Face the bear is a trio consisting of some of the foremost folk musicians in Scandinavia, the Swedish musicians Magnus Holmström on nyckelharpa, Tomas "Limpan" Lindberg on guitar and Swedish bosoki, and the Norwegian hardanger fiddle player Britt Pernille Frøholm. 

Each one of them are unique musicians who have contributed in different ways in several different settings, both as soloists and in various groups. Together they have created a modern musical style, based on both traditional and self-composed tunes, with groovy arrangements, heavy riffs, and technical brilliance on their respective instruments.

Magnus Holmström is three times world champion on his main instrument, nyckelharpa. The summer of 2010 he also got qualified for the prestigious National Rikspelman title in Sweden. He plays in the groups Fomp, Storis & Limpan band and La Banda Europa, to name a few.

Tomas "Limpan" Lindberg is one of the most popular guitarists in the folk genre, with Roger Tallroth (known from Väsen) as his major musical role model. He plays, among other things in the groups Storis & Limpan band, Fomp, and the award-winning trio Draupner.

Britt Pernille Frøholm is a hardanger fiddle player from the west coast of Norway, and the traditional music from this area is her musical fundament. She has a MA degree in Traditional Arts from 2006 where she worked with contemporary music and researched new techniques for the hardanger fiddle, and has thus managed to create a distinctive signature in her way to perform on her instrument. She is a versatile musician who during the last few years has released several critically acclaimed cd's in multiple genres, ranging from traditional folk music to free improvisation with jazz musicians. In addition to her solo projects, she plays in the groups LuckyLoop, Friensemblet, Ensemble Epoché, arcticaEclectica, Frøholm/Tillung and Boreas (Scotland/Norway).

"Explosive duo from Oslo that manages to create an extremely exciting, eccentric universe by means of one drum, a number of interconnected guitar amps and a series of loop & effect pedals. A universe filled with jazz, noise, postpunk & funk. Adventurous, energetic, danceable and innovative… Right through the wall of sound!"

New album "Music For Working Out" out on January 10th, 2020

Little Big Adventure is a relatively newly formed band who takes great pleasure in playing music. Our own music. 
All of us have backgrounds from Sund FHS and all are currently studying improvised music at The Grieg Academy in Bergen 
and The Norwegian Music Academy in Oslo.

Without spending much time trying to explain what our music is, how it sounds, what our focus is and what we are currently working on as a unit, we would rather let you hear it and make up your own mind!
If the music makes you want to hear and experience more, we hope you'll join us at a future concert. It would be a pleasure to let you, together with us, be a part of the holistic experience we hope to create.

The band:
Ingrid Vik Hendriksen - Vocal
Jakob Rypdal - Guitar
Martin Vinje - Piano
Sindre B. Øvstegård - Bass
Martin S. Ulvin - Drums, perccusion and concussion.

Hope to see you at a future concert!

Songar, låtskrivar og improvisatør frå Ål. Jobber for Fargespill i Bergen.
Aktiv med @Baker-Hansen 
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Wauwatosa is a Norwegian collaborative music project, centered around core producers and songwriters Sigurd Ytre-Arne and Martin Langerød, working with a lengthy cast of friends and collaborators from around Oslo and beyond - including Natalie Sandtorv, Emilie Storaas, Jessica Sligter, Unn Lange Buer and Marianna Røe.

Their songs layer dusty samples and howling synths around a unique and strong vocal. At once melancholic and richly melodic, their take on electronically mediated pop music is classically Scandinavian. Influences range from the obvious (Burial, Massive Attack, Thom Yorke) to the more esoteric, such as Norway's thriving improvisational jazz scene which they are active members of.

In 2017 Wauwatosa got signed by the Australian label Spirit Level, started by Tim Shiel and Wally De Backer (Gotye).

Sarah Nordal Strand
Martin Torvik Langerød
Halvor Nordal Strand
Sigurd Ytre-Arne 


MORNING HAS OCCURRED
Natalie Sandtorv - vokal, waterphone, harmonium
Marte Maaland Eberson - piano
Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite - kontrabass
Mats Mæland Jensen - trommer
Ole Mofjell - trommer

Kvartetten tar utgangspunkt i egne komposisjoner, som baserer seg innenfor stilarten jazz, med en liten dose samtidsmusikk. 
Abstrakte scenarier som varierer fra vakre klangflater, til energisk impulsspill. 
Improvisasjon og samspillet mellom musikerne står i fokus. 
Kombinering av ulike klanger, uvanlig instrumentering, og altererte lyder som skaper et åpent, og spennende lydlanskap.

VIDEO FRA KONSERT PÅ BERGEN JAZZFORUM TIDLIGERE I 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-0wZleyy8


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