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Kirsti Huke (born March 6, 1977, in Melhus, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, and composer. Huke was best recognized as the lead singer for Norwegian doom metal/experimental band The 3rd and the Mortal in the final line-up.
She is also known from collaborations with musicians such as Egil Kapstad, Erlend Skomsvoll, Tore Brunborg, Ola Kvernberg, Vigleik Storaas, Håvard Wiik, Håkon Mjåset Johansen, Erik Nylander and Steinar Raknes.
She is the younger sister of the author Marte Huke.
Career
Huke was educated at the Heimdal Upper Secondary School between 1993 and 1996, and pursued the Jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology from 1996 to 2001; in 2016, she was employed there as an assistant professor. Her own Kirsti Huke Quartet (established in 1998) also included Håvard Wiik (piano), Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums) and Steinar Raknes (bass). In 2002, Wiik and Johansen were replaced by Vigleik Storaas (piano) and Erik Nylander (drums).
The K.H. Quartet has performed at jazz festivals such as Nattjazz in 2006. They released the album Deloo in 2007, followed up by Kirsti Huke in 2009. She has also been associated with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Egil Kapstad Quartet at the Trondheim Jazz Festival in 2001, which was arranged by Erlend Skomsvoll and featured Håkon Mjåset Johansen on the double bass.
In 2006 Huke started as the lead singer of the indie pop rock band "-phy" (initiated in 1997) along with guitarist Petter Vågan, drummer Vigdis Sjelmo and bassist Ellen Ersfjord. The band launched the album Tree House in 2011.
Huke has toured with Trondheim Voices, and contributed to the "Grand Telemark" with Wetle Holte and Espen Gundersen, The 3rd and the Mortal, Tom Steinar Lund, and Per Borten's band Moving Oos with Siri Gjære. The last band released the album Peace & Love in 2007.
Discography
As band leader
2007: Deloo – (Grappa Music)
2009: Kirsti Huke – (Fairplay Records)
2015: Rags & Silks (Name Music & Publishing), with Ola Kvernberg and Erik Nylander
= Collaborations
=2001: Love Seriously Damages Health (Bergland Prod.), with Siri Gjære
2002: Memoirs (Voices Music & Entertainment), with The 3rd and the Mortal
2006: Survival Kit (Bergland Prod.), with Siri Gjære
2007: Peace & Love – (Kong Tiki/Playground Records), with Moving Oos
2008: Grand Telemark – (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark
2009: The Wonder – (Sonne Disk), with Grand Telemark
2010: Improvoicing (MNJ Records), with Trondheim Voices
2011: Scent Of Soil – (Hubro), with Tore Brunborg, Petter Vågan, Rune Nergaard & Gard Nilssen
2011: Tree House – (Crispin Glover Records), with "-phy"
2013: Vi Vil Ut På Byen! (Øra Fonogram), with Tullkattesnutene
= Other appearances
=2007: Ingen Andre (MBN Records), with Ulf Risnes
2007: City of Glass (Voices Of Wonder Records), with The Soundbyte/Paul Irgens
2008: Katalysator (EMI Records), with Åge Aleksandersen
2008: Sinecure (Crispin Glover Records), with Bitch Cassidy
2009: New Violators (Fairplay Entertainment), with New Violators
2009: Åge-boks 2 (Odeon Records), with Åge Aleksandersen
2009: The Roaring Silence (Sandforest Records), with V Before U
2010: Doppelgängers (Aftermath Music), with Goat The Head
2010: While We Wait (The Record), with The Project
2011: Migrations (MNJ records), with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Øyvind Brække
2011: Scent Of Soil (List of Hubro albums|Hubro Music), with Scent Of Soil
2012: Small Town (Columbia, Sony Music Norway), with Hans Bollandsås
2012: Hurricane (Sonne Disk), with Wetle Holte
2013: Sidewalk Comedy (MNJ records), with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Eirik Hegdal
2014: Yesterday Song (MusikkLosen), with Terje Bjørklund
2014: Vokal (NorCD), with Elin Rosseland
2015: Texum (2015), with Texum
References
External links
Official website
-phy Official Website
Kirsti Huke & Stian Carstensen – A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (JazzLAB) on YouTube
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kirsti Huke
- Kirsti
- Huke
- The Third and the Mortal
- Wetle Holte
- Tore Brunborg
- Steinar Raknes
- Susanna Wallumrød
- Not Dark Yet
- Erik Nylander
