From the very first note, Norway's Jon Balke proposes a new sonic dimension with Skrifum, continuing a line of inquiry begun with Warp (2016) and Discourses (2020), solo piano albums that also... more

Siwan, the transcultural, trans-idiomatic musical collective led by Norwegian keyboardist/composer Jon Balke, continues along it's special path with new music inspired by the creative spirit of... more

Jon Balke's unique solo work blurs distinctions between composition, improvisation and sound design as Discourses further develops the methodology introduced with the Norwegian pianist's Warp album.... more

Debut solo piano session by Norwegian pianist/composer, who's led the ECM projects Masqualero, Magnetic North Orchestra and Batagraf. Nineteen pieces, many of them beautiful miniatures that blend... more

Jon Balke ‎- Warp - Warp situates the solo piano of Norway's Jon Balke within a subtle architecture of composed sound scapes, in fluctuating dimensions of space. And what begins as gently exploratory... more

Six years on from "Statements", Batagraf's ECM debut, the collective returns with transformed personnel but unchanged priorities. Drumming as language and language harnessed as music: both aspects... more

Stuart Nicholson wrote in the BBC Music magazine of the "Rarum" series: "... selected by the artists themselves, this series is of enormous importance in revealing the breadth of each artist's work,... more

Kenneth Karlsson: Hilde Torgersen and I were invited to hold a concert in Bremen back in June of 1992. The Norwegian pianist Darlén Bakke had moved to Germany after studying at the Norwegian Academy... more