Really excited to be bringing the You | me band to Canada in May, we'll be doing shows at both FIMAV-festival and Festival des Musiques de Creation in Saguenay. The line-up for the Canadian concerts will be with myself, Håvard Volden, Adrian Myhr, David Stackenäs on guitars and electronics, and Hans Hulbækmo, Ingar Zach and Toma Gouband on drums and percussion.
Doing two concerts in the far north with Christian Wallumrød in the beginning of February. This will be my first ever performance in Russia, which is exciting.
7. February - Inversia Festival in Murmansk, Russia
14. February - Friform Kirkenes in Kirkenes, Norway
Playing a solo concert on 18. January at Werkplaats Walter, a great new place run by drummer Teun Verbruggen. Last concert in Brussels was in 2011, so this is a rather rare occasion.
One of the nicest projects I did this year, was making a piece for Australian Art Orchestra for The Substation and Melbourne Jazz Festival in June. Really fantastic musicians and people to work with, and a great time spent in Australia (as always). We are now working towards releasing this music on Hubromusic in 2019.
The line-up was as following: Kim Myhr - guitar, Tony Buck - drums, Peter Knight - trumpet/electronics, Lizzy Welsh - violin, Erkki Velthiem - violin, Aviva Endean - clarinets, Jacques Emery - bass, Joe Talia Revox - B77 reel-to-reel, Jem Savage - sound design/audio engineering
Longer interview coming up in the new edition of Jazznytt, as well as a beautiful essay on You | me by Sondre Lerche.