Music / fine art photography

Magnar Karlsen

TRANSCENDENCE OUT 2024 | MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Transcendence is a journey that reaches back to the dawn of time, encouraging mindfulness about our nature and history. This is the first of four albums album in this tetralogy, featuring a distinctive combination of monophonic analog synthesizer and percussion.
Transcendence spans black-and-white photography and ambient downtempo music with nature sounds, creating a unique intersection of sound and visual art.

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SKETCHES OF NORWAY

EXHIBITION AT THE NORWEGIAN FOREST MUSEUM 30.9-12.11.2023

Impressions related to the Corona virus pandemic
A story through a poem, improvised music and fine art photography
Exhibition with or without a short music presentation

Sketches of Norway 2022
"In addition to his playful and original way of playing drums
Karlsen operates synthesizers and electronics
in real time with an impressive precision and feeling"
- Tomas Linnes/NXN recordings/Naxos group

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CIRCLES

CIRCLES ALBUM 2020
The award-winning Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young
participates with great musicality on Circles,
a duo setup, Improvised/nordic.
Released on NXN recordings (Naxos music group)

ABOUT CIRCLES
"Music is very much about meeting and chemistry.
This meeting of Magnar Karlsen and Jacob Young
is a great example of that"
Nettavisen/Tor Hammerø

"synth sounds, percussion and guitar,
improvisations in evocative, peaceful coexistence"
Jazz in Norway/Terje Mosnes

CIRCLES ART WORK
Signed and nr. (10) (AP.5)
Hahnemühle baryta satin fine art archival paper, 300 gsm

IT ALL GOES IN CIRCLES, ITS ALL ABOUT IMPROVISATION