Main Projects
Daniel Formo: Orchestra of Speech, (2023)Formo Tre & Metall: Amor et Labor, (2013)
Daniel Formo: At Large – a Hammond monologue, (2013)
Daniel Formo & Henrik Asheim: Organ Point – Hammond dialogues vol I, (2013)
Formo, Skaslien, Grenager & Duch: Twined – Hammond dialogues vol II, (2013)
Collaborations
Mats Gustafsson: Ensemble E - Opus One, (2023)Mats Gustafsson: HIDROS 9 MIRRORS, (2023)
Heidi Skjerve & Daniel Formo & Friends: I’m Glad There Is You, (2022)
Solid! featuring John Ellis: Woodworks, (2021)
Ola Kvernberg: Steamdome II: The Hypogean, (2021)
Eirik Hegdal / Matt Burt / Dog & Sky / Alpaca Ensemble: Arrival Hall, (2018)
Nypan trio: Life of Three, (2018)
Ola Kvernberg: Steamdome, (2017)
Nypan trio: Directions, (2015)
Kobert: Off the Hook, (2011)
Solid! featuring Seamus Blake: Visitor, (2011)
Kobert: Invasion of Privacy, (2009)
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert, (2009)
Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband: Live at Dokkhuset, (2009)
Solid!: Happy Accidents, (2008)
Kobert: Glowing, (2006)
Solid!: Solid!, (2005)
Main projects
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Daniel Formo
Orchestra of Speech
Particular Recordings Collective 2023
With a unique and distinctive sound and a custom built one-man band of hybrid digital and acoustic instruments, this release explores the rich musical expressivity that is part of spoken language – from the intricate interplay in conversation to the bright melodies of baby speech, the dramaturgy in public speeches, the steady rhythm of reporting, to the intensity in heated arguments and the solemn tone of declarations. Orchestra of Speech presents an intriguing series of genre-defying compositions entirely based on recordings of different genres of everyday speech.
For creating and performing this music, Daniel Formo has developed custom software for analysing and ‘orchestrating’ speech into music in real time. The system is connected to an electroacoustic setup of speakers, telephones and radios, a mechanical piano and transducers mounted on an array of acoustic instruments like cymbals, drums, and various stringed instruments, embodying the disembodied recorded voices in a physical electroacoustic orchestra that blurs the line between the electric and acoustic, voice and instrument, and between music and speech.
Recorded, mixed and produced by Daniel Formo. Mastered by Karl Klaseie at Øra Mastering.
This recording is supported by Norsk Komponistforening.
Reviews: seismograf.org: “Hvis du som jeg ikke kan få nok af freejazzet musique concrète med granulær syntese, vil du ikke gå glip af Orchestra of Speech!”
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Formo Tre & Metall
Amor et Labor
Particular Recordings Collective 2013
Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ, composition)
Eirik Hegdal (melody sax/clarinet/bass clarinet)
Mattias Ståhl (vibraphone)
Erik Nylander (drums)Reviews:
Listed on Europe Jazz Media Chart for october
AllAboutJazz.com: “Formo Tre & Metall is an excellent quartet with a bold vision”
Adresseavisen: “He plays B3 with such scope and melodic sensibility it is a joy to listen to”
Bergens Tidende: “vital and engaging drive of improvisation” by “a strong and highly original band”
Side2.no: “Formo has created a band and a sound unlike anything else on the musical horizon”
Dagsavisen: “Det er ei sprudlande oppkome av eit album” -
Daniel Formo
At Large – a Hammond monologue
Particular Recordings Collective 2013
Daniel Formo (solo Hammond B3 organ)
Reviews:
