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CLASSICAL:NEXT ROTTERDAM

Song Circus had an amazing and busy week during Rotterdam in May, attending seminars and meetings, establishing new collaborations, booking concerts and performing a successful showcase concert in deDoelen! Thank you for inviting us!

Upsweep-Whistle-Bloop at Nordischer Klang

Concept, visuals and music by Jasmijn Visser and Stine Janvin Motland. Performed and created with Song Circus (Liv Runesdatter, Anita Kaasbøll, Signe Irene Stangborli Time, Eva Bjerga Haugen, Stine Janvin Motland) Costumes by Altinstark(Esra Altin, Samy Celler) photos by Eva-Fiore … Continue reading

FILM RELEASE!

  Concept & idea: Liv Runesdatter and Maja Friis Film director: Maja Friis All sound performed by Song Circus Music composed by: Ruben Sverre Gjertsen Sound production: 2L / Lindberg Lyd Producer: Liv Runesdatter Cinematographer: Anders Nydam Visual consultant: Lys … Continue reading

Review in The Vinyl Anachronist

This collection of experimental pieces for five voices and electronics is definitely not in the wheel house of your average grumpy old audiophile, but if you can power through your preconceptions about songs and melodies you might find that Song … Continue reading

French review «Anatomy of Sound»

SONG CIRCUS – ANATOMY OF SOUND 2L 117, Distrart Musique Super Audio CD hybride stéréo/multicanal Le groupe vocal Song Circus composé de six artistes, Stine Janvin Motland, Maria Norseth Garli, Liv Runesdatter, Anita Kaasbell, Eva Bjerga Haugen et Ronnaug Bakke, … Continue reading

Song Circus selected for Classical:NEXT 2016!

We are very proud to share with you all that Song Circus is selected as one of six curated showcases at Classical:NEXT in May 2016! «Norwegian ensemble Song Circus is comprised of five vocalists, and the music they make is … Continue reading

Anatomy of Sound nominated Norwegian Grammy

The Song Circus album “Anatomy of Sound”, with music by Ruben Sverre Gjertsen and Ole-Henrik Moe is nominated Spellemann 2015 (Norwegian Grammy). We are so proud and honored. http://phonofile.link/anatomy-of-sound

We have been working on a new art project: «Transit», a music installation by Liv Runesdatter, with Song Circus and a group of untrained voices by refugees and immigrants from nine different counties. Text by Confucius and Mansur Rajih (Jemen/Norway). In … Continue reading

“Through minutiae explorations into the very microlevels of sound anatomy, through vocal investigations into, as well as the activation of, spatial premises and through the discovery of timbral qualities of objects, Song Circus masters an unusual audial vocabulary that expands … Continue reading

RELEASE CONCERTS DURING NORDIC MUSIC DAYS IN COPENHAGEN

  September 26th 15.30 / 16.45 Dome of Visions, Copenhagen http://domeofvisions.dk/dome-of-visions/   The album Anatomy of Sound will be released at Song Circus´ concerts during Nordic Music Days in Copenhagen, one of the leading European festivals for contemporary music. Song Circus will perform Landscape with … Continue reading