Two pivotal bodies in the sphere of Norwegian electronic music, g-HA & Olanskii are an event, a club, a DJ duo, and a musical authority for Norway. Individually adept as DJ, selectors and tastemaker, Jaeger’s Ola “Olanskii” Smith-Simonsen and Geir “g-HA” Holger’s musical voices unified for Sunkissed, an events series that has become the backbone of the Oslo’s electronic music scene and beyond.

g-HA & Olanskii | Boiler Room Oslo: Jaeger X Frædag

On February 15, 2012, an establishment started with the quirky name HOUSE IS LIKE LAVA, renamed A Sonic Diary, and then again to its final name LAVA AVENUE, but then again back to HOUSE IS LIKE LAVA. It also was the humble beginning of understanding music that landed the author Cathrine Deaton Heibø in New York, Berlin, London, Paris, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. It conjured a TOP DJ list in the DJ realm in Norway. Promotion HOUSE IS LIKE LAVA author has done is DIMENSIONS Festival that had a line up that esteemed DJMAG, Resident Advisor, and MIXMAG have boasted. Generics in music that the author is writing about are techno and house music. The Author has also been working with human rights causes such as Free Britney Spears, Free Amanda Bynes, Free Kesha, and Free Nichelle Nichols. The author has also volunteered at festivals such as DISTORTION Copenhagen, ØyaFestivalen, and Soul Sessions Extended (a street dance festival in Oslo, Norway). The author will continue to preserve club culture development. 

Club venues that have been delved into to understand the music better:

Oslo:
Fugazi
Jaeger
The Villa
Blå
Dattera til Hagen
Skaugum
Storgata 26
HørHør
Kafe Haerverk
Revolver
Trekanten
Dangerous Club 

Bergen:
Garage Bergen

New York: 
Output
Cielo

Berlin: 
Berghain
Tresor
Magdalena
Salon Sur Wilden Renate
Club der Visionaere
Else
KitKat
Bohnengold
Sisyphos
Watergate
Minimal Bar
Suicide Circus
Promenaden Eck
Paloma
Hoppetosse

Munich: 
Mixed Munich Arts
Harry Klein
Rote Sonne
Backstage Werk

London: 
Fabric

Stockholm: 
Fasching
Mosebacke

Paris: 
La Java
Concrete
Le Machine du Moulin Rouge

Record stores that have been delved into to understand the music better:

Oslo: 
Filter 
Baklengs
Råkk Rålls

Berlin: 
HardWax
Oye Record Store 

London: 
Phonica 

New York: 
A-1 Records 
Academy Records 

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