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In recent years, many have become aware of the Egyptian oud player and composer Aly Eissa. He has long been a central part of the richly creative music scene in Cairo, but in recent years has really made his mark touring the world, both as a solo artist and with the trio The Handover.
Eissa was mentored in formative years by two legendary figures in Egyptian music; composer and multi instrumentalist Abdo Dagher, and oud master Hazem Shahin. The music we are presented with on “Eggshells” is heavily rooted in both Egyptian classical music and a number of different folk music traditions, but goes it´s own way, through expansive and intricate original compositions.
Most of us can agree that music is not a competition. However, the National Championship for Norwegian Folk Music and Dance (Landskappleiken) has been an important annual event since it´s inception in 1896. In 2025, the jury deemed Helga Myhr to be Norway’s finest hardanger fiddle player, after performing tunes from her native valley Hallingdal.
On The Positive Reinforcement Campaign, Berlin-based composer performer Jessie Marino teams up with Norwegian new music stalwart percussion trio Pinquins, and bassist Inga Margrete Aas.
Using the language of folk music traditions to witness and retell our current reality through a feminist lens, they weave together improvised experimental soundscapes, traditional American Sacred Harp hymns, and folk ballads as they sing the tales of precious entities, be they human or environmental, which are subjected to the brutality of contempt, greed, jealousy, violence, and utter disregard.
Hans P. Kjorstad´s third release as a leader for Motvind Records, Dålågjel, is based on archival footage of traditional tunes from the Gudbrandsdal, Halligdal, Valdres, Setesdal and Telemark regions of Norway.
With diligent fidelity to the source material, Kjorstad maintains the tonality and rhythm of different highly personal past traditions, which combined with deliciously lavish arrangements and creative production wizardry, make for a striking listening experience.
Henriette Eilertsen's solo debut from 2021, "Poems for flute", is regarded by many as one of the classics in the Motvind Records catalogue. Since then, many concertgoers have also been thrilled by the flautist’s fresh trio.
Henriette Eilertsen Trio's debut album "Mother" is characterized by captivating compositions, and balanced interaction that at the same time manages to be intimate and almost limitlessly expansive. The compositions are strong and immediate enough, that one can imagine that "Moder" would have been a hit a thousand years ago, and that adventurous music lovers will experience it as a musical pot of gold a thousand years from now; a gust of wind somewhere between the pasture and the wide-open cosmos.
Pianist Jonas Cambien, bassist Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard and drummer Dag Erik Knedal Andersen have been indispensable for followers of the creative music scenes in Oslo for a number of years. Only lucky concertgoers have been able to experience their razor sharp improvising trio, but fortunately Motvind Records are about to do something about that!
Between Cambien’s crystal-clear prepared piano and Knedal Andersen’s surgically precise pointillism, Skavhaug Nergaard grounds the music with unconventional bass techniques. They move effortlessly from enveloping drones, with echoes of the British improv tradition, to ecstatic grooves that nod towards free jazz.
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In 2022 Norwegian drummer Tollef Østvang enlisted veteran UK improvisers Trevor Watts (saxophone) and John Edwards (bass), to form a new trio, as a commission from the Motvind festival.
From the get-go, the three unleashed a remarkably unified onslaught of blissful intensity. Luckily the band felt just as excited as the audience, and since their initial offering in the middle of the Norwegian woods, the group has since embarked on several European tours; further sharpening their razor-sharp interplay.
Their debut release, “In the know”, was recorded live in concert; organized by our favourite concert series, Blow Out, at our favourite club, Kafé Hærverk in Oslo.