Stephan Meidell is an improvising guitarist and composer from Norway. He resides in Bergen, utilizing the guitar and bass together with preparations, electronics and amplifiers in both sound sculpting, progressive kraut, art rock and electro acoustic music with the bands Cakewalk, The Sweetest Thrill and Krachmacher. 

Meidell is a driving force within the experimental music scene, and is also a music critic and curator for new music. 


BUILDING INSTRUMENT

Mari Kvien Brunvoll (vocals, live sampling and electronics, percussion, zither)
Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (drums, percussion)
Åsmund Weltzien (synthesizer, electronics)

The trio Building Instrument exist in a sort of fantasy-filled no man’s land between electronica, organic pop and something more mystical and fantastic. They had already built a solid fan base before they released their début record to rave reviews in 2014. On their second album, "Kem Som Kan Å Leve” (2016), their mode of expression is deeper and more dreamlike, the soundscape is broader and more substantial, and their music is still extremely addictive and strangely catchy.
 
With a mix of jazz / folk / improvisation music, these three Norwegian musicians have found their very own unique style. The compositions move from melodic and delicate, to catchy rhythmic patterns, to melancholic and dreamy moods and soundscapes. Building Instrument has within their 10 years taken plenty of time to distil its essence into a distinctive mode of expression.
 
Their third album was released on Hubro November 9th 2018

Links to music and videos:

*Album info "Mangelen Min": https://hubromusic.com/building-instrument-mangelen-min-cdlp/
*Spotify link "Mangelen Min": https://open.spotify.com/album/52US0on0RKbhpH2BLggwoj?si=DB4tW4RCTrW-linViqUXQg

*Album info "Kem Som Kan å Leve: http://hubromusic.com/building-instrument-kem-som-kan-a-leve/
*Spotify link "Kem Som Kan å Leve": https://open.spotify.com/album/1qnma2sCTwMJDDwFXXkqBW
 
*Album info "Building Instrument": http://hubromusic.com/building-instruments/
*Spotify link "Building Instrument": https://open.spotify.com/album/73VkHa7RTp18fnQm5Ufo1I
 
* Official music video to the track "Rett Ned": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrj1rJqZF5w
 
* Unplugged music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-rJWJ3Ads

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Erlend Apneseth is one of Norway’s most renowned Hardanger fiddle players. Traditionally rooted, in recent years Apneseth has made the contemporary/improvised music scene his home and his debut recording Blikkspor (Grappa Musikkforlag, 2013), produced by Arve Henriksen, received critical praise from folk, jazz and contemporary music magazines alike.

His second album, featuring drummer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde (Building Instrument, José González) and guitarist Stephan Meidell (Cakewalk, Krachmacher), was released in February 5th 2016 on the Norwegian jazz/impro label HUBRO


Foto: Sean Meling Murray/Carte Blanche 

”A taste of a next-generation Norwegian free-jazz-injected artistry, sounding good, deep and true, and against the grain of more commercial concepts. There is hope for artful jazz yet.”
Downbeat - Josef Woodard

«Mestertyven byr på musisering med både skråblikk og alvor, nærhet og distanse. Den er akkurat passe fin, rar og full av krumspring til at Moskus må ses som vår mest interessante pianotrio akkurat nå.»
- Morgenbladet - Svein Magnus Furu (N)

Spellemannsnominerte Moskus har etter utgivelsen av det kritikerroste debutalbumet "Salmesykkel" spilt en mengde klubb- og festivalkonserter i inn- og utland. Med stor iver fester Moskus lytternes ører på en stilk, og tar dem med på en musikalsk, miljøvennlig reise. Gjennom oppfinsomme øyeblikkskomposisjoner og sterk tilstedeværelse gjør musikken at både trioen selv og publikum går hjem med en unik opplevelse. John Fordham i The Guardian kalte Moskus ”Norway’s latest young cult-status candidates”. 

Moskus kombinerer et personlig og modent uttrykk med ungdommelig energi og fordomsfri åpenhet. De er et veldig dynamisk band, som veksler helt uanstrengt mellom utagerende lek og innoversøkende alvor, mellom egenartet improvisasjon og komponerte låter.

På Moskus sitt andre album, “Mestertyven”, tar trioen store steg i ny retning. Her er de uredde, instinktive og finurlige - litt som mestertyver flest.  

They certainly steal your attention, and I’d say their scent is pretty sweet.
- The Politician / Jazz Notes


Moskus er:
Anja Lauvdal - piano
Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson - kontrabass
Hans Hulbækmo - trommer

HUBRO is a record label dedicated to releasing music from the vital Norwegian jazz and improvised music scene. We cherish the album as a physical object.

Distribution:
Musikkoperatørene (Norway)
Proper Note (UK)
Forced Exposure (USA & Canada)
Outhere (France)
Recordisc (Greece)
Broken Silence (GSA / BeNeLux)
Bomba Records (Japan)

Erlend Apneseth is following