Petter Vågan
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Petter Vågan
| image =
| image_size =
| landscape =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|07|06}}
| birth_place = Brønnøysund, Norway
| genre = {{flatlist|
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| years_active =
| label = Propeller
| associated_acts = The Fjords
| website = {{URL|pettervagan.com}}
}}
Petter Vågan (born 6 July 1982 in Brønnøysund, Northern Norway) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer, and the younger brother of double bass player Ole Morten Vågan. He is the bandleader, singer, and guitarist of the Norwegian indie electronica band The Fjords, founded in 2013.
Career
Vågan is based in Trondheim, where he got a performing master's degree in improvisation at the Jazz Dept at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium. In addition to his latest endeavours in pop music, he has delved into various forms of improvisation. He has released several records as a leader and band member with an experimental style rooted somewhere between electronic music, free jazz, rock, free improvisation, and noise music.
He has toured extensively in Scandinavia, Russia, U.S., Japan, South Africa, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, and collaborated with many improvising musicians in Norway.
Discography
- 2006: Slant of Light (Jazzaway), within Eyewaterlillies
- 2007: Selected Recordings ({{sic|hide=y|Paral|lell|expected=Eu record label has this misspelled name}}), within Peloton
- 2008: That is a Step (FMR), within duo Petter O Hanna (Hanna Gjermundrød)
- 2009: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert (MNJ)
- 2010: "Shapes & Phases" (Sofa), Vertex
- 2010: A festa Vale Tudo ({{sic|hide=y|Paral|lell|expected=Eu record label has this misspelled name}}), within Erik Nylanders Orkester
- 2010: Facienda (Jazzland), within Motif{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=39025#.UKlMzOSzKSo |title=Motif: Facienda – Extended Analysis |first=John |last=Kelman |date=17 March 2011 |accessdate=2012-11-18 |publisher=All About Jazz}}
- 2010: Shapes and Phases (Sofa), within Vertex
- 2010: Tsar Bomba, within Juxtaposed
- 2010: Marianne Halmrast Kvintett (Aim)
- 2010: Lucy (STWD), with Samuel Tramp
- 2011: Volt/Revolt (Gigafon), within Marvel Machine
- 2011: Treehouse
- 2012: Early Years ({{sic|hide=y|Paral|lell|expected=Eu record label has this misspelled name}}), within Peloton
- 2012: Scent of Soil (Hubro), with Tore Brunborg and Kirsti Huke{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/03/brunborg-huke-scent-soil-review |title=Huke/Petter Vagan: Scent of Soil – review |first=John |last=Fordham |date=3 March 2012 |accessdate=2012-11-18 |publisher=Guardian.co.uk}}
- 2013: Rendition of a Whisper (Gigafon), Petter O Hanna
- 2013: 7th Day Saviour (Aspén), Kari Harneshaug
- 2013: Babylove (Propeller), Ingrid
- 2014: All In (Impeller), The Fjords
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|Norway|Pop music|Biography}}
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.thefjordsmusic.no The Fjords Official website]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vagan, Petter}}
Category:Norwegian pop singers
Category:Norwegian male guitarists
Category:Norwegian male composers
Category:Musicians from Brønnøy
Category:21st-century Norwegian singers
Category:21st-century Norwegian guitarists