About Norwegian Snow / Arne Hiorth
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Arne Hiorth has recorded with top acts in Norway, like Mari Boine, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Anja Garbarek , Oslo Groove Company
( Spellemann Award for Jazz). Released his first solo album in 2004 , 7 Oliphaunt Images , including top musicians like Eivind Aarset, Kjetil Bjerkestrand and Hallgrim Bratberg . He has a long history with music projects in South Africa, t
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This is from a duet impro with Claudio Vignali - hope you enjoy!
Will be performing with him in Bologna at Cantina Bentivoglio nov 9th - he is a fantastic pianist , and it is always a pleasure to work with him
NARE is the opening track from the album !Khwa Ttu -Music That Floats From Afar .
Featuring the wonderful voices of Sepanya Mahlangu and Tebogo Tshotetsi .
This song is based on a traditional San melody - which appears in the very end of this edition
Ottar Nesje plays the djembe groove
Arne Hiorth plays the trumpets and synths
Produced by Arne Hiorth at Strawberry Fields Studio in Norway
Vocals recorded in Pretoria
Footage and video editing by Arne Hiorth - the running rhino was filmed at Addo Nature Reserve - and the township in the sunset is Khayelitsha close to Cape Town
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This beautiful Psalm , originally composed by Hans Leo Hassler , is the silver lining and a kind of Chorus in the beautiful xmas oratorio by JS Bach .
Here performed by the wonderful choir Sönghópurinn við Tjörnina plus musicians Claudio Vignali,Daniele Principato , Gunnar Gunnarsson and Arne Hiorth
I find the darkness in december here in Norway both challenging and impressing - it has its own beauty , but also slows down our daily energy . This song is from the album Snow - with Helge Nysted on the largest Steinway Grand that was available. It is mixed and mastered my the genius Jan Erik Kongshaug in Rainbow Studio in Oslo . Recorded live wth magificent microphones and Manley preamps in a church with beautiful ambience .
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Insomnia - is from the album !Xhole Kae - This Land .
It is a duet with me and guitar magician Eivind Aarset .
Hope you enjoy!And if you really like it , check out the album on spotify - or buy it ;-)
Mirror was created together with the wonderful singer/songwriter Oddrun Eikli . The song was also an essential element in the Munch performance in Moss 2013 . You can buy it on the album
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About Norwegian Snow / Arne Hiorth
music is pure magic
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Arne Hiorth has recorded with top acts in Norway, like Mari Boine, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Anja Garbarek , Oslo Groove Company
( Spellemann Award for Jazz). Released his first solo album in 2004 , 7 Oliphaunt Images , including top musicians like Eivind Aarset, Kjetil Bjerkestrand and Hallgrim Bratberg . He has a long history with music projects in South Africa, the most famous being the Song of Freedom musical about Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu , performed in Cape Town in march 2006. In december 2006 he released the duet album SNOW with Helge Nysted,and has been touring London,Berlin,Reykjavik,Aarhus,Stockholm,Alicante,Venezia and New York with this project .From 2007-2011 he was the project and musical director of North Sea Big Band - an international big band with a mix of pro’s and link 2011 he released !Khwattu- Music that floats from afar - a San music project involving link. Eivind Aarset , Kjetil Bjerkestrand and Ottar Nesje .In 2012 came Loops and Bridges - a pop/jazz/ambient project with singer/songwriter Oddrun Eikli and The Kingdom Within - duo project with Ulises link the last years he has been working a lot with musicians in Reykjavik and Veneto, writing new music and performing at festivals. Feb 1st 2022 his latest album will be released: !Xhole Kae -This Land
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