Stein Urheim (born 4 March 1979 in

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jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from cooperations with Gabriel Fliflet and Mari Kvien Brunvoll.

Career

The Bergen-based guitarist Stein Urheim's name has appeared in an increasing number of contexts in recent years. In 2009 he released his debut album Three Sets of Music and the following year he received the Vossajazz festival-Award. He has toured and released 3 critically acclaimed duo albums with singer Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Daydream Community (2011), Daydream Twin (2013) and For Individuals Facing The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness (2015), on the Jazzland label. The duo met and started working together around 2006 at the Grieg Music Academy in Bergen, where they both studied. He was a member of Gabriel Fliflet's Åresong band (2010-2011), and participated on The Last Hurrah's debut album (2011) on Rune Grammofon. He has also written for, arranged and played on several albums by Steady Steele (2002-2006), and worked with numerous other bands and music projects, including Tom Sawyer & The Huckleberry Finns (2004-2007), Bearfarm (2006–2012), Thea Hjelmeland's Solar Plexus (2014) and Erlend Apneseth's Nattsongar (2017). He has released 6 albums for the Hubro music label under his own name: Kosmolodi (2012), Stein Urheim (2014), Strandebarm (2016), Utopian Tales (2017), Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (2019) and Downhill Uplift (2020).

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Honors

*2010:

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Discography

Albums

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: ''Three sets of music'' (Soundlet) *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: ''Stein & Mari's Daydream Community'' ( Jazzland), with

Mari Kvien Brunvoll Mari Kvien Brunvoll (born 20 February 1984 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian folk and jazz singer who has over the past few years attracted attention at festivals internationally with her solo concept, where the voice is complemented by small ele ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: ''Kosmolodi'' ( Hubro) (in Norwegian) * 2013: Daydream Twin — Stein Urheim & Mari Kvien Brunvoll (Jazzland Recordings) * 2014: Stein Urheim - Self titled (Hubro) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''For Individuals Facing the Terror of Cosmic Loneliness'' (Jazzland), with Mari Kvien Brunvoll *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: ''Strandebarm'' (Hubro) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: ''Utopian Tales'' (Hubro) *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: ''Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs'' (Hubro) *

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: ''Downhill Uplift'' (Hubro)

Compilations

*2012: ''Valgets kavaler'' (sueTunes Records), with various artists

References

External links

* http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-stein-urheim/ * http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-strandebarm/ * http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-utopian-tales/ * http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=108&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=for-individuals-facing-the-terror-of-cosmic-loneliness * http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=86&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=daydream-twin * http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=78&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=stein--maris-daydream-community-ep * http://steinurheim.com/more-music/at-the-festival/ * http://steinurheim.com/more-music/steady-steele/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Urheim, Stein Norwegian jazz guitarists Hubro Music artists Grieg Academy alumni Musicians from Bergen 1979 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists