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, Dhafer Youssef,

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, and

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. Aarset is married to Norwegian singer Anne-Marie Giørtz.

Biography

Aarset has worked with

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Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...

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, and

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

. After several albums for Jazzland, he recorded ''Dream Logic'' for ECM (2012), collaborating with

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and

Erik Honoré Erik Honoré (born 11 December 1966) is a Norwegian writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer. As a musician, he has collaborated with Jan Bang, David Sylvian, Brian Eno/ Peter Schwalm, Jon Hassell, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, ...

on the production and timbral design of melodies and soundscapes. His style has been associated with

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. At the 2013 Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, Norway, he accompanied

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, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and

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 ...

, celebrating the release of ''Narrative from the Subtropics'' by Jan Bang and ''Places of Worship'' by Arve Henriksens, in addition to performing a special "Dream Logic" concert with Jan Bang, Audun Erlien, Wetle Holte and Erland Dahlen. John Kellman at

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named Eivind Aarset Dream Logic's appearance at Punktfestivalen, Kristiansand, Norway in September 2013 one of the 25 Best Live Shows of 2013.

Discography

As leader

* '' Electronique Noire'' (Jazzland, 1998) * ''Light Extracts'' (Jazzland, 2001) * ''

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'' (Jazzland, 2004) * '' Sonic Codex'' (Jazzland, 2007) * '' Live Extracts'' (Jazzland, 2010) * '' Dream Logic'' (ECM, 2012) * ''I.E.'' (Jazzland, 2015) * ''Snow Catches On Her Eyelashes'' (Jazzland, 2020) * ''Phantasmagoria, or A different kind of journey'' (Jazzland, 2021)

As sideman

With Ab und Zu * ''Ab und Zu'' (EMI, 1989) * ''Totally'' (Curling Legs, 1996) * ''Spark of Life'' (Curling Legs, 2002) With

* ''...And Poppies from Kandahar'' (Samadhisound, 2010) * ''Uncommon Deities'' (Samadhisound, 2012) * ''Narrative from the Subtropics'' (Jazzland, 2013) * ''Dark Star Safari'' (Arjunamusic, 2019) With Ragnar Bjerkreim * ''Cultures Spans the World'' (MTG, 1998) * ''Missa Caritatis'' (Lynor, 1995) * ''Oratoriet Kong David Lynor,'' (Trembling, 2004) * ''Peace in the World'' (MTG, 2001) * ''The Drugs of the World'' (MTG, 1998) * ''The Forests of the World'' (MTG, 1994) With

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* ''Before the Light'' (November Music, 2001) * ''

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'' (EmArcy, 2001) * ''The Nest'' (EmArcy, 2003) * ''Seafarer's Song'' (EmArcy, 2004) * ''La Notte'' (ECM, 2013) With

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* ''My Show'' (Sonet/Universal, 2001) * ''Sov Pa Min Arm Sanger for Stora Och Sma'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2001) * ''Jul I Betlehem'' (Sonet, 2003) * ''Christmas in Bethlehem'' (X5 Music, 2009) With Sigvart Dagsland * ''De Umulige'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1987) * ''Alt Eg Sag'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1990) * ''Bedre Enn Stillhet'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1992) With Bjorn Eidsvag * ''Tatt Av Vinden'' (Norsk, 1990) * ''Alt Du Vil Ha'' (Norsk, 1990) * ''Til Alle Tider'' (Norsk, 1992) * ''Allemannsland'' (Norsk, 1993) * ''Landet Lenger Bak'' (Norsk, 1995) * ''Pa Svai'' (Norsk, 1997) With Anne-Marie Giortz * ''Tigers of Pain'' (Odin, 1985) * ''Pa Egne Vegne'' (Grappa, 2009) * ''Capital Punishment for Cars'' (Grappa, 2016) With

* ''Cartography'' (ECM, 2008) * ''

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'' (Rune Grammofon, 2013) * ''Towards Language'' (Rune Grammofon, 2017) * ''The Height of the Reeds'' (Rune Grammofon, 2018) With Bendik Hofseth * ''Amuse Yourself'' (Columbia, 1993) * ''Metamorphoses'' (Sonet/Verve 1995) * ''Planets, Rivers and...Ikea'' (Verve Forecast, 1996) * ''Colours'' (Sonet/Verve 1997) * ''Smilets Historie'' (Sonet, 1999) * ''Children & Cosmopolitans'' (JazzCode, 2015) * ''Atonement'' (C+C, 2018) With

Morten Harket Morten Harket () (born September 14, 1959) is a Norwegian vocalist and songwriter, who is the lead singer of the synthpop/rock band A-ha. A-ha has released 10 studio albums to date, and topped the charts internationally after their breakthrough ...

