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02.12.22 . . ... ... Ääni Sauna, Live: Lau Nau with Alexander Rishaug, Oslo Badstuforening, Oslo, NO
12.05.23 . . ... ... Conversations with Land, Exhibition, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
03.11.23 . . ... ... Transmission of the Unforseen, Exhibition, Atelier Nord, Oslo, NO
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10.08.20
Y (59°54′54,76′′N 10°44′46,03′′Ø)
Double vinyl + publication (32 pages) and/or digital
The H-block, or Høyblokka as it is called in Norwegian, was the Government Quarter’s main building. The was building was completed in 1958. Architect Erling Viksjø was inspired by the French modernist Le Corbusier, and set out to create an elegant, monumental but sober functionalism.
On 22 July 2011 at 15:25:22 (CEST), a car bomb was detonated outside H-block. The car, a Volkswagen Crafter, was parked just outside the main entrance. The bomb killed eight people and injured a further two hundred. It also left a deep crater in the ground and caused major damage to the building, which nevertheless remained standing.
The terrorist then travelled to Utøya island outside Oslo, where the Labour Party Youth Wing, AUF – Arbeiderpartiets Ungdomsforening, held its annual summer camp. Disguised as a policeman, he killed sixty-nine innocent young people and injured another sixty-six before he was stopped by the police Delta Force Group seventy minutes later.
During two nights in October 2017, sound artist Alexander Rishaug was granted permission by Statsbygg (Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property) to enter Høyblokka and record the sound of the vacant building. All the interior, furniture and equipment had been removed, leaving the building completely empty and abandoned, like a ghost in the middle of Oslo city centre.
Equipped with a directional microphone, two DPAs, and a set of contact mics, Rishaug began to explore and monitor the building’s acoustics, vibrations and resonance. Y (59°54’54,76”N 10°44’46,03”Ø) is a sonic portrait of the Government Quarter, an investigation of Høyblokka’s psychoacoustic state, at a point in time between past and future, before it is renovated, refurbished, and put to new uses as a political and administrative centre. In the title of this soundscape, the Y represents the Y-block and the coordinates (59°54’54,76”N 10°44’46,03”Ø) locate the H-block and the Government Quarter.
The album and art project is part of and co-produced by osloBIENNALEN, FIRST EDITION 2019 – 2024 and Motto, curated by Eva González-Sancho Bodero and Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk. osloBIENNALEN is initiated and financed by the City of Oslo, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Norway.
Listen to it here
15.03.19
The Valley - film soundtrack in collaboration with artists Stine Gonsholt and Åse Løvgren
The project uses the place Dale as a prism to investigate global transitions in production, digitalisation and trade,
and how these transitions influence the status of place. The tension between the local that dissolves in global
economy and the local as a beholder for material prerequisites for certain modes or types of production, is central.
A year ago a new type of industry entered the old factory buildings in Dale, on the West Coast of Norway, a large
server farm mining for Bitcoin.
Residency at BEK in Bergen 10 - 15th of March.
The film will be screened at Nye Fortsettelser, curated by Anne Sefer Karlsen, Vaksdal the 6th of April 2019
16.11.18
The Centiweek represents one week divided by hundred, which yielded 19 tracks with total duration of 100
minutes and 48 seconds. Each track is labeled “Centiweekend” and has its progress number according to the
tracklist. These “Centiweekends” serve as stand-alone digital counterparts to our cassettes.The first cassette
is C60, the second is C40. Released by Polish label Default. Pre-order tapes or buy digital release here
24.10.18
Rudow will perform live in Bergen at DOT / Bergen Techno Fanzine Launch Party, Østre the 10th of November.
13.09.18
Future Farmers / Flatbread Society presents Through The Tandoor, 14th of September between 5-11pm.
A sonic enactment of the oven infrastructure of the bakehouse at Losæter in Bjørvika with live moments,
tuning energies and open improvisation into diverse electromagnetic and acoustic frequencies.
With Samvær Under Tilsün, Bård Watn, Alexander Rishaug, Eva Bakkeslett, AV.net, Yasi Perera, Organic-Structure.net, Mia Melvaert & Ramona and Planète Concrète.
13.09.18
Take It Easy Policy or TIEP if you like, has been releasing music etc since 2015. They’re now getting close
to the 25th release. This has to be celebrated. LIVE: André Borgen aka Organ Bender, Chaotic Morphs, Are Mokkelbost, Prinztronix, Rudow and Håkon Hoffart. DJ’s: Bendik Kaltenborn and Espen Holtestaul. VIDEO:
Marianne Røthe Arnesen and Marianne Hallseth, Emil Høgset og Espen Friberg. Kafé Hærverk, Oslo, 15th of September, from 8pm.
13.08.18
New Rudow album out on TIEP on friday the 17th. Lost Tape is the second album by Rudow. It’s a remix
album featuring Mental Overdrive, Ost & Kjex, Charlotte Bendiks, +plattform, Espen Hangård, Snasen,
MIND over MIDI, Center of the Universe, Admir Korjenic and Sprutbass.
For preview and pre-sale: https://tiep.bandcamp.com/album/lost-tape
21.03.2018
An exhibition of contemporary archaeology, based on the ongoing research project Unruly Heritage: An
Archaeology of the Anthropocene. This is a collaboration between Tromsø Museum and CAS (Centre for
Advanced Study), led by Professor Bjørnar Julius Olsen and Þóra Pétursdóttir at UiT Norway's Arctic
University. The "heritage" tells the story of six northern places in three countries where scientists have
investigated modern ruins and seas. Dalniye Zelensy and Teriberka in Russia, Sværholt and Sarnes in
Norway, Langanes and Eyri in Iceland. The exhibition is designed, presented and transformed by Joar
Nango and Jonathan S. Igharas
11.03.2018
To celebrate Crónica 15 years anniversary, The exhibition Anotações Sonoras: Espaço, Pausa, Repetição /
Sonic Annotations: Space, Pause, Repetition will open at The Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto,
Friday the 24th of March.
A sound installation by Pedro Tudela and Miguel Carvalhais with contributions by invited artists. The installation
uses all of the gallery space creating a listening area encircled by multiple sound sources establishing a
connection with the architecture.
The exhibition will be running until June 30, 2018.
Alex FX · Alexander Rishaug · André Gonçalves · Andreas Trobollowitsch · Artificial Memory Trace · Arturas
Bumšteinas · Attilio Novellino · Carlos Santos · Carlos Zingaro · Cem Güney · Dan Powell · David Lee Myers
Diana Combo ·Durán Vázquez · Emídio Buchinho · Emmanuel Mieville · Enrico Ascoli · Enrico Coniglio · Astrid
& Ephraim Wegner · Haarvöl · Freiband · Gintas Kraptavicius · Graeme Truslove · Hugo Paquete · Ifs
James Eck Rippie · Janek Schaefer · Jazznoize · Jim Haynes · Jonathan Uliel Saldanha · Jörg Piringer · Jos
Smolders · Lawrence English · Luca Forcucci · Maile Costa Colbert · Marc Behrens · Martijn Tellinga · Mikel R.
Nieto · Mise en Scene · Monty Adkins · Morten Riis · paL · Ran Slavin · Richard Eigner · Saverio Rosi · Simon
Whetham · Sound Meccano · Stephen Vitiello · STURQEN Tamtam · Tuulikki Bartosik · Ulrich Mitzlaff · Vitor
Joaquim · Yiorgis Sakellariou
06.01.2018
New release January 8
Ljerke is a multidisciplinary project which took form in the Frisian landscape. The project includes artists from
Netherlands (Romke Kleefstra, Jan Kleefstra, Sytze Pruiksma) and Norway (Alexander Rishaug, Hilde Marie
Holsen, Michael Duch) completed with the video artists Marco Douma (NL) and Haraldur Karlsson from Iceland.
