Henrik Olsson


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Born in 1975 in the village of Kyrkhult, a small industrial community in the south of Sweden. Studied drums, classical percussion, improvisation and composition at The Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg and received his MFA in 2001. Henrik moves freely between notated music and free improvisation, blending acoustic and amplified sounds with the use of contact microphones.

Recordings and publications

Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson) Triple Music (cd) SOFA Music, 2024
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Aviva Endean/Henrik Olsson - Split Series #2 (cd) FrimRec, 2024

Bohuslän Big Bang (Henrik Olsson, Hanna Macke, Jonatan Liljedahl, Cecilia Kent, Anders Dahl, Claudia Theel, Marcus Nordgren, Alba Bergeling, Björn Hansson, Rebecka Lindmark , Johannes Bergmark, Kenneth Alex, Andreas Werliin) Big Bang #1 (digital and a limited edition of handprinted artwork), Bottna Utropstecken, 2023
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    BjörnBergBorg - writings, drawings, photos and QR codes that will link you to recordings of seven compositions made for the project. A documentation of an artistic process between 2010-2020. Black box, 70 pages, 202 minutes of music, text only in Swedish. Published on Bottna Utropstecken (bottnautropstecken.se), 2023
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    Musicians heard on the recordings:
    Tisha Mukarji and Johan Arrias plays Krabba
    Anders Dahl, Matilda Nordenström and me plays Virus
    Me playing percussion solo on Grotta
    Axel Dörner, Angharad Davies and Dimitra Lazaridou Chatzigoga plays Ide
    Tetuzi Akiyama plays Förväntanstyngda drömmar
    Toshimaru Nakamura and Ko Ishikawa plays Åskmoln
    Kristine Scholz, Magnus Granberg, Anna Lindal, Erik Carlsson and Leo Svensson Sander plays Frukt
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    Flyktighetens Psykologi (Anna Lindal, Patrik Wingård, Elsbeth Bergh, Henrik Olsson) / Flyktighetens psykologi (stream/digital) Thanotosis Production, 2023


    Reading Music (Johan Arrias, Lisa Ullén, Henrik Olsson) / Volume 1 (cd), Ausculto Fonogram 2023



    GAHLMM (My Hellgren, George Kentros, Anna Svensdotter, Mattias Petersson, Lisa Ullén, Henrik Olsson) / Break a leg (cd/LP), Geiger Grammofon 2023

    Henrik Olsson/ #70 Alilagnarut (stream) www.halffloor.com, 2022

    Skogen (Anna Lindal & Eva Lindal (violin), Stina Hellberg Agback (harp), Magnus Granberg (prepared piano)    John Eriksson (vibraphone & glockenspiel), Henrik Olsson (objects, friction, piezo), Erik Carlsson (percussion) / How Lonely Sits the City? (cd) Another Timbre 202



    Skogen (Angharad Davies, Ko Ishikawa, Simon Allen, Rhodri Davies, Toshimaru Nakamura, Anna Lindal, Erik Carlsson, Leo Svensson Sander, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wästberg, Magnus Granberg)/  Let Pass My Weary Guiltless Ghost (cd) Another Timbre 2021

    Jonatan Liljedahl / Henrik Olsson Duo (stream) Ascidiacea, Kymatica Recordings, 2020




    Skogen (Anna Lindal, Erik Carlsson, Leo Svensson Sander, John Eriksson, d´incise, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wästberg, Magnus Granberg)/ Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr gehn
    (cd) Another Timbre 2019




    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson) / Playmates  (Lp, cd) Sofa Music 2018
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    Matti Ollikainen/Henrik Olsson /  Flowers and fire at his feet (Spotify/iTunes) Korp-Ljud, 2018

    Flowers and Fire at His Feet


    Tetuzi Akiyama/Magnus Granberg/Henrik Olsson / Whose Words? (cd) Ftarri / Meenna 2017














    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson) /Karpatklokke (cd) SOFA 2017
    Karpatklokke front cover


    .Punkt (Tisha Mukarji, Johan Arrias, Henrik Olsson) /Dots and lines (cd) Ausculto Fonogram 2016


