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Wavemakers

Alex Ventling Wavemakers is a nordic chamber-jazz quartet led by the Swiss-New Zealand pianist and composer Alex Ventling. As the name suggests, Wavemakers build large momentum, forming distinct “groove-organisms”, where each musician shares an equal role in the interweaving musical tapestry. Influenced by nordic jazz, impressionist classical music, minimal music and free improvisation, Wavemakers moves between cinematic atmospheres and driving grooves, living and breathing through close interaction and long-form development. The unusual instrumentation is distinctive, where rhythmic prepared piano, drum machines, and bowed vibraphone are some of their hallmark textures.

Alex Ventling's Wavemakers at Becco in Oslo

by Daniel Mège
September 12, 2026

Alex Ventling's Wavemakers Becco Oslo September 3, 2026 In Oslo's Tullinkvartalet district, the pulsing of the Delta Light Installation leads to the courtyard of Becco, a wine bar and hotspot of the city's music scene, where on the second floor one finds a concert venue. On this night, light converged with ...

Ingeborg Gravem Sollid: The Aftermath

by Daniel Mège
May 22, 2026

Some albums feel like an invitation to join a benevolent planet where things are effortlessly explained through poetry. So does The Aftermath (Fjordgata Records, 2026), where a sense of well-being rapidly settles in, nourished by the beauty of the compositions and the sustained intelligence of the interpretation. The group is a quartet led by vocalist Ingeborg ...

Tuva Halse

Born: August, 1999

Tuva Halse (b. 1999) is an improvising violinist and composer from Molde, Norway. In 2022 she completed her bachelor's degree in performing jazz violin at the Conservatory in Trondheim, before proceeding to the masters program at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She has already played at several of the main jazz stages in Norway with her own and others' projects, including names such as Mathias Eick, Tord Gustavsen and Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, in addition to contributing to a number of releases in different genres (Marstein, Daniela Reyes, Trond Kallevåg). With a background as a classical violinist, she creates music at the intersection between Nordic jazz and classical art music.

Wavemakers

By Wavemakers

Label: Particular Recordings Collective
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tracking; Omaha (feat. Sissel Vera Pettersen); Trondheim I; Trondheim II; Traces; Trondheim III; January; Spiral; Four Refractions.