Stein Urheim Explained

Stein Urheim (born 4 March 1979 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from cooperations with Gabriel Fliflet and Mari Kvien Brunvoll.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

The Bergen-based guitarist Stein Urheim's name has appeared in an increasing number of contexts in recent years. In 2009 he released his debut album Three Sets of Music and the following year he received the Vossajazz festival-Award.

He has toured and released 3 critically acclaimed duo albums with singer Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Daydream Community (2011), Daydream Twin (2013) and For Individuals Facing The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness (2015), on the Jazzland label. The duo met and started working together around 2006 at the Grieg Music Academy in Bergen, where they both studied. He was a member of Gabriel Fliflet's Åresong band (2010-2011), and participated on The Last Hurrah's debut album (2011) on Rune Grammofon. He has also written for, arranged and played on several albums by Steady Steele (2002-2006), and worked with numerous other bands and music projects, including Tom Sawyer & The Huckleberry Finns (2004-2007), Bearfarm (2006–2012), Thea Hjelmeland's Solar Plexus (2014) and Erlend Apneseth's Nattsongar (2017).

He has released 6 albums for the Hubro music label under his own name:

Kosmolodi (2012), Stein Urheim (2014), Strandebarm (2016), Utopian Tales (2017), Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (2019) and Downhill Uplift (2020).^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Honors

• 2010: Vossajazz Award

Discography

Albums

• 2009

Three sets of music (Soundlet)

• 2011

Stein & Mari's Daydream Community (Jazzland), with Mari Kvien Brunvoll

• 2012

Kosmolodi (Hubro)^{[2] [6]}

• 2013: Daydream Twin — Stein Urheim & Mari Kvien Brunvoll (Jazzland Recordings)[4]
• 2014: Stein Urheim - Self titled (Hubro)[5]
• 2015

For Individuals Facing the Terror of Cosmic Loneliness (Jazzland), with Mari Kvien Brunvoll

• 2016

Strandebarm (Hubro)

• 2017

Utopian Tales (Hubro)

• 2019

Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (Hubro)

• 2020

Downhill Uplift (Hubro)

Compilations

• 2012: Valgets kavaler (sueTunes Records), with various artists

External links

http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-stein-urheim/

• http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-strandebarm/
• http://hubromusic.com/stein-urheim-utopian-tales/
• http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=108&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=for-individuals-facing-the-terror-of-cosmic-loneliness
• http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=86&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=daydream-twin
• http://www.jazzlandrec.com/shop.php?iid=78&category=Jazzland&action=item&title=stein--maris-daydream-community-ep
• http://steinurheim.com/more-music/at-the-festival/
• http://steinurheim.com/more-music/steady-steele/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stein Urheim Biography . Norwegian . BergenbiBliotek.no.
2. Web site: HUBROLP3517: Stein Urheim: Kosmolodi . Soundcloud.com.
3. Web site: Stein Urheim Biography . Norwegian . VisitVoss.no.
4. Web site: Stein Urheim Solo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023656/http://www.nattjazz.no/indexeng.php?Dag=4&Konsert=75 . 4 March 2016 . dmy-all . Nattjazz.no (in Norwegian)
5. Web site: Stein Urheim Biography. Vossajazz.no
6. Web site: Stein Urheim – Kosmolodi LP – Tigernet.no . https://archive.today/20130223071121/http://www.tigernet.no/shop/release.php?code=135121 . dead . 2013-02-23 . (in Norwegian)