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Nils Petter Molvær

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Nils Petter Molvær
Background information
Born (1960-09-18) 18 September 1960 (age 65)
Langevåg, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
InstrumentTrumpet
LabelECM
Websitewww.nilspettermolvaer.com
Norway 2020
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Molvær in Neuwied, Germany, 2011

Nils Petter Molvær (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈmɔ̂ɫvæːr]), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most commercially successful album, Khmer.[1]

Biography

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Molvær was born and raised on the island of Sula, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, and left at age nineteen to study on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (1980–82).[2] He joined the bands Jazzpunkensemblet with Jon Eberson and Masqualero, alongside Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen and Tore Brunborg. Masqualero (named after a Wayne Shorter composition originally recorded by Miles Davis) recorded several albums for ECM Records, and Molvær recorded with other ECM artists before his 1997 debut solo album, Khmer. The record was a fusion of jazz, rock, electronic soundscapes, and hip-hop beats – and quite unlike the delicate "chamber jazz" typically associated with ECM.[3] Molvær's muted trumpet sound, sometimes electronically processed, had an obvious debt to Miles Davis's work of the 1970s and 1980s, but without being a slavish copy. For the first time, ECM released singles: "Song of Sand", backed with three remixes, and "Ligotage". In 2000, a second album followed, Solid Ether, after which Molvær left ECM. He has recorded several albums since, and has also produced film and theater music.[4][5]

He often works with guitarist Eivind Aarset. He has also played with Tabla Beat Science, created by Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell.[6]

Honors

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Discography

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In Masqualero

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  • 1983.10 – Masqualero – Odin Records (1983) (Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Tore Brunborg, Nils Petter Molvær)
  • 1985.08 – Bande À Part – ECM Records (1986) (Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Tore Brunborg, Nils Petter Molvær)
  • 1987.11 – Aero – ECM Records (1988) (Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Tore Brunborg, Nils Petter Molvær)
  • 1989.12 – Re-Enter – ECM Records (1990) (Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Tore Brunborg, Nils Petter Molvær)

Solo

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  • 1996.04 – Khmer – ECM Records (1997) (Eivind Aarset, Morten Mølster, Roger Ludvigsen, Rune Arnesen)
  • 1998 – Khmer: The Remixes – ECM Records (1998)
  • 1998 – Ligotage – ECM Records (1998)
  • 1999 – Solid Ether – ECM Records (2000) (Sidsel Endresen, Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, DJ Strangefruit)
  • 2001 – Recoloured – EmArcy (2001)
  • 2002 – NP3 – EmArcy (2002) (Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, Rune Arnesen, Raymond Pellicer)
  • 2002.09 – Streamer – Sula Records (2004)(Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, Rune Arnesen, DJ Strangefruit, Jan Bang) (Thirsty Ear Recs - 2006)
  • 2004 – Er – Sula Records (2005) (Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Rune Arnesen, Helge Norbakken)
  • 2005 – Edy (Bande Original du Film) – Sula Records (2005) (Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Rune Arnesen)
  • 2005 – Remakes – Sula Records (2005)
  • 2005 – An American Compilation – Thirsty Ear (2005)
  • 2007 – Re-Vision – ECM Records (2008) (Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Audun Kleive)
  • 2009 – Hamada – Thirsty Ear / Sula Records (2009) (Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, Jan Bang)
  • 2011 – Baboon Moon – Sula Records / Sony Music (2011) (Stian Westerhus, Erland Dahlen)
  • 2014 – Switch – OKeh Records (2014) (Geir Sundstøl, Erland Dahlen, Jo Berger Myhre)
  • 2016 – Buoyancy – OKeh Records (2016) (Geir Sundstøl, Jo Berger Myhre, Erland Dahlen)
  • 2020 – Stitches – Modern Recordings (2021) (Jo Berger Myhre, Erland Dahlen, Johan Lindström)
  • 2023.05 – KHMER Live in Bergen – Sula Records (2025) (Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, Rune Arnesen, Jan Bang, DJ Strangefruit)

Collaborations

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Also appears on

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  • Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia (3CD, Nascente 2011)

References

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  1. ↑ Genzel, Christian. "Khmer: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Jazzlinja NRNU.no". NTNU.no. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. ↑ Geoff Dyer in The Observer
  4. ↑ Dalane, Anders (29 June 2022). "Nils Petter Molvær Biography". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ↑ "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  6. ↑ "Molvær, Nils Petter". Norsk Musikkinformasjon.
  7. ↑ "Marilyn Mazur's Future Song – Small Labyrinths". Discogs. 1997. Retrieved 5 Jul 2018.
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