    JAAS (Johan Arrias, David Stackenäs, Anna Lindal, Vilhelm Bromander, Henrik Olsson) /Slowly Rocking (cd) Ausculto Fonogram 2016
    Slötakvartetten (Magnus Granberg, Petter Wästberg, Anders Dahl, Henrik Olsson) /Ålleberg (cd) Bombax Bombax 2015

    Disco Langsam (Henrik Olsson, Matilda Nordenström)/ Split (tape) Quaset 2015


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    Maailma (Laura Naukkarinen, Matti Bye, Kristian Holmgren, Henrik Olsson) /Speculum (LP/cd) Rotor 2014.


    Skogen (Angharad Davies, Ko Ishikawa, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wästberg, Erik Carlsson, Magnus Granberg, Anna Lindal, Toshimaru Nakamura) /Despair has govern me for so long (cd) Another Timbre 2014
    Skogen - Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long - album cover

    Anders Dahl & Skogen (Angharad Davies, Ko Ishikawa, Henrik Olsson, Petter Wästberg, Erik Carlsson, Magnus Granberg, Anna Lindal, Toshimaru Nakamura. Komposition, Anders Dahl) / Rows (cd) Another Timbre 2013



    Walrus (Kristian Holmgren, Matti Bye, Leo Sander, Mattias Olsson, Henrik Olsson) / Walrus
 (vinyl-LP) Electricity 2013


    BjörnBergBorg (Andreas Backer, Vilhelm Bromander, Daniel M Karlsson and Henrik Olsson)/ BjörnBergBorg (tape) Quaset 2012
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    Water Yam (solo) realisations of George Brecht pieces (net-release) Compost and Height 2012.
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    Skogen (Angharad Davies, Anna Lindal, Toshimaru Nakamura, Petter Wästberg, Leo Svensson Sander, Erik Carlsson, John Eriksson, Henrik Olsson and Magnus Granberg)/ Ist gefallen in den Schnee (cd) Another Timbre 2012

    Gul 3 (Henrik Olsson, Johan Arrias, Leo Svensson) + Tetuzi Akiyama /Nero´s expidition (vinyl-LP) Monotype Records 2009

    Akiyama/Carlsson/Nakamura/Olsson (Tetuzi Akiyama, Eric Carlsson, Toshimaru Nakamura, Henrik Olsson) / In Search Of Wild Tulips (cd) BombaxBombax 2009

    DiscoLangsam (Henrik Olsson, Matilda Nordenström, Daniel Miguel Karlsson)/ Temporary music from Dorisburg vol 2 (tape) Hockey Rawk  2009
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    Skogen (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg, Leo Svensson-Sander, Petter Wästberg, Erik Carlsson) + Anders Dahl / Skog och dal (cd) BombaxBombax 2009

    Unforgettable H2O (Henrik Olsson, Matilda Nordenström, Erik Carlsson, Anders Dahl, Petter Wästberg) /Flatefjäll (cd) BombaxBombax 2009

    Viktor Sjöberg New Jazzensemble (Henrik Olsson, Viktor Sjöberg, Douglas Holmquist, Kristofer Ström, Johan Gustavsson, Bjorn Magnusson, Jonas Odhner, David Sjöberg, Henrik Kihlberg, Jonas Lindgren) /Do nothing ´til you hear from me (cd) iDEAL recordings 2008
     


    Skogen (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg, Leo Svensson-Sander, Petter Wastberg, Erik Carlsson) Skogen (cd) BombaxBombax 2008

    Strandberg/Thorman/Olsson (Henrik Olsson, Emil Strandberg, Patrik Thorman)/ Twenty-six twenty-two (cd) RR-R 2007

    Skogen (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg, Leo Svensson-Sander, Petter Wästberg, Erik Carlsson) Dimman av allt/ Författarsjälvmord (bok inkl. cd) Hägersten Eolit 2007

    Sheriff (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg) Writers Block (vinyl-LP) Peter, Bjorn and John Recordings 2006

    Sheriff (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg) /Sail,sail,sail away! (cd) Kning Disk 2006


    Sheriff - Sail, Sail, Sail Away!


