2013 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2013.

Events

New works

Film and television music

Albums released

January

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Mors Principium Est ...And Death Said Live AFM Records [8]
25 Convulse Inner Evil [9]
Cult of Luna Vertikal [10]
Koldbrann Vertigo [11]
Jørn Lande Symphonic (compilation) [11]
Stratovarius Unbreakable EP [12]

March

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Honningbarna Verden Er Enkel Virgin [13]
12 Tine Thing Helseth Tine Warner Classics [14]

April

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
4 Atomic There's A Hole In The Mountain Losen Records [15]
12 Ketil Bjørnstad La Notte ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [16]
Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske Still Life with Eggplant Rune Grammofon Produced by Bent Sæther
Gjermund Titlestad Map Of The World – Music For Guitar Ponca Jazz Records [17]

May

Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
10 Arckanum Fenris Kindir Season of Mist [18]
13 Basshunter Calling Time Gallo Record Company [19]
17 Blood Red Throne Blood Red Throne Sevared Records [20]
Gothminister Utopia AFM Records [21]

June

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
14 Terje Rypdal with The Hilliard Ensemble Melodic Warrior ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [22]
25 Lage Lund, Orlando le Fleming, Will Vinson OWL Trio Losen [23]

July

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
27 Mercenary Through Our Darkest Days NoiseArt Records Only album to feature Peter Mathiesen as drummer [24]

September

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
6 Frida Ånnevik Ville Ord Grappa Recipient of the Spellemannprisen lyricist award [25][26]
9 Duplex Duolia NorCD [27]
Duplex Sketches of ... NorCD [28]
11 Mopti Logic Ocean Sound Recordings [29]
20 Andrea Kvintett Russian Dream NorCD [30]
The Forester Susanna and Ensemble neoN SusannaSonata Produced by Deathprod and Susanna

October

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Arve Henriksen Places of Worship Rune Grammofon [31]
8 Pixel We Are All Small Pixels Cuneiform Records [32]
18 Karl Seglem NyeSongar.no NorCD [33]
25 Geir Lysne New Circle ACT Music [34]

November

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
29 Daniel Herskedal Dagane NorCD [35]

December

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
18 Arvingarna Änglar och en massa kärlek Sony Music 2014 Guldklaven Award winner [36]
Skálmöld and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (CD/DVD) Sena Live album [37]

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Bodil Garvik (18 February 2013). "Sponser ny sjefdirigent". Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Alexander Agrell (18 March 2013). "Solyom ny chefsdirigent för HSO". Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Toby Young, ed. (2024). The Cambridge Companion to Composition. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9781108831697.
  4. ↑ "Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen". Wise Music. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Baumgesang mit Epilog". Wise Music. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Alissa Simon (4 January 2025). "Review: Finnish Blood Swedish Heart". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Daniel Schweiger, Interview with Atli Örvarsson Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Film Music Magazine, January 7, 2013
  8. ↑ "Mors Principium Est Posts In-Studio Footage – in Metal News". Metal Underground. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Convulse: 'Inner Evil' Ep Due In January". Blabbermouth.net. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cult Of Luna To Release New Album – in Metal News". Metal Undergroundm. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Jorn – Releasing Retrospective Album In January". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Stratovarius – Reveal New Album Title And Release Date, EP In January". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Honningbarna – Verden Er Enkel". Gaffa.no. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Tine". Tine Thing Helseth. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "ATOMIC: there's a hole in the mountain". Musical reviews. AtomicJazz.Bandcamp.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  16. ↑ Attarian, Hrayr (23 November 2013). "Ketil Bjornstad: La Notte". All About Jazz. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "NYHETER 2014/Utgivelser:". Ponca Jazz Records. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Basshunter – Calling Time [CD]". Echo's Record Bar. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Arckanum - Fenris Kindir". Season of Mist. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "Blood Red Throne – Announce European Tour Dates". Metal Storm. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "Gothminister – New Album Details Revealed". Metal Storm. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  22. ↑ Kelman, John (30 August 2013). "Terje Rypdal: Melodic Warrior". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  23. ↑ Bilawsky, Dan (1 August 2013). "OWL Trio: OWL Trio (2013)". Musical reviews. All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Mercenary – Reveal New Album Cover, Title, Release Date". Metal Storm. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "Frida Ånnevik: Ville ord". Grappa. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  26. ↑ Rakvaag, Geir (6 September 2013). "Frida – fortsatt med hjertet i hånden" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  27. ↑ "DUPLEX – DUOLIA". ChristianMeaasSvendsen.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  28. ↑ "DUPLEX – SKETCHES OF..." ChristianMeaasSvendsen.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  29. ↑ Wicklund, Erling (17 September 2013). "MOPTI utfordrer – Logic". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). NRK Jazz. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  30. ↑ "Andrea Kvintett – Russian Dream EP (10")". BigDipper.no. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  31. ↑ Fordham, John (24 October 2013). "Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  32. ↑ "We Are All Small Pixels by Pixel". Cuneiform Records. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  33. ↑ Baekgaard, Jakob (27 August 2014). "Karl Seglem: NyeSongar.No (2013)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  34. ↑ "Geir Lysne – New Circle – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  35. ↑ "Daniel Herskedal - Dagane". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  36. ↑ "Lasse Stefanz-sångare fick fjärde Guldklaven" (in Norwegian). Dagens Nyheter. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  37. ↑ "Skálmöld og Sinfó komin út". ruv.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  38. ↑ Røyseland, Halstein; Norli, Camilla; Byrkjedal, Mona (22 January 2013). "Venner og familie tok farvel med Morten Mølster". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  39. ↑ "Aase Nordmo Løvberg er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  40. ↑ "Körledaren Eric Ericson död" (in Swedish). Mediehuset UNT. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  41. ↑ "Dance with a Stranger-artist døde" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 17 April 2013.
  42. ↑ "Obituary: Anders Eliasson, composer". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  43. ↑ Henrik Otto Donner on kuollut Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  44. ↑ John Fordham (7 August 2013). "Bengt Hallberg obituary". theguardian.com.
  45. ↑ "STT: Oopperalaulaja Tom Krause on kuollut". Yle Uutiset. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  46. ↑ Tonsättaren Lars Edlund har avlidit Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)