Guro Skumsnes Moe

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Guro Skumsnes Moe
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Hedemark
Origin Norway
Genres Jazz Rock Metal Experimental
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s) Upright bass, electric bass, vocals
Labels ConradSound
Website MoE on Bandcamp

Guro Skumsnes Moe (born 1983 in Hedemark, Norway) is a Norwegian Upright bass player, electric bass player, composer and singer. Dance, improvisation, rock, jazz and noise music, are all elements that are important to her expression. [1] [2]

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Career

Moe is a bassist and vocalist that has managed to make her mark on the Norwegian music scenes, both on and off stage. She has her musical background from the Music conservatory in Kristiansand and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where she graduated 2007, she has distinguished herself as an active performer with wide field of interest on the Oslo's jazz and free impro music scene recent years.

Her main project is considered to be the experimental and cross-genre band MoE. A band that has toured large parts of the world and released a multitude of releases. The band has collaborated with musicians such as Keiji Haino, Painjerk, Mette Rasmussen, Lasse Marhaug and many more.

The national museum for popular music Rockheim opened in January 2022 an exhibition about MoE curated by Lasse Marhaug.

Moe has also written music for the vocal ensemble Oslo 14, the British orchestra Paraorchestra, written film music for "The Untamed "by the Mexican director Amat Escalante and written music for several performances for the puppet theater company Plexus Polaire.

Honors

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative works

With «Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio»
With «Sekstett»
With «Blue Faced People» duo including Håvard Skaset
With «Sult»
With «Gjerstad-Skaset-Tafjord-Mølstad-Moe»
With «kÖök»

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References

  1. ↑ "Guro Skumsnes Moe". Biography. SottovoceFestival.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. ↑ Moe, Guro Skumsnes (2014-11-19). "Guro Skumsnes Moe (MoE) on Dream Baby Dream". NoEcho.net. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Pris til Guro Skumsnes Moe" (in Norwegian). Groove.no. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Guro Skumsnes Moe". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
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