Paal Nilssen-Love - Circus

Special guests

Paal Nilssen-Love composes the music for his sextet Circus, drawing inspiration from Ethiopia and Brazil and expressing his long-standing fascination with the music of Mali and Senegal. The composed material is introduced spontaneously, with the band improvising with it.

For this concert, Circus is supplemented with special guests from the Dutch band The Ex: frontman Arnold de Boer and guitarists Terrie Hessels and Andy Moor. Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love is known for his super energetic playing and improvising. He is also one of the most prolific musicians Norway has produced in the past 30 years. He made a name for himself with the Norwegian bands Atomic and The Thing and worked intensively with legendary names from international avant-jazz, including Ken Vandermark and Peter Brötzmann.