Nikolai Eilertsen with Needlepoint at the 2016 Nattjazz

Nikolai Hængsle (previously Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen; born 24 June 1978) is a Norwegian

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low bra ...

. He is primarily known as a member of

BigBang BigBang (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by YG Entertainment. The group consists of three members: G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung. Originally a five-piece band, Seungri retired from the entertainment industry in March ...

(1999–2004, 2009–present)NRK.no Musikkleksiko
BigBang
''Norsk pop- og rockleksikon'' (2005)
BigBang
. Vega Forlag. and The National Bank (2004–present).Bergan, Jon Vidar, ''Store Norske Leksikon'
BigBang
Kunnskapsforlaget. Hvidsten. Sigrid, ''Dagbladet'' (17 August 2004)

Eilertsen, who was born in

Skotselv Skotselv is a village in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Norway. Its population (2005) is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum. It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line. History Skots ...

, also participates in the bands

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Needlepoint Needlepoint is a type of canvas work, a form of embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Traditionally needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, ...

and

Elephant9 Elephant9 (established 2006 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian progressive/neo-psychedelic/jazz-rock trio which formed in 2006 under the name Storløkken/Eilertsen/Lofthus, for the members of the band, namely Ståle Storløkken (keyboard), Nikolai ...

.Schou, Øyvind, ''Drammens Tidende'' (22 February 2010)
Sjonglerer med fem band

Honors

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

2004 in the class Pop band for the album '' The National Bank'' *

2010 in the class Jazz for the album '' Walk the Nile''

Discography

Contributions by Nikolai Eilertsen: ;With

Bigbang BigBang (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by YG Entertainment. The group consists of three members: G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Daesung. Originally a five-piece band, Seungri retired from the entertainment industry in March ...

Albums: *'' Electric Psalmbook'' ( Grand Sport Records, 1999) *'' Clouds Rolling by'' (

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, 2000) *''

Frontside Rock'n'Roll ''Frontside Rock'n'Roll'' is the fourth album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in 2002.''Norsk pop- og rockleksikon'' (2005)BigBang. Vega Forlag. Overview ''Frontside Rock'n'Roll'' is the first full-length Bigbang album to be releas ...

'' (

Norway, 2002) *'' Radio Radio TV Sleep'' (

Norway, 2003), live *''

Poetic Terrorism ''Poetic Terrorism'' is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in April 2005.Brækhus, Leni Aurora, abcnyheter.no (April 11, 2005)Bigbang - kreative terrorister The album was produced by Øystein Greni and recorded at ...

'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2005) *'' Too Much Yang'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2007) *''

Something Special – The Best of Bigbang ''Something Special – The Best of BigBang'' is a compilation of greatest hits of the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in Norway on December 3, 2007.Trønder-Avisa.nHer er Høstens samleplater Track listing Personnel * Øystein Gren ...

'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2005), compilation *'' From Acid to Zen'' (

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, 2008) *'' Edendale'' (

, 2009) *''

Epic Scrap Metal ''Epic Scrap Metal'' is the Norwegian rock band BigBang's eighth studio album. It was released on March 4, 2011, and debuted at number 1 on the Norwegian Albums Chart on its first week of release. The album stayed on top of the chart for four co ...

'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2011) EP's: *''Girl in Oslo'' (

Norway, 2000) *''New Glow'' (

Norway, 2000) *''Smiling for'' (

Norway, 2001) *''Not A Rolling Stone'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2005) *''Fly Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2005) *''Saturn Freeway'' (

Glitterhouse Records Glitterhouse Records is a German independent record label and mail order company based in Beverungen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was founded in the mid-1980s. From the late 1980s until the mid-1990s it was the European branch of the American la ...

, 2006) *''Hurricane Boy'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2007) *''Wild Bird E.P.'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2008) *''Isabel'' ( Grand Sport Records, 2009) ;With The National Bank *'' The National Bank'' (2004)

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(in Norwegian) *'' Come On Over to the Other Side'' (2008) ;With

Thomas Dybdahl Thomas Dybdahl (born 12 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Background Thomas Dybdahl grew up in Sandnes, Norway. He started his musical career as the guitarist in the band Quadraphonics. The band released o ...

*''

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'' (

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Norway, 2006) ;With Knut Reiersrud Band *''Voodoo Without Killing Chicken'' (2008) ;With

Knut Reiersrud Knut Reiersrud (born 12 February 1961) is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. Reiersrud has recorded and played with David Lindley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Rickie ...

*''Gitar'' (

, 2009) ;With

Bjørn Eidsvåg Bjørn Eidsvåg (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian pop singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister. He was born in Sauda, and is a graduate of the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He has released more than 25 albums since his 1976 deb ...

*''Pust'' (Petroleum Records/

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, 2008) ;With

*''This Village'' (Deaf Ear/

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, 2008) (in Norwegian) ;With

*''Dodovoodoo'' (

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its a ...

, 2008) *''Walk the Nile'' (

, 2010) *''Live at the BBC'' (

, 2011) *''Atlantis'' (

, 2012), with

Reine Fiske Nils Reine Fiske (born 4 October 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, art director and sound engineer at the record label Subliminal Sounds, who put his signature to many prog-rock projects such as Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Motorpsycho (band), Mo ...

;With

*'' The Woods Are Not What They Seem'' (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2010) *''Outside The Screen'' (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2012) *''Aimless Mary'' (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2015) ;With Band of Gold including Nina Elisabeth Mortvedt *''Band of Gold'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon, 2015) ;With various artists *''Sivil Ulyd 2: Sivilarbeiderplata'' (Passive Fist Productions, 2003), compilation *''

Susanne Sundfør Susanne Aartun Sundfør ( (local Haugesund dialect; Help:IPA/Norwegian, ʉˈsɑ̀nːə ˈɔ̀ʈːʉːn ˈsʉ̀nføːrin Urban East ("standard") Norwegian); born 19 March 1986) is a Norwegians, Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. ...

–

Ten Love Songs ''Ten Love Songs'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør, released on 16 February 2015 by Warner Music Norway. Sundfør began writing the album in 2012 with the intention of it being about violence, but as she ...

;With

Lars Fredrik Frøislie Lars Fredrik Frøislie (born 28 July 1981 in Hønefoss, Norway) is a Norwegian musician. His main instruments are keyboards and drums. He is also a music producer and runs Termo Records together with Jacob Holm-Lupo. Frøislie mainly uses vintag ...

*''Fire Fortellinger'' (Karisma Records, 2023)

References

External links

BigBang Official WebsiteThe National Bank Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haengsle, Nikolai 1978 births Living people Norwegian male bass guitarists 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians The National Bank (band) members Bigbang (Norwegian band) members Needlepoint (band) members Elephant9 members People from Øvre Eiker