Bergens Tidende: “This is electroacoustic contemporary improvisation rich in ideas”;
bitaites.org: “Hammond B3 is a greater benefit to mankind than were penicillin, air conditioning and microwave. Daniel confirms this with absolute distinction” -
Daniel Formo & Henrik Asheim
Organ Point – Hammond dialogues vol I
Particular Recordings Collective 2013
Daniel Formo (Hammond organ) Nils Henrik Asheim (church organ)
Svenska Dagbladet: “in the dynamic duo (…) they make the sounds both sparkle and shine mightily”
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Formo, Skaslien, Grenager & Duch
Twined – Hammond dialogues vol II
Particular Recordings Collective 2013
Daniel Formo (Hammond organ)
Bergmund Skaslien (viola)
Lene Grenager (cello)
Michael Duch (double bass)Reviews:
allaboutjazz.com: “The quartet becomes (…) a free improvised unit of the best kind, formulating captivating, rich language and almost telepathic interplay”
Collaborations
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Mats Gustafsson
Ensemble E - Opus One
trost records 2023
Helga Myhr – hardanger fiddle
Sylwia Świątkowska – Bilgoraj suka
Susana Santos Silva – trumpet
Maniucha Bikont – vocal, tuba
Daniel Formo – organ, prepared piano
Arne Forsén – prepared piano, clavichord, percussion
Mats Gustafsson – baritone sax, flute, spilåpipa and conducting -
Mats Gustafsson
HIDROS 9 MIRRORS
trost records 2023
Soloists:
Anders Nyqvist - trumpets (slide, piccolo)
Colin Stetson - amplified bass saxophone
Hedvig Mollestad - guitar
Per-Åke Holmlander - tuba
Jerome Noetinger - revox tape machines
Dieb13 - turntables
Mats Gustafsson - conductorNyMusikk Trondheim:
Eira Bjørnstad Foss - violin
Matilda Rolfsson - bass drum
Lars Ove Fossheim - guitar
Michael F. Duch - bass
Øyvind Engen - cello
Kyrre Laastad - drums and electronics
Nicolas Leirtrø - bass
Daniel Formo - organ, prepared piano
Ida Løvli Hidle – accordionAvant Art Ensemble:
Teoniki Rożynek - violin
Dominika Korzeniecka - bass drum
Szymon Wójcik - guitar, electronics
Rafał Różalski - bass
Magdalena Bojanowicz - cello
Qba Janicki - drums and electronics
Paweł Romańczuk - bass
Barbara Drazkov - organ, prepared piano
Zbigniew Chojnacki – accordion -
Heidi Skjerve & Daniel Formo & Friends
I’m Glad There Is You
Particlar Recordings Collective 2022
Heidi Skjerve – Vocal
Daniel Formo – Piano
Bjørn Marius Hegge – Bass
Håkon Mjåset Johansen – Drums
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm – Clarinets, Alto sax
Mona Krogstad – Tenor sax
Marthe Belsvik Stavrum – Flute -
Solid! featuring John Ellis
Woodworks
Particlar Recordings Collective 2021
John Ellis (saxophone, bass clarinet)
Bjørn Vidar Solli (guitar)
Daniel Formo (organ)
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums) -
Ola Kvernberg
Steamdome II: The Hypogean
Grappa 2021
Ola Kvernberg (Violin, synths, organ)
Øyvind Blomstrøm (Guitar, slide guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond organ, synths, effects)
Nikolai Hængsle (Bass)
Olaf Olsen (drums)
Erik Nylander (drums)
Martin Windstad (percussion) -
Eirik Hegdal / Matt Burt / Dog & Sky / Alpaca Ensemble
Arrival Hall
Crispin Glover Records 2018
Dog & Sky and Alpaca Ensemble:
Music by Eirik Hegdal
Words by Matt Burt
Daniel Formo – hammond organ
Bergmund Skaslien – viola
Ole Jørgen Melhus – trombone
Vigdis Sjelmo – drums
Truls Lorentzen – guitar
Michael Francis Duch -bass
Tor Andreas Haugerud – drums
Else Bø -piano
Stikkan Aarskog – clarinett
Sigrid Stang – violin
Marianne Baudouin Lie – cello -
Nypan trio
Life of Three
Particular Recordings Collective 2018
