Stephan Meidell

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Origin Norway Occupation(s) Musician, composer Website stephanmeidell.com Record label Hubro		Genres Jazz, impro Instruments Guitar Genre Alternative/Indie Albums Cascades, Metrics

Born 17 December 1982 (age 34) Kristiansand, Vest-Agder ( 1982-12-17 ) Associated acts Mr. Eart Cakewalk The Sweetest Thrill Strings & Timpani Vanilla Riot Velkro Erlend Apneseth Trio Similar Øyvind Hegg‑Lunde, Erlend Apneseth, Øystein Skar, Stein Urheim, Electric Eye

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Stephan Meidell (born 17 December 1982 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer living in Bergen.

Biography

Meidell studied jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (2004-2008), and uses his background in jazz and improvised music within rock, pop music, noise and sound art in bands like Cakewalk, Krachmacher, Velkro, The Sweetest Thrill, and Vanilla Riot.

Meidell started the concert series Playdate in 2009 and has been chairman of Ny Musikk Bergen (New Music Bergen) in the period 2012-2014. He got brilliant reviews for his solo debut album Cascades (2014), and for his commissioned opening concert Voice & Strings & Timpani for the 2016 Nattjazz. In addition to co-composer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, with musicians like Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Eva Pfitzenmaier, Kim Åge Furuhaug, and Stein Urheim. He is also a music critic for the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende.

Solo album

2014: Cascades (Hubro)

Collaborations

With 'Mr. Eart'

2007: Facts In The Case Of The Mysterious Pop Murders (Neuklang)

With 'Vanilla Riot'

2009: Stitch (AIM Sound City)

With 'Velkro'

2011: The Future Of The Past (Pling Music)

2014: Don't Wait For The Revolution (Clean Feed)

With 'Krachmacher'

2012: Paratrooper (Klangkollektivet)

With 'Cakewalk', trio including Ivar Loe Bjørnstad and Øystein Skar

2012: Wired (Hubro)

2013: Transfixed (Hubro)

With 'The Sweetest Thrill'

2012: Jewellery (Playdate Records)

2014: Strings & Timpani (Klangkollektivet)

With Erlend Apneseth

2013: Blikkspor» (Heilo)

2016: Det Andre Rommet (Hubro), with Erlend Apneseth Trio

With 'Strings & Timpani'

2016: Hyphen (Hubro)

Songs

Baroque IMetrics · 2017
TauchgangMetrics · 2017
StrikeCascades · 2014

References

Stephan Meidell Wikipedia

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