Even Enersen Ormestad (born 9 November 1978) is a Norwegian bass guitarist and music producer, known as a member of the band

Jaga Jazzist Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band, that rose to prominence when the BBC named their second album, ''A Livingroom Hush'' (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. (in Norwegian) Biograph ...

. (in Norwegian)

Career

Ormestad is educated in

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and music production at

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and runs the studio ''Albatross Recorders'' together with

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and

Martin Sjølie Martin Sjølie (born 25 April 1979 in Bærum) is a Norwegian songwriter and record producer, most known for his work with artists Sigrid Raabe, Sigrid, Maria Mena and Dotan (singer), Dotan. Although he is based at his own Studio in the Park, in ...

. He is together with the brothers

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and

Lars Horntveth Lars Horntveth (born 10 March 1980 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (saxophones, clarinet, percussion and guitar), band leader, and composer. He is the younger brother of tubaist Line Horntveth, but best known as a key member of t ...

part of the original lineup in

and has contributed with his bass and keyboards on recordings and tours with, among others

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Thom Hell Thom Hell (born 19 March 1976) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. His birth name is Thomas Helland. He has released several EPs, albums, and singles. After using his backing band "The Love Connection" (Bjarte Jørgensen, Frank Hammersland, Marte ...

Bertine Zetlitz Bertine Axeliane Robberstad Zetlitz (born 9 April 1975) is a Norwegian pop singer. Career Bertine Zetlitz began her musical journey at a young age, penning her first numbers aged just 12. After gaining a background in classical music, Zetlitz be ...

and

Hanne Hukkelberg Hanne Hukkelberg (born 17 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer from Kongsberg, Norway. Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock, ...

. In addition, he has worked as a producer and technician, often in collaboration with Audun Borrmann or Thomas Helland, for artists like

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, Christer Knutsen, Bellman, Jonas Alaska, Marion Ravn, Matilda and a number of other artists. Ormestad also contributes as a bassist and multi instrumentalist on many of these releases. Ormestad has also been seasonal member of the

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band "Malignant Eternal" where he contributed to the studio album ''Alarm'' in 1999. In 2015, Ormestad began touring as bassist for the Norwegian band

a-ha A-ha (often stylised as ''a''-h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ros ...

on their "

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" tour.

Discography

;Albums *''

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'' (Thug Records, 1996) *''

A Livingroom Hush ''A Livingroom Hush'' is the second album of Jaga Jazzist, released in 2001 by Ninja Tune under the authority of the Warner Music Group. The BBC named it the best jazz album of 2002. The album features ten instrumental songs, most of which were ...

'' (

Smalltown Supersound Smalltown Supersound is an independent record label, founded in Flekkefjord in 1993 and now based in Oslo, Norway. It is dedicated to new forms of jazz, rock and electronic music. Their catalog features albums by Kelly Lee Owens, Deathprod, Nen ...

, 2002) *''The Stix'' (WEA International Inc., 2003) *''

What We Must ''What We Must'' is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist. It was released 25 April 2005 by Ninja Tune. Recording The album was produced by Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim and Marcus Schmickler. It was recorded by Mario Thale ...

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, 2005) *''

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, 2010) ;EPs *''Magazine'' (, 1998) *''Airborne/Going Down'' (WEA International Inc., 2001) *''Days'' (

, 2002) *''Animal Chin'' (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2003) *''Day'' (

, 2004) *''Bananfluer Overalt'' (

, 2010) ;DVDs *''Live at Cosmopolite'' (

, 2009) ;With Jonas Alaska *''Jonas Alaska'' (Jansen Plateproduksjon, 2011)

References

External links

Jaga Jazzist's official homepage
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