Huntsville (established 2006 in

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

) is an experimental jazz trio.

Biography

Huntsville was formed by three Norwegian veterans of creative jazz music, the guitarist

Ivar Grydeland Ivar Grydeland (born 1 October 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer raised in Kongsberg. Career Grydeland was born in Trondheim, Norway, and studied jazz guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–2000, and 2001–20 ...

, bassist Tonny Klutten and percussionist

Ingar Zach Ingar Zach (born 29 June 1971 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian percussionist and businessman, known from several recordings. Career In the 1990s Zach played within Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag and 'Harnihomba', while studying music at the Univer ...

. They perform their instruments in unorthodox manners and then manipulated their sounds to obtain the post-modern reinvention of folk, jazz, raga and drone music for their debut album ''For The Middle Class'' ( 2006). Here we may note the 15 minute tune "The Appearance Of A Wise Child" and the 22 minute tune "Add A Key Of Humanity". Their music is described as energetic and intense, and they have played a variety of concerts internationally and in Norway.

Band members

– guitars, banjo, pedal steel guitar and various instruments *

– percussion, tabla machine, sarangi box, sruti box, drone commander and various instruments * Tonny Kluften – electric bass, double bass, bass pedals and various instruments

Discography

*2006: ''For The Middle Class'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...

) *2008: ''Eco, Arches & Eras'' (Rune Grammofon) *2011: ''For Flowers, Cars And Merry Wars'' ( Hubro Music) *2011: ''Splashgirl / Huntsville'' (Hubro Music), with

Splashgirl Splashgirl (initiated 2003 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz ensemble comprising the three young musicians Andreas Stensland Løwe (piano and electronics), Jo Berger Myhre (doublebass and tone generator) and Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød (drums, ...

*2013: ''Past Increasing, Future Receding'' (Hubro Music) *2015: ''Pond'' (Hubro Music) *2020: ''Bow Shoulder'' (Hubro Music)

References

External links

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Huntsville live in Oslo, 09 (part 1)
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Huntsville live in Oslo, 09 (part 2)
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