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My name is Heðin Ziska Davidsen and I am a musician and composer specializing in scandinavian ethnic jazz and rock. I play the guitar and compose the music played by the group Tjant. Coming from a small community in Scandinavia with a seriously humoristic view of things, I have a take on the world that perhaps is not so often seen. I think the world is a better place with my music in it.--------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------Tjant is a musical project based upon the compositions of Faroese composer and guitarist Heðin Ziska Davidsen. Heðin was born in 1977 and has been an active musician and composer since 1995. Playing metal and rock music side by side with ethnic jazz. Tjant released its first CD in 2003 titled "Tjant" on record label TUTL (www.tutl.com) This release featured Anders Hagberg on saxophones and flutes, Mikael Blak on bass, Brandur Jacobsen on drums and Heðin on guitar. The second CD "A Beam of Light" is in the final stages and will be out shortly. It has roughly the same line-up with Ólavur Olsen on trumpet in place of Anders Hagberg.Bands that Heðin is a member of or has been a part of include local metal band Hatespeech, folk band Enekk, ethnic jazz band Yggdrasil, ethnic jazz band A Wizards Journey, folk singer Kristleif Zachariassen and rock band Marius to name a few. Musicians he has played with include, Kristian Blak, Anders Hagberg, John Tchicai, Villu Veski, Anders Jormin, Eivør Pállsdóttir, Kári Sverrison, Óli Olsen, Arnold Ludvig, Tore Brunborg, Karin Korpelainen, Karsten Vogel, and many more...

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Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Members: Heðin Ziska Davidsen - guitar, composer Ólavur Olsen (trumpet on the album Beam of Light) Anders Hagberg - Flute and Sax (on the album TJANT) Mikael Blak - bass Brandur Jacobsen - drums Óli Olsen - piano
Influences: Terje Rypdal, Bill Frisell, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Niels Petter Molvær, Splay, Larry LaLonde, Tool, Kristian Blak, John Tchicai, Jan Garbarek...
Sounds Like: Luke Skywalker with a guitar.
Record Label: www.TUTL.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The new CD "A Beam Of Light" is now released.

The new CD can be obtained through www.tutl.com/webshop/  Not alot to be said. There it is
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 00:52:00 GMT

Still, the CD will be released shortly.

I posted a blog a while back, that the new CD was to be released shortly. That was also my intention, but as I said, that was a while back and NOW it will be shortly. So hang in there  I pro...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:03:00 GMT

Review of Tjant's self titled debut.

Taken from the web: http://www.rambles.net/tjant_tjant03.html   ..> The Faroe Islands might not seem like a hotbed of jazz, but anyone who has followed Tutl's catalogue knows otherwise. The T...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:17:00 GMT

Work on the cover for the new album has begun

We are now on the final stages of the new CD "A Beam Of Light" Niels Arge Galan and Uni Árting will be doing the cover with art work from the talented Sámal Blak. Sámal has made some playdough fi...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:32:00 GMT

My rockin' son!

Check out this picture of my son. I've added it to my pics.
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:29:00 GMT