I have been involved in several different projects since I started working as a musician in 1998 or so. It would be too much to mention all of them, so here is a list of bands and projects I am working with now. 

Huntsville — a trio with my good friends Tonny Kluften and Ingar Zach that (according to a journalist in Boston Weekly) is «armed with a banjo, a double bass, a pedal steel, a bizarre tabla machine, shruti boxes and a fondness for freeing folk from its folk songs — from Santa Fe to Bombay.»
Huntsville released "for the middle class" on Norwegian label Rune Grammofon in 2006 and did a double tour of Norway with the Dutch post punk group The Ex in spring 2007. In July 2007 we played Kongsberg Jazz Festival with Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche from Wilco as guests, and we are touring and playing other festival throughout the year. In  January 2008 we are  recording the forthcoming  release - expected release in fall 2008. With Huntsville I play electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, pedal steel guitar, radios, a little bit of sruti etc etc. I also edited the debut CD and produced it together with Tonny and Ingar. Read more here

Dans les arbres — a quartet with pianist Christian Wallumrød, clarinetist Xavier Charles, percussionist Ingar Zach and myself. «Theirs is a music of small revelations rather than larger gestures, with arresting sound combinations constantly emerging. Occasionally, with sruti box and clarinet establishing thick drones, it sounds more like Eastern ritual music than Western improvised music. In other moments this strictly acoustic music sounds remarkably electronic.» (ECM). Read more here

North of the north — this is a project with the two great French men Marc Pichelin and Xavier Charles. Marc is working with phonographies (sound photos) and he is traveling around the world searching for places with interesting sounds. He records these sounds and use this material to make CDs, installations and in concerts - both solo, with photographers and musicians. North of the North is Marc with Xavier Charles on clarinet and myself on banjo. In June 2006 we stayed for one week in the north of Norway recording material for the release North of the North (SOFA 2008). We also use this material in live situations.

Solo — the last couple of years I have been doing some solo performances playing stripped down material from a solo release that I hope to release sometime in future.

Hanne Hukkelberg — I am not a regular member of Hanne Hukkelberg's group, but I have played with her as a substitute for other band members. With Hanne I play electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, some accordion and background vocals. Check out her music here   

Navy — Jonas Howden Sjøvaag is Navy. We have been working together on a CD with Sjøvaags music for some years now. We are not playing concerts. Yet. Jonas has a label with a couple of releases of Navy. Check them out here

No Spaghetti Edition — this is a project ensemble that focuses on large ensemble improvisation. We´ve had several guests in this ensemble - all contributing on our 4 releases, several concerts and tours since the beginning in 1998. Read more here

Over the years I have had the pleasure to perform regularly and not regularly with great musicians like: Yumiko Tanaka, Tony Oxley, Axel Dörner, Andrea Neuman, Pat Thomas, Paul Lovens, Derek Bailey, Bjørnar Andresen, Steve Noble, Håkon Kornstad, Thomas Lehn, Jaap Blonk, Phil Minton, Raymond Strid, Steve Beresford, Jon Christensen, Michel Doneda, Diego Chamy, Leonel Kaplan, Alessandra Rombolá, Shinichi Isohata, Michel Henritzi, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Tetuzi Akiyama, Per Oddvar Johansen, Ingebrigt Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love and many more.