Eerste gitaar op 11 jaar en rond 16 actiever geworden als autodidact. Valt regelmatig wat stil maar gitaar is een rode draad.
Ben meer een "bedroom player" met <15 optredens achter de kiezen. Dingen die ik zelf super vind, schud ik zelden uit mijn mouw maar vereisen inzet en blijf ik trots van genieten.
Voorlopig veel heerlijk amateuristisch en (voor mezelf) nostalgisch oud spul te horen hier. Sinds ik veel beter gerief heb (bv. Fractal Audio), ben ik blijkbaar stilgevallen met opnemen, maar ik koester nieuwe hoop en motivatie :)
Ik probeer overal info of een verhaaltje bij te zetten. Verder mijn excuses voor het verschil in de volumes, de ruis v/d cassettes, edm.

After quite a while now, I've decided to share what I've been doing with the world.

My new single, "Bad Thoughts In Disguise", is out now!

I also have a new single, "A Crimson Stain", which is out under my other project "LORRIDI"

Don't forget to check out my debut album "LORRIDI" from my new solo project with the same title!!  🤘🤘
Link below

Jan Magne Garte is a Norwegian musician and solo artist in the heavy metal and hard rock genres. Born in 1971, he is originally from Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal, but recently moved (as of early 2025) to Hitra.

Born in Kristiansand in the south of Norway in 1971.
In '75 he and his family moved to the small village of Surnadal,and at the age of 16 he had started playing bass in different bands. His last band would eventually grow in popularity and open for some of the most popular Norwegian rock bands at the time.

By the early 2000s Garte had started a band with some of his best friends and expanded his repertoire by writing his own songs, singing and switching from bass to guitar. Around the same time his parental duties would start to take the focus from the music and his career as a musician would take a hiatus for almost two decades. 
Now after all this time, his love for making music has truly rekindled and the old musician has returned. 

All of his music is heavly influenced by the songs of his youth, from genres such as '80s hard rock, heavy metal, thrash, but also taking notes from the next generation of musicians.

Garte also has another solo project under the name LORRIDI.

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