Ole Mofjell

Norwegian drummer

Ole Mofjell
Ole Mofjell, Moers Festival 2016
Background information
Born	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 33) Søgne, Vest-Agder
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Drums

Musical artist

Ole Mofjell (born 11 July 1990) is a Norwegian drummer known from bands like Brute Force and COKKO, married July 29, 2016, to singer Natalie Sandtorv.

Career

Mofjell was born in Søgne, and started his drumming career when given a sharp drum for his sixth birthday by his father.^[1] He got his formal music education on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium.

Mofjell resided in Berlin until he moved to Copenhagen in 2015. He performed on scenes throughout Europe with projects like the quartet 'Brute Force' with a current self-titled album (2014) and the duo 'Not On The Guest List', together with his cohabitant girlfriend Natalie Sandtorv. He is also active in other projects like 'One Out Of Town' and the duo 'Tysk Impro' with trumpeter Erik Kimestad Pedersen, in addition to the release of his debut solo album (2015).^[1]

Honors

2015: Recipient of the Sparebanken Sør Musikkpris^[1]

Discography

With Brute Force

2014: Brute Force (Va Fongool)

With Rob Void 3.0

2014: Nonfigurativ Musikk 5 (Nonfigurativ Musikk)^[2]

With Cokko

2016: The Dance Upon My Grave (Playdate Records)^[3]

With Not On The Guest List

2016: Free! Spirit! Chant! (Gaffer Records)

With Nypan

2017: Stereotomic (Losen Records)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Musikkpris til innovativ trommeslager" (in Norwegian). Agder University College. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "Ole Mofjell". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ "COKKO – The Dance Upon My Grave". Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.