Benny Jonas Nilsen (born 1975), alias BJ Nilsen, BJNilsen, and Hazard, is a Swedish sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans. Recent work has explored the urban acoustic realm and industrial geography in the Arctic region of Norway and Russia. His original scores and soundtracks have been used in theatre, dance performances and film. He and Jóhann Jóhannsson did the soundtrack for '' I Am Here''.

Partial discography

* 1991 - ''This Crying Age'' (

Cold Meat Industry Cold Meat Industry was a Swedish independent record label established in 1987 by Roger Karmanik, which specialized in niche music genres such as dark ambient, death industrial, and neoclassical dark wave. History From its inception, Cold M ...

) * 1992 - ''Spindrift'' (

) * 1996 - ''Lech'' (Malignant Records) * 1999 - ''North'' (

Ash International Touch (sometimes mistakenly written 'Touch Records' and sometimes written Touch Music, which is technically the publishing side of the company) is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. Touch was founded in 1982 by Jon ...

) * 2000 - ''Wood c/w Bridge/Field'' (

) * 2001 - ''Wind'' in collaboration with

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) * 2003 - ''Land'' ( Touch) * 2004 - ''Live at Konzerthaus, Vienna'' (06_12_03 - ( Touch) * 2005 - ''Fade to White'' ( Touch) * 2005 - ''Víkinga Brennivín'' in collaboration with Stilluppsteypa (Helen Scarsdale Agency) * 2006 - "Sov Gott" appears on a split 12" with Milan Sandbleistift (Licht-Ung) * 2006 - ''Drykkjuvísur Ohljódanna'' in collaboration with Stilluppsteypa (Helen Scarsdale Agency) * 2007 - ''The Short Night'' ( Touch) * 2007 - ''Second Childhood'' in collaboration with

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an Stilluppsteypa (

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) * 2007 - ''22' 22"'' in collaboration with Z'ev (iDEAL Recordings) * 2008 - ''Passing Out'' in collaboration with Stilluppsteypa (Helen Scarsdale Agency) * 2009 - ''Man From Deep River'' in collaboration with Stilluppsteypa (

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) * 2010 - ''The Invisible City'' ( Touch) * 2010 - ''Draught #1'' cassette (

) * 2010 - ''Space Finale'' with Stilluppsteypa on cassette & double LP (Editions Mego) * 2013 - "Nijmegen Pulse" with Alan Courtis. (CD, Album, Ltd - (Korm Plastics) * 2013 - "Eye Of The Microphone" ( Touch) * 2014 - "Release The DATs" (The Wormhole) * 2015 - "I am here" with Jóhann Jóhannsson / Ash 11.1 * 2015 - "unearthed" USB card, Images by Karl Lemieux / Dark Ecology/

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* 2017 - "Terroir" 3"CD (Ferns Recordings)

References

External links

Official website

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