Anders Hana (born 7 August 1982 in

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) is a

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musician (guitar), composer and marine biologist, known as a veteran of the bands ''Noxagt'', ''Ultralyd'' and ''Moha!'', and a series of wildlife projects in northern Norway.

Career

Hana established ''Jazzuken'' in Stavanger, Norway in 2003, and operated the jazz club Sting there for three years. He moved to Oslo, where he cooperated with

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at ''All Ears'' (2005). He has released several albums with the drummer Morten J. Olsen as ''MoHa!'', and contributes to the quartet ''Ultralyd'' together with

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(saxophones),

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(bass) and Olsen (drums). He played guitar with the rock band

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. He and Møster are the duo ''Hakj''; with Olsen and

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they are the trio ''Morthana''; and as a duo with

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they released the album ''AM/FM'' (2006) on Utech Records. He has been in a trio on the Norwegian jazz scene with

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and Børge Fjordheim. Hana has performed and toured with

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for more than a year around 2005. Hana took a master's degree in coastal ecology at the

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in 2014, and has since been involved in several wildlife projects, for example at the aquarium Atlanterhavsparken in

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where he since 2017 has led a research group working on the potential reintroduction of the

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in Nordland county.

Awards

* MaiJazz award 2003 *Artist of the Year from Stavanger 2007

Discography

Solo albums

*2006: ''Flesh dispenser'' (Utech Records, UR 026), from his solo project at

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2005 *2011: ''Dead Clubbing'' (Drid Machine Records)

Collaborations

; With 'MoHa!' (Morten J. Olsen and Anders Hana) * 2004: MoHa! – ”det e jo rock for faen” (Enlightenment) * 2006: MoHa! – ”Rock: meg i rauå!” (Cdr Humbug) * 2006: MoHa! - “Rock;OFF! (7” Vinyl, HUMBUG) * 2006: MoHa! ”raus aus Stavanger” (CD, Rune Grammofon) * 2007: MoHa! "Norwegianism" (CD, LP. Rune Grammofon) * 2008: MoHa! "Jeff Carey's MoHa!" (7" vinyl, Rune Grammofon) * 2008: MoHa! "One-way ticket to candyland" (CD,LP. Rune Grammofon) * 2009: MoHa! "Eg blei sogen av ein attergangar" (10" vinyl split w. tape that, Gaffer Records) * 2009: MoHa! (8” lathe cut vinyl. Drop of Blood Records) * 2010: MoHa! “Kriiskav Valgus” (7” vinyl. Le petit mignon) * 2011: MoHa! “meiningslaust oppgulp (a singles compilation)” , Rune Grammofon * 2011: MoHa!/Horacio Pollard “Flisespikking/Lyd med tenner/Mjøl di eiga kake/Vals Engine”(7 “ Vinyl Gaffer records) ; With Ultralyd (Kjetil Møster, Morten J. Olsen, Kjetil Brandsdal and Anders Hana) * 2003: Ultralyd – ”Ultralyd” (CD. FMR records) * 2005: Ultralyd – ”chromosome gun”(CD,LP. LOAD records) * 2006: Ultralyd - “Throb and Provision” (Cdr. Utech records) * 2006: Ultralyd/Noxagt (Split LP, Textile records) * 2007: Ultralyd "Conditions for a piece of music" (CD, LP. Rune Grammofon) * 2009: Ultralyd “Renditions” (LP. The Last record company) * 2010: Ultralyd “Average Human Being” (LP, No label) * 2014: Ultralyd "Geneva 13.10.2010" Cassette (DMR ) ; With 'Morthana' trio including

and Morten J. Olsen * 2003: ''Morthana'' (

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) ; With

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, Morten J. Olsen,

* 2004: ''Born To Collapse'' (Circulasione Totale) ; With

*2006: ''AM/FM'' (Utech Records), live recording ; With 'Circulasione Totale Orchestra' *2006: ''Open Port'' (Circulasione Totale) *2009: ''Bandwidth'' (

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) *2010: ''Parlamentarisk Sodomi / Blodsprut'' (Crucificados Pelo Sistema) *2011: ''PhilaOslo'' (Circulasione Totale) ; With 'Brutal Blues' duo including Steinar Kittilsen *2014: ''Brutal Blues'' (Selfmadegod Records) *2018: 'Brutal Blues' BB (At war with false noise + Give Praise Records) view full discography at discogs:

References

External links

''Dead Clubbing'' by Anders Hana – Review

MoHa! at MySpace
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