eivindopsvik
Eivind Opsvik
Born in Oslo, bassist and composer Eivind Opsvik was introduced to music at home. His father loved to play the saxophone and constantly spun records—everything from Ornette Coleman to Billie Holiday and The Beatles. An early memory features Eivind on drums, jamming out “A Hard Day’s Night” with his father. Later, a denim-clad rocker cousin lent him a bass guitar and the newfound ability of adding pitch to rhythm was a revelation. Opsvik spent the rest of his teens getting to know this instrument, as well as the double bass, while also experimenting with a 4-track tape recorder and pouring music into his head.
At the age of twenty, Opsvik began studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music, focusing on classical bass. By then, he was already an active participant in Oslo’s vibrant jazz scene, regularly playing with musicians like Paal Nilssen-Love, Christian Wallumrød, Bjørnar Andresen, and Håkon Kornstad; while also performing at festivals and clubs around Europe.
In 1998, Opsvik relocated to New York City, where he has thrived as a working musician, collaborating on projects with among others Anthony Braxton, Paul Motian, John Zorn, Nate Wooley, and Bill Frisell and performing in a wide range of venues like Carnegie Hall, Village Vanguard, Le Poisson Rouge and The Stone. At the Manhattan School of Music he studied jazz and met some of his closest musical brothers, including Loren Stillman, Jeff Davis, and Jacob Sacks. Building on the bonds and shared musical understanding that developed while at school, Eivind invited these players to help him fulfill his vision for the solo project, Overseas.
Opsvik has stated that "overseas" is a fitting way of describing his life—whether in New York or Norway, he is always an ocean’s distance from home. As he continued his journey through the city via late night gigs and daytime sessions, Opsvik connected with other players—visionaries versed in noise improv, electronic, jazz, and classical—who, on subsequent Overseas records, were...
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Delighted to be premiering a new trio at Barbés in a couple of weeks: The Setting - featuring the wizardry of Elias Stemeseder on keyboards and Will Graefe on “acoustic” guitar.
I’ve written new material and the songs float around in the territory of electro-acoustic improv art pop…. May 14 is a Tuesday and we hit at 7pm, 376 9th st Bklyn
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Mixing, Mastering, Recording, Editing, Bass Recording
for your music... Please get in touch
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A couple of shows of note
March 24th
Two Miles A Day
Barbés in Brooklyn
Mat Maneri- viola
Jacob Sacks - piano and compositions
Billy Mintz - drums
Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
This long running project plays again for the first time in many years. New music, and a new record is in the works as well.
May 14
Barbés in Brooklyn
Name TBA
Elias Stemeseder - keyboards, synthesizers
Will Graefe - acoustic guitar
Eivind Opsvik - bass and compositions
A new trio I’m very excited about will play our first show at Barbés, been writing with a group like this in mind for the last couple of years, it’s been great bringing this to fruition with Will and Elias. We will make an album later in the year.
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New song OUT TODAY on Bandcamp:
Greener Pastures
Just short of 11 minutes of existential dread avant-disco, featuring a guitar solo by Kieran Daly.
Our place on earth
Or the town you live in
It never really was a perfect match
And now we’re here
I really can’t explain
Why couldn’t we just leave it undisturbed
This land mass does not feel the same
Time to look for greener pastures
Cause man and beasts are going insane
Time to book it, greener pastures
Just book it!
Book it! Book it! (Repeat)
The Moon or Mars, Andromeda or Venus
Kepler 22 might be the one (is that the one?)
All I need
Is to turn the dial down
And live in peace with Carbon Dioxide
And should I take a boat or a plane
Time to look for greener pastures
A space craft or a passenger train
Time to look for greener pastures
Book it! Book it! (Repeat)
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released December 15, 2023
Composed, performed, recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Eivind Opsvik at Greenwood Underground in Brooklyn, NY, 2022-2023
Guitar solo by Kieran Daly
EO: electric bass, vocals, drums and percussion, synthesizers, electric guitar, and banjo
Cover art by Michelle Arcila
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review from New York City Jazz Record
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From Barbés show with Overseas, Friday September 8th
photos by Nick DeLuca
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Twenty years since the first Overseas album was released, time for a show, a month from now, old and new songs, yeah!
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next week Okkyung Lee’s yeo-neun quartet will play a few shows in europe, looking forward to playing again
4/5 bourse de commerce, paris, france
4/8 le lieu unique festival variations, nantes, france
4/9 rewire festival, den haag, the netherlands
okkyung lee - cello and composition
maeve gilchrist - harp
jacob sacks - piano
eivind opsvik - bass
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#boursedecommerce #pinaultcollection in paris
https://www.pinaultcollection.com/en/boursedecommerce/okkyung-lees-yeo-neun-quartet
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#variationsfestival in nantes
http://festival-variations.fr/okkyung-lee-yeo-neun-quartet-camilla-sparksss/
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#rewirefestival
https://www.rewirefestival.nl/artist/okkyung-lees-yeo-neun-quartet
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My studio finally has its own website now, please take a look
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This Thursday at Lowlands Bar in Brooklyn,
New band and new tunes by Mr. Berne
543 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Emotional Switches is out now on all the platforms, CDs coming very soon.Here’s a little snippet video for one of the songs; Den Store Roen
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Hey! my solo album; Emotional Switches is OUT TODAY on all platforms; Bandcamp and all the others. Small run of CDs are on their way, but can be pre-ordered now on Bandcamp (will ship out mid month)So!..... this album, "Emotional Switches", will present you with concise art-pop songs like "Multiply" and "Steepy", deeper explorations of specific moods like the episodic off kilter dance track "Glass Box Boy", long form layered pop adventures like "Emotional Switches", and more ambient introspective songs like "Flat Orange Soda" and "Vulture’s Hope." Hope you enjoy!
https://eivindopsvik.bandcamp.com/album/emotional-switches
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Vulture’s Hope
from “Emotional Switches” out on Loyal Label on November 5th
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Vulture's Hope, Third and last single out today, Album is out November 5th on Loyal LabelA slow morphing instrumental adagio on the nature of the vulture and it’s unquenchable mind, among animals and humans alike. Featuring the wooded punch of upright bass alongside the crackle and shimmer of elderly organs and synthesizers
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