Snorre Bjerck

The Norwegian drummer Snorre Bjerck started in 1998 his own solo career as a bandleader. He have during these 9 years made many different constellations of the band, but always with the same idea; namely to combine traditional ethnic music with his own creativity about adding improvisation and modern atmospheres.Pervious projects includes Quintet B´Net Marrakech, from Morocco and the Tuvan overtone singer Sainkho Namthylak. One of the most recent projects is the collaboration with the Cairo/New York based DJ Mutamassik. combining traditional Arabic music with Drum`N`Bass, Hip Hop and Hardstep. All projects focuses on the mixture of traditional and modern music.This time Snorre Bjerck is presenting music from his new cd ”My Place”, at the label Vuelie, www.vuelie.com. On this cd the great Swiss musician Mich Gerber, and the Norwegian Joik singer Ailu Gaup appears. Ailu is a singer from the Sámi people, the nomads of the north, performing the very special vocal tradition Joik, describing people and nature. He also appears at Jan Garbarek`s cd ” I Took Up The Runes”, at the label ECM.Snorre has done concerts and cd´s with different kind of artists, such as: Morten Harket, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Nils Petter Molvær, Sondre Bratland, Giulia Loli, (Cairo/New York) Bjørn Eidsvåg, Solveig Kringlebotten, Sigvart Dagsland, Nohon & Bolot (Mongolia), Mich Gerber (Switzerland), Frode Alnes, B´Net Marrakech (Morrocco), Eivind Aarseth, Annbjørg Lien, Arve Henriksen, Sainkho Namtcylac (Tuva), Tim Whelan (Trans Global Underground, England), Sher Miandad Khan (Pakistan) mm.