Music:
Member Since: 8/30/2006
Band Members: Erik Johannessen: vocals, trombone, acoustic/electric/slide guitars, piano, didjeridu, roland juno-6, electric bass, synth-bass, shakers, tambourines, french horn, bagpipe, drums, drum-machine, celesta, thumbpiano, harmonica, mouth-harp, trumpet, birdflutes, wooden flutes, whistling, kazoo, melodica, rainmaker, radio, handclaps, castanets, foot, music box, noise....André Roligheten sax - "Slow Down"
Tore Sandbakken drums - "Clappingsong" & "Slow Down"
My song "Lightyears" is on Ingebjør Westgaard s myspace She sings with me.
Influences: David Bowie, Robert Wyatt, Beatles, Genesis, The Byrds, David Crosby, Arthur Russel, John Fahey, Nick Drake, Flaming Lips, Kevin Ayers, Buzzcocks, The Zombies, Housemartins, Kraftwerk, Stiff little fingers, Antony and the Johnsons, Gram Parsons, The Band...
also Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, John Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Peter Brötzman, Lester Bowie, Bill Frisell, Ray Anderson, Mahavihsnu Orchestra, Terje Rypdal, George Lewis, Steve Lacy, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Paul Rutherford, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Thelonius Monk, Jon Balke, Gato Barbieri, Atomic, Per "Texas" Johanson...
and Jim Ford, Led Zeppelin, Dead Kennedys, Argent, Ebba Grön, Mike Oldfield, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Black Feather, Skip James, Rufus Wainwright, Ramones, Matching Mole, Karin Krog, Jimmy Cliff, AC/DC, Todd Rundgren, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Chemical Brothers, Travis, The Beautiful South, Yothu Yindi, Traffic, The Clash, Margo Guryan, Prince, Fleet Foxes, Dennis Wilson, Stravinskij, Schœnberg, The Aller Værste, Okasa, Cornelius, Fartein Valen, Dillard & Clark, My Bloody Valentine, David Hudson, Björk, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Reich, Polyphonic Spree, Graham Nash, Lindisfarne, Neil MacArthur, Colin Blunstone, Y.M.C.K., Vanilla Fudge, Sly and the family Stone, Teitur, Stephen Stills, Erasure, Scott Walker, Desmond Dekker, Bach, Tears for Fears, Shining, Magic Pocket, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Richard Walley, Milton Nascimento, The Cramps, The Who, The The, Michael Jackson, The Hollies, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, Soft Machine, Manassas, The Avalanches, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa, Lord Kelvin, The Cure, Living Colour, Gentle Giant, Dinosau, Wolf Whistle, Lars Horntveth, Gene Clark, Depeche Mode, Knutsen og Ludvigsen, Curtis Mayfield, Beach Boys, Phil Collins, Tin Machine, Trail of Dead, Thin Lizzy, Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, Yes, Shining, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sex Pistols, Tony Banks, Radiohead, Dillard & Clark, a-ha, Stina Nordenstam, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, DEVO, Supertramp, The Mars Volta, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, ÆÆ, Finn Coren, Robert Johnson, Dum Dum Boys, Velvet Underground, Dungen, Queen, U2, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Lou Reed, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Gary Moore, Nic Kershaw, Mercury Rev, Motorpsycho, Spiritualized, Townes Van Zandt, America, Jaga Jazzist...
Dont forget Samuel Becket, Stig Larson (not stieg), Tor Ulven, Dag Solstad, Tomas Tranströmer, Charles Bukowski, Milan Kundera, Agnar Mykle, Inger Christensen, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Koestler, Knut Hamsun, Tom Kristensen, Karel Capek, Graham Swift, Finn Alnæs, Johan Falkberget, Joseph Conrad, Rune Christiansen, Flannery O..Connor, Marlen Haushofer, Finn Carling, Axel Jensen, Kurt Vonnegut jr., T.S. Elliot, John Steinbeck, Kjell Askildsen, Ovid...
Sounds Like:
Erik Johannessen plays on these recordings:
Maria Mena
Cause and Effect
SONY BMG (2008)
Loud Jazz Band
Living Windows
LJB MR (2008)
Maria Mena
Belly-up (single)
SONY BMG (2008)
Haakon Ellingsen
The Plum Album
Termo Records (2008) Coming
Trondheim Jazzorchestra
Wood and Water
MNJ Records (2008) Coming
Thom Hell
God If I Saw Her Now
VME Voices of Wonder (2008)
Nordgarden
The Path of Love
Giardino del Nord (2008)
Loud Jazz Band
Passing
LJB Music Recordings (2007)
Trondheim Jazzorchestra
Live In Oslo
MNJ Records (2007)
The Cheaters
The Cheaters
Big Dipper (2007)
John Heitman & Mark Gregory
Chronicles
mbn (2007)
Dumdum Boys
Gravitasjon
Oh Yeah (2006)
Hasselgård
A Few Words
Big Box Records (2006)
Sintefstorbandet
Sildsalat
(2006)
loud Jazz Band
The Way To Salina
Allegro (2005)
Lumsk
Troll
Tabu (2005)
Jan Martin Smørdal - Acoustic Accident
q.s.
AIMrecords (2004)
Loud Jazz Band
Don..t Stop the Train
Allegro (2004)
Kjellerbandet
Mingus Schmingus
Sonor Records (2004)
Jumpin..Jerry
Turn On the Light
Tylden & Co (2004)
Lorenzo
Lorenzo is Dead
(2003)
Seljemark
Drops of Hope
Kirkelig Kulturverksted (2003)
Tremolo Wankers
Devil..s Ride
LuftWaffel Records (2002)
Svigermors Drøm
Fyr og Flammer
Upper Records (1994)
Svigermors Drøm
Fri (single)
Crema/Polygram (1993)
Type of Label: None
