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,

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/ Peter Schwalm,

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, Nils Petter Molvær,

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, Sidsel Endresen, Unni Wilhelmsen, Eivind Aarset, Claudia Scott, Anne Grete Preus,

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and produced all the albums from Velvet Belly.

Career

Honoré was born in

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. He is a graduate sound engineer and producer at the Norwegian Institute for Stage and Studio, a College in Oslo. He is a published novelist and has a long career as a musician, sound engineer and producer. Together with musician colleague Jan Bang he initiated the Punkt-festivalen in 2005, guest curated by

in 2012. Honoré released the album ''Year of the Bullet'' (2012), a joint effort with vocalist and spouse Greta Aagre, and in 2014 released his first solo album ''Heliographs''.

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: ''Heliographs'' ( Hubro) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: ''Unrest'' (Hubro)

Collaborations

;;With Jan Bang *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: ''Birth Wish'' (Pan M Records), with contributions from

and

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

: ''Going Nine Ways From Wednesday'' (Pan M Records), including with Nils Christian Moe-Repstad and Anne Marie Almedal *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: ''... And Poppies From Kandahar'' (SamadhiSound) *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: ''Uncommon Deities'' (Samadhisound), including with

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: ''Narrative From The Subtropics'' ( Jazzland), including with Sidsel Endresen,

and Eivind Aarset *2013: ''Victoria'' (Jazzland), including with Gaute Storaas and Arve Henriksen ;;With Eivind Aarset *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: ''Connected'' (Jazzland) ;;With Elsewhere *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: ''Hijacker's Songs'' (Kampen Records) ;;With

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: ''Cartography'' ( ECM) *2013: '' Places of Worship'' (

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) ;;With

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations ;;With Greta Aagre *2012: ''Yyear Of The Bullet'' (Jazzland) *2017: ''Tuesday Gods'' (Jazzland)

References

Bibliography

* ''Orakelveggen'' (2002) novel * ''Ubåten på Nørholm'' (2003) novel * ''Kaprersanger'' (2005) novel

External links

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