The music collective Skurkeklubben's projects have included a large fish smoking cigarettes, music featuring excavators, and fishermen in lifts playing synths. The members have exceptional creativity and are all specialists in their fields: Bjørn Torske, Jørgen Træen, John Hegre, and David Aasheim.

The truly technically competent troublemakers invite you to the commissioned work New shoes!. The music, planned by Skurkeklubben, is performed by some of Norway's leading improvisational musicians. Eight soloists from Vestnorsk Jazzensemble play in their own room on a large double-decker stage. Behind the mixing tables stand Skurkeklubben, controlling who can be heard and seen on stage.

Image: David Aasheim/AI

Skurkeklubben:

Contributors

• Skurkeklubben & Vestnorsk Jazzensemble

• Bjørn Torske decks

• John Hegre guitars

• David Aasheim sound manipulation

• Jørgen Træen modular synthesizers

• Dag Arnesen piano

• Heidi Kvelvane saxophone

• Benedicte Maurseth fiddle

• Carmen Bóveda cello

• Ola Høyer bass

• Ivar Thormodsæter drums

• Didrik Ingvaldsen trumpet

• Ivar Kolve vibraphone, marimba

• Audun Humberset producer Vestnorsk Jazzensemble

• Kjetil Møster artistic director Vestnorsk Jazzensemble

Produced by

West Norway Jazz Centre in collaboration with Bergen International Festival

Vestnorsk Jazzensemble: