Archives: Artists

(NO) (LIVE) 2023 Mie Bergh is one of the freshest additions to Tromsø’s electronic stage. With a background in classical percussion, she now makes music with a multi-instrumental approach. Incorporating the melancholic sounds of the vibraphone into an exciting mix of lively guitar rock and dreamy vocals, looped into a  mystical soundscape. This up and…

(PL) (LIVE) 2023 Joanna John – visual artist, composer, designer, author of installations and objects. Born in 1983 in Poland. Lives in Norway. The spectrum of her interests oscillates around the issues of time perception, imagination, mechanisms of memory, questions about the nature of the mind and the possibilities of escaping from the processes of…

(EG) 2023 Hassan Abou Alam is one of Egypt’s musical exports, steadily publishing his work since 2008. He has featured on diverse labels across the globe such as Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies, Naive, Casa Voyager and more. For the past 15 years, Hassan has been playing around with his gear, forging multiple live performances. A…

(DE) 2023 Gostoso, originally from Germany, growing up in northern Norway has been on the road for most of his life. His biggest influences are his closest connections; people who give him direction in the dance circle of life.When in the booth his main purpose is to create a neatly curated storyline. A journey for…

(FR & DE) (LIVE) 2023 At Insomnia Frédéric Gies, together with German producer, DJ, and Berghain resident Fiedel will present ‘Shadowboxing’, an extended piece channeling years of research around club dancing as an art form. Drawing from their former training in ballet, their encounter with specific trends of contemporary dance at the beginning of the…

(DE) 2023 You can say one thing about Fiedel: he has no techno or house stereotype pattern, that you can put randomly on every evening or club. He is led by his history, the history of the music and the feeling of the moment to build something new and to capture this very moment. Let…

(NO) 2023 Lang Jente operates under many aliases and projects; Skitzosatan, DJ Metan and Danza Bastant radioshow at RadioRakel. At Insomnia Lang Jente will perform back to back with Shabby Chic. Two of the many disc jockeys in da house. They will be serving electro, spooky and bouncy. One is long, the other is a…

(NO) Gangere 2023 Gangere is the intuitive process where Charlotte Bendiks and Marita Isobel Solberg don’t draw lines between emotional and practical work, but stay in fluidity. While moving together and navigating through the world, through highs and lows, they are finding a musical language between themselves and the world. Saying; We are who we…

(NO) (LIVE) 2023 Building Instrument – the Bergen-based trio consisting of Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, and Åsmund Weltzien – is a band that transcends labels like “serious” and “popular” music, emerging on the other side with a new musical form that fits into both categories simultaneously. On their album, “Mangelen Min,” which follows their…

(Sapmi/SE) (LIVE) 2023 Sámi composer/sound artist from Gothenburg, Sweden, and Oalloluokta, Sápmi. Composes electroacoustic and instrumental/vocal pieces. He has composed commissioned works for, among others, Carte Blanche (Norway), Nasjonalmuseeum (Norway), Det Norske Teatret (The Norwegian Theatre), Documenta14, OCA (Office for Contemporary Art), and Kulturrådet (The Swedish Arts Grants Committee). In the past year, he has…