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20.01.2012
On tour with the state theatre
Morten is currently working for Riksteateret, being the sound engineer on the play "Miss Julie" written by August Strindberg. Today is the premiere, after that we go on tour until the end of March.
28.09.10
Cirkus and contemporary music
This summer I worked with sound-design for the new-circus performance Loop by Cirkus Xanti. New-circus combines traditional circus with theater or elements from other genres. Loop was performed in Oslo, Kristiansand and Sarpsborg. It contained juggling and air-acrobatics with a high international level, clown acts, humor and drama. For me it was interesting that the director Sverre Waage gave me much freedom in choosing the sound and music. We found that the repetetive music of Steve Reich worked very well with with swing-trapeze, and Ellington's version of music from Peer Gynt was a perfect match for the club-juggling.
At the moment I am editing recordings from the Ultima festival, the biggest festival for contemporary music in Scandinavia. For them it was important to document the world premieres, and among the recordings it is new written music by Magne Hegdal, Emil Bernhardt and Gisle Kverndokk.
www.ultima.no
12.03.10
Free-improv record recieves good review in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten
The new CD from Håvard Volden and Toshimaru Nakamura, CREPUSCULAR RAYS, features quiet and contlemplative improvised music. Aftenpostens reviewer, ARILD R. ANDERSEN, is surprised to see that this slow music can be so unpredictable, it is full of "sound-surprises". The album gets the grade 5 out of 6. Full review in Norwegian:
http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article353977.ece
The album was recorded by Morten at the Free Resonans festival in 2008. Volden plays guitar and electronics, and Nakamura's instrument is "no input mixer. His sound is created by noise and feedback-loops in electronic equipment..
11.01.10
Our studio is now ready for projects
We can now offer recording and editing in a professional music-production studio in Oslo. The main room is 50m2 and has good acoustics for drums and live bands. In addition we have iso-rooms for vocals and instruments that need separation. The control-room has racks full of great gear, vintage and modern. With this place we hope to make many important recordings in the years to come!
01.07.09
X-tet project release their debut album, and so does Trespass trio 'We are happy when our recordings are turned into CDs. This summer X-tet project release their debut-album Phase First. This is a sixtet that play mainly Lars Kurverud's composition, and the music is modern jazz with a variety of styles, with elements of what we can call Norwegian "mountain jazz" and free-improvisation. The CD has recieved good reviews in Norwegian media, maybe we can see a review in English soon!?We recorded both concerts and sessions without audience, but in the end only the concert-recordings were released. Read more about it here: http://www.bushbaby.no/
Tespass Trio consists of Per Zanussi, Martin Küchen and Raymond Strid. This is a very serious free-jazz trio, and they release their first studio album on Clean Feed records:
http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/
The music for this CD was recorded by Morten in a room with good acoustics in october 2007 and march 2008.
02.05.09
Portugese label release Norwegian free-improvised music
Daniel Meyer Grønvold and Håvard Volden play freely improvised with guitars and analog electronic devices like old cassette decks. They create quiet, ambient experimental music. In January they played at the Henie Onstad Art Gallery, and that has been edited into this CD:
http://www.creativesourcesrec.com/catalog/catalog_126.html
Morten Brekke Stensland is responsible for recording, mix and mastering.
Henie Onstad used to have one of the most important studios for Norwegian contemproary music, and lately they have opened their studio for certain projects that fits their aesthetics. Later in May Morten will come back to do a recording for the free-impro group Murmur.
10.02.08
CD-recording in Kongsberg
Lars Kurverud x-tet project is a modern jazz group consisting of some fine young Norwegian musicians. For their first CD they want a live-recording of their gig at Energimølla the 21. february. And we will have an extra recording session the day before. More info:
http://www.kongsberg-jazzfestival.no/default.asp?Uid=418&Cid=
17.01.08
Recording from Oslo Jazz festival is released on PM records
In 2006 we did a recording of the jazz quartet "New Light Project." The music is now released on a CD called "Live in Oslo" on PM records.
The band consists of:
David Liebman - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones and Wood Flute
Petter Wettre - Tenor Saxophone
Gene Perla - Acoustic Bass
Scott Neumann - Drums
On this link you can listen to sound samples and buy the music:
http://www.pmrecords.org/newlight.shtml
02.12.07
Cirkus-theatre at Raadhusplassen
Vintersol is a cirkus-theatre written by Sverre Waage. Every day at 1800 (weekends: 1630) the show is performed at a sirkus-tent in Raadhusplassen, Oslo. Morten is in charge of the mixing desk, working closely with musician Per Zanussi who has written music for the performance.
More info:
www.julemarked.no
02.12.07
New logo
Our new logo is desiged by Erik Ferrier. Hope you like it.
14.11.07
free-improvised music published on webpage
The duo Revolver consists of Kim Johannesen on guitar and Fredrik Kirkevold on drums. They play free improvised music, and the music changes from very quiet to full earthquake. This fall we recorded and mixed a concert they had on Belleville, Oslo, and now you can listen to the music on this webpage:
http://www.kimjohannesen.com/lyd.shtml
03.08.07
Live DVD?
We now cooperate with talented film-teams who can film concerts with one or many cameras. If you want a video of your concert with good sound quality, please contact us.
03.08.07
At this year's Oslo Jazz Festival we will record the concert with the band Six Pack feat. Erling Wicklund. It's our fourth concecutive year with recordings from that festival. We are proud that mr. Wicklund has hired us for this job, because he is a legendary jazzman in Norwegian radio.
In september we will work with Inkululeko Cultural group, a choir whose speciality is choral music from the south of Africa.
Next week we will be producing a demo with the so far unknown band Mixed Martian Arts.
But we still have capacity to do new projects in August and September.
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