Jansen Records

One of Norway's most beloved indie-pop artists, Hanne Kolstø celebrates 10 years as an artist with her upcoming ninth solo album, titled "Jue". With a more experimental sound than before, Kolstø challenges traditional song structures and throws out the rule book. Preceding the album there will be two singles, "Veggen" the first of those and now "Meir".

What are your needs? Basics like food, water, shelter, of course – but if you’re like us, then guitar-based rock music with irresistible hooks and huge riffs is right up there with a living wage and the comfort of a family. Enter The Needs – Norway’s new power pop champions. Formed by guitarist Maciek Ofstad of Norwegian metal-kings Kvelertak and Norway’s self-proclaimed “country prince” and two t...

Not in her wildest dreams, did Live Miranda Solberg foresee the kind of attention a single demo uploaded to Soundcloud would attract. Shortly after she uploaded “Demo no. 1” one year ago, she found herself playing two of Norway’s biggest festivals, Øya and by:Larm – all of this without one official release. And this one demo, along with spine-tingling live shows, has left audiences, bookers and mu...

Not in her wildest dreams, did Live Miranda Solberg foresee the kind of attention a single demo uploaded to Soundcloud would attract. Shortly after she uploaded “Demo no. 1” one year ago, she found herself playing two of Norway’s biggest festivals, Øya and by:Larm – all of this without one official release. And this one demo, along with spine-tingling live shows, has left audiences, bookers and mu...

Orions Belte - Cherchez La Ghost by Jansen Records

“The days were long at the cabin we stayed in for the summer. Daring to touch an electric fence for the first time. Having to escape cows on your way to the beach... When you already finished the magazine you brought in the first couple of days, you turned to the books that were available. Jack London. Jules Verne. Always classics in those kinds of shelves. I read some of them. Never read Don Quij...

What are your needs? Basics like food, water, shelter, of course – but if you’re like us, then guitar-based rock music with irresistible hooks and huge riffs is right up there with a living wage and the comfort of a family. Enter The Needs – Norway’s new power pop champions. Formed by guitarist Maciek Ofstad of Norwegian metal-kings Kvelertak and Norway’s self-proclaimed “country prince” and two t...

Many of us grew up listening to the enthralling stories and achievements of old or departed relatives: A grandfather who fought in the war, a grandmother who started her own business, a great-grandfather who built the family cabin from the ground up with his own two hands. But few can compare to the story of Jens Carelius’ great-great-grandfather, Opsi among friends. It is refreshing to be reminde...

A whiz kid on the keys from an early age, Arthur Kay had mastered Ray Manzarek's organ solo on "Light My Fire" by the age of 8, and according to legend, was reported being "over" Rick Wakeman's work on “Tales from Topographic Oceans” by the age of 13. Growing up in the hipster city of Oslo, at a time when skinny dudes with guitars ruled, Arthur vowed to make Moogs hip again by the time he was 30....

A whiz kid on the keys from an early age, Arthur Kay had mastered Ray Manzarek's organ solo on "Light My Fire" by the age of 8, and according to legend, was reported being "over" Rick Wakeman's work on “Tales from Topographic Oceans” by the age of 13. Growing up in the hipster city of Oslo, at a time when skinny dudes with guitars ruled, Arthur vowed to make Moogs hip again by the time he was 30....

I solnedgangen på Eidsbugarden i 2018 skjer noko som ein sjeldan har opplevd før. Med Bygdin som bakgrunn dansar fleire tusen ungdomar skamlaust til tonane frå fele og banjo. Ved Rondane (Aasmund Olavsson Vinje/Hans Martin Austestad, mel: Edvard Grieg) og Etter ein rangel (Jakob Sande) ljoma mellom Jotunheimen sine tindar. Framom scena kvervlar par i ullgenserar rundt i armane til kvarandre i dans...

