Erik Honoré Explained

Erik Honoré
Birth Date:11 December 1966
Birth Place:Kristiansand, Norway
Instrument:Electronics, guitar
Genre:Electronica
Occupation:Writer, musician, record producer and engineer
Label:Jazzland Recordings, Grappa Music/Hubro
Website:Erik Honoré on Myspace

Erik Honoré (born 11 December 1966) is a Norwegian writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer. As a musician, he has collaborated with Jan Bang, David Sylvian, Brian Eno/Peter Schwalm, Jon Hassell, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen, Sidsel Endresen, Unni Wilhelmsen, Eivind Aarset, Claudia Scott, Anne Grete Preus, Savoy and produced all the albums from Velvet Belly.[1] [2]

Career

Honoré was born in Kristiansand. He is a graduate sound engineer and producer at the Norwegian Institute for Stage and Studio, a College in Oslo. He is a published novelist and has a long career as a musician, sound engineer and producer. Together with musician colleague Jan Bang he initiated the Punkt-festivalen in 2005, guest curated by Brian Eno in 2012.[3]

Honoré released the album Year of the Bullet (2012), a joint effort with vocalist and spouse Greta Aagre,[2] and in 2014 released his first solo album Heliographs.[4]

Discography (in selection)

Solo albums

Heliographs (Hubro)[4]

Unrest (Hubro)

Collaborations

With Jan Bang

Birth Wish (Pan M Records), with contributions from Arve Henriksen and Christian Wallumrød

Going Nine Ways From Wednesday (Pan M Records), including with Nils Christian Moe-Repstad and Anne Marie Almedal

... And Poppies From Kandahar (SamadhiSound)

Uncommon Deities (Samadhisound), including with David Sylvian

Narrative From The Subtropics (Jazzland), including with Sidsel Endresen, Arve Henriksen and Eivind Aarset

With Eivind Aarset

Connected (Jazzland)

With Elsewhere

Hijacker's Songs (Kampen Records)

With Arve Henriksen

Cartography (ECM)

With David Sylvian

Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations[6]

With Greta Aagre

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erik Honoré . Biography . Norwegian . Punktfestival.no . 2014-08-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903144501/http://punktfestival.no/erik-honore-2/ . 3 September 2014 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Erik Honore: Small Sonic Postcards . Interviews . Nenad . Georgievski . . 2013-01-08 . 2014-08-31.
  3. Web site: Erik Honoré (f. 1966) . Biography . Norwegian . Kristiansand.Folkebibl.no . 2014-08-31 .
  4. Web site: Erik Honore: Heliographs . Musical reviews . John . Kelman . . 2014-09-11 . 2014-08-31.
  5. Web site: Jan Bang . Discography . . 2014-08-31.
  6. Web site: David Sylvian - Died in the Wool - MANAFON variations . DavidSylvian.com . 2014-08-31.