    Anders Dahl (Henrik Olsson, Anders Dahl) Hundloka, Flockblomstriga 1 (cd) Häpna 2006
    Sheriff (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg) /Yet today my love has flown away (cd) Kning Disk 2006
    Gul 3 (Henrik Olsson, Johan Arrias, Leo Svensson) /Singlar (cd) Headspin Recordings 2005


    Anders Dahl/Henrik OlssonSplendor (file, mp3) conV 2003
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    Sheriff (Henrik Olsson, Magnus Granberg) Sheriff (cd) Häpna 2001



    Gul 3 (Henrik Olsson, Johan Arrias, Leo Svensson) Soul (cd) Crazy Wisdom 2000
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    Festivals (selection)

    Minimarathon of electronic music (Ostrava, Chech Republic)
    Forth Edition Festival (Sthlm, Swe)
    Microton (Kaliningrad, Moscow, St Petersburg, Ru)
    CNEAI festival (Paris, Fr)
    Himera (Turku, Fin)
    Bipod (Beiruth, Lebanon) 2018
    Le Quess Who? (Utrecht, Holland) 2017
    Singö Musikfest  (Swe), 2017 & 2018
    Espacio Ibsen Festival (Havana, Cuba) 2017
    Improcon (Valiki Tabour, Croatia) 2017
    All Ears (Oslo, No) 2017
    HERE: 10 evenings (Vitlycke Centre of Performing Arts, Swe) 2017
    San Francisco Silent Film Festival (US) 2014, 2016, 2017
    Kalbjärga Filmfestival (Fårö) 2017
    GAS Festivalen (Gbg, Swe) 2016
    Root of New (Moscow, Ru) 2016
    Ecouter Pour l'Instant (Dordogne, Fr) 2016
    Meetings Im Ausland (Berlin, De) 2016
    Ausculto (Sthlm) 2016
    Jazz är farligt (Liseberg, Gothenburg) 2015
    Magnet (Skara Konserthus) 2015
    H2Ö (Åbo, Fin) 2015
    Ftarri (Tokyo, J) 2014
    Kaleidophone (Ulrichsberg, Austria) 2014
    Sweden Calling (London, UK) 2014
    Göteborgs Kulturkalas 2013
    Ny Musikks Vårfest (Stavanger, No) 2013
    Umeå Jazzfestival 2006, 2013, 2014
    Sounds Of Sthlm (Sthlm) 2010, 2012
    CinemArctic Filmfestival (Svalbard, No) 2011
    Kultur och Landskap (Ockelbo, Swe) 2011
    Random Festival (Aten, Grekland) 2011
    Geigerfestivalen (Gbg, Swe) 2011
    Fiesta Relampago (Barcelona, Spain) 2010
    Tromsö Stumfilmsfestival (No) 2010
    Hagenfesten (Dala-Floda, Swe) 2010
    Sounds (Sthlm, Swe) 2010
    Era New Horizons Film Festival (Wroclaw, Pl) 2009
    OSC09 (Sthlm, Swe) 2009
    Tromsö Filmfestival (No) 2009
    Novosonic (Dijon, Fr) 2008
    Festival SOY (Nantes, Fr) 2008
    Norbergfestivalen (Norberg, Swe) 2008
    Jazz and more (Sibiu, Rumania) 2008
    Muzyczny Jazzga (Lodz, Pl) 2007
    Izzven Jazz Festival (Maribor, Slovenia) 2006
    Swedish Jazz Celebration (Sthlm, Swe) 2006
    Umeå Jazzfestival (Umeå, Swe) 2006
    iDEAL-festivalen (Gbg, Swe) 2006
    Perspectives 2004 (Västerås, Swe)
    Ultrahang Fest (Budapest/Szeged, Hungary) 2003
    Stop.Spot (Linz, Austria) 2001
    Pipeline Project (Chicago, US) 2000





    Tours (selection)