* ''Wild Seed'' (Warner, Bros. 1995) * ''Heaven's Not for Saints Let It Go'' (Arista, 1996) * ''Letter from Egypt'' (Polydor/Universal, 2008) With

* ''Small Labyrinths'' (ECM, 1997) * ''Jordsange & Earth Songs'' (Dacapo, 2000) * ''All the Birds Reflecting + Adventurous'' (Stunt, 2002) * ''Daylight Stories'' (Stunt, 2004) With

* '' Khmer'' (ECM, 1997) * ''Ligotage'' (ECM/BMG 1998) * '' Solid Ether'' (ECM, 2000) * ''Recoloured The Remix Album'' (EmArcy, 2001) * ''NP3'' (EmArcy, 2002) * ''Live Streamer'' (Sula, 2004) * ''Remakes Par Media Music,'' (Sula, 2005) * ''Edy Bande Originale Du Film'' (Wagram Music, 2005) * ''Er'' (Sula/Universal/EmArcy, 2005) * ''An American Compilation'' (Thirsty Ear, 2006) * ''Re-Vision'' (Sula/EmArcy/Universal, 2008) * ''Hamada'' (Sula/EmArcy/Universal, 2009) With Oslo Gospel Choir * ''Get Together'' (Spark Music, 1991) * ''Gloria'' (Spark Music, 1996) * ''Reaching Heaven'' (Spark Music, 1997) * ''Salmeskatt'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2003) With Anne Grete Preus * ''Lav Sol! Hoy Himmel'' (WEA, 1989) * ''Millimeter'' (WEA, 1994) * ''Og Hosten Kommer Tidsnok'' (WEA, 1991) * ''Om Igjen for Forste Gang'' (Warner, 2007) With Kjetil Saunes * ''Lystyv'' (Norsk, 1993) * ''Arkana'' (Grappa, 1999) * ''Mane Blek'' (Grappa, 2008) With Oystein Sevag * ''Link '' (Siddhartha Spiritual Music, 1993) * ''Caravan'' (Siddhartha Spiritual Music, 2005) * ''The Red Album'' (Siddhartha Spiritual Music, 2010) With

* '' Movements in Colour'' (ECM, 2009) * '' Surrounded by Sea'' (ECM, 2015) * '' Romaria'' (ECM, 2018) With Dhafer Youssef * ''Divine Shadows'' (Jazzland, 2006) * ''Birds Requiem'' (Okeh, 2013) * ''Sounds of Mirrors'' (Anteprima, 2018) With others *

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, ''Measure of a Man'' (RCA, 2003) *

, ''Arv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994) * Arild Andersen, ''Electra'' (ECM, 2005) * Maj Britt Andersen, ''Rippel Rappel'' (Grappa, 1994) *

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, ''Bettans Jul'' (Polydor, 1996) *

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, ''Read My Lips'' (EMI, 1997) * Rebekka Bakken, ''Is That You?'' (Boutique/Universal, 2005) * Rebekka Bakken, ''I Keep My Cool'' (EmArcy/Universal, 2006) * Rim Banna, ''April Blossoms'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2009) * Bel Canto, ''Magic Box'' (Atlantic, 1996) * Bellefire, ''After the Rain'' (Virgin, 2001) * Michel Benita, ''Ethics'' (Zig Zag Territoires, 2010) * Michel Benita, ''River Silver'' (ECM, 2016) * Tore Brunborg, ''Slow Snow'' (ACT, 2015) *

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, ''Doublehearted'' (Da Works 2003) * Lars Danielsson, ''European Voices'' (Dragon, 1995) * Lars Danielsson, ''Melange Bleu'' (ACT, 2006) *

Anneli Drecker Anneli Marian Drecker (born 12 February 1969, in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the frontwoman for the dream pop band Bel Canto. Life and career Drecker's father Peter, a German from Biele ...

, ''Rocks & Straws'' (Rune Grammofon, 2015) * Anneli Drecker, ''Revelation for Personal Use'' (Rune Grammofon, 2017) * Jan Eggum, ''Underveis'' (Grappa, 1991) * Jan Eggum, ''Nesten Ikke Tilstede'' (Grappa, 1993) *

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sv ...

, ''Reveries and Revelations'' (Hubro, 2019) * Lars Frederiksen, ''Pleased to Meet You'' (Universal, 1999) * Paolo Fresu, ''Ethnografie/Dialoghi Da Un'isola'' (ISRE, 2004) * Paolo Fresu, ''Latitudini Omaggio Alla World Music'' (Casa Del Jazz, 2008) *

Anja Garbarek Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo. Career Garbarek's debut album, ''Velkommen Inn'' (1992), is sung in Norwegian. She subsequently released three original albums contai ...

