Birth name Even Enersen Ormestad Role Musical Artist Name Even Ormestad | Labels Ninja Tune, Napalm | |
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Born 9 November 1978 (age 45)
Tonsberg, Norway ( 1978-11-09 ) Genres Black metal, jazz, rock, electronica Occupation(s) Musician, music producer Associated acts Jaga Jazzist, Thom Hell, Jonas Alaska, Malignant Eternal Education Norwegian Academy of Music Music groups Jaga Jazzist, Malignant Eternal Albums A Livingroom Hush, Live with Britten Sinfonia, One‑Armed Bandit, What We Must, Jaevla Jazzist Grete Stitz | ||
Instruments Bass guitar, keyboards | ||
Even Enersen Ormestad (born 9 November 1978 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian bass guitarist and music producer, known as a member of the band Jaga Jazzist.
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Ormestad is educated in jazz and music production at Norges Musikkhøgskole and runs the studio Albatross Recorders together with Hasse Rosbach and Martin Sjølie.
He is together with the brothers Martin and Lars Horntveth part of the original lineup in Jaga Jazzist and has contributed with his bass and keyboards on recordings and tours with, among others Marit Larsen, Thom Hell, Bertine Zetlitz and Hanne Hukkelberg. In addition, he has worked as a producer and technician, often in collaboration with Audun Borrmann or Thomas Helland, for artists like Thom Hell, Hilde Marie Kjersem, Rockettothesky, Christer Knutsen, Bellman, Jonas Alaska, Marion Ravn, Matilda and a number of other artists. Ormestad also contributes as a bassist and multi instrumentalist on many of these releases.
Ormestad has also been seasonal member of the black metal band "Malignant Eternal" where he contributed to the studio album Alarm in 1999.
In 2015, Ormestad began touring as bassist for the Norwegian band a-ha on their "Cast in Steel" tour.