On Langeleik, two pioneers of alternative pedal steel meet across oceans, time, and temperaments. Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl and London-based pedal-steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte merge the instrument’s ghostly resonance with field recordings, ambient drones and vintage synths to create a sound that feels as fluid and alive as the rivers that inspired it.
19
Jan
[ January 19th, 2024 release on Punkt: Jan Bang – Reading The Air ]
To be released 19th January 2024 on the recently established Punkt Editions label: Jan Bang‘s Reading the Air.
Composer/singer/producer Jan Bang is known for albums and live performances in collaboration with musicians like Jon Hassell, Sidsel Endresen, Tigran Hamasyan, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Erik Honoré. After a string of instrumental releases and two song based albums with the project Dark Star Safari, Reading the Air is his first vocal based solo album since 1998.
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Dec
[December the 8th, 2023 release via PUNKT EDITIONS: JAN BANG with Benedikte Kløw Askedalen — Delia]
Delia is released today on Punkt Editions. The cover of the Harry Belafonte track is the first single to be released from Jan Bang‘s forthcoming album, Reading The Air, his first vocal-based solo album since 1998 and features the upcoming talent Benedikte Kløw Askedalen on vocals with Jan.
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Sep
[ September 29th, 2023 release on Punkt Editions: Jan Bang & Eivind Aarset – Last Two Inches of Sky]
release date: 29 September 2023 vie Punkt Editions
Everything I know is like a rope around the ankles Hollow out my bones and take me higher To the last two inches of sky
«Last Two Inches of Sky», released by Punkt Editions on 23 September, is an ambitious and engaging mixture of sonic painting and art-pop; a new high point in Eivind Aarset and JanBang’s collective output.
01
Mar
[ 13th of March release on JazzLAND : Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang – Snow Catches On Her Eyelashes ]
release date: 13th March 2020
Jazzland is proud to present the brand new opus from two of the brightest luminaries on the Norwegian scene. “Snow Catches on her Eyelashes” emanates musical authority, a hyper-conscious layering of textures and musicality, at once evocative of some otherworldly space, yet familiar at a deep human level that resonates with each sonic flourish.