Ole Mofjell

Ole Mofjell
Ole Mofjell, 2025
Ole Mofjell, 2025
Background information
Born (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 36)
Søgne Municipality, Vest-Agder
OriginNorway
GenreJazz
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentDrums
Ole Mofjell at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2018

Ole Mofjell (born 1990) is a Norwegian drummer and composer from Søgne Municipality, Norway.

Career

Mofjell studied at the Jazz Programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the early 2010s. During this period he collaborated extensively with vocalist Natalie Sandtorv and keyboardist Marte Eberson, including through the groups Morning Has Occurred and COKKO. Mofjell later married Sandtorv, and the two have continued to collaborate on various musical projects and recordings.

Throughout the 2010s, Mofjell also performed with groups such as Brute Force and One Out of Town, as well as the improvisational duo Tysk Impro with trumpeter Erik Kimestad Pedersen. Together with vocalist Marcela Lucatelli and bassist Felipe Zenicola, he formed the trio Oral, which released its self-titled debut album in 2018. The group's music combined elements of free improvisation, grindcore and no wave.

During the 2020s, Mofjell has remained active in a number of jazz and improvisational projects, including Emmeluth's Amoeba, Weejuns, Broken Compass, Audun Automat and Bonanza of Doom. His collaborations span free improvisation, experimental jazz, noise-based music and electrically amplified improvisational music. Through these projects he has worked with musicians such as Hedvig Mollestad, Ståle Storløkken, Signe Emmeluth, Frode Gjerstad, Audun Ellingsen and Karl Bjorå.

Together with Martin Myhre Olsen and Henrik Sandstad Dalen, Mofjell is a member of the trio 3 Days of Maceration. The project draws inspiration from the experimental jazz scene that emerged around New York City's Loft scene during the 1970s.

In 2025, he was appointed artist-in-residence at the inaugural Kristiansand Jazz Festival, where he presented the commissioned work Square, a solo percussion and gong performance, and a concert with Emmeluth's Amoeba.

Since 2026, Mofjell has been a member of Krokofant.

Honors

Discography

Solo

Within Brute Force

Within COKKO

Within Oral

Within Emmeluths Amoeba

Within Weejuns

Within Broken Compass

Within Bonanza of Doom

Within Audun Automat

Within 3 Days of Maceration

Contributing to

References

  1. ↑ "Musikkpris til innovativ trommeslager - Universitetet i Agder". Universitetet i Agder (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "MORNING HAS OCCURED". Jazz i Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Walderhaug, Fridgeir (19 September 2025). "Natalie Sandtorvs personlige drama ble musikk". Bypatrioten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Emmeluth's Amoeba". Signe Emmeluth. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Hammerø, Tor (20 April 2026). "Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns - Bitches Blues Eivind Aarset 4tet - Strange Hands". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Hauknes, Johan (19 December 2023). "BROKEN COMPASS". salt-peanuts.eu. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Audun Automat". Energimølla (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "2 x 3! Way Out West+ 3 Days of Maceration". Jazz i Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ole Mofjell Solo // Kristiansand Jazzfestival 2025". Jazz i Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ole Mofjell - Square // Kristiansand Jazzfestival 2025". Jazz i Norge (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Krokofant". Energimølla (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Musikkpris til innovativ trommeslager" (in Norwegian). Agder University College. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.