Stephan Meidell (born 17 December 1982 in

Kristiansand, Norway Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer living in Bergen.

Biography

Erlend Apneseth Trio at the 2016 Nattjazz

Meidell studied jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2004-2008), and uses his background in jazz and improvised music within rock, pop music, noise and sound art in bands like Cakewalk, Krachmacher, Velkro, The Sweetest Thrill, and Vanilla Riot. Meidell started the concert series Playdate in 2009 and has been chairman of Ny Musikk Bergen (New Music Bergen) in the period 2012-2014. He got brilliant reviews for his solo debut album ''Cascades'' (2014), and for his commissioned opening concert ''Voice & Strings & Timpani'' for the 2016 Nattjazz. In addition to co-composer

Øyvind Hegg-Lunde Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (born 12 February 1982 in Lærdal, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and composer, raised in Borgund, Lærdal, but today resides in Bergen. He is known from collaborations with José González (singer), José Gonzalez, Junip, Arv ...

, with musicians like Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Kim Åge Furuhaug, and Stein Urheim. He is also a music critic for the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende.

Discography

Solo album

* 2014: ''Cascades'' ( Hubro) * 2017: ''Metrics'' ( Hubro)

Collaborations

; With 'Mr. Eart' * 2007: ''Facts In The Case Of The Mysterious Pop Murders'' (Neuklang) ; With 'Vanilla Riot' * 2009: ''Stitch'' (AIM Sound City)¨ * 2012: ''Stretch'' (Playdate Records)¨ ; With 'Velkro' * 2011: ''The Future Of The Past'' (Pling Music) * 2014: ''Don't Wait For The Revolution'' (Clean Feed) * 2017: ''Too Lazy To Panic'' (Clean Feed) ; With 'Krachmacher' * 2012: ''Paratrooper'' (Klangkollektivet) ; With 'Cakewalk', trio including Ivar Loe Bjørnstad and

Øystein Skar Øystein Skar (born 15 October 1985 in Vinstra, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist and composer, known from bands like Cakewalk, Glow, Highasakite and Klang Kollektif. Career Skar was raised in Vinstra, Oppland and started at the local music school ...

* 2012: ''Wired'' (Hubro) * 2013: ''Transfixed'' (Hubro) * 2017: ''Ishihara'' (Hubro) ; With 'The Sweetest Thrill' * 2012: ''Jewellery'' (Playdate Records) * 2014: ''Strings & Timpani'' (Klangkollektivet) ; With Erlend Apneseth * 2013: ''Blikkspor'' ( Heilo) * 2016: ''Det Andre Rommet'' (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio * 2018: ''Åra'' (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio * 2016: ''Salika, Molika' (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio with Frode Haltli

Frode Haltli Frode Haltli (born 15 May 1975 in Levanger), is a Norwegian accordion player. Biography Haltli started to play the accordion at the age of seven and over the following few years he won several national competitions and scholarships and was awa ...

;With 'Strings & Timpani' * 2016: ''Hyphen'' (Hubro)

References

External links

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Cakewalk

Hubro
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meidell, Stephan Norwegian jazz guitarists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian male jazz composers Hubro Music artists Musicians from Bergen 1982 births Living people Norwegian music critics 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni