Mari has always loved a good groove ( her passion for dancing/tapdancing), and based on a good groove she puts in all her passions and different elements into it.
She challenges herself as an arranger in the styles she loves , such as ”Disney”-
harmonizations in choir and strings, bossa nova, easy listening etc.
In the soundscape, you mostly hear Mari as a multi-musician, performing instruments such as gut-string guitar, organ, piano, rhodes, string-ensemble , choir, violin –improvisation and vocals, combined with an extraordinary rhythm section.
Mari is inspired of the music from the old movies. She loves the ”old” sound of a string ensemble with exaggerated glissando and vibrato . She is a big fan of great jazz- pianists such as Jan Johansson, Bill Evans and singers Ella, Billie, Sassy, Monica Zetterlund and Blossom Dearie who she was lucky to meet in NY 2005. She has lived in Brasil and finds great pleasure listening to Brazilian musicians such as Tom Jobim, Edu Lobo, Vinicius Moraes, Quarteto em Cy, Noel Rosa, Joao Gilberto, Marisa Monte, Elis Regina and her favourite singer Marisa ”Gata” Mansa. She has studied tango in Buenos Aires with the great violinist Mauricio Marcelli (Pugliese) and got her first piece for string ensemble, ”Linjer”, performed in 2003 by the ESML orchestra at the Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon.
Among others of Maris favourite artists, are Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Jimmy Rodgers, Michael Jackson, Carlos Gardel, Charles Trenet, Serge Gainsbourg, Harry Brandelius, The Carpenters, The Monn Keys, Coleman Hawkins, Stuff Smith, Claus Ogerman, Gram Parsons, Prince - to name but a few.
Mari lives in Bergen, Norway where she works as a musician and composer .She is a member of the Norwegian grammy award- nominated band The Royalties and plays with several other bands. Mari has arranged strings for artists such as Sondre Lerche, TNT , The Royalties and HP Gundersen. She is also credited as a violinist on several albums with various artists such as Madrugada (Lift me), Claudia Scott, Sondre Lerche, Louis Philippe, Pogo Pops to name but a few.
Hi Mari...just dropping by your space to say a warm hello from November England...hope its warm where you are and thank you for the music...love and peace...Billxxx
Lovely, lovely songs...very cinematic...but like the old amazing black and white movies, that's what plays in your head when listening. Welcome to Theory of Tides. Check out our tunes, tell us your favs, playlist us, feedback. Happy to have you here/hear in our Tidal Pool...mirana/ToT
Hei, Mari ! I'm glad I could se and listen to you and your fabulouse musichens live at Kampen ! Fy søren så bra dere er !! Lykke til videre i verden ! Unni :-))
Hi Mari! I've waited to reliese your CD from March! And I'm waiting for being able to buy from my country. Please tell me then if I can buy. I love your songs and love the jacket of CD.
Obrigado pela visita em meu espaço e muito boa sorte pra você!!!
Fique a vontade pra ouvir todas as canções do meu terceiro CD: Ebulição de Idéias, ver os vídeos de shows e tudo que quiser, ta bom?!
O CD tem a participação do Zé Geraldo na música (S.O.S) e tem também uma canção em homenagem ao Maluco Beleza, Raul Seixas (Um Canto Para Raul), Além da música "Essência Oculta" que foi trilha Sonora de um filme(TV Cultura) do Grande Cineasta Hermano Penna.
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