BOL (band)

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BOL
Origin Trondheim, Norway
Genres Jazz, electronica
Years active1995–present
LabelsVia Music, Curling Legs, NorCD, Gigafon
Website www.bol.no
Members Tone Åse
Ståle Storløkken
Tor Haugerud
Past membersTor Yttredal

BOL (initiated 1995 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian experimental jazz and electronica band in a quartet/trio format, known for performances and releases in the borderline between jazz, noise and electronica. [1]

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BOL consisted originally of Tone Åse vocals and musical director, Ståle Storløkken (keyboards and piano), Tor Yttredal (saxophone) and Tor Haugerud (drums).

The new trio format (Yttredal left the band around 2000) they made (mainly Storløkken) the commissioned work «Interference harmony» for Trondheim Kammerfestival 2003. They also appeared on the Varangerfestivalen 2006.

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References

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