Kristiansen // Vemøy: Hymns for Shepherds and Kings (2024)
As recording artist: Creating an ambient/electronic/acoustic blend when meditating over old hymns thematizing the birth of Christ and the mystery of the incarnation
Kristiansen // Vemøy: Hymns of Longing (2022)
As recording artist: Creating an ambient, electronic, acoustic blend when meditating over old hymns thematizing mankind’s longing for the eternal and divine
Kristiansen // Vemøy: Hymns of Compassion (2021)
As recording artist: Making a blend of acoustic instruments, electronics and programming when paraphrasing over old hymns related to the last days of the Holy Week
Erik Hillestad & Øyvind Kristiansen: Mass into the maelstrom (2024)
As composer and music programmer: Making of contemporary liturgical melodies and electronic tracks with powerful drones and beats for the Sunday mass combining audio and video in Jacob Church in Oslo – music supplementing lyrics regarding the power of algorithms in our day-to-day digital life (2020)
Erik Hillestad & Øyvind Kristiansen: Mass under the rainbow (2017)
As composer: Making of contemporary liturgical melodies for pop ensemble and vocals for the Sunday mass in Jacob Church in Oslo – to supplement highly relevant lyrics regarding political and ideological polarisation as well as religious dialogue and unity (2015)
Erik Hillestad & Øyvind Kristiansen: Mass in times of homelessness (2024)
As musical programmer: Making of electronic tracks and a soundscape to underscore Krüger’s intriguing melodies and Hillestad’s most relevant lyrics – with the topic of social and human fragmentation as starting point (2002)
Tania Saleh: Fragile (2025)
As producer and musician: With sensitivity, trying to musically approach these existential questions raised by Saleh: “Where is my place in this vast machine? What will remain of us when left with “nothing but the sky”? Where is home? Where is love?”
Tania Saleh: 10 A.D. (2021)
As producer: Elaborating the arrangements and creating a modern electronic base for Saleh’s wonderful melodies – though allowing for the ethnic instruments of her geographic neighbourhood to shine through
Ferhat Tunç: Kobani (2016)
As musician: Laying down some piano and organ tracks on the album of this remarkable Kurdish artist; all music aiming to underscore Tunç’s utterly relevant, often political, lyrics, as well as his unique voice
Synnøve Rognlien: Undr (2008)
As arranger and music programmer: Making an electronic framework with beats and textures, based on acoustic and nature sounds collected from Rognlien’s own residences – as base for her ethereal vocal and the distinguished musicians participating
Carola: Jul i Betlehem (1999)
As arranger and music programmer: Adding new musical colours to existing and well-known Christmas hymns on the album of this most celebrated artist, through an extensive use of ambients, textures and electronic beats
D’Sound: Spice Of Life (1997)
As musician: Laying down the Rhodes and Wurlitzer tracks on this groovy band´s debut album, a soon-to-be musical reference point in Norway. A formative experience and a “ground zero” in my musical career
Grethe Svensen: 24 hrs (1997)
As producer: Capturing the smooth trip hop sound of the decade, combining a beat oriented programmed base with the sound of the finest rhythmic musicians of that particular time