic Swing * Beranek *Bergman Rock *Bob Hund *Bobbysocks *Camouflage * The Creeps *Charta 77 *Cloudberry Jam * Chateau Neuf Spelemän *Dag Vag *Dia Psalma * Dom Lyckliga Kompisarna * Dronning Mauds Land * Eldkvarn *Ebba Grön * Fläskkvartetten *Figurines *Finn Kalvik * Fint Tillsammans *Fidget *First Floor Power *Green * Grisen Skriker * Hassangänget *Hardy Nilsson *Hedningarna *Hell on Wheels *Hellacopters * Jannicke *Kent * Kai Martin & Stick! *Lars Hug *Langsomt Mot Nord *Loosegoats * Matchstick Sun * Monroes * Nina Persson & Niklas Frisk * Nikolaj Nørlund *Olle Ljungström * Per Cussion * Popsicle *Return * Reperbahn *Robert Broberg * Scatterbrain *Stefan Sundström * Sigge Hills *Sophie Zelmani *Speaker *Svenne Rubins *Stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Erik Kongshaug
Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his childhood and adolescence, he began to play the accordion (1950), guitar (1958) and bass (1964). Kongshaug gained his examen artium in 1963, and trained in electronics at the Trondheim Technical School in 1967. Then he worked for the Arne Bendiksen Studio (1967–1974) and Talent Studio (1974–79) in Oslo, and undertook some jobs in New York. In 1984, he founded his own recording studio, Rainbow Studio in Oslo and evolved into being one of the grand masters of Sound engineering. The Inner World Audio Magazin Altogether, he produced over 4,000 records, and was particularly known for some 700 recordings for ECM Records made from 1970 onwards. Kongshaug played with Åse Kleveland winning the ''Norsk Melodi Grand Prix'' in 1966, and was third i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Knardahl
Eva Knardahl Freiwald (10 May 1927 – 3 September 2006) was a Norwegian pianist, with a noted career both as a child prodigy and adult performer. Her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 12, in which she played three concertos (those by Johann Sebastian Bach in F minor, Joseph Haydn in D major and Carl Maria von Weber in C major), was received with rave reviews. Knardahl was a student of Mary Barrat Due, who was educated in Italy. Idar Karevold, a music professor in Oslo, said that Knardahl's Italian style was unique in Norway. She started releasing records early. One of her first recordings was Edvard Grieg's "Wedding Day at Trollhaugen", which was released in 1946. She emigrated at 19 to the United States, where she had a distinguished career with the Minnesota Orchestra for 15 years. She played on most continents, and for 15 years she was also employed as a pianist ("resident pianist") by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. In a later interview, she to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |