Panzerpappa
Influenced by the Rock in Opposition and Canterbury scenes, Oslo, Norway-based avant-prog band Panzerpappa were initiated by drummer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Trond Gjellum, who discovered a like-minded collaborator in saxophonist/keyboardist Steinar Børve and joined with Børve to form a quartet, also including guitarist Knut Tore Abrahamsen and bassist Jørgen Skjulstad, in 1998. The group played some live concerts and in 1999 issued a CD-R entitled Passer Gullfisk, but a series of lineup changes would begin early in the new millennium -- a period that also saw the release of a second CD-R, Hulemysteriet -- and by 2002 Gjellum was the only remaining original member of the group.
That year Gjellum played in a live band backing former Caravan/Hatfield and the North member Richard Sinclair in Norway, and the group also featured bassist Anders Krabberød and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jarle Storløkken. Krabberød and Storløkken then joined a new Panzerpappa lineup along with Gjellum and Børve, the latter of whom had traveled to Australia and rejoined the band upon his return to Norway. The quartet of Gjellum, Børve, Krabberød, and Storløkken released Panzerpappa's first non-CD-R album, Farlig Vandring, in 2004, garnering a favorable reaction from avant-leaning portions of the progressive music community in Norway and elsewhere.
In 2006 Panzerpappa issued Koralrevens Klagesang, their most ambitious (and widely available) album to date, featuring the quartet heard on Farlig Vandring joined by a bevy of guests on a wide array of instrumentation and including a classic Caravan-esque vocal from Sinclair on one track. Panzerpappa gained even wider notice with the release of Astromalist on the Rune Grammofon label in 2012; in addition to the band's core quartet, the album featured appearances by keyboardist Hans-Petter Alfredsen (who subsequently joined the group as a permanent member), Jaga Jazzist flutist Ketil Vestrum Einarsen, Univers Zero bassoonist Michel Berckmans, vibraphonist Ola Lindh, and on strings, Eivind Hasle Amundsen (violin), Hannah Bartram (viola), and Thomas Nilsson (cello).
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8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Summarisk Suite
Progressieve rock - Released by Apollon Records Prog on 3 mei 2019
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Astromalist
Progressieve rock - Released by Rune Grammofon on 12 okt. 2012
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Pestrottedans
Progressieve rock - Released by Altrock Productions on 22 mrt. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Koralrevens Klagesang
Hardrock - Released by Schmell on 16 okt. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Exercises on Stream
Rock - Released by Avant Audio Productions on 21 apr. 2023
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Besse Vikingson (feat. Rannveig Djønne)
Rock - Released by Avant Audio Productions on 1 mrt. 2024
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Belgerisk Improv
Progressieve rock - Released by Apollon Records on 15 jun. 2018
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Skolepiano (2016 version)
Rock - Released by Avant Audio Productions on 6 mei 2024
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo