Poesioasen: TIME – Steinar Raknes & Lars Saabye Christensen
Strong communication skills in exciting collaborative project
Steinar Raknes and Lars Saabye Christensen have made an album together. They have a very special cream of musicians with them. Welcome to the poetry oasis at Christians Kjeller!
In September this year, the new album TID will be released, consisting of lyrics from Lars Saabye Christensen and songs by Steinar Raknes. The title indicates the theme of the collaborative project and reflects on the eternally alluring theme of time; the time we live in, the time we have, the time we get, the time we have left and the time the planet has left.
On this beautiful album, Steinar Raknes brings with him some of the country's best musicians. They all share a love for roots music, Americana, blues and the Norwegian singing tradition.
The band is acoustic and consists of:
Steinar Raknes – double bass/vocals
Andreas Utnem – tree organ
Knut Reiersrud – harmonica/guitar
Per Oddvar Johansen – drums/saw
Steinar Raknes is one of the country's most renowned bassists, and has been active on the Norwegian and foreign jazz scenes since the 90s. He has collaborated with international greats such as Chick Corea, and domestic stars such as Tord Gustavsen and Ola Kvernberg. He is also known as a songwriter and vocalist in his project Stillhouse, where he collaborates with Unni Wilhelmsen, among others.
Andreas Utnem is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer and arranger. He has mainly worked with music for theater, film and television. In addition, he has been a musician on a number of releases. He currently works as a cantor and musical director at Tøyenkirka in Oslo. He has composed musical liturgical parts for the High Mass, and hymns with, among others, Edvard Hoem and Jon Fosse.
Knut Reiersrud is a Norwegian blues guitarist and composer, known for a number of collaborations in various musical genres, a long list of album releases under his own name, and contributions to around three hundred recordings. Reiersrud has been a performing musician since the early 1970s and has won three Spellemann awards.
Per Oddvar Johansen is a Norwegian drummer, known from among others Trondheim Kunstorkester, Close Erase and collaborations with Trygve Seim, Vigleik Storaas and Christian Wallumrød. The band The Source has been an important contribution to recent Norwegian jazz. He has played in Steinar Raknes' band Stillhouse for many years.
Lars Saabye Christensen one of Norway's most popular writers of his generation. He is a prolific and versatile writer known for classics such as The Beatles and The Half Brother. His writing has been recognized with countless awards throughout his career. Saabye Christensen has collaborated with musicians on several occasions, and is known for his musical performances of his own poems.
