Norway’s most promising jazz/impro label presents its two remarkable trio: Huntsville and Cakewalk.
HUNTSVILLE
Norway’s distinctive trio HUNTSVILLE produce a striking and original sound world from their rare instrumentation, an adventurous crossbreed of rock, drones, country, jazz and electro-acoustic improvisation. With unexpected sounds and textures, allied to echoes of traditional genres in a radical new conceptual language have been labelled abstract drone Americana and yoga country.
In March 2015, they will release their 5th album, on Hubro and will tour through March 2015.
Over the years Huntsville have collaborated with musicians such as Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Nels Cline & Glenn Kotche (Wilco) as well as Norwegian artists Sidsel Endresen and Hanne Hukkelberg. In 2014 they again toured Japan, performing a new composition to Aki Kaurismäki’s silent movie JUHA.
Ivar Grydeland – guitar
Tonny Kluften – bass
Ingar Zach –percussion
CAKEWALK
The trio Cakewalk´s members hail from the groups Sacred Harp, Highasakite, The Sweetest Thrill and the Hedvig Mollestad Trio. Keyboard player Øystein Skar ) comes from Vinstra, and began playing classical music early on before adding improvisational music, pop and jazz to his repertoire. He is also an active composer, and several of his works for solo piano and larger ensembles have been performed publicly in the past few years. In addition to his collaboration with Cakewalk, Skar is a member of the duo Glow and the groups Sacred Harp and Highasakite. Guitarist Stephan Meidell was born and raised in Kristiansand, but is now based in Bergen after having lived in Amsterdam for several years. With his background in jazz and improvisational music he plays in the rock, pop, noise and sound art genres with the bands Cakewalk, Krachmacher, The Sweetest Thrill and Vanilla Riot. Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums) was born in Surnadal, and comes originally from a rock background. He lives in Oslo, and has since the turn of the Millennium collaborated with countless bands and constellations in a variety of genres. He currently plays mainly with Hedvig Mollestad Trio and Cakewalk.
Øysten Skar – synthesizers
Stephan Meidell – guitar, bass and boxes
Ivar Lee Bjørnstad – drum
HUNTSVILLE
Norway’s distinctive trio HUNTSVILLE produce a striking and original sound world from their rare instrumentation, an adventurous crossbreed of rock, drones, country, jazz and electro-acoustic improvisation. With unexpected sounds and textures, allied to echoes of traditional genres in a radical new conceptual language have been labelled abstract drone Americana and yoga country.
In March 2015, they will release their 5th album, on Hubro and will tour through March 2015.
Over the years Huntsville have collaborated with musicians such as Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Nels Cline & Glenn Kotche (Wilco) as well as Norwegian artists Sidsel Endresen and Hanne Hukkelberg. In 2014 they again toured Japan, performing a new composition to Aki Kaurismäki’s silent movie JUHA.
Ivar Grydeland – guitar
Tonny Kluften – bass
Ingar Zach –percussion
CAKEWALK
The trio Cakewalk´s members hail from the groups Sacred Harp, Highasakite, The Sweetest Thrill and the Hedvig Mollestad Trio. Keyboard player Øystein Skar ) comes from Vinstra, and began playing classical music early on before adding improvisational music, pop and jazz to his repertoire. He is also an active composer, and several of his works for solo piano and larger ensembles have been performed publicly in the past few years. In addition to his collaboration with Cakewalk, Skar is a member of the duo Glow and the groups Sacred Harp and Highasakite. Guitarist Stephan Meidell was born and raised in Kristiansand, but is now based in Bergen after having lived in Amsterdam for several years. With his background in jazz and improvisational music he plays in the rock, pop, noise and sound art genres with the bands Cakewalk, Krachmacher, The Sweetest Thrill and Vanilla Riot. Ivar Loe Bjørnstad (drums) was born in Surnadal, and comes originally from a rock background. He lives in Oslo, and has since the turn of the Millennium collaborated with countless bands and constellations in a variety of genres. He currently plays mainly with Hedvig Mollestad Trio and Cakewalk.
Øysten Skar – synthesizers
Stephan Meidell – guitar, bass and boxes
Ivar Lee Bjørnstad – drum
