Martin Horntveth (born 20 September 1977) is a

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musician (primarily drummer), composer and

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artist. He was born in

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, and is the younger brother of tubaist

Line Horntveth Line Horntveth (born 26 November 1974 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (tuba, flute percussion, and vocals), the sister of the musicians Martin and Lars Horntveth, married to the upright bassist Bjørn Holm, and known from a series ...

, but is best known as the drummer and key member of Jaga Jazzist and The National Bank together with his brother

Lars Horntveth Lars Horntveth (born 10 March 1980 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (saxophones, clarinet, percussion and guitar), band leader, and composer. He is the younger brother of tubaist Line Horntveth, but best known as a key member of the ...

Career

Together with

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he started in 1994 the band Jaga Jazzist, where he and his brother

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are key members. In summer 2003 he and his brother Lars, wrote a commissioned work for ''Vestfold Festspillene'' in

. The work was performed by the musicians who later became the band The National Bank. He received the

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2005 in the class pop music for the tune ''Tolerate'' from the band's debut album '' The National Bank'', together with his brother Lars and the lyricist Martin Hagfors. As a solo artist he has released two EP's with electronica music and toured the US and Europe. He also has a more pop/rock oriented solo project under the name Wolf Whistle where he plays all the instruments himself. Horntveth is also musician for the theater group ''Stella Polaris''. Horntveth has also been a drummer in

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in the period 1997–1999, and was playing the drums on the album ''

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''. He has been a band leader for

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' backing band, and played with artists such as

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and the band ''Home Groan''. Horntveth has also written music for TV series ''Luftens helter'' and ''

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'', and participated in the TV series ''Thursday evening with Steinar Sagen'' where he was musical director and studio musician in the fictional TV show. In 2003 he also became involved in a noise-rock side-project called Killl with Espen Hangård, Erlend Mokkelbost and Are Mokkelbost, which released a live DVD in 2011. Horntveth played music for the theater troupe Stella Polaris, and has also established himself as a solo artist and composer for film, television and stage.

Discography

* ''Fast Motion'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2002) EP * ''Skull EP'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2003) EP * ''Fast Motion/Skull EP'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2005) LP

References

External links

Lydverket spanderer: Jaga Jazzist

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