Recorded by Jan Switters at the Landscape studio te Gauw 7/8 november 2016. Mixed and edited by Rutger Zuydervelt. Mastered by Lasse Marhaug. Artwork by Marco Douma.
https://eileanrec.bandcamp.com/album/ljerke
04.05.2017
Norwegian sound artists Alexander Rishaug and Lasse Marhaug have worked together as a duo for almost
20 years. In this time they have produced one album, 2004's Feel Free At Home on the Lucky Kitchen label.
Now, the pair are ready with their follow-up: Corneal Clouds on Tapeworm. The music was recorded in 2012,
then put through an extensive and meticulous fermentation process of five years until now - at last - it is ready
for the public.
Limited edition of 125 copies.
11.02.2016
Images from the Ma.org Pa.git performance, Trondenes Church, Harstad and Ilios festival. Featuring
Sigbjørn Apeland on organ and Ivar Bjørnson on guitar.
Photo: Mats Iversen Vangen
Photo: A.Rishaug
Photo: Mats Iversen Vangen
15.01.2016
From Spaces Speak #4 with HC Gilje at RAM Gallery, Oslo the 14th of January. Revolver meets Vibra_tone.
19.11.2015
From the Ma.org Pa.git performance in Korskirken, The Ekko Festival, Bergen, the 1st of November.
Photo's by Oddbjørn Steffensen.
16.11.2015
New remix for Splashgirl from the album Hibernation, out now on Hubro.
18.09.2015
Some pictures from the premiere of Ma.org Pa.git at Pauluskerk, Incubate festival in Tilburg 17.09.2015, featuring
Ivar Bjørnson on guitar and Sigbjørn Apeland on organ.
21.08.2015
Sound and music for Eva-Cecilie Richardsen's installation and investigating work: Speaking and building at
KHIO, Oslo. Opening at Thuesday 25.08 at 7:00pm. Open every day between 26 - 29.08 from 1:00pm - 6:00pm
24.04.2015
Will perform the Ma.org Pa.git album (Cronica) at Incubate Festival in Tilburg, NL. Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved, Jazkamer), guitar and Sigbjørn Apeland, church organ (1982, Nils Økland group) will join forces.
18.02.2015
New album Ma.org Pa.git on Cronica are now available at Bandcamp. 180 gram vinyl, limited to 200 copies.
Digital version also available. Parallel with the album Ma.org Pa.git Re.mx are also available.Digital only.
Featuring Machinefabriek, Svalastog, Köhn, Sakana Hosomi, Phonophani, TY, Seaworthy, Asuna,
Loscil, Curver and Mark Fell. Scroll images for links.
18.02.2015
People went by #02 - a remix at Spikersuppa Lydgalleri is now available at soundcloud. If you're in Oslo, it's still
time to catch it at the spot. Bring your ice skates for optimal experience!
18.12.2014
A couple of images from Rishaug/Belfi/Welburn trio at Multiversal PostNO#48, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin.
Thanks to Andi Stecher for the photo's.
07.11.2014
Just finished a stunning tour in Japan. Thanks to all that came out, people I played with, people I met and
to all the organizers putting up the shows. You are the best! More images and tour diary here.
16.10.2014
Poster for the 11th EKKO Festival. Performing Asbjørn Flø's Analogikk with Asbjørn Flø, Hild Sofie Tafjord
and Maja Ratkje on friday the 17th of October. Commissioned by BEK.
23.09.2014
Alexander Rishaug Japan Tour 2014
24.10 Soup, Tokyo
25.10 Sakyu-kan, Niigata
26.10 Kapo, Kanazawa
30.10 Space eauuu, Kobe
31.10 Urbanguild, Kyoto
01.11 Float, Osaka
02.11 At Hall, Oita
03.11 gift_lab, Tokyo
Supported by Music Norway
13.09.2014
Poster for the festival at Friese in Bremen.
18.08.2014
New remix for S.L.Y.C. from their album "A Deafening Light" out now on Metronomicon Audio.
Buy the album + the remix here
29.06.2014
Here's a live recording from the synth improvisation at Basic Electricity #12, K77, Berlin.
24.06.2014
Live excerpt front the show at Mayhem. Film by Øyvind Melbye / Kunsthall Oslo.
12.06.2014
Poster for the show at Mayhem in Copenhagen the 13th of June.
27.05.2014
Here's a short preview from my new collaboration with Ilan Katin. Filmed by James Welburn at Meta.Morf
in Trondheim.
11.04.2014
Documentation movie of the piece "Performance for people passing by #01" at Spikersuppa Lydgalleri,
Oslo, Norway. Filmed and edited by James Welburn.
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19.03.2014
Radio mix by Alexander Rishaug at Fri Form Radio. Featuring Alog, OOIOO, L'ocelle Mare,
Lost in Hildurness, among others. Listen to it on Soundcloud
13.03.2014
Here are some images from the exhibition Piktomania at Deichmanske Library in Oslo by Juan Brito Vargas.
03.03.2014
Just finished a soundtrack for the animation PIKTOMANIA by Juan Brito Vargas. The film was part of the
exhibition PIKTOMANIA at Deichmanske Library in Oslo.
26.02.2014
Documentation of the first performance this year at Spikersuppa Lydgalleri in Oslo the 22nd of February.
The premiere of: Performance for people passing by #01, a site specific piece based on recordings of ice,
blended with live electronics. Photo's: Spikersuppa Lydgalleri
19.09.2013
Digital reissue of Essmaa Compilation, by Tsuki Boshi on Beatport. Featuring Sebastien Roux,
Christophe Bailleau, Leafcutter John, @c, Sutekh, Scanner, O Lamm etc.
29.08.2013
Poster for Rrose Sélavy #025 by Erik Skodvin.
11.08.2013
Some nice photos by James Welburn from the show at Muscle Temple, Berlin. Thanks to Petri Henriksson
for organizing the show.
09.08.2013
Poster for the show at Muscle Temple 10th of August.
03.08.2013
New exclusive track out on Fysisk Format sampler KZ Bransjevelter #8. Check it out here!
15.05.2013
Back home after an unforgettable and stunning time in Australia. Thanks to Ollie Bown (Tin Shed Gallery),
Benjamin Thompson & Lawrence English (The Waiting Room), Lloyd Honeybrook & Sean Baxter (Make It
Up Club), Ben Byrne (Avantwhatever) and Gail Priest (Pretty Gritty) for organizing the shows. Especially thanks
Benjamin Thompson & Kristin Gullvik, Ben Byrne & Miyuki Jokiranta, Paul Gough (Pimmon) & Paige Gibbs for
opening their homes, hosting, feeding, guiding and driving me around. More pictures here.
18.04.2013
07.04.2013
Poster for the show at Tin Shed Gallery, Sydney.
07.04.2013
Poster for Avantwhatever Monthly, The Alderman, Melbourne (by Ben Byrne)
29.03.2013
Poster for the Australian Tour, April 2013. Made by Petri Henriksson, Blank Blank.
25.03.2013
Poster for the show at The Waiting Room, Brisbane 20th of April. Made by Thomas Roche.
08.02.2013
Live recording from The Schwitters Day 18.11.2012, Henie Onstad Art Center on Soundcloud.
08.02.2013
Here's some great pictures from Alf Solbakken at Tableaux IV 24.01.2013, Vaktbua, Kristiansand.
28.01.2013
Snapshots from my trip to Kristiansand and Tableaux IV. More pictures here.
20.01.2013
Here's the poster for the Tableaux IV at Vaktbua, Odderøya, Kristiansand, Thursday 24th of January.
More info about the event here.
14.01.2013
Twelve years old 99-track compilation from ANTI-EVERYTHING label now available at Bandcamp, featuring
Lasse Marhaug, Daniel Menche, ARM, Prurient, Carlos Giffoni, Bastard Noise, Cock ESP, Birchville Catmotel,
Brutum Fulmen, Daniel Brusaschetto, Gouvernement Alpha, John Wiese, KK NULL, Reynolds, Sudden Infant,
Tore H. Bøe, Alexander Rishaug and 82 others.
07.01.2013
New compilation Protos Orofos 4 featuring Nikos Veliotis, Ilios, Aidan Baker, Nadja, Biomass, Ghone,
Alexander Rishaug, The Nylon Bug, Inverz and others. More info at www.protosorofos.gr
26.11.2012
A few snapshots from Sound of Stockholm. Had a great time. Thanks to the audience, the organizers and
the crew at Kulturhuset. More pics here.
14.11.2012
Some photos from my performance at Nordic Sound Station by Kenneth Åström.
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13.11.2012
Here are some pictures from Nordic Sound Station, Eskilstuna, SE. More picture here.
15.10.2012
Today is the release of two new tapes on KASSETTKULTUR
The rainy days forever tape was originally released in 1997 on Rishaugs own label. It is his first release, before the critically acclaimed Panorama, Smalltown Supersound 2001. It contains lo-fi guitar sketches, unfinished songs, improvisation and everyday reflections. Recorded in Oslo, Trondheim and Reykjavik during 1996-97. Re-released on KASSETTKULTUR, 2012.
Buy it from LOOOP
RISHAUG / MIKALSEN – LIVE AT MU contains haunting landscapes and electronic textures, live improvisation, no edits or afterdubs. Recorded during a concert at Sound of Mu 07.09.2010, Oslo, Norway. The tape where mastered by Kai Kobi Mikalsen. Cover design by A.Rishaug. Kai Kobi Mikalsen: electronics and objects & Alexander Rishaug: electronics and guitar.
Have a listen here or buy it from LOOOP
08.10.2012
Some snapshots from the trip to Switzerland in September. Concerts at the Mos Espa Festival, Geneva and
at Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich. More pictures here.
28.09.2012
Here are pictures from the trip with Simon Whetham (UK) to Mæl, Rjukan and Gaustatoppen, Norway,
15-16 September 2012. A big thanks to Amel and SMALT for organizing the gig. More pics here.
20.09.2012
Poster for Mos Espa Festival, Geneva.
29.08.2012
Choreographers Ingun Bjørnsgaard & Ida Wigdel new dance piece “Neighborhood” for Arctic Dance Circle,
produced by Dansarena Nord. Premiere the 12th of September at Dance Abundance Festival, Oulo, Finland.
The piece will tour northern Finland, Sweden and Norway, a total of 19 shows. Music by Alexander Rishaug
and Per Henrik Svalastog.
17.06.2012
My piece "Constructions to be made . . ." made during my residency at EMS (Electronic Music Studio) in
Stockholm 2011 and finished in Oslo 2012, are now shown at the exhibition ProPro Prob at Moderna Museet,
Malmö, this summer and fall. The exhibition featuring works made at EMS from 1963 until today.
More info here.
12.06.2012
Here are some snapshots from my trip to Greece in May. Together with Ilios and Nikos Veliotis I played at
KNOT Gallery in Athens and Profos Orofos, Thessaloniki. Thanks to the organizers, the people who came
to our shows and the ones we met. You'll find rest of the album here.
05.06.2012
Poster for Soundscape Røst at MIR, Oslo.
14.05.2012
Posters for the concerts in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece.
01.05.2012
Back from gigs in Helsinki, Turku and Gerlesborg with Black to Comm. Thanks to Ilpo at Äänen Lumo,
Irma at Là-Bas Biennale, Kimmo at Titanik Gallery, Christian Pallin at Koloni and Jesper at Gerlesborg
Art School for organizing the shows and their hospitality. More pictures here.
