A Truly Grand Mutation: An Interview with Lasse Marhaug and Nils Henrik Asheim

- Do you see any precedents or models for Grand Mutation?
"Not really, in that case it would not have been so much fun."

THE GEORDIE APPROACH  og  NILS HENRIK ASHEIM spiller i Stokka Kirke, Stavanger,  fredag 24 august.  The Geordie Approach er et band med norske og engelske musikere, basert i Leeds: Petter Frost Fadnes (saksofoner & elektronikk) Chris Sharkey (gitar & elektronikk) Ståle Birkeland (trommer og div.perkusjon). Bandet jobber i krysningsfeltet mellom fri jazz og elektronika.

ORKAN Nils Henrik Asheim / Sigbjørn Obstfelder.   Releasekonserter 30.mai / 1.juni - Lillehammer/Stavanger.  Anne-Lise Berntsen, sang - Øystein Birkeland, cello - Kjetil Skøien, tekstlesning - Nils Henrik Asheim, piano

Bergens Tidende er nå også kommet med en vakker anmeldelse (25.04), hakk i hæl på resten av rikspressen. Les kritikkene her

ORKAN - CD with music of Nils Henrik Asheim to the lyrics of Sigbjørn Obstfelder, with Anne-Lise Berntsen (voice), Øystein Birkeland (cello), Kjetil Skøien (reading), Nils Henrik Asheim (piano). Aurora label, Release concert May 31, 21.00 at the Literature Festival, Lillehammer.

Commission for Jørn Hilme-stevnet , Valdres. Marit Mattisgard and Berit Opheim, voice. Håkon Asheim, hardanger fiddle. Aage Kvalbein, cello.

The release party for BROKEN LINE at Tou Scene in Stavanger, March 17, was most enjoyable - especially thanks to my friends the musical contributors. Each of them was given the whole CD one week in beforehand, with the instruction: pick some sounds and do whatever you want with it.

March 30: Performance of "NICHT" for 6 musicians + speaking voice in Prague, Festival Prague Premieres 2007. NICHT is one of the pieces on the CD BROKEN LINE.