Tellef_Øgrim
Tellef Øgrim
Musical artist
Tellef Øgrim (born 27 January 1958) is a Norwegian fretless guitarist, composer and journalist.
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He played in oboist Jan Wiese's band Bitihorn from 1976[1] and joined Ole Hedemann's Ung Pike Forsunnet (UPF) in 1981.[2] UPF released two albums. In 1985 Øgrim and vocalist Anne Danielsen (later his wife) formed the soul-rock band Duck Spin,[3] releasing the group's only album Wake me when the Moon gets up the year after.[4] In 1987 Øgrim released the jazz-rock album Libido (Hot Club Records) with Henrik Hellstenius (keyb), Tore Eide (bs/cl) and Inge Norum (dr/prc).[5]
During the same period of time he wrote music for two theater plays staged by Piotr Cholodzinski.[6]
In 2004 Øgrim released a CD containing improvisations for fretless electric guitar under the title Some Dodos Never Die and in 2007 the CD Wagon 8[7]|[8] was released on Curling Legs Records[9] with Polish drummer Jacek Kochan, trombonist Dag Einar Eilertsen, Henrik Hellstenius (laptop) (one track) and singer Anne Danielsen (one track).
In 2008 Øgrim played on the free jazz CD Do I the In? (Not Two Records)[10] where he played with Joe Fonda (bs), Jacek Kochan (dr) and Franz Hautzinger (trp). In 2010 he formed the music-live-video project Mugetuft[11] with Peter Knudsen and Henrik Hellstenius and an improvisational trio with cello player Clementine Gasser and Jacek Kochan. This trio's first album was released by Not Two Records.[12]
Since 2014 Øgrim has cooperated with Swedish bassist Anders Berg on several duo albums.[13][14] Berg and Øgrim have gone on to create the record label Simlas[15] that also has released Øgrim's latest solo album called Fat Fit - Solos for Guitars.[16] In January 2017 Øgrim went on to form a free jazz trio with Peeter Uuskyla and Anders Berg by releasing the album Ullr.[17]
Øgrim has been a journalist since the late 1980s writing for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Dagens Naeringsliv,[18] Ballade[19] and Oslo Business Memo,[20] and Oslo Innovation Magazine[21][22] and Blue Frontier Magazine. He also is a speaker on topics relating to art and technology.[23]