‘’His music achieves a remarkable complexity of sound. Each meticulously crafted note and nuance demands undivided attention and concentration from both the performer and the listener, fostering a deep connection between the two. The act of listening becomes an integral part of the experience. ‘’
releases May 22, 2026
Etienne Nillesen - extended snare drums
Music by Etienne Nillesen
A co-production with Deutschlandfunk
I am happy to share that my second solo album, TWEE, is being released on May 22, 2026 on @sofalabel . Pre-orders are now available (link in bio)
-Rather than focusing on individual notes or gestures, the music unfolds in the relationships between sounds. Small differences in tuning, pressure, and movement create beating, pulsation, and slow transformations that shape the listener’s perception over time-
A special thanks to Deutschlandfunk and @loewnerthomas for yet another beautiful recording experience, the entire SOFA music team for their ongoing support and trust, @evajeske for the amazing artwork and @kristofer.svensson for the thoughtful liner notes.
Release concert: May 27, 2026 at @stadtgarten_koeln (for tickets see link in bio)
EVERYTHING IS YELLING LOUDER THAN ME (lyrics by @inasagstuen 🔥)
Blinding sunlight, sleepy mind
oh take my arm, take my mouth, all that once praised life
Work on wellness, how to care less
when all I see, is to me, weightless symphonies
Feeling the surface, stroking cheeks but
all that is deep, from the real, never reaches me
Plastic gaze, stumbling shoelace
All baby steps, no rest, chasing my breath
take my arms
take my mouth
wear my eyes
a sprinkle in time
speak my tongue
hear my moan,
all that once praised life
Body temple, move with grace but
all broken waves, circle haze, moving my way
Intimate corners, trying to gather
but all the world keeps to give, fake bliss, a dirty kiss
take my arms
take my mouth
wear my eyes
a sprinkle in time
speak my tongue
hear my moan
I once praised life
Rivers been wider, colors where brighter
now all I see, changing seasons turn into seas
I am smothered, under clouds cover
now alI I feel rhythm-free rain over me
Takk til Malin Sunde for nydelig omtale av vår festivalutstilling "for mechanical brass & magnets strings" (2025) på @balladeno i dag.!
"for mechanical brass & magnets strings" (2025)
Peder Simonsen & Jo David Meyer Lysne
WP: @ekkobergen
🎺 @pedersimons1
🎹 Jo David Meyer Lysne
📸 Oddbjørn Steffensen, Malin Sunde.
Instrumentene er bygget i tett samarbeid med @notam02
Terningkast 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ og en hel side i @aftenposten ! Whaaaaat, kjempestas!
“It Floats er et album som forsyner seg av fortiden uten å la denne gjenta det gamle. Musikken går liksom forover og bakover i samme bevegelser. Mikoo er et band som sikter mot midten, men som treffer på steder som pirrer og henrykker, og albumtittelen er særdeles treffende. Dette flyter.” skriver Arild R. Andersen
Sofa607
Out now!
Bøyning, brytning
by Ivar Grydeland
Ivar Grydeland – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, Portuguese guitar & electronics
Michaela Antalová – drums and percussion (track 1)
SOFA607
Bøyning, brytning by Ivar Grydeland
With his third solo record, “Bøyning, brytning” (“Bending, breaking”)—referring to how light curves and refracts—Grydeland now inquires into the waves, the myriad unpredictable ways in which they react to one another as they meet. His gambit here is a technical setup deliberately designed to elude his control: an environment of digital and analog gear, years in the tinkering, that is designed to generate erratic responses to Grydeland’s playing on a selection of guitars (pedal steel, electric, and Portuguese) and electronics. From this system, Grydeland develops a stark, glowing music that seems to originate, unhurried, from legions away, traversing peculiar angles to end up right next to the ear.
Out on October 24th
