Back And Forth

Guitarist, multi-genre composer, keyboard & bass player (mostly self-taught). Music librarian and philosopher (I am retired now).
Music is new dimension of life.
“That is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art - panem et Circen.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Wendy's parking lot experimentalist music.дьявол любит тебя!
    why u reading this far into it... Like everything else

My new single, "A Crimson Stain", is out now!


My new album, "No Glimmer",  under my own name is out now!
Link below!

LORRIDI is a Folk/Viking Power Metal one-man band by Jan Magne Garte. Taking inspiration from the sagas of the viking age and norse mythology, Garte creates vivid images of the old gods and warriors through his music and lyrics.

Born in Norway, 1971. At the age of 16, Jan Magne Garte played bass in different bands starting in the mid '80s. Growing in popularity and opening for some of the most popular Norwegian Rock bands at the time. By the early 2000s, Garte started expanding his repertoire by singing songs himself 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   took 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 his own name. 
All tracks were composed, arranged, recorded and mastered by Garte himself.

Distinguished Tones bring You the sounds from the void directly to your mind ,soul and body. I wish You had a pleasant time listening to my created tones .

Personal Albums and Favorite Playlists
Bass guitar is my primary instrument but I play various other instruments plus code & modulate samples.  I'm also an Indie Game Developer
Emerald Visions is an online recording project I formed back in 2000. Our most recent recording is Venus - completed on 11/2018.
I apologize for the vast amount of lofi recordings but I'm attempting to remaster them to increase the quality. 

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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.

Artist: TripTunez
Composer: Rob DeLegge
Genre: Chiptune(8-Bit / MIDI) / Electronic / Dance / Techno / Instrumental 

Hope you enjoy the tunez! Any support is greatly appreciated

Freestyle, hobbyist and freelance. I am not stuck to any specific genre and I like to experiment with all kinds of music styles, instruments and break conventions. Most music I do is trying to invoke the 80s Retro/Synth/Rock/Metal style or a mix of all of them! Rock on!

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