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Norwegian jazz musician and composer (born 1969)
Musical artist
Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in
Dombås , Norway) is a Norwegian
jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like
Terje Rypdal ,
BigBang ,
Supersilent and
Motorpsycho .
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[2] He is married to the Norwegian singer
Tone Åse .
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Career
Storløkken was educated on the Jazz program at
Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1988–90), and subsequently did his postgraduate there too. During the studies he started the band
Veslefrekk together with fellow students
Arve Henriksen and
Jarle Vespestad (
Helge Sten joined the band at a later stage). In 1997 the name of the band changed to
Supersilent . They have released six critically acclaimed albums on the label
Rune Grammofon . From 1995 he played in the trio
BOL along with his wife
Tone Åse and
Tor Haugerud .
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Storløkken has been active in many contexts, both as a band leader and member, for example The Stoken Experience , and
Terje Rypdal 's Skywards . Along with
Christian Wallumrød , and he composed the commissioned work Eight Thirty to
Kongsberg Jazz Festival 1994. He has collaborated on a number of albums with the named bands, and otherwise at such musicians as
Gunnar Andreas Berg ,
Eldbjørg Raknes ,
Audun Kleive and
Thomas Strønen .
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Storløkken together with
Thomas Strønen has the Humcrush duo, which has released three albums. He also plays in the trio
Elephant9 , along with
Torstein Lofthus and
Nikolai Eilertsen . He co-composed
Berit Opheim 's commissioned work An angel with for Vossajazz 2007, and in 2010 composed and performed his one commissioned work for
Moldejazz with the band
Motorpsycho ,
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and
Trondheim Soloists .
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Discography
1991: Block Songs (Pop Eye), with Epinastic Movements
1993: En flik av ... (Bodega), with
Bodega Band
1994: Veslefrekk (
NorCD ), with
Veslefrekk
1996: Frode (Necessary Prod.), with
Frode Alnæs
1996: The Music Machine (
Curling Legs ), with
Gunnar Andreas Berg
1996: Letters (Turn Left), with
Håvard Lund
1997: By-Music (Da-Da), with
Didrik Ingvaldsen
1998: Read My Lips (
EMI ), with
Ole Edvard Antonsen
1998: Point (Dragon), with
Anders Kjellberg
1998: The Norske Jazzscene - turnéer vinter/vår 1998 (Den Norske Jazzscene), with various artists
1999: Cosmic Ballet (Bergland Productions), with Pocket Corner
1999: Det bor en gammel baker... (Via Music), with
Eldbjørg Raknes
2000: History and Movement (Via Music), with Didrik Ingvaldsen
2000: Floating Rhythms (Via Music), with
Terje Isungset
2000: Generator X (Jazzland), with
Audun Kleive Generator X
2000/2001: Cure (Music Network, with
Cadillac
2001: European Improvised Music (Nor CD/Sofa), with various artists
2001: BOL (Via Music), with BOL
2001: New Cumber (Bergland Productions), with Cucumber Slumber
2002: Denne lille pytten er et hav (
Curling Legs ), with
Sverre Gjørvad
2002: Blokk 80 (2002), with S. Møller Storband
2003: Money Will Ruin Everything (
Rune Grammofon ), with various artists
2004: Ohmagoddabl (
Jazzland ), with
Audun Kleive Generator X
2004: No Slumber (Bergland Productions), with Cucumber
2004: Runeology2 (Rune grammofon), with various artists
2004: Valse Mysterioso (NorCD), with
Veslefrekk
2004: Humcrush (Rune Grammofon), with Humcrush
2005: Runeology (Bomba records), with various artists
2005: Silver Sun (Curling Legs), with BOL
2005: Chime (Spicytuna), with Lisbeth Diers
2006: Until human voices wake us and we drown (Rune Grammofon), with various artists
2006: Vossabrygg (
ECM ), with
Terje Rypdal
2006: Hornswoggle (Rune Grammofon), with Humcrush
2006: Poetic Terrorism (Grandsport), with
BigBang
2007: Strjon (Rune Grammofon), with
Arve Henriksen
2008: Skylab (NorCD), with BOL
2008: St Fin Barre's (Leo Records), with
Mark O'Leary &
Stein Inge Brækhus
2010: Very Much Alive (Jazzland (6xCD, Album)), with
Paolo Vinaccia featuring
Terje Rypdal , Ståle Storløkken &
Palle Mikkelborg
2012:
The Death Defying Unicorn (Stickman Records (Germany)), with
Motorpsycho
2012: Numb, Number (Gigafon Records), with BOL
2015: En Konsert For Folk Flest (
Rune Grammofon ), with Motorpsycho
2019: The Haze Of Sleeplessness (Hubro)
2020: Conspiracy (
ECM ), with
Terje Rypdal
2021: "Ghost Caravan" (Hubro)
References
External links
International National Artists Other