Occupation(s) Musician, composer Website pettervagan.com Instruments Vocals, Guitar Name Petter Vagan | Labels Propeller Recordings Role Singer Associated acts The Fjords | |
Genres Pop
electronica
impro
jazz Similar People Ole Morten Vagan, Erik Nylander, Kirsti Huke, Ola Kvernberg, Gard Nilssen | ||
Record label Propeller Recordings | ||
PETTER VÅGAN/THE FJORDS (Kaffiprat i Øra Studio, Evig Lyttar Livesessions)
Petter Vågan (born 6 July 1982 in Brønnøysund, Northern Norway) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer, and the younger brother of double bass player Ole Morten Vågan. He is the bandleader, singer, and guitarist of the Norwegian indie electronica band The Fjords, founded in 2013.
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Career
Vågan is based in Trondheim, where he got a performing master's degree in improvisation at the Jazz Dept at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium. In addition to his latest endeavours in pop music, he has delved into various forms of improvisation. He has released several records as a leader and band member with an experimental style rooted somewhere between electronic music, free jazz, rock, free improvisation, and noise music.
He has toured extensively in Scandinavia, Russia, U.S., Japan, South Africa, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, and collaborated with many improvising musicians in Norway.
Discography
Songs
Savages IISavages · 2015
SeedIn The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper (feat Jenny Hval) · 2016
Make FameSavages · 2015