    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson), Chech Rep

    Gahlmm (Anna Svensdotter, My Hellgren, Lisa Ullén, George Kentros, Mattias Peterson, Henrik Olsson) Sverige 2018

    Messy! (Erika Sollo, Ina Puntar, Balint Bolcso, Henrik Olsson) Italy, Slovenia, Hungary 2018

    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson), France, Russia, Norway 2018

    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson), UK, Schweiz 2018

    Muddersten (Martin Taxt, Håvard Volden, Henrik Olsson), Swe, No, Holland 2017

    Reclaim The Beats (Andrea Neumann, Stine Motland, Daichi Yoshikawa, Lucio Capece, Dimitra Chatzigoga, Anders Dahl, Marina Cyrino) Germany, Slovenia, Swe 2017

    A Lady´s Trial (Hanna Chawki, Erik Ivarsson, Henrik Olsson) Swe, Germany 2016

    Muddersten, Swe, No, Russia 2015/2016

    The Mute (Axel Dörner, Vilhelm Bromander, Henrik Olsson) Swe, No, Germany 2015

    BjörnBergBorg (Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshihiro Koike, Daysuke Takaoka, Tomoyoshi Date, Martin Taxt, KEI, Masahide Tokunaga, Henrik Olsson), Japan 2014

    Jaas++ (Vilhelm Bromander, Johan Arrias, Anna Lindal, David Stackenäs, Henrik Olsson) Swe 2014

    Skogen, Swe, Austria 2014
    
Tetuzi Akiyama/Magnus Granberg/Henrik Olsson, Swe 2013
    
Otium (Angharad Davies, Dimitra Lazaridou Chatzigoga, Axel Dörner, Henrik Olsson) Swe 2013
    
BjörnBergBorg (Andreas Backer, Daniel Karlsson, Vilhelm Bromander, Henrik Olsson) Swe/No 2013
    
.PUNKT (Tisha Mukarji, Johan Arrias, Henrik Olsson) Swe 2013

    Skogen, Swe 2012

    BjörnBergBorg (Andreas Backer, Daniel Karlsson, Vilhelm Bromander, Henrik Olsson) Swe/No 2012

    BjörnBergBorg (solo)- Germany/UK/Fr/It/Greece 2011

    Matti Bye Ensemble, Svalbard, No 2011

    Surreal Lovers, Spain 2010

    Skogen + Nikos Veliotis, Swe 2009

    Dwayne Sodahberk (Johan Söderberg, Per Hellquist, Daniel Söderberg, Henrik Olsson) Poland, Germany 2009

    Martin Küchen/Petter Wästberg/Henrik Olsson, Swe 2009

    Gul 3 &Tetuzi Akiyama, Germany/Poland/Rumania 2008

    Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Erik Carlsson, Henrik Olsson, Swe 2008

    Dwayne Sodahberk, Fr 2008

    Sound of Music (Emil Strandberg, Patrik Thorman, Henrik Olsson) Swe/No 2007

    Gul 3, Poland 2007

    Gul 3/Tetuzi Akiyama, Swe 2006

    Sheriff, Frislagsturné Swe 2006

    Gul 3/ Aaly trio + Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Swe 2001





    Artistic collaborations (selection)

    Judith Sánchez Ruíz
    Stine Janvind
    Lukasz Stanek
    Francesco Scavetta
    Marina Cyrino
    Sarah Hennies
    Annea Lockwood
    Toshimaru Nakamura
    Andrea Neumann
    Ko Ishikawa
    Rhodri Davies
    Angharad Davies
    Axel Dörner
    Dimitra Lazaridou Chatzigoga
    Leó Dupleix
    Magda Mayas
    Daichi Yoshikawa
    Mark Wastell
    Keith Rowe
    Laura Naukkarinen
    Tetuzi Akiyama
    Tisha Mukarji
    Daysuke Takaoka
    Anthea Caddy
    D’incise
    Tomoyoshi Date
    Nikos Veliotis
    Toshihiro Koike
    Annette Krebs
    Simon Allen
    David Sylvian
    Tim Parkinson
    Oliver Coates
    Samuel Rodgers
    Lucio Capece
    Ryzchard Latezski
    Martin Taxt
    Anastasis Grivas
    Pierre-Antoine Badaroux
    Hans Falb
    Joe williamson
    Lisle Ellis
    Katt Hernandez
    Martin Küchen
    Anna Lindal
    David Stackenäs
    Jonathan Liljedahl
    Johannes Bergmark
    Sören Runolf
    Johan Jutterström
    Ryuzo Fukuhara
    Andreas Backer
    Matti Ollikainen
    Hanna Chawki
    Christian Munthe
    Nina de Heney
    Emma Nordlund
    Christer Bothén
    Kristine Scholz
    Dror Feiler
    Emil Strandberg
    Sten Sandell
    Mats Gustavsson
    Fredrik Ljungkvist
    Sofia Jernberg
    Patrik Thorman



