Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Jazz Festivals
Polar Jazz
, Longyearbyen
Night Jazz (Nattjazz)
,
Bergen
Kongsberg Jazz
, Kongsberg
Canal Street Jazz & Blues
, Arendal
International Jazz
,
Oslo
Silda Jazz
, Haugesund
Lillehammer Jazz
,
Lillehammer
Electronica
Norway is at once one of Europe's most prolific producers, and most devoted fans, of elec-
tronica. Although much of the energy surrounding Norwegian electronica has shifted to
Oslo in recent years, the so-called Bergen Wave was largely responsible for putting Nor-
way on the world electronica circuit in the first years of the 21st century. Röyksopp (royk-
sopp.com) in particular took the international electronica scene by storm with its debut al-
bum
Melody A.M.
in 2001 and the group has never really left the dance-floor charts since.
The Bergen Wave was not just about electronica; it also produced internationally ac-
claimed bands Kings of Convenience (
www.kingsofconvenience.com
)
and Ephemera
(
www.ephemera.no
).
In recent years Oslo has taken up the electronica mantle with
Sunkissed,
spun by G-Ha
and Olanskii. It remains the hottest thing to hit Norwegian dance music since Röyksopp.
Metal
Metal is a genre that Norway has taken to heart and Bergen tends to be the home city for
much of the action. Two venues famous throughout Europe are
Hulen
, an almost mythical
venue.
