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Nils Petter Molvær is tagged as: jazz, nu jazz, electronic, experimental, norwegian

Nils Petter Molvær (born September 18 1960 in Sula, Norway) is a Norwegian trumpet player, composer and producer, who connects multiple music styles - jazz, ambient, house, electronic and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock and pop music - and melts them into convincing soundscapes of deep intensity. Often eclectic, Molvær’s style is similar to avant-garde trumpeter Toshinori Kondo. His interest in both acoustic and electric music shows the ease with which he handles the conventions of pop, rock and funk, alongside those of modern jazz.
Molvær completed his debut album as a leader in 1997, Khmer, which focuses on a previously unknown blend of improvisation and hypnotically spinning beats, receiving extraordinary public and media response, and was honoured with the German Record Critics Award and a Norwegian Grammy.
The follow-up to Khmer, released in May 2000 entitled Solid Ether, intensified Molvær’s dialogue with club culture. The idea behind the Solid Ether concept is that a piece of music is never really finished and that composing and producing are an ever-evolving process. “‘Ether’ does not exist, so how can it be solid? It’s a paradox - like life”.
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Top 10 Nils Petter Molvær Songs
Vildernedd 2
Little Indian
Sabkah
Kakonita
Exhumation
Khmer
Friction
On Stream
Softer
Only These Things Count
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Suite For Sampler.Selected Signs, II
Solid Ether
Khmer
Recoloured: The Remix Album
An American Compilation
Streamer
ER
NP3
Hamada
Re-Vision
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