Jan Bang

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Norwegian musician and record producer

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nameJan Bang
imageAfter the Wildfire 2025-016.jpg
captionBang after a performance at Punktfestivalen 2025
birth_date
birth_placeKristiansand, Norway
genreJazz, electronica
occupationMusician, producer
associated_actsDavid Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Hassell, Arve Henriksen, Sidsel Endresen
website
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Jan Bang (born 21 August 1968) is a Norwegian musician and record producer who has worked with Morten Harket, Sidsel Endresen, David Sylvian, Nils Petter Molvær, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Arve Henriksen, and Erik Honoré.

Career

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Bang played with Erik Honoré in "Woodlands" (EP, 1988), and they have released two albums (2000, 2001). He has also contributed to albums with Bertine Zetlitz, Bel Canto, and has written music for the film Ballen i øyet (2000). In recent years he has played with Dhafer Youssef, and in 2004 he received the Gammleng Award i klassen studio, and together with musician colleague, Erik Honoré, he initiated "Punktfestivalen" in 2005.

He is one of Norway's most accomplished and influential producers and the epithet electronics guru has stayed with him for a long time and with good reason. Bang is the kind of musical innovator and bridge-builder who consistently manages to balance progressive thinking with popular appeal. He is always looking for ways of moving music and people forward, and by creating new meeting places and musical intersections he is the kind of person who makes events like "Scene Norway" possible. In addition to hosting "Punkt", Bang will also contribute to the opening concert where he will perform with one of his many musical collaborators, the celebrated Norwegian trumpet player Arve Henriksen.

John Kelman of the All About Jazz magazine, recognized Jason Moran & Jan Bang at the Moldejazz and Arve Henriksen/Jan Bang Double CD Release Show at the Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2013, as one of his 25 "Best Live Shows of 2013".

Bang has also appeared live at Music Tech Fest Berlin in 2016 with Mercury nominee Eska, Grammy winner Simon Goff on violin and Andy Smith aka Drew Five on bass and additional samples, in a unique one-off improvised performance.

Honors

Discography

;Solo

;With Erik Honoré

  • 2000: Birth Wish (Pan m), with contributions from Arve Henriksen and Christian Wallumrød
  • 2001: Going Nine Ways from Wednesday (Pan m), with Nils Christian Moe-Repstad]and Anne Marie Almedal
  • 2006: Crime Scenes (Punkt, 2006; Jazzland, 2007)
  • 2008: Live Remixes Vol. 1 (Jazzland) - Featuring Sidsel Endresen and Jon Hassell

;With Eivind Aarset

;With Eivind Aarset and Seán Mac Erlaine

  • 2018: Music for Empty Ears (Ergodos)

;With David Sylvian, Erik Honoré, Arve Henriksen and Sidsel Endresen

  • 2012: Uncommon Deities (Samadhisound)

;With Erik Honoré, Gaute Storaas and Arve Henriksen

  • 2013: Knut Hamsun's "Victoria" - Soundtrack (Jazzland)

;With Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, and Eivind Aarset

;With Dark Star Safari (Erik Honoré, Samuel Rohrer, and Eivind Aarset)

  • 2019: Dark Star Safari (2019 album) (Arjunamusic Records)

;As contributor

References

References

  1. "Jan Bang Biografi – Norsk Musikkinformasjon Ballade.no".
  2. (18 December 2023). "Jan Bang Biography - AllAboutJazz.com".
  3. "Punkt 2012 – Listen to Norway ListenTo.no".
  4. "Scene Norway – Listen to Norway".
  5. "Jan Bang – punktual motion – Listen to Norway".
  6. Kelman, John. (2013-12-13). "John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2013". [[All About Jazz]].
  7. "#MTFBerlin: Announcing".

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