THE TRONOSONIC EXPERIENCE

The Tronosonic Experience biography
THE TRONOSONIC EXPERIENCE is a Norwegian four-piece band which started off as a research project of bassist Per Harald OTTESEN during his ongoing master's degree at the University of Agder, Norway, in 2015.

The band consists of Ole Jørgen BARDAL on saxophones, Øyvind NYPAN on guitars, Jan Inge NILSEN on percussion and Per Harald OTTESEN on bass. The music is composed by Per Harald OTTESEN, with arrangements made collaboratively. The band has functioned as a collective where everyone has been involved in the musical process, although the framework comes from bassist Per Harald. The original drummer Ivar Loe BJØRNSTAD (HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO) was replaced by Jango NILSEN in 2018.

Their self-titled debut album was released via Losen Records in August 2017, and the follow up 'II: The Big Blow' via Apollon Records in February 2019.

THE TRONOSONIC EXPERIENCE recorded their third and fourth albums, 'The Shadow Vol I' and 'The Shadow Vol II', at Ocean Sound Recordings in December 2019. Mixing was done by Mike HARTUNG at Propeller Music Division, Oslo, and the albums were mastered by Morgan NICOLAYSEN at Propeller Mastering.

Due to COVID-19 and severe illness within the band, the process took longer than initially anticipated, and the release plans were put on hold until spring 2022. In 2020, bassist Per Harald OTTESEN was informed that leukemia had returned, and after a period of illness, Per passed away in February 2022. The last two albums were released on Apollon Records after he had passed away, both albums being released in March 2022, with Vol II being released a week after Vol I.

THE TRONOSONIC EXPERIENCE plays music that falls between instrumental avant-rock and punk-jazz, with influences ranging from Ornette COLEMAN and Albert AYLER to early BLACK SABBATH, KING CRIMSON, and TERJE RYPDAL & THE CHASERS.


(Bio provided by the band and used with permission)