http://www.bjnilsen.com/ BJNilsen lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden, Born in 1975. He has been active with experimental music and sound since the early 1990s with various constellations. Since 1999 he has been releasing records as Hazard on the UK labels Ash International and Touch, making music and sound for documentary film, television and commercials. He is focused on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as experienced through sound, sometimes electronically treated. en Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:01:48 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss To mark the centenary of the birth of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt, The Hardingtonar festival has invited Spire to contribute various works based on his compositions. BJNilsen | Philip Jeck | Charles Matthews | Jana Winderen | Marcus Davidson et al. will take part in a live event at various times on 21st June 2008 in Norheimsund, Norway. You can read more in Ballade here A programme in English can be found here A full programme can be downloaded here and tickets can be bought here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/current_activities_june_2008.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/current_activities_june_2008.html left Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:01:48 +0000 April 25.04.08 S.K.I.F Festival, Modern Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia 04.04.08 Touch 25 Live in Paris at Qwartz 4 April 4th: Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione: 110 rue Amelot, Paris 75003 (Metro Filles du Calvaire). 1 hour after Blixa Bargeld, Max Mathews, Jean-Claude Risset and Beatriz Feyrrera [Qwartz d’Honneur attributions] from 23h to 1h30, with Radio France [France Musique] direct retransmission, Qwartz's official sponsor. Chris Watson | Philip Jeck | BJNilsen Free entrance
May 06.05.08 at Rhiz, Vienna eMEGO special Curated by Peter Rehberg 09.05.08 Skanu Mesz, Latvia, Riga with Hildur Gudnadottir ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/r.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/r.html left Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:53:06 +0000 CD - 7 tracks - 48 minutes Now available from the TouchShop Using location recordings, weather, birdsong and radio, BJNilsen continues to map and explore uncharted territory. A follower to 2005's Fade to White [Touch # TO:65], BJNilsen develops his work further, based on field recordings and electronics. This time he adds harsher yet clearer harmonies with musical elements to the compositions, creating a beautifully complex and detailed study. Recorded in 2006-7 with mostly analogue equipment, using up to 50 year-old tapemachines, filters and generators that end up being the soft cushion in these cold location recordings. Location recordings from Mälaren, Stockholm, Sweden; Coombe Gibbet, Berkshire, England and Landakot, Vatnsleysuströnd, Iceland. Telefunken M10 and M5, Studer B67, Ferrograph Series 4, Bruel and Kjær Sine-Random Generator and Frequency Analyzers. Also Monowave, Sequential Circuits ProOne, Korg MS20, Esq1, MOTU 828MK2, Ableton Live, Logic Audio 6 Morin khuur on Black Light played by Hildur Ingveldardóttir Gudnadóttir Tracklist 1. Front 2. Finisterre 3. Pole of Inaccessibility 4. Viking, Cromarty... 5. Black Light 6. Icing Station 7. Viking North]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/new_album_from_bjnilsen_the_short_night.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2008/new_album_from_bjnilsen_the_short_night.html left Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:53:04 +0000 Boomkat (UK): Touch are a label that always put quality control above all else. They don't release much, but you can guarantee that when they do release something it's of an almost untouchable standard, and their small but perfectly formed group of artists are a testament to that. They first welcomed Swedish experimental artist BJ Nilsen into the fold in the late 90s, when he was writing under the name Hazard, but since then Nilsen has developed and 'The Short Night', his latest full length record, is for me his most coherent and enjoyable album to date. Nilsen has been busy in the last few years, contributing to the incredible 'Storm' album with field recording veteran Chris Watson and also to 'Second Childhood' with cellist Hildur Gudnadóttir and Icelandic trio Stilluppsteypa, but 'The Short Night' feels like the masterwork these records were building up to. Utilising his tuned ear for field recording, Nilsen blends environmental sounds collected in Sweden, Iceland and England and layers them above and beneath some quite stunning electronic parts. Taking vintage equipment (Sequential Circuits Pro-One, old Scandinavian generators, Korg MS20 etc) and recording and mixing using modern computer technology he comes up with a sound that owes as much to early innovators Popol Vuh and Delia Derbyshire as it does more recent ambient-darlings Biosphere and Deathprod. The mood is one of grim, crust-laden darkness, something akin to being trapped in an abandoned building as the Phantom of the Opera plays mercilessly in a sewer below - but while the mood is shadowy the sounds never become oppressive. Maybe it's due to the hypnotic nature of the compositions that draw you in and take hold of you entirely or possibly the actual character of the vintage generators used but the sounds float in and out of your consciousness with a wool-lined ease. Even as the album draws to a tremulous close with the incredible organ-drenched 'Viking North' and the amps reach eleven it is still washed with a veneer of melancholy and a palatable sheen that takes it above and beyond so many albums lumped into the same category. Touch have done it again then and thrown out yet another high water mark for the genre and a shining beacon in a mire of mediocrity. Huge recommendation. http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/boomkat_review_of_new_album_the_short_night.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/boomkat_review_of_new_album_the_short_night.html left Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:32:54 +0000 Touch Music [MCPS]. His work is also released on Touch, one of the most influential independent labels based in the UK [founded 1981/2].
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BJNilsen is a member of Spire. You can read about Spire and all the live events, including photos, here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/spire.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/spire.html right Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:58:39 +0000 Here you can download various tracks from releases by Hazard/BJNilsen which are now out of print or were never released: http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/downloads.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/downloads.html right Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:49:31 +0000 TouchShop. Reviews of all of BJNilsen's releases can be read here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/discography_reviews.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/discography_reviews.html right Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:02:38 +0000 info [at] bjnilsen [dot] com http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/contact.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/contact.html right Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:07:14 +0000 freq_out, a collective curated by CM von Hausswolff. ]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/collaborations.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/collaborations.html right Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:07:57 +0000 BJNilsen (b,1975 Sweden) is a sound and recording artist, has since the early 90´s been putting out work in various constellations. Primarily focused on the sound of nature and its effect on humans, field recordings and the perception of time and space as experienced through sound, often electronically treated. A full biog can be downloaded here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/biography_photos_images.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/biography_photos_images.html right Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:03:42 +0000 here]]> http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/features_press_coverage.html http://www.bjnilsen.com/2007/features_press_coverage.html right Tue, 15 May 2007 12:04:01 +0000