HOW TO MAKE TEA FOR TOUCH
24.12.2011
I wrote this guide for making a good cup of Tie Luo Han tea for the Touch Recipe Book. Read it and drink. If you don't dig tea you can instead check out Edwing Punchey's recipe for making strong ale. The Touch Recipe Book has something for everyone.

WHAT A YEAR
21.12.2011
I did this writeup on 2011 for the Sound of Music site.

WEBSITE UPGRADE
21.12.2011
This website got a small upgrade. Thanks to the ever reliable Håvard Gjelseth

PERSONAL BEST ZINE IS OUT
6.12.2011
My fanzine is ready! Go to Marhaug Forlag to get the details. Really excited about getting this one out. There will be a launch at the Torpedo book store in Oslo on thursday, with Zweizz and The Observatory (from Singapore) playing. Please come.

TOUR OVER
5.10.2011
Thanks to all who came to see us on the Fire Room tour. It was great fun. Also did two gigs at Next Festival (duo with Maja Ratkje and trio with Paal Nilssen-Love and Massimo Pupillo) which was top also.

JAZKAMER FESTIVAL
26.10.2011
This week there will be a 3 day Jazkamer festival in Bergen. The line-up includes: Astro, Hair Stylistics, Reiko A, Ambolthue, Anders Hana, Robert Piortowicz, Black Packers, Anla Courtis and three different editions of Jazkamer.

MAJA RATKJE AND STEPHEN O'MALLEY AT HOK
20.10.2011
Producing this concert piece at HOK with Maja Ratkje and Stephen O'Malley.

UPDATE
19.10.2011
Sorry this has been a long time without an update. Now back on track...

MORE MORE REVIEW
12.7.2011
Here. OK. OK.

KISS OF ACID REVIEW IN BRAINWASHED
1.7.2011
A review of "Kiss of Acid" in Brainwashed.

BUY A BOOK
24.6.2011
My good pal and talented designer/photographer Håvard Gjelseth has self-published a book of his best photos in the last few years. Everything from bands like Hijokaidan, Jazkamer, Nifelheim, Bladed, Red Harvest, Enslaved, Cock of Corpse, Æthenor, Paal Nilssen-Love and Satyricon, to shots from his travels around the world. A really beautiful book which I recommed you pick up (and I'm not saying this because I'm in it). Comes in six different dust covers. Available here. Release-party for the book will be on July 9th at the Soli Brug gallery, 50 minutes drive south of Oslo. I will do a solo performance at the opening day, 12 o'clock.

NEW LP ON PICA DISK
20.6.2011
There's a new release on Pica Disk out now. It's an LP of me and Paal Nilssen-Love called "No Combo". Limited edition of 100 copies. More info at the Pica site.

GOING INTO THE FOREST
15.6.2011
I'm part of this project in Nordmarkskapellet in the Oslo-forest. Come see me, Leslie Low, John Hegre and Yuen Chee Wai perform in the chappel in the forest.

DUO WITH SINDRE BJERGA
2.6.2011
I will be performing a duo with Sindre Bjerga at Grønland Kammermusikkfestival in Oslo tomorrow. First time I've played together.

PERFORMANCE IN ARGENTINA
24.5.2011
Check out this video of an performance art/theatre piece from Argentina by Leandro Barzabal. The opening eight minute overture (played against black) is an old but previously unheard piece by me.

ITALY
22.5.2011
Thanks to all those who made my Italian mini-tour such a fantastic time!

NEW RELEASE: SISSY SPACEK "DASH" ON LP
4.5.2011
The Sissy Spacek "Dash" session, previously a cassette, has now been released on 12" vinyl by Gilgongo Records. The recording features yours truly on vocals (vokills?). New to this edition is my (Norwegian) liner notes. Audio sample up on YouTube.

THIS WEEKEND: STØYFEST 2011
4.5.2011
May the 7th I again organize a STØYFEST mini-festival. The first time I did it was in Oslo in 2007. The second was in Bergen 2009. This time it's back in Oslo at the Podium venue. Previous artists have included Grunt, Consumer Electronics, Merzbow, Skullflower, Skull Defekts, John Wiese, Sewer Election and Treriksröset. This time the line-up is:
Testicle Hazard
Umpio
Maranata + Maja Ratkje
Ambolthue + The Toft
Vanhala
Umpio
Here's the flyer.

DESIGN FOR YEH AND WESSELTOFT
1.5.2011
Check out my design for the new cassette of C. Spencer Yeh and Jon Wesseltoft.

LASSE THE TWITTER
6.4.2011
I have now joined the ranks of Twitter-zombies. Follow me.

NEW RELEASE: 7" SINGLE WITH FRANCISCO MEIRINO
1.4.2011
US-label Misanthropic Agenda have released a collaborative vinyl single of me and my swiss pal Francisco Meirino. The title is "Flupentixol/Lamotrigine" and this little record took us five years to make. Endless back and forth mixing, editing, remixing and re-editing took place, and what's jammed into 12 minutes is an album's worth of sounds. Medical graphic design by Håvard Gjelseth.

2010 LISTS
16.3.2011
I made a couple of 2010-reflections a couple of months ago. Here's one about my top 10 records of the year. And I wrote something about the year in general here. I have to say 2010 was pretty cool.

LEN LYE
28.2.2011
Hordaland Art Centre in Bergen is opening a exhibit on legendary film artist Len Lye. For the opening on March 5th they'll screen his 1929 short film Tusalava with a soundtrack I've recently made. Espen Sommer Eide and Maria Ustad will perform live soundtracks to the film on the same night. Mine will be a playback.

BACK FROM THE EAST
28.2.2011
Thanks to all who came to mine and Paal's shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Seoul. We had a great time.

PIX FROM BRUSSELS
20.1.2011
Played with Maja in Brussels a few days ago. Pix here.

ALL EARS
13.1.2011
All Ears 2011 festival starts today. Program here.

MAJA TRAILER ONLINE
6.1.2011
Some people are working on a documentary on Maja. The trailer is online at Vimeo.

ENTER 2011
2.1.2011
Happy new year.