Elephant9 (established 2006 in

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) is a Norwegian progressive/neo-psychedelic/

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trio which formed in 2006 under the name Storløkken/Eilertsen/Lofthus, for the members of the band, namely

Ståle Storløkken Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in Dombås, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like Terje Rypdal, BigBang, Supersilent and Motorpsycho. Store Norske ...

(

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), Nikolai Eilertsen (

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) and

Torstein Lofthus Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norway, Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining (Norwegian band), Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege ...

(

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), but changed the name to elephant9 after the first year together.

Biography

The trio released their debut album ''Dodovoodoo'' in 2008, and followed up with ''Walk the Nile'' in 2010, both on the label

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 a ...

. ''Walk the Nile'' was awarded

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

2010 in the class Jazz, and has drawn considerable praise from both the jazz and rock communities worldwide. They appeared at scenes in

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with

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in 2010. Their third studio album ''Atlantis'', released in 2012, reinforced by the Swedish

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veteran

Reine Fiske Nils Reine Fiske (born 4 October 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, art director and sound engineer at the record label Subliminal Sounds, who put his signature to many prog-rock projects such as Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Motorpsycho (band), Mo ...

, was accompanied by a series of concert performances at Kongsberg Jazz Festival, and other Norwegian festivals like

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and Nattjazz, and stages like "Union Scene" and "Victoria, Najonal Jazzscene".

Honors

2010 in the class Jazz for the album ''Walk the Nile''

Discography

*2008: ''Dodovoodoo'' (

) *2010: ''Walk the Nile'' (Rune Grammofon) *2011: ''Live at the BBC'' (Rune Grammofon) *2012: ''Atlantis'' (Rune Grammofon), with

*2015: ''Silver Mountain'' (Rune Grammofon), with Reine Fiske *2018: ''Greatest Show On Earth'' (Rune Grammofon) *2019: ''Psychedelic Backfire I'' (Rune Grammofon) *2019: ''Psychedelic Backfire II'' (Rune Grammofon) *2019: ''Psychedelic Backfire III'' (Rune Grammofon) *2021: ''Arrival of the New Elders'' (Rune Grammofon) *2024: ''Mythical River'' (Rune Grammofon) *2024: ''Catching Fire'' with

Terje Rypdal Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given show concerts with guitarists Ronni Le Tekrø and Mads Eriksen as "N3". Career Rypd ...

(Rune Grammofon)

References

External links

Artist page
on Rune Grammafon
Artist page
on

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