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In late 2021 some friends and I started a wine bar and intimate concert venue in downtown Oslo, called Becco.

So much fun stuff has been happening there since it’s beginning, and we are now an important place for culture in Oslo and a nice play to hang out, drink wine and listen to great music.

Please drop by or check out becco.no or our instagram.

Photo by: Torleif Kvinnesland

Last year I moved into Saga Studios - a high end, boutique recording studio located between Grunerløkka and Torshov in Oslo.

The space was started by Jonas Kroon around 10 years ago, and I’m so happy that he lets me share this space with him.

Check out the website for more info and get in touch if you have projects you need to work on.

Pekula Records is a new record label, which is done in close collaboration with Jansen Records. Our mission is to release fresh and exciting sounds from Norway and elsewhere, and the first two bands on the label is the duo Aiming For Enrike and the trio Amgala Temple. “Pekula Vol. 1 - ARP” is also slated for release, as is a mixtape of different sounds from Norway and the US.

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Pekula IOTA is a lot of things. It’s a quarterly club night, a future series of singles and also a compilation album. On the album we gathered some of the finest artists we know of, who all contributed exclusive tracks for this release only:

Aiming For Enrike - Afx
Morten Qvenild - Koma
Øyvind Mathisen - Sonder
Pekula - P (Rehearsal version)
Håkon Kornstad - Plante
Silje Huleboer - Syngnathus
Star Rover - Rag Doll
Whalesharkattacks - Dark Ages
Geir Sundstøl - Et lite stykke Norge
LAPillHarmonic - Customs
Among Savages - Rhythm RN
PSS-80 - Etude
Spencer Zahn - Dusk
Arthur Kay - Glass Bar Code
Tjore Ihlebæk - Martyr Of Sports

Coming out February 21st!

From time to time I hold lectures in music production, often through Bandorg. Check their site for listings of these (and other) events or get in touch with me.

For over 10 years I did freelance work, and mostly for NRK - the national broadcaster of Norway. I usually did things for radio, but I got to do some TV as well as some print.

I interviewed some great artists along the way, including Herbie Hancock, Sufjan Stevens, Terry Callier, Grace Jones, Jon Christensen, Darkthrone, Cyndi Lauper, Ice Cube, Dave Grohl, Todd Rundgren, Earth, Sparklehorse, Susanne Sundfør, John Leckie, Sub Pop Records, Femi Kuti, John Cale, Darkthrone, The New Pornographers, J. Mascis, Slash, Slick Rick, Uriah Heep, Mastodon, Mark Lanegan, Chris Cornell, The Aller Værste, Motley Crue and many, many more.

TEASER FOR INTERVIEW WITH JON CHRISTENSEN

For the last few years I've been musical director of the award show Gullbranson, with new musical acts each year. So far it's been WZRD, Marte Eberson, the duo Axel Skalstad and Simen Følstad Nilsen, and last year was the explosive electronic duo Fochs Koshka.

Always flanked by presenter and one-of-a-kind performer Torgny, so much fun.

Noble Dancer is a bi-monthly club night hosted by Joachim Trier and myself (and often our friend Soft System).

We play disco, house, funk, electro, hip-hop and all sorts of other music we dig. Playing mostly in Oslo at Becco and Blå, but we've also done nights in Cannes, New York, Los Angeles and Trondheim.

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When the new Norwegian national radio channel NRK P13 was launched a few years back, they asked me to create their musical identity. This meant music for jingles, trailers and other things, which to my knowledge is still on the air. Tune in!

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