    Other assignments/missions

    Composed and performed all music for Francesco Scavettas dance piece Lost Accidentally, premier at Dansens Hus, Oslo, No 19th of May 2017

    On the board for Levande Musik since 2016

    Galleri Sho for sound installations and contemporary art 2013 in collaboration with Matilda Nordenström

    On the board for FRIM (Föreningen för improviserad musik) in Stockholm between 2009-2011

    Curated the concert serie I ögonblickets hägn on Skövde Konstmuseum 2015

    Soundinstallation BjörnBergBorg at Galleri Sho, Falköping, Swe 2014

    Soundinstallation BjörnBergBorg at Gegganfestivalen, Lerdala, Swe 2014

    Sound design and music for The Navigator  and The Extraordinary Adventures Of Mr West performed live by
    Matti Bye Ensemble at San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2014

    Sound design and music for Peter Larssons animerade film Other Rooms, Gotlands Museum 2013

    Sound design and music for Kristian Berglunds installation Behind Your Back, Skånes Konstförening 2013

    Live Foley sound effects and music for Nanook of the North (Matti Bye Ensemble), Cinemartic Filmfestival Svalbard 2011

    Live Foley sound effects and music for Nanook of the North (Matti Bye Ensemble), Bio Viktor, Sthlm 2012

    Soundinstallation with Jonathan Liljedahl,  Sounds Festival, Sthlm 2010

    Live Foley sound effects and music for Nanook of the North (Matti Bye Ensemble), Tromsö Stumfilmsfestival 2009, 2010

    Music for silent movie Dog Star Man performed live by Emil Strandberg, Daniel Karlsson and Henrik Olsson, Konstfack, Sthlm, Swe 2009

    Theater music for ”Marsipanmage”, Teater Bhopa, Gbg, Swe 2000

    Music for silent movie Un chien andalou, Gul 3, Hagabion, Gbg 1999

    Theater music for Three Sisters at Stadsteatern, Gbg 1999

    Theater music for Three Sisters at Gävle Folkteater 1998

    Music for danceperformance O, Gul 3, Röda Sten, Gbg 1997.



    Photos

     

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    Videos

    Lost Accidentally, dance piece by Francesco Scavetta, premiered at Dansens Hus in Oslo (No) on the 19th of May 2017. Later also performed at HERE: 10 evenings (Swe) and Espacio Ibsen Festival (Cuba)
    All music composed and performed by Henrik Olsson:









    Solo performance in Moscow Botanic Garden at the Root Of New Festival, curated by Anya Dorofeeva 2016. Back drop film by Kristian Berglund:





    GAS Festival 2016(Gbg, Swe) Göteborgs Konsthall, Sofia Jernberg, Martin Taxt, Henrik Olsson:

     



    Hans Carbes sonic landscape sculpture played by Henrik Olsson, 2016:



    FRICTION 1-11-111 performed by Lisa Ullén and Henrik Olsson in 2020 on a streamed concert for Samtida Musik, Stockholm




    IRONYING, composed and performed by Marina Cyrano and Henrik Olsson in 2017. 
    Images by Liis Ring. 




    Reading Music, performed at GAS Festival in Oct 2020 by Lisa Ullèn, Johan Arrias and Henrik Olsson.