Erik Wollo

Erik Wollo (born 1961) is a Norwegian composer and musician, guitarist and synthesist. He has been a professional artist since 1980. His musical background covers a wide range of styles from rock and jazz, to experimental electronic and classical music.

As a solo recording artist, he is most known for his electronic and ambient musical soundscapes. Melodic electronic music with clear beats and strong permeating tunes. Chiming themes ringing out against ambient textures often used together with modal scales and chord structures. His music displays his talents on layering various synthesizers and guitars, and dropping in assorted electronic and acoustic percussion to yield exquisite downtempo music that covers everything from ambient, space music, electronic music, chill-out to electronica. He creates music that is both lyrical and rhythmical with emphasizing melodic and structural formations.

He has been composing and performing music for films, theater, ballets and exhibitions. As well as composing for strings, woodwinds and larger orchestras. As a guitarist he has been leading his own groups, playing at clubs, concert halls and festivals in Europe, the USA and Canada.

During the last decades, he has produced several solo albums. His music has been released worldwide since 1984.

Selection of works/discography

Solo albums:
* "ELEVATIONS" (Spotted Peccary Music, CD-2007)
* "BLUE SKY, RED GUITARS" (Spotted Peccary Music, CD-2004)
* "THE POLAR DRONES" (GROOVE Unlimited, CD-2003)
* "EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES" (Spotted Peccary Music, CD-2003)
* "WIND JOURNEY" (Monumental Records, CD-2001)
* "GUITAR NOVA" (Monumental Records, CD-1998)
* "TRANSIT" (Monumental Records, CD-1996)
* "SOLSTICE" (Origo Sound, CD-1992)
* "IMAGES OF LIGHT" (Origo Sound, CD-1990)
* "SILVER BEACH" (Cicada Rec, LP-1986/CD-1988. Margen 2005)
* "TRACES" (Cicada Rec/Badland, LP-1985/CD-1988)
* "DREAMS OF PYRAMIDS" (Hot Club Rec, LP-1984)
* "WHERE IT ALL BEGINS" (Hot Club Rec, LP-1983/Monumental, CD-1999)

Together with other Artists/Projects:
* Celeste - "Design by Music" (Col, LP- 1984)
* Wiese/Wøllo/Waring - "Trio" (Maza Rec, LP-1984/Curling Legs, CD-2008)
* New Music Composers Group - "In Real Time" (Albedo, CD-1992)
* Bry/Springgard/Wøllo - "Fossegrimen" (Cappelen, Book/CD-1995)
* Pacemaker - "Pacemaker EP" (Beatservice, EP-1996)
* EXILE - "Dimension D" (Origo Sound, CD-1997)
* Erik Wøllo/Hyperlinkto - "Musikk til en Meny" (Monumental/Hyperlinkto, CD-2001)

Several selected compositions licensed for Collection Albums:
* "Northern Nights" - (Six Degrees Records/Climate, CD-1999)
* "Music from the Edge" - (Margen Magazine, CD-2000)
* "The Echoes Living Room Concerts, vol. 7" - (Echoes, CD-2001)
* "Lights Out VIII" - (KINK fm102, CD- 2002)
* "The Echoes Living Room Concerts, vol. 9" - (Echoes, CD-2003)
* "Michael Garrison Tribute Collection" - (Groove Unlimited, CD- 2004)
* "Lights Out IX" - (KINK fm102, CD- 2005)
* "Lights Out X" - (KINK fm102, CD- 2006)
* "Stars End 30th Anniversary Anthology CD" (CD- 2007)

Other works for different ensembles:
* "Formations" (String Quartet - 1982)
* "En Brottsjø" (Saxophone Quartet - 1986)
* "Solar" (Tape/Woodwinds - 1986)
* "Windows" (Sinfonietta - 1988)
* "Pre Sense" (2 pno/Cl/Tr/Tape - 1990)
* "Vidder" (Organ/E.horn - 1992)
* "Accordance" (String Quartet - 1992)
* "Lost in Legoland" (Fl/Git/Voc - 1994)
* "Magnushymnen" (Voc/Fl/Git/Brass - 1997)
* "Ceramics" (Fl/Perc/Tape - 1998)
* "Imaginations" (String Quartet - 1998)
* "Millennium 2000" (Sinfonietta/Soprano/Choir/Organ - 1999)
* "Transitions" (Sinfonietta/Soprano - 2000)
* "Unity" (String Quartet - 2002)

Music for Ballet:
* "Breathing Space" (Kjersti Engebrigtsen - 2007)
* "Fragile" (Kjersti Engebrigtsen - 2004)
* "Distant Buddha" (Teet Kask - 2004)
* "Cascade" (Jane Hveding - 2002)
* "Shadowgraph" (Teet Kask - 2001)
* "Ursula X" (Teet Kask - 1999)
* "Gips"(Spig Wibrodux)- (Wøllo/Bry/Kask - 1999)
* "Jeg Drømte" (Kjersti Engebrigtsen - 1992)
* "Pyramider" (Trine Thorbjørnsen - 1986)

Music for Theatre/Multi-media:
* "Heimen Vår" (Bry/Springgard/Wøllo - 2007)
* "Livskraften" (Thor Rummelhoff - 2005)
* "Fossegrimen" (Bry/Springgard/Wøllo - 1992/95/96)
* "Abiriels Løve" (Kittelsen/Thorbjørnsen - 1996)
* "Aldri Verden" (Vik/Schjøll - 1992)
* "Motspillerne" (Kittelsen/Thorbjørnsen - 1988/91)

Video/Film/Exhibitions:
* "Transit" -musicvideo to the album (X-Ray/Monumental-1996).
* "Rift" (Continental Drift) -Video from Iceland (Patrick Huse/Aschehoug 1998).
* "Lille Øistein" -computergame (Netron/Mediaparken 2007)
* "Antebellum America" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 1997)
* "Lay Out" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 1998)
* "Street Lights" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 1999)
* "Fun House" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 1999)
* "Crash Course" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2000)
* "Sprawlville" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2002)
* "Consuming Pleasures" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2003)
* "Falling Down" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2003)
* "Balling Games" -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2005)
* "Playing Games Paying Games " -Video/Installation (Sven Påhlsson 2006)
* "Ice Works", music to Icesculpture (Helge Røed 2000)
* "Kulturstreif Hallingdal", -Internet project 2000 (www.kulturstreif.no)
* "En Transformert Reise", video (Kirkhorn/Urstad 2000)
* "Chat Chat Chat", Animations/Internet interactive (Alvin/Hyperlinkto 2001)
* "Under Overflaten", video (Kurt Hermansen 2003)
* "Beacons", Light/Sound installation at Asker Railwaystation (Påhlsson/Wøllo 2005)
* "Elevator", Photo and Sound Installation (Christine Istad 2005)
* "Year", Dramatic Feature Film (Mike Carroll 2005)
* "Eventyrsøppel" - Installation with Music (Martens/Frantzen 2006)

Films / TV - documentaries:
* NRK/TV2 and several others (Norway) (also documentaries for TV and Radio in Europe, Japan and USA)

External links

* [http://www.wollo.com Erik Wollo official website]