Ultralyd (established 2004 in

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) is a Norwegian

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/free

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band initiated by the legendary saxophonist

Frode Gjerstad Frode Gjerstad (born 24 March 1948) is a Norwegian jazz musician with alto saxophone as principal instrument, but he also plays other saxophones, clarinet, and flute. He has collaborated with Paal Nilssen-Love, Borah Bergman, Peter Brötzmann, E ...

in 2004. Gjerstad left the band after their second album ”Chromosome Gun” (2005) to be replaced by

Kjetil Møster Kjetil Traavik Møster (born 17 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet) and composer, known from bands like The Core, Ultralyd, Brat, Zanussi 5, and performance with Chick Corea at Mol ...

(known from

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). During two extensive

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tours and several studio sessions the direction of Ultralyd gradually changed from a rather chaotic free rock approach towards composition and more structured forms of improvisation, experimenting with different layers and altered roles of the instruments, integrating elements from contemporary and electronic music, funk and doom metal and ending up with an album that might be classified as something akin to the improvised chamber rock

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were doing around 1973. (in Norwegian)

Band members

(saxophone) *

Anders Hana Anders Hana (born 7 August 1982 in Stavanger, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (guitar), composer and marine biologist, known as a veteran of the bands ''Noxagt'', ''Ultralyd'' and ''Moha!'', and a series of wildlife projects in northern Norway. ...

(guitar) *Kjetil D. Brandsdal (bass) *Morten J. Olsen (drums and vibraphone)

Discography

;Albums *''Ultralyd'' (FMR, 2004) *''Chromosome Gun'' (Load Records, 2005) *''Ultralyd/Noxagt split'' (Textile Records, 2006) *''Conditions For A Piece Of Music'' (

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 ...

, 2007) *''Renditions'' (The Last Record Company, 2009) *''Inertiadrome'' (

, (2010) ;Singles and EPs *''Average Human Being'' (Ultralyd, 2010) ;Miscellaneous *''Throb and Provision'' (Utech Records, 2006)

References

External links

Kjetil Møster Official Website
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