Panzerpappa

Influenced from the Rock and roll in Opposition and Canterbury scenes, Oslo, Norway-based avant-prog strap Panzerpappa had been initiated by drummer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Trond Gjellum, who found out a like-minded collaborator in saxophonist/keyboardist Steinar Børve and became a member of with Børve to create a quartet, also including guitarist Knut Tore Abrahamsen and bassist Jørgen Skjulstad, in 1998. The group performed some live concerts and in 1999 released a CD-R entitled Passer Gullfisk, but some lineup adjustments would start early in the brand new millennium — an interval that also noticed the discharge of another CD-R, Hulemysteriet — and by 2002 Gjellum was the just remaining original person in the group. That season Gjellum played within a live music group backing previous Caravan/Hatfield as well as the North member Richard Sinclair in Norway, as well as the group also highlighted bassist Anders Krabberød and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jarle Storløkken. Krabberød and Storløkken after that joined a fresh Panzerpappa lineup along with Gjellum and Børve, the last mentioned of whom got journeyed to Australia and rejoined the music group upon his go back to Norway. The quartet of Gjellum, Børve, Krabberød, and Storløkken released Panzerpappa’s initial non-CD-R record, Farlig Vandring, in 2004, garnering a good response from avant-leaning servings of the intensifying music community in Norway and somewhere else. In 2006 Panzerpappa released Koralrevens Klagesang, their most ambitious (and accessible) record to date, offering the quartet noticed on Farlig Vandring became a member of with a bevy of guests on several instrumentation and including a vintage Caravan-esque vocal from Sinclair using one monitor. Panzerpappa gained also wider notice using the discharge of Astromalist for the Rune Grammofon label in 2012; as well as the band’s primary quartet, the record highlighted performances by keyboardist Hans-Petter Alfredsen (who eventually joined up with the group being a long lasting member), Jaga Jazzist flutist Ketil Vestrum Einarsen, Univers No bassoonist Michel Berckmans, vibraphonist Ola Lindh, and on strings, Eivind Hasle Amundsen (violin), Hannah Bartram (viola), and Thomas Nilsson (cello).