Skugghûg (old norse, lit. “having shadows in one’s mind”) is an upcoming major musical work by Norwegian media artist Gisle Martens Meyer, based on the sound of extinction. Premiere is planned for spring 2021. The project is a multi-medial cross-platform work for both screen and stage, conveying the hidden…
Elektronica, metal, world, urban, folk and pop music meets classic Norwegian cinema in an epic film-concert by Gisle Martens Meyer. Performed by Ugress, Krakow, 9 grader nord, Nasra Ali Omar and Annlaug Børsheim, the concert redefines classical national romanticism, through majestic landscapes and grand emotions radiating in the theatrical cinema darkness. The…
An audiovisual film-concert hommage to renowned Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda, performed live at Polish Filmdays 2019, featuring Dawid Sulej Rudnicki on piano. You can listen to all the songs created for this work on this Soundcloud playlist. Krzysztof Komeda was a Polish film music composer, creating the scores for Roman Polanski’s films Knife…
PREMIERE: What is it to be Norwegian? What is Norwegian music in 2020? A new super-band created by Norwegian composer Gisle Martens Meyer consisting of Ugress, Krakow, 9 grader nord, Nasra Ali Omar and Annlaug Børsheim redefines national romantic classicism by creating and performing a brand new live score…
For Polish Film Days 2019 I’m comissioned to create an audiovisual concert work exploring the music of legendary Polish film composer Krzysztof Komeda. The work will be performed live in Fredrikstad cinema on October 19th, as part of the festival programme. Tickets and detailed programme should be available shortly. Komeda is…
Music for a ghosted generation. Ghoststorm is the latest Ugress release, download direct from our Bandcamp or listen in Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Amazon, Youtube and all other services. Like the replicants in Blade Runner, the tracks on Ghoststorm are nostalgic for a past that never existed. Their emotions…
Music for a ghosted generation. 7th album from Ugress. Download direct from Bandcamp or listen in Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Amazon, Youtube and all other services. Like the replicants in Blade Runner, the tracks on Ghoststorm are nostalgic for a past that never existed. Their emotions spring from artificially…
My main project Ugress is on a Live Cinema tour for summer 2019: June 19th at Landmark,Bergen Kunsthall, NO (tickets, event). June 21st at Tyven in Trondheim, NO (tickets, event). June 22nd at Felix Pub & Scene in Lillehammer, NO (tickets, event). August 29th at Z-Bar Cinema, Berlin, DE (event) August 30th at Bruket, Oslo,…
Thursday March 21st I’m performing a special version of Atrophy in Ulvik, Norway. Olav H Hauge was one of Norways most important and beloved poets of the 20th Century. He lived his whole life in a small western fjord town called Ulvik, working as a gardener in his own apple…
For three years 2017-2019 I performed an epic set of themes and hit songs from films, TV and videogames at the Nordic Film Music Days during the Berlinale film festival afterparty. The set of about two hours is flexible and draws from a catalogue of about 20 hours of…
On Tuesday Feb 12th at 19:00 I’m mashing up an epic DJ set of legendary hits and unforgettable themes from films, cult TV and glorious video games at the afterparty for the awards at Nordic Film Music Days 2019, during the Berlinale, Berlin. This is the third year I’m invited…
“The Sound Of Oslo” is a audio-visual musical work created for Oslo European Green Capital in 2019. The work was presented as widescreen video montage with surround sound during the opening ceremony in Rådhushallen, and as a surround sound installation at Salt Festival Area during the opening weekend. The work…
Surprise oldskool team trivia! The cover artwork for the Ugress album Black Anorak is made by Kåre Martens, who also did the legendary Loungemeister music video! On the previous album The Wrong Future I worked with Stephan Hövelbrinks, whom also like the Loungemeister video, works with pixel-based art. I really…
I’ve been awarded a one-year scholarship from Komponistenes Vederlagsfond (Composers Renumeration Fund) to create Skugghug (old norse for “to remember shadows”). The work will be based on the sound of extinction, and will through extensive sampling convey the hidden music in all that we loose. The sound of endangered species dying…
Cinema-electronica project Ugress will have a very busy November, with new album, live show in Oslo, and a special birthday celebration. On November 9, the next Ugress album Black Anorak will be released. The music combines old norse folk tones, hard electronica, black metal and symphonic film-music with samples from abandoned…