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Axel Skalstad | |
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.jpg) Skalstad performing in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 11 July 1992 |
| Origin | Norway |
| Died | 9 June 2025 (aged 32) |
| Genres | Jazz, prog-rock |
| Occupations | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Label | Rune Grammofon Is it jazz? Records |
Axel Skalstad (11 July 1992 – 9 June 2025) was a Norwegian jazz and prog-rock drummer.[1][2] He was born in Fiskum. He is mainly known as a member of the trio Krokofant with guitarist Tom Hasslan and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen and the bands Soft Ffog and WIZRD.[3] Skalstad died due to an accident on 9 June 2025, at the age of 32.[4][5]
Recognition and awards
[edit]- 2023: Spellemannprisen nomination, Rock, with WIZRD for Seasons (2022)[6]
- 2012: The Kongsberg Jazzfestival’s recruitment award[7]
Discography
[edit]With WIZRD
[edit]Other members: Karl Bjorå, Hallvard Gaardløs, and Vegard Lien Bjerkan
- 2022: Seasons (Karisma Records)
- 2024: Elements (Karisma Records)
With Soft Ffog
[edit]Other members: Tom Hasslan, Trond Frønes, and Vegard Lien Bjerkan
- 2022: Soft Ffog (Is It Jazz? Records)
- 2025: Focus (Is It Jazz? Records)
With Krokofant
[edit]Other members: Tom Hasslan, Jørgen Mathisen
- 2014: Krokofant (Rune Grammofon)
- 2015: I (Rune Grammofon)
- 2017: II (Rune Grammofon)
- 2019: Q – with Ståle Storløkken & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten(Rune Grammofon)
- 2021: Fifth – with Ståle Storløkken & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Rune Grammofon)
- 2025: 6 (Is It Jazz? Records)
With Sjøen
[edit]Other members: Håkon Aase, Harald Lassen, Johan Lindvall og Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite
- 2014: Live I (Havtorn Records)
With LoveLoveLove
[edit]- 2014: Kaleidoscope (Kakao musikk)
With Rune Your Day
[edit]- 2017: Rune Your Day (Clean Feed)
With Pekula
[edit]- 2018: Vol. 1 - ARP (Pekula Records)
References
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- ↑ "Dei nye kongsberg stemmene" (in Norwegian). Kongsberg Jazzfestival. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ "Axel Skalstad - Mer av det gode" (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ↑ Diego Fischerman El sonido de los sueños: Y otros ensayos sobre música 2017 "... o Krokofant, el trío del guitarrista Tom Hasslam, el baterista Axel Skalstad y el saxofonista Jørgen Mathisen, eligen el jazz como lugar de circulación más por razones de amabilidad y apertura del género que por cuestiones estilísticas."
- ↑ "Øm virvelvind. Axel Skalstad (1992-2025)". Jazznytt (in Norwegian Bokmål). 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ Axel Skalstad (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Orellana, Alejandra (6 March 2023). "Spellemann Awards Announce Nominees". The Daily Rind. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Jazzfestival, Kongsberg (4 July 2012), Axel Skalstad mottok årets rekrutteringspris fra Kongsberg Jazzfestival, retrieved 21 January 2026
External links
[edit]- Axel Skalstad: PSS – 80.
- Axel Skalstad discography at Discogs
- Krokofant med Storløkken og Håker Flaten at YouTube
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