ÅSMUND
ÅSMUND A. FARSTAD
On fiddles, Åsmund A. Farstad (b. 2002). From Volda. His background is from the traditional music of Western Norway, with Sunnmøre and Nordfjord as the main focus. He has been taught by great fiddlers like Arne M. Sølvberg, Jorun-Marie Kvernberg and many others.
As a student of the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, he is one of the great young fiddlers of Norway.
WILLIAM
WILLIAM G. DILLER
On drums, William Dillner (b. 2003) from Nesodden, Norway. A jazz drummer, taught by the great Pål Thowsen. A student at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Dillner has taken the dive into the world of norwegian folk rhythms in addition to being a singer and songwriter, with an EP and an album out in his genre.
COLIN
COLIN L. KARLSEN
On bass, Colin Lilius Karlsen (b. 2003) from Skien Norway. One of the great young bassist in Oslo. He has specialized in american jazz, moroccan gnawa music and norwegian folk music. With humility and respect for the traditions, Karlsen works with the music in new ways on the double bass, ways that few explore.
KJELTRING is a young trio from The Norwegian Academy of Music. The trio consists of Åsmund A. Farstad on fiddles, Colin Lilius Karlsen on double bass, and William Dillner on drums. The trio is based in Oslo and came to this word in December of 2022. The band has had plenty of concerts in Norway, and has performed in Sweden as well.
The base of the music for KJELTRING is the Norwegian fiddle tunes. A broad and diverse tradition. The fiddle tunes get placed in a band that plays hard and rough. Drums follow the rhythms in the fiddle tunes, and add on hits, runs and ornamentation. Both bass and fiddle explore the microtonal harmonies of the tunes and expand further upon them. KJELTRING has taken the task of putting traditional music in a band setting with respect, knowledge and humility. Improvisation is a key element of the trio´s music, you will never hear our music repeated the exact same way. All this in addition to our clear inspiration from rock music, both tonal and rhythmical makes KJELTRING a band of its own.
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The trio of young rascals from Oslo build upon the great fiddle tunes of Norway. The traditional music gets welded together with hard basslines, microtonal harmonies, groovy rhythms, free-improvisation and a tight sound. A concept from heaven, or maybe even hell.
Let your feet stomp and lose yourself into the musical trance to Åsmund A. Farstad on fiddles, Colin L. Karlsen on bass and William G. Dillner on drums.
The fiddlers of old times were rock-stars in their villages, but they didn't have bass, drums, amplifiers and distortion. KJELTRING does.