David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, Beatles, Genesis, The Byrds, David Crosby, Arthur Russel, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Flaming Lips, Kevin Ayers, Buzzcocks, The Zombies, Housemartins, Kraftwerk, Stiff little fingers, Antony and the Johnsons, Gram Parsons, The Band...
also Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, John Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Peter Brötzman, Lester Bowie, Lord Kelvin, Bill Frisell, Ray Anderson, Mahavihsnu Orchestra, Terje Rypdal, George Lewis, Steve Lacy, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Paul Rutherford, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Thelonius Monk, Trummor & Orgel, Jon Balke, Gato Barbieri, Atomic, Per "Texas" Johanson...
and Jim Ford, Led Zeppelin, Dead Kennedys, Argent, Ebba Grön, Mike Oldfield, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Hansson & Carlson, Black Feather, Skip James, Rufus Wainwright, Ramones, Matching Mole, Karin Krog, Jimmy Cliff, AC/DC, Dr. John, Todd Rundgren, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Midnight Oil, Chemical Brothers, Travis, Money Mark, Bergen White, Robbie Basho, Bon Iver, The Beautiful South, Yothu Yindi, Traffic, The Clash, Arcade Fire, Margo Guryan, Prince, Bo Hansson, Fleet Foxes, Judee Sill, Dennis Wilson, Stravinskij, Schœnberg, The Aller Værste, Okasa, Cornelius, Fartein Valen, Dillard & Clark, My Bloody Valentine, David Hudson, Björk, Simon & Garfunkel, Sagor & Swing, Steve Reich, Polyphonic Spree, Graham Nash, Lindisfarne, Neil MacArthur, Colin Blunstone, Y.M.C.K., Vanilla Fudge, Sly and the family Stone, Teitur, Stephen Stills, Erasure, Scott Walker, Desmond Dekker, Bach, Tears for Fears, Shining, Magic Pocket, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Richard Walley, Milton Nascimento, The Cramps, The Who, The The, Michael Jackson, The Hollies, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, Soft Machine, Manassas, The Avalanches, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa, Lord Kelvin, The Cure, Living Colour, Gentle Giant, Dinosau, Wolf Whistle, Lars Horntveth, Gene Clark, Depeche Mode, Knutsen og Ludvigsen, Curtis Mayfield, Beach Boys, Phil Collins, Tin Machine, Trail of Dead, Thin Lizzy, Can, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Brian Eno, Leo kottke, Sonic Youth, Yes, Shining, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sex Pistols, Tony Banks, Martin Hagfors, Radiohead, Dillard & Clark, a-ha, Stina Nordenstam, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, DEVO, Supertramp, The Mars Volta, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, ÆÆ, Finn Coren, Robert Johnson, Sandy Bull, Dum Dum Boys, Velvet Underground, Dungen, Queen, U2, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Lou Reed, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Gary Moore, Nic Kershaw, Mercury Rev, Motorpsycho, Spiritualized, Townes Van Zandt, America, Jaga Jazzist...
Dont forget Alan Moore, Samuel Becket, Stig Larson (not stieg), Tor Ulven, Dag Solstad, Tomas Tranströmer, Charles Bukowski, Milan Kundera, Agnar Mykle, Inger Christensen, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Koestler, Knut Hamsun, Tom Kristensen, Karel Capek, Graham Swift, Finn Alnæs, Johan Falkberget, Joseph Conrad, Rune Christiansen, Flannery O..Connor, Marlen Haushofer, Finn Carling, Axel Jensen, Kurt Vonnegut jr., T.S. Elliot, John Steinbeck, Kjell Askildsen, Ovid...
Erik has toured Norway a number of times, and in Europe with Jaga Jazzist, Ensemble Denada and Loud Jazz Band. In Trondheim Jazz Orchestra he has worked with composers and soloists such as Joshua Redman, Eirik Hegdal, Terje Rypdal, Jon Balke and Maria Kannegård.
He has participated on many records with artists like Dum Dum Boys, Maria Mena, Haakon Ellingsen, Martin Hagfors, Thom Hell, Side Brok... (Check discography)
Erik also work or have worked with Jim Stärk, Nordgarden, MIngus Mingus Mingus, The Cheaters, Okasa, Navyelectre, Dinosau, Svigermors Drøm, Acoustic Accident, Omega, Skog, (soundslashnoise), The Way Ahead, Norsk Kurveunion...
This year he released a trio cd with "Lord Kelvin" on JAZZLAND recordings, and got an award, jazZtipendiat 2009, with the band "Magic Pocket". The new Jaga Record is finished and will be released in january 2010. He also hope to record a couple of new cds with his bands.
Some Pics of me and my bands and places here and everywhere:
Hi and thanks for the friendship! Black Bile Extempore, an album with our deconstruction of John Dowland’s galliard Can She Excuse will be released on August 20 during the Happy Nordic Music Days in Oslo. The CD release will be celebrated with a duo performance on guitars and electronics at Sound of Mu at 20:00 on August 20. This performance is organized by NoTAM, the studio in Oslo where the album was recorded. On our site you will find six tracks from the album. All best!/The Black Bile Galliards
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