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The Villains Club

New shoes!

The music collective Skurkeklubben's previous projects include a large perch smoking "Tidevands" cigarettes, music with excavators and fishermen in lifts playing synths. The members are all experts in their fields with an extraordinary wealth of ideas: Bjørn Torske, Jørgen Træen, John Hegre and David Aasheim.  

The extremely technically competent troublemakers invite you to the commissioned work Nye sko!. The music, planned by Skurkeklubben, is performed by some of the country's leading improvisational musicians. Eight soloists play in their own rooms on a large two-story stage. Skurkeklubben is behind the mixing and instrument console, and controls who will be heard and who will be seen.

A co-production between the West Norwegian Jazz Center and the Bergen International Festival.

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Ensemble

Bjørn Torske

Turntables

The godfather of Norwegian electronica and sought-after producer. Genre jumps between house, techno, disco and ambient – sometimes like Alegria and Krisp. Collaborations with Biosphere and Röyksopp.

John Hegre

Guitars

Half Captain Kaliber, founded Jaz(z)kammer with Lasse Marhaug, and delved into improvised music with Nils Are Drønen in der brief and Public Enema. Heavily involved in Bergen Impro Storband.

David Aasheim

Sound manipulation

The other half of Kaptein Kaliber and partner of a number of well-known and beloved Bergen bands and artists, including Magnet. Multi-instrumentalist and a wizard behind the mixing board.

Jørgen Træen

Modular synthesizers

Super producer from Duper Studio with Kaizers Orchestra, The National Bank, Sondre Lerche and Jaga Jazist under his belt. He unwinds with noise and electronics on his own, but has an enormous range of projects and approaches.

Day Arnesen

Piano

From drummer/officer in Dræggens Buekorps – via a classical background and soloist with Harmonien as a 16-year-old – to a leading figure in Norwegian jazz. Still with a youthful curiosity and need to play with traditions that other performers can only envy. Whether he interprets Grieg, Bull and Norwegian folk tunes on "Norwegian song", a project that may remind one of a Norwegian variant of Jan Johansson's "Jazz på svenska", or his own compositions.

Heidi Suffocation

Saxophones

Saxophonist with experience from both theater and classical music. She now lives in Voss where accordion and folk music have become an important part of her work. However, it is as an energetic and enterprising saxophonist that she has made herself most noted on the Norwegian and European improv scene. She has played with Paal Nilssen-Love, Han Bennink, and Bugge Wesseltoft.

Benedicte Maurseth

Fiddle

As one of our leading fiddle players, Benedicte Maurseth has released albums on Grappa and ECM. She studied with Knut Hamre from the age of 8, and has collaborated with, among others, Jon Fosse, Nils Økland and Berit Opheim.

Carmen Boveda

Cello

Spanish master cellist who studied at the Grieg Academy in Bergen. Crosses the boundaries between classical music and pop  equally at home with Dvořák as with Doddo.

Ola Hoyer

Bass

Since completing his education at the jazz department in Trondheim, Ola Høyer has toured Europe with a number of different bands and ensembles – including Anja Lauvdal, Telehiv, Hedvig Mollestad and not least Cortex.

Ivar Kolve

Vibraphone, marimba, percussion

Masterful, melodic percussionist with a large own production both with his own jazz trio and the folk music group Spindel. Permanent place in the Bergen Big Band, recording with everything from Karin Park to Karin Krogh. Vossajazz prize winner, recipient of the Bergen municipality's cultural prize and the Government's work grant.

Didrik Ingvaldsen

Trumpet

Rogaland's own Don Cherry. Stavanger-based trumpeter and composer with a background as leader of the fabulous Pocket Corner. You will also find him in close collaboration with Frode Gjerstad, as well as in the Kitchen Orchestra. Has released 14 records under his own name.

Ivar Thormodsæter

Drums

Ultra-flexible and musical drummer with a range from Frode Grytten to Vinni, from Miss Tati and Modal Trafikk to Ulver and DROTT.