I solnedgangen på Eidsbugarden i 2018 skjer noko som ein sjeldan har opplevd før. Med Bygdin som bakgrunn dansar fleire tusen ungdomar skamlaust til tonane frå fele og banjo. Ved Rondane (Aasmund Olavsson Vinje/Hans Martin Austestad, mel: Edvard Grieg) og Etter ein rangel (Jakob Sande) ljoma mellom Jotunheimen sine tindar. Framom scena kvervlar par i ullgenserar rundt i armane til kvarandre i dans...

Not in her wildest dreams, did Live Miranda Solberg foresee the kind of attention a single demo uploaded to Soundcloud would attract. Shortly after she uploaded “Demo no. 1” one year ago, she found herself playing two of Norway’s biggest festivals, Øya and by:Larm – all of this without one official release. And this one demo, along with spine-tingling live shows, has left audiences, bookers and mu...

In 2019, Hanne Kolstø celebrates 10 years as an artist. As one of the most productive and lauded musicians on the Norwegian indie scene, Kolstø now readies her ninth solo album Jue. With a more experimental sound than earlier and a party program proclaiming that music should be free, Kolstø challenges traditional song structures with these ten new songs. Kolstø has always thrived in several differ...

What are your needs? Basics like food, water, shelter, of course – but if you’re like us, then guitar-based rock music with irresistible hooks and huge riffs is right up there with a living wage and the comfort of a family. Enter The Needs – Norway’s new power pop champions. Formed by guitarist Maciek Ofstad of Norwegian metal-kings Kvelertak and Norway’s self-proclaimed “country prince” and two t...

HUNTING BUTTERFLIES Many of us grew up listening to the enthralling stories and achievements of old or departed relatives: A grandfather who fought in the war, a grandmother who started her own business, a great-grandfather who built the family cabin from the ground up with his own two hands. But few can compare to the story of Jens Carelius’ great-great-grandfather, Opsi among friends. It is refr...

Daniel Kvammen - Einsam i lag (Med Eva Weel Skram) by Jansen Records

Songwriter: PatrickMorris Author: PatrickMorris Producer: PatrickMorris Lyrics: PatrickMorris Who plays on the song: PatrickMorris, BillyDeLelles (tambourine,hihat) Photo: Eric Schwabel Design: Jamie Tao, Patrick Morris Lyrics: Hearing her voice is like hearing a ghost Ghost with the same DNA Five years of birthdays that she was alone All since her twin passed away She calls me up looking for tech...

Louien - «Be Forgiven» by Jansen Records

Looking for some new riff-lords to darken your existence? Look no further than Norway’s Tempel. Formed by Kvelertak-drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød and his brothers Espen and Inge, along with childhood friend Andreas Espolin Johnson, this band promises to slay straight from the outset. While the band’s visual profile and music presents the band as a dark entity, Tempel’s music and live shows also demon...

A musician once said: ”It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” That line is definitely blurred in the case of The Modern Times. The songs purvey adolescent ignorance or poignant satire, or maybe both – it probably depends on the listener. This hybrid of jangly and jagged post punk, snotty punk rock and garage-infused power pop hardly sounds like anything out there these days. This is als...

Wet Dreams were consummated in an Oslo basement, when Death By Unga Bunga frontman Sebastian Ulstad Olsen had conceived a few bastard songs he did not know what to do with. The songs grew into a fast and scruffy EP, released in the summer of 2017 – and now the self-titled debut album is finally here. Wet Dreams is a punk rock/garage group from Oslo consisting of members from FOAMMM, Warp Riders, D...

Class Photo - I've Been Cleaning Your Room by Jansen Records

Listen up: https://jansenrecords.com/s/world Chain Wallet is the sound of dreamy mythologies presented in widescreen, while simultaneously nodding back to an era where everything was in four-by-three. Picking up where the hazy, melancholic and undeniably catchy debut left off, the band now returns with a lusher – and at the same time, more eerie – sound. “World I Used to Call Mine” is the penultim...

Looking for some new riff-lords to darken your existence? Look no further than Norway’s Tempel. Formed by Kvelertak-drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød and his brothers Espen and Inge, along with childhood friend Andreas Espolin Johnson, this band promises to slay straight from the outset. While the band’s visual profile and music presents the band as a dark entity, Tempel’s music and live shows also demon...