Øyvind Nypan (guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ)
Truls Rønning (drums) -
Ola Kvernberg
Steamdome
Grappa 2017
Ola Kvernberg (Violin, Guitar, Percussion, Organ)
Øyvind Blomstrøm (Guitar, slide guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond organ)
Nikolai Hængsle (Bass)
Børge Fjordheim (drums)
Erik Nylander (drums)
Hans Hulbækmo (drums) -
Nypan trio
Directions
Nypan Music 2015
Øyvind Nypan (guitar)
Daniel Formo (Hammond B3 organ)
Truls Rønning (drums) -
Kobert
Off the Hook
Øra fonogram 2011
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr, gt)reviews: nettavisen • dagsavisen
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Solid! featuring Seamus Blake
Visitor
Parallel Records 2011
Seamus Blake (sax)
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (dr)Reviews: tokyo jazznotes • geiger.dk • jazznyt • dagbladet.no • dagsavisen.no • panorama.no • nettavisen
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Kobert
Invasion of Privacy
Impeller Recordings 2009
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr)
featuring Andreas Elvenes (voc)Reviews:
Dagsavisen: “Saft suse! … this is the real thing”
Jazznytt: “This CD is a must”
Adresseavisen: “En humørpille av et album”
itsatrap.com: ”What sounds simple is anything but” -
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert
mnjrec 2009
Ingrid Lode (voc), Heidi Skjerve (voc), Anita Kaasbøll (voc/electronics), Sissel Vera Pettersen (voc/sop.sax.), Espen Reinertsen (ten.sax/b.clar), Eirik Hegdal (sopranino/bari.sax), Eivind Lønning (tpt), Hayden Powell (tpt), Erik Johannesen (tbn), Lene Grenager (cello), Marianne Baudouin Lie (cello), Daniel Formo (org), Petter Vågan (guit), Øyvind Brandtsegg (vib/electronics), Erik Nylander (drums), and Helge Norbakken (perc)
reviews:
“Sounds almost like music from another planet” –Dagsavisen
“Snikende, nydelige melodilinjer som setter seg i systemet, en nesten overjordisk luftighet i lydbildet og en grunnstemning preget av undring stilt overfor de virkelig store spørsmålene”. –Adresseavisen
“vellykket nyinnspilling!” –Dagbladet
“musikk som vil leve lenge” –nettavisen.no -
Midtnorsk Ungdomsstorband
Live at Dokkhuset
mnjrec 2009
Music composed and conducted by Daniel Formo and Hayden Powell
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Solid!
Happy Accidents
aim records 2008
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Håkon Mjåset Johansen (dr)Reviews: Dagbladet: “Triospill med kontroll og autoritet” (5)
Aftenposten: “bærer et solid preg av umiddelbarhet og spilleglede” (5)
Dagsavisen: “Eit nytt album med forrykande moderne jazz frå Solid!”
Adresseavisen: “Solid! skuffer ikke” (5)
Bergens Tidende: “lavmælte improvisasjoner og tett samspill” (5)
Varden: “Lekende og utfordrende” (5)
Telemarksavisa: “Super-solid!” (6) -
Kobert
Glowing
norcd 2006
Ingrid Lode (voc)
Daniel Formo (keyb)
Erik Nylander (dr)Reviews:
“Debut med særpreg” –adresseavisen
“Nobody else sounds like Kobert” –puls.no
“The freshness and playfulness is obvious.” –Bergens Tidene
“Völlig anders diese Musik … sehr fragil-reduzierten, aber komplett konzentriert-kraftvollen” –ters.org -
Solid!
Solid!
Jazzaway 2005
Bjørn Vidar Solli (gt)
Daniel Formo (org)
Truls Rønning (dr)Reviews:
dagbladet: “A great record from a trio […] that have made themself respected” (5)
puls.no: “Challenging, smiling and virtuosic”
dagsavisen: “A classical trio setting with a wicked swing”
groove.no: «SOLID! has a personality that is boiling with playfulness”
TA: “This record commands respect” (5)