Espen Sommer Eide (born in 1972) is a Norwegian composer and musician. Espen Sommer Eide was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

, Norway. Espen played music originally on percussion instruments, flutes and trumpet, before emphasising computer-generated sounds. He lives in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, Norway where he is involved in the city's experimental music scene. Eide has released several solo albums as Phonophani, under the

Rune Grammofon Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...

record label. Phonophani is multi-instrumentalist and digital electronics music, characterized by various manipulated live instruments integrated with pure electronic sounds. Espen Sommer Eide is the developer of the Concertinome, a custom made instrument combining the concertina accordion with the monome style keyboard and electronic air pressure sensors. It was made by Eide during 2009 and demonstrated in a concert at Visningsrommet USF, an experimental and non-commercial gallery at the

Bergen National Academy of the Arts Bergen Academy of Art and Design ( no, Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen) or KHiB was one of two independent and accredited scientific institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway (The other is Oslo National Academy o ...

. Eide also records music with

Alog Alog is a Norwegian musical group. The musical duo Alog was formed in Tromsø in Troms county, Norway in 1997. Alog has been among Norway's performers of experimental electronic music. The musical duo consists of Norwegian musicians Espen Somm ...

, his musical partnership with fellow Norwegian musician, Dag-Are Haugan. In 2005, Alog was the winner of the

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizat ...

, the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy. In 2007, Alog was nominated for a Spellemannprisen for the album ''Amateur''.''Norwegian Spelemannsprisen Nominees 2007'' (Spellemannprisen official site)
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Musical Releases

*''Phonophani'', Phonophani (Biophon Records BIO 1 CD • 1998 / Rune Grammofon RCD 2054 • 2006) *''Red Shift Swing'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2011 • 1999) *''Duck-Rabbit'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2020 • 2001) *''Genetic Engineering'', Phonophani (Rune Grammofon RCD 2016 • 2001) *''Oak or Rock'', Phonophani (Rune Grammofon RCD 2038 • 2004) *''Catch That Totem! (1998-2005)'', Alog (Meletronikk MLK013 • 2005) *''Miniatures'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2043 • 2005) *''Amateur'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2063 • 2007) *''Kreken'', Phonophani (Rune Grammofon RCD 2101 • 2010) *''Unemployed'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2116 • 2011) *''Weathering'', Kvien & Sommer (Full Of Nothing fon48 • 2015) *''Animal Imagination'', Phonophani (Hubro HUBROLP3589 • 2017) *''The Waves'', Espen Sommer Eide (Sofa SOFA578 • 2019)

References

External links

Alog official siteVisningsrom USF
1972 births Living people Norwegian electronic musicians Norwegian pop musicians Musicians from Bergen {{Norway-musician-stub