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| Location: | OSLO, |
| Country: |  Norway |
| Last Login: | Aug 13, 2008 (102 days back) |
About Me |
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Svein Magnus Furu was born 10. Nov 1983 in Oslo, Norway. His musical career started playing alto saxophone in a school band, later also in a big band for youngsters. This is also where he picked up the tenor, witch would later be his “weapon of choice”. In 1999 he entered music college, mostly playing classical saxophone, but also in various funk and punk bands. During these years he also took jazz lessons with trumpeter Eckhard Bauer. After a year in the Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces, he devoted his time solely to jazz and improvised music. He continued his studies at the jazz course at Sund Folkehøgskole north of Trondheim, and was admitted to the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2004. He finished his studies with Fredrik Ljungkvist, Morten Halle and Ivar Grydeland spring 2008. Svein Magnus Furu has played in several bands the last few years: Trabant, Aphrodisiac, Fence, Diplodokus duo, kvartett og trio, Fri ØKS, Ambush, Brilliant Corners, and has played with among others Øyvind Brække, Thomas Dahl, Lene Grenager, Joel Grip, Eirik Hegdal, Even Hermansen, Ola Høyer, Aksel Jensen, Geir Lysne, Guro Skomsnes Moe, Jo Berger Myhre, Tatsuya Nakatani, Trygve Seim and many more. He is living in Oslo with his wife Ida. Some info about my bands follow Trabant is a young and eager trio based in Northern Europe. The repertoire consists mostly of own compositions, but they also interpret Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylans songs. The music is based in the modal jazztradition of the 60's, but bears in it references to country, rock and blues. The expression is contemporary, focusing on improvisation, composition, energy and originality. Trabant has toured a lot in Norway the last years, and will go on a tour of Eusope spring 2008 Johannesen/Sandbakken/Furu trio Coming from the creative enviroment at the Music Academy in Oslo comes this trio with a new and interresting expression. Inspired by Paul Motians classic trio, they make melodicly inventive, modern and challenging music. The three musicians have long experience touring Norway and Europe with, among others, Petter Wettre quartet, "jazzintro"contestants Revolver! and Aphrodisiac, Hoo Ray, Trabant and Aksel Jensen Lucky Three. Fence is a punk rock band, and it has been playing for ten years. The band has been playing frequently on the Norwegian scene, touring most of the country south of Trondheim. Some of the venues we have played: ByLarm in Trondheim, Garage in Oslo and Bergen, John Dee in Oslo, Bø, Haugesund, Sarpsborg, Hemsedal and many more. Fence released their first full length album, "The New Diplomacy" on Luckee Records in 2005, and is currently recording all new material in Panser Studio for a new album. Aphrodisiac is a jazzquintet playing the music of Magnus Wiik with lyrics by Anja Eline Skybakmoen . The music is melodic and groove, its inspirations going from everything from Debussy to Carla Bley. Aphrodisiac will be playing in the Norwegian Jazz competition Jazzintro 2008. Please visit my VIRB page! Fence: Streets of Oslo sveinmagnusfuru.com |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 8/28/2006Band Website: sveinmagnusfuru.com Band Members: DIPLODOKUS DUO: SMF, sax, Audun Lunnan Hjort, drums. FENCE. AROUND A HILL QUARTET: SMF, sax, Stian Omenås , trumpet, Jo Berger Myhre , double bass, Øyvind Skarbø , drums TRABANT: SMF, sax, Audun Lunnan Hjort, drums, Adrian Myhr, bass. BRILLIANT CORNERS: SMF, sax, Kristoffer Kompen, trombone, Adrian Myhr, bass, Tomas Dulsrud, drums. APHRODISIAC : Anja Skybakmoen , vox, Magnus Wiik, git, SMF, sax, Adrian Myhr , bass, Tore Sandbakken , drums FRI ØKS: Øystein Skar , piano, Kim Johannesen , guitar, SMF, sax/clarinet JOHANESSEN/FURU/SANDBAKKEN: SMF, sax, Kim Johannesen , guitar, Tore Sandbakken , drums Influences: John Coltrane , Fredrik Ljungkvist , Jimmy Guiffre, Ornette Coleman , Ken Vandermark , Paul Bley , Don Cherry, Håkon Kornstad , John Butcher , Lene Grenager, Eric Dolphy , Steve Lacy , Morton Feldman , Olivier Messiaen, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stravinskij, Kandinskij, Ligeti, Audun Hjort and many many more... Sounds Like: Just another freejazz saxophonist Record Label: Luckee Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Alternative / Other) |
My Blog |
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Trabant tour blog |
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| So, Trabant has just returned from a very succesful tour of Europe.We started out in Cologne friday the 31. of May, Audun (drums) came in at 9 45 PM, and the concert started at 9... But the first set ... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:07:00 PST |
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Trabant tours in Europe and Norway |
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| Trabant will be doing some touring this spring.
In February / March we will play in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim.
Im May/ June we will go to Cologne, Paris and Amsterdam (Berlin too maybe?). We're looki... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:02:00 PST |
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Aphrodisiac selected for JAZZINTRO 2008 |
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| My band aphrodisiac has been selected for the Norwegian competition for young jazzmusicians, JAZZINTRO. We will be playing at the MaiJazz festival 10. may 2008. Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:14:00 PST |
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Even more tracks added |
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| Was trying to add this to an earlier blog, but MySpace is the home of many bugs... So... This is what I wrote:
I've just added three more tracks: two with the free improv trio Free Axe (fri ks), this... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:57:00 PST |
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Fri ks (Free AXE) |
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| Just want to tell anyone who's interrested about this band. I'm editing a demo as we speak, and this is really som interesting, suprising and beautiful music! I really feel that I can express my self ... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:23:00 PST |
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New tracks added |
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| I have just added a live track with Diplodokus duo, this is the first couple of minutes of our gig in Bergen in February. Will be posting some new tracks soon, Trabant is going to make a new demo... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:21:00 PST |
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Ambush in Universitas |
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| Universitas is the newspaper of the University in Oslo. Here's what they wrote about Ambush: Faen, s rar mte stemme instrumentene p. Er det en luftvernsirene jeg hrer? Eller en rusten vogn som r... Posted by Svein Magnus Furu on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:27:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Trabant, Oystein Skar, Kim Johannesen, Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Stian Omenås, Jo Berger Myhre, Fence, Tore Sandbakken, Adrian Myhr, Marius Gjersø, Aphrodisiac, Siv Øyunn Kjenstad, Baksete, Slawomir Franasowicz, Einar Stray, urban sax, Morten Minothi Kristiansen, Simon Diamond, Ine Hoem, Kristoffer Eikrem, Ziga Koritnik - photographer, Ivar, Fyodor D, Fri Resonans, Andreas S. Løwe, Picidae, Fri Øks, Karsten Wilck, Els Vandeweyer, Antonio Merola, Eyolf Dale, Silje Hrafa, pilemil, Phumlani, Norchestra, bOjAnG wHYHigH?, nico!
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