Lasse Marhaug

Lasse Marhaug (born September 10, 1974) is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating music for theatre, dance, art installations and video art. Active since the early 1990s, he has participated as a performer and composer on over 200 releases [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26267 Lasse Marhaug: Electronic Explorations. Allaboutjazz.com] ] in CD, vinyl and cassette tape formats.

Marhaug tours extensively, and is a frequent collaborator. He currently participates in the projects Jazkamer/Jazzkammer, Nash Kontroll (with Mats Gustafsson and Dror Feiler), DEL and Testicle Hazard. Defunct projects include Origami Replika and Lasse Marhaug Band. Other collaborative partners include Merzbow, Sunn O))), Carlos Giffoni, Maja Ratkje, Alan Courtis, Ronnie Sundin, Nordvargr, The Skull Defekts and John Wiese.

In 2007 Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen rated Marhaug's album "The Shape of Rock to Come" as number 19 on their list of the best albums in Norwegian history. [no icon [http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article294845.ece Tidenes beste norske plater] ]

Marhaug also currently runs the label Pica Disk [http://www.picadisk.com/]

elected Discography

* Science Fiction Room Service (1996) [http://www.discogs.com/release/359628]
* Alive! (Live Recordings 1998-2006) (2007) [http://www.discogs.com/release/880780]
* Tapes 1990-1999 (2007) [http://www.discogs.com/release/990926]

References

External links

* [http://www.lassemarhaug.no Official website]
* [http://www.picadisk.com Picadisk official website]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lasse+Marhaug Discography at Discogs.com]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26267 All About Jazz: Lasse Marhaug]
* [http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/archives/reviews_marhaug/ Touch: Lasse Marhaug Reviews]
* [http://magazine.absolutezeromedia.us/lasse_marhaug.htm Interview]