, ''Velkommen Inn'' (RCA, 1992) *

Kate Gulbrandsen Kate Gulbrandsen (born 6 August 1965 in Slemmestad) is a Norwegian singer. In 1986 she represented Norway at the Yamaha Song Festival in Tokyo with the song "Carnival". She won the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix 1987 in a very close ...

, ''Sol Om Natten'' (Profil, 1991) *

Tigran Hamasyan Tigran Hamasyan ( hy, Տիգրան Համասյան; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist and composer. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and mod ...

, ''

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'' (ECM, 2016) *

, '' Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street'' (ECM, 2009) * Jon Hassell, ''Listening to Pictures Pentimento Vol. One'' (Ndeya, 2018) *

Jan Gunnar Hoff Jan Gunnar Hoff (born 22 October 1958) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and professor, living in Bodø, known from cooperations with jazz musicians like Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Alex Acuña, Audun Kleive, Mathias Eick, John Surman, ...

, ''Magma'' (Grappa, 2008) * Erik Honore, ''Heliographs'' (Hubro, 2014) * Erik Honore, ''Unrest'' (Hubro, 2017) * Jacek Kochan, ''New Expensive Head'' (Gowi, 2003) *

Hanne Krogh Hanne Krogh (born 24 January 1956) is a Norwegian singer and actress from Haugesund and Oslo. Krogh is among the most selling record artists in Norway ever and is internationally well known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with Elisab ...

, ''Hanne'' (Sonet, 1989) * Karoline Kruger, ''Fasetter'' (Noahs Ark 1988) *

Nick Lachey Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series '' Newl ...

, ''SoulO'' (Universal, 2003) *

, ''Northern Lights'' (NYC, 2006) * Mental Overdrive, ''083'' (Smalltown Supersound, 2004) * Lillebjorn Nilsen, ''Sanger'' (Grappa, 1988) *

Mari Boine Mari Boine (born Mari Brit Randi Boine, 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined traditional Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College. Biography Mari Boine was b ...

, ''Gula Gula Hor Stammodrenes Stemme'' (Idut, 1989) * Eldbjorg Raknes, ''Reisetid'' (Grappa, 1997) * J. Peter Schwalm, ''Wagner Transformed'' (interGROOVE, 2013) * J. Peter Schwalm, ''How We Fall'' (RareNoise, 2018) * Sissel, ''Nordisk Vinternatt'' (Mercury/Universal, 2005) * Ivar Skippervold, ''Lyse Tider'' (Arken, 1993) *

Anita Skorgan Anita Skorgan (born 13 November 1958) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in (14th), (11th) and with Jan Teigen in (12th). She was also a backing singer at the and contests, and co-wrote t ...

, ''Pa Gyllen Grunn'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2011) *

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, ''Nordub'' (Okeh, 2018) *

Solveig Slettahjell Solveig Slettahjell (born 2 April 1971 in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful, seductive voice. Career Slettahjell had her record debut with the album ''Slow Motion Orchestra'' (2003), contains jazz standards li ...

, ''Poetisk Tale'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2016) *

Rachel Stevens Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April 1978) is an English singer, television personality, actress and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. She released her solo debut studio album '' Funky Dory'' in Se ...

, ''Funky Dory'' (Polydor, 2003) * Rachel Stevens, ''Come and Get It'' (Polydor, 2005) * Thomas Stronen, ''Food Mercurial Balm'' (ECM, 2012) *

Amy Studt Amy Jane Studt (born 22 March 1986) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Growing up in a musical family, with her father a violinist and conductor who had toured with Roy Orbison, and her mother a pianist, Studt began writing music at ...

, ''False Smiles'' (Polydor, 2003) * Torbjorn Sunde, ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998) *

, ''Sleepwalkers'' (Samadhisound, 2010) * Arve Tellefsen, ''Intermezzo'' (Grappa, 1992) * Lynni Treekrem, ''Ut I Vind'' (Columbia, 1991) * Lynni Treekrem, ''Storm'' (Columbia, 1997) * Hans Ulrik, ''Slow Procession'' (Stunt, 2009) * Paolo Vinaccia, ''Dommedag Ifolge Paulus'' (C+C, 2017) * Bugge Wesseltoft, ''New Conception of Jazz'' (Jazzland, 1997) *

Unni Wilhelmsen Unni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen (born 12 July 1971) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical influences are pop music and the American tradition of the singer-songwriter in which the lyrics play an important role as well as the mus ...

, ''Hurricane's Eye'' (St. Cecilia Music, 2003) * Unni Wilhelmsen, ''7 Edel : Content'' (St. Cecilia Music, 2011) * Bertine Zetlitz, ''Morbid Latenight Show'' (Parlophone, 1998)

References

External links

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Interview at La Hoja de Arena
(in Spanish)

at Jazzland Recordings
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