Natalie Sandtorv | |
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 Sandtorv at the Moers Festival 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Natalie Sandtorv |
| Born | 17 August 1988 Ålesund, Sunnmøre |
| Origin | Norway Hungary |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, waterphone, harmonium, elektronics |
| Website | www |
Natalie Sandtorv (born 17 August 1988) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, waterphone, harmonium, electronics) married July 29, 2016, to drummer Ole Mofjell, residing in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sandtorv was born in Ålesund, Norway. She studied jazz, improvisational music and electronics at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and at Griegakademiet in Bergen. She is known for her exploration of different expressions within improvisational music in solo projects and with various ensembles. Sandtorv started the band Polygon Junx in Bergen 2011, together with noise artist John Hegre. [1] and drummer Thore Warland from the band Staer. They combine their references from jazz, contemporary music, noise, rock and free improvisation, creating an unpredictable and unique sound, and in 2012 they played in Geneva (Switzerland), Landmark and Playdate (Bergen, Norway), Heck (Trondheim, Norway) and Blowout (Oslo, Norway). They also delivered a gig at Det Norske Studentersamfunn in Oslo featuring Marte Eberson and Kjetil Møster the same year. [2]
In 2013 she went touring with Morning Has Occurred together with Karl Seglem, and also performed on tour with her boyfriend Ole Mofjell (drummer of Morning Has Occurred), playing three concerts in Kraków and Berlin, in addition to concerts in Norway. She also did a solo project for voice and electronics that was presented at Festspillene i Bergen, where she also presented a children's concert for the music festival. [3] At the 2013 Julejazz in Ålesund, she collaborated with the brothers Christian Skår Winther and Andreas Skår Winther as a trio. [4]
Sandtorv is most known as front singer of the band Morning Has Occurred including with Marte Eberson, touring in Europe (2014). [5] They also joined the Vossajazz and JazzIntro competition,. [6] [7] They had received good reviews for performances at Norwegian jazz festivals like Midtsommejazz, Nattjazz, Vossajazz, Maijazz, Anjazz, and Balejazz. [6] [8]
Sandtorv bring the experimental concept of improvised meetings between innovative vocal artists and guitarists to a new extreme with the duo album The Jist with the inventive guitarist Torgeir Standal. They are keeping up the tradition of the master vocal artist Sidsel Endresen and highly inventive guitarist Stian Westerhus, but also inspired by the more experimental music of Maja Ratkje. [9] In 2015 she released her first solo album Pieces Of Solitude. [10]
She performed a duoproject in 2015 together with the British multi instrumentalist Steve Beresford at the Blow Out! festival in Oslo, Norway. [11] Sandtorv is the initiator of the concert series Playdate in Bergen and Jugendjazz in Ålesund. [12] In November 2015, she released her first solo album Pieces Of Solitude on the Va Fongool label. [13]
Sidsel Endresen is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM.
Stian Westerhus is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, explored with keyboardist Øystein Moen in the bands Jaga Jazzist and Puma and with Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, and Ingar Zach.
Mari Kvien Brunvoll is a Norwegian folk and jazz singer who has over the past few years attracted attention at festivals internationally with her solo concept, where the voice is complemented by small electronic and acoustic instruments in a sound inspired by jazz, pop and folk music. She is the daughter of Lawyer Knut Anker Brunvoll and jazz singer and pianist Inger Johanne Brunvoll, and the younger sister of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Ane Brun and photographer Bjørn Brunvoll.
Karl Seglem is a Norwegian Jazz musician, composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label NorCD from 1991.
Sildajazzprisen awarded by the company Statoil to a Norwegian jazz musician or group. The award consists of a sum of money and a picture signed the year Sildajazz artist.
Marte Maaland Eberson is a Norwegian keyboardist and composer, known from bands including Morning Has Occurred and Highasakite. She is the daughter of the guitarist Jon Eberson.
Ivar Loe Bjørnstad is a Norwegian jazz and rock musician (drums), brother of the dancer Marit Loe Bjørnstad (1983) and the singer Ingebjørg Loe Bjørnstad (1978).
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Ole Mofjell is a Norwegian drummer known from bands like Brute Force and COKKO, married July 29, 2016, to singer Natalie Sandtorv.
Morning Has Occurred is a Norwegian Jazz ensemble.
Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite is a Norwegian jazz upright bassist, known from bands like Hullyboo and Morning Has Occurred.
The Jist is a Norwegian experimental contemporary jazz duo comprising Natalie Sandtorv and Torgeir Standal.
Torgeir Hovden Standal is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.
Andreas Skår Winther is a Norwegian musician (drums), the younger brother of jazz guitarist Christian Skår Winther, and is known from bands like Megalodon Collective and Left Exit, Mr K.
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