Isglem (established 1987 in

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) is a

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musical duo comprising Karl Seglem and Terje Isungset. Their

traditional music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...

and

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians dur ...

-based expression involves an unusual amount of

improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

and has given the pairing a pioneer stamp. They have released four albums on the NorCD label and performed at Nattjazz in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Isglem toured

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with Mark O'Leary in 2002. They have several national tours under the auspices of Rikskonsertene.

Band members

* Terje Isungset -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

and mouth harp * Karl Seglem -

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

and

bukkehorn A bukkehorn (Norwegian) or bockhorn (Swedish), also called ″Billy Goat Horn″ in English, is an ancient Scandinavian musical instrument, made from the horn of a ram or a goat. The horn is usually made from a goat horn harvested 5 to 7 years ...

Discography

*1991: ''Rom'' (NorCD), recorded at Lien Grendehus at

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*1992: ''To steg'' (NorCD) *1996: ''Null G'' (NorCD) *2003: ''Fire'' (NorCD) *2016: ''5te'' (NorCD)

References

External links

''Fire'' Review - Puls.no
{{Authority control NorCD artists Norwegian jazz ensembles Norwegian experimental musical groups Musical groups established in 1987 Musical groups from Bergen