NEW RELEASE: NOISECORE 7" DOWN UNDER
11.3.2010
Lucier Records in Australia have released a split 7" of Jazkamer and Sissy Spacek. Total noisecore material, with 37 tracks of both bands shuffled together, so it's probably more of a collab than a split. This is the first Jazkamer noisecore material to surface since "Art Breaker".

NEW RELEASE: BOOK AND FOUR CASSETTES
6.3.2010
“Camellia Sinensis” is a 4 x cassette / 64 page book deluxe box-set by Norwegian noise artist Lasse Marhaug. This release marks the 20th anniversary of Marhaug as a recording artist (in reference one of the tracks is titled “20 Years Of Nothing”), and features all new studio material recorded over the last two years in Oslo. The eight 15 minute pieces that makes “Camellia Sinensis” are all full-on harsh noise, using different techniques and instrumentation (guitar, turntables, scrap metal, objects etc), to create a varied selection of material. But the music is only half of “Camellia Sinensis”, as the box comes with a 64 page book of illustrations, photographs, drawings and texts, designed by Marhaug. The book is loosely divided into chapters that mirrors the themes of the titles from the cassettes. There is also an interview with Marhaug conducted by dogfart Aspa, dealing with cassette culture, originally published in the Special Interests fanzine #1. The four cassettes are pro-duplicated with label printing, and the book printed on glossy paper. Each book is numbered and signed by Marhaug. There will be no reissue of this material. Only 100 copies will be made. Out now on Tape Rape Records. Also available from Looop.

BACK FROM TOUR
6.3.2010
I've been touring since late January. First two gigs with Frode Gjerstad's 12-piece Circulasione Totale Orchestra in Philadelphia and Houston. Then I hit the West-Coast with John Wiese, playing both solo and duo-collaboration shows. Along the way I did studio-sessions with Sissy Spacek, Wiese and Rick/Jackie of Smegma. After that I toured across Europe with Fire Room, my trio with Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love. This was our first proper tour since we released the "Broken Music" album in 2008. Finally my travels was rounded off with a Jazkamer gig here in Oslo two days ago. It's been immensely enjoyable, musically and socially. For those of you who ordered records from me during this time, Pica Disk or other discs; I've spent the last two days catching up and the last packages went out today. Thank you for your patience.

NEW RELEASE: COUNTRY AND WESTERN
5.3.2010
Helicopter have released a CD with me and John Wiese called "Country and Western". About bloody time we got together one could say, since me and John have been in touch since the mid-90's, and we're both fairly prolific in our recorded output. We talked about doing something together years ago, but agreed we should record it in person, and avoid it being another file-swapping exercise. Finally in 2008 we spent time in my studio in Oslo and now the CD is ready. I'm at a loss on how to describe the music, other than don't let the title fool you. We split the edition, so all europeans can order their copies from me.

VIDEOWORK BY TOM LØBERG
2.3.2010
Tom Løberg, director of the Nor-Noise documentary and the better half of Two Limited, has put up a Vimeo-channel for a project called Remembrance, in which he edits variations of the same raw video material to various artist's soundtracks. There's tracks by me, Anla Courtis/Maria Paz Levinson, The Golden Serenades, Origami Tacet, Oren Ambarchi, Michael Francis Duch, Guilty Connector, and Hild Sofie Tafjord.

PHOTOS
16.2.2010
Photos by Martín Escalante of the Wiese/Marhaug collaboration at Damion Romero's radioshow at KXLU.

PHOTOS
26.1.2010
Photos of me and Maja's performance opening for Sunn 0)) by Halvor Bodin.

NEW RELEASE: JAZKAMER FEBRUARY
26.1.2010
The February edition of Jazkamer's monthly CD-series is now available. "Music Non Grata" is the title, and it's a feedback fest.

NEW RELEASE: DEL "GRIM ACE" TAPE
25.1.2010
Stavanger-based long-running label Gold Soundz have released a DEL cassette. "Grim Ace" is C30 of full-on studio rock material. Probably the heaviest we've sounded in a long time, and in stark contrast the the lush drones of the "Villa Graps" LP. Edition of 50 copies.

NEW RELEASE: TONGUES OF MOUNT MERU TAPE
25.1.2010
The UK tape label Tapeworm have released a cassette of my drone project Tongues of Mount Meru. "The Delight of Assemply" is culled from the same session that made the "Ocean of Milk" LP. 250 copies with artwork by the legendary Savage Pencil.

NEW RELEASE: BEAUTY WITHOUT MERCY
23.1.2010
To celebrate their five year anniversary Utech Records has released a limited CD of me titled "Beauty Without Mercy". It's a single 20 minute piece based on mostly acoustic sounds. The cover is by Justin Bartlett after a photo of Stephen O'Malley. "Beauty Without Mercy" is only available directly from Utech, and it will not be distributed through the regular channels. I also have a handful of copies available for sale.

OPENING FOR ROBES
21.1.2010
Tonight I will play a duo-set with Maja Ratkje, opening for Sunn 0))) at Storsalen, Chatau Neuf in Oslo.

WINTER INPUT
14.1.2010

Listening:
Taj Mahal Travellers: Live in Stockholm 1971
Red Transistor: Not Bite/We're Not Crazy
Gut Skornik: Ils Viennent Du Futur!
Merzbow: E-Study
Soft Machine: Live at HOK 1971
Eric Lunde: Inspirationals
Insieme Musica Diversa: s/t

Watching:
True Blood Season 2
The Thing
Kill Your Idols
Objectified
Hunger
Rodrigo D: No futuro
G.I. Joe
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Ice Age 3
Daisies
Avatar
Herostratus
Critters 1-4
Pandorum
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Eden Lake

Performance:
Sunn 0)))
All Ears

Reading:
Marc Masters: No Wave
Krautrock Cosmic Rock and its Legacy

ALL EARS FESTIVAL
14.1.2010
For the ninth time we organize the All Ears festival. Have a look at the line-up here.

NEW RELEASE: DEL LP
5.1..2010
Finally there is a new vinyl release by DEL. We're known to take our time, and this is no exception. The "Villa Graps" LP is out now on Apartment Records, and features recordings made in 2006. To celebrate the release we'll make a performance sin the Emanuel Vigeland Museum in Oslo, a quite unique place with amazing acoustics. Don't forget to dress warm as Oslo is freezingly cold this week and the heating in the museum is limited. The LP is available from Looop. I've also got a few copies for sale.

JAZKAMER 2010
4.1.2010
In 2010 Pica Disk will run a special monthly CD-series of Jazkamer. The first release "Solitary Nail" is out now. More info here.

ENTER 2010
2.1.2010
Happy new year.