Results for "Nils Petter Molvaer"

Nils Petter Molvaer

Born: September 18, 1960

Nils Petter Molvær (NPM), Norwegian trumpet player, composer and producer, connects multiple music styles—jazz, ambient, house, electronic and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock and pop music—and effortlessly melts them into convincing soundscapes of deep intensity.

Born in 1960 on the little island Sula (Norway), NPM was introduced to jazz from an early age by his musician father. After playing in school bands and local clubs he left Sula in 1979 to study music at the conservatory of Trondheim, where he developed his unique style and started to gain a reputation as one of Norway's emerging new talents.

His interest in both acoustic and electric music shows the ease with which he handles the conventions of pop, rock and funk, alongside those of modern jazz

Reclusive Mountain

By Terje Evensen

Label: Records Abstract Goat
Released: 2026
Track listing: Reclusive Mountain Leap Year Moody Zoo Red Dot Glimpse of Closeness

Quiet Fire

By Dave Stapleton

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Quiet Fire; What Next; Portrait Mode; Recall; Music for Evolution; Echo State; Character Box; When It Rains; Resolve; Off Grid; Wave Theory.

Homewards

By Batuhan Aydın

Label: Ahenk Müzik
Released: 2026
Track listing: Payton Geldi Meyhaneye Dayandı; Gelin Ayşe; Köprüden Geçti Gelin; Havada Bulut Yok; Küsüp Gitti; Mendilimin Yeşili; Karadır Kaşların; Feridem

Be Quiet

By Nils Petter Molvaer

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Bangkok; Rome; Düsseldorf; London-Finsbury Park; Copenhagen; London-Hackney; Amsterdam; Berlin-orbit 4; München.

Light Of Day

By Richard Spaven

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Out of the Quiet; Distant Signal; Finders; Let Me Say it For You; Light of Day; Fine Line; Bunny Bread; Tilt; Magnolia.

Gelin Ayşe

November 21, 2026

Album: Homewards
By Batuhan Aydın
Label: Ahenk Müzik
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:42

Petr Studený: Listening as a Creative Act

by Nenad Georgievski
August 22, 2026

For Petr Studený, music has never been a passive background hum. Since 1979, he has operated under the self-assigned title of “active listener"--a designation that treats the intake of sound as a foundational creative act. Based in Prague, a city whose “magical" atmosphere he credits as a silent collaborator, Studený has spent decades navigating the intersections of ...

Voo Voo Runs the Voodoo Down

by Maciej Stasiowski
August 1, 2026

Voo Voo is the faux-phonetic transcription of how Wojciech Waglewski's initials should be pronounced in English--instead of the default “double U" times two. By no mere coincidence, it is also the name of a group he has been running since 1985. Having secured his band this way for sailing on international waters already at the outset, ...

Richard Spaven: Light Of Day

by Neil Duggan
July 22, 2026

Acclaimed drummer, composer and producer Richard Spaven has forged a distinctive musical identity by blending jazz, drum and bass, electronica and hip hop. His technical fluency has seen him collaborate with a wide range of artists, including Cinematic Orchestra, Flying Lotus and Loyle Carner. Spaven, initially grounded in big band jazz, was heavily influenced ...