A.Rishaug at Kattilahalli, Helsinki. Photo by Ilpo Heikkinen/Äänen Lumo
Electronic Mayhem at Titanik Gallery, Turku
14.04.2012
Had a great time touring with Pimmon in Norway. Concerts at Brugata, Oslo and Utmark, Bergen. More pics here.
31.03.2012
Poster for the concert with PIMMON (AUS) at Utmark, Landmark, Bergen 13.04.2012. Made by Blank Blank.
21.02.2012
Live at Arma17, Moscow 04.02.2012
07.02.2012
Back from Moscow at the rts.fm night at Arma17. Thanks to Alex Meshkov, Dualism & Easy Changes
and all the rest that made this trip worthwhile. More pictures here.
15.01.2012
Just finished a recording session at the Norwegian Seamen's Church, Rotterdam, NL. More photos at Flickr.
29.12.2011
Uploaded a bunch of new pictures from Black Oyster Tour at Flickr.
13.11.2011
Just finished an European tour with Svarte Greiner Thanks to everyone we met, the organizers and all the people that came out listening to our shows. Thanks to MIC and Königlich Norwegische Botschaft for support.
A special thanks to Joakim Faxvaag for programing my light show, Monique Recknagel at Sonic Pieces for crafting the tour ep and Ingo J. Biermann our driver and one man film crew. More pictures here, video clips from the Berlin show here and the Nijmegen show here.
Audience at NK, Berlin 01.11.2011. Photo by Aniana Heras Cosin
Somewhere between Paris and Basel.
Live at Alchemia, Krakow 10.11.2011. Photo by Magdalena Żesławska
06.11.2011
Now we're half way through the Black Oyster Tour. Its been really nice, hectic, challenging and inspiring. Four shows done and four more shows to go. Put out some new live footage at the tour site.
Worm, Rotterdam 03.11.2011
29.10.2011
Just back from the Nødutgang Festival in Bodø. Thanks to the enthusiastic audience and the generous festival crew,
for making this an unforgettable moment. Here are a few snapshots.
28.10.2011
Soon off for a Europe Tour with Svarte Greiner. For following us along the way please hook up at our
Black Oyster Tour FB site. We also made an tour ep (100x ltd. edition cdr) with both solo stuff and
collaborative pieces. You can listen to it at Soundcloud and It will be possible to by some copies from the
Sonic Pieces webshop.
21.10.2011
The tour poster is ready. Design by Erik Knive Skodvin.
13.10.2011
Two Squidsoup projects are shown at the Scopitone Festival between 12-16th of October in Nantes, France.
Scapes with sounds by A.Rishaug and Glowing Pathfinder Bugs. Check it out if you're around.
05.10.2011
Just got a package with my 3" cd "Rooftop Camping", Enlightenment records 2004. Featuring a remix by Keith Fullerton Whitman. Send me a note if you're interested.
21.08.2011
Some new photos from Norberg Festival, Sweden.
27.07.2011
Some of you might have noticed the bomb attack of the governmental buildings in Oslo and killing of innocent people at Utøya. Thanks for messages and concern, me and my family are all fine.
For those of you that are interested, here is more feature from BBC.
"If one man can show so much hate think of how much love we can show together" Stine Renate Haheim.
06.07.2011
The "Shadow of Events" vinyl is finally available. Yeah!
21.06.2011
Some new pictures from the concert at Dubious, Sound of Mu 30.04.2011. Thanks to Jason Funk!
16.06.2011
Had a brilliant time at Luminous Darkness, Moers Festival. Curated by Till Kniola from Aufabwegen. More pictures here
03.06.2011
New review of "Shadow of Events" on Textura.org.
28.05.2011
Marius Watz generative art piece "Blocker" bought by collector Peter C. Ruppert.
Audio by Alexander Rishaug
15.05.2011
The Shadow of events album are now available at Tiger, Boomkat, Spotify & Itunes.
Listen, downlad or buy a copy for your record shelf.
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