Kjetil Husebø – Ontology of Silence

Ontology of Silence is the third and final album in my Interiors trilogy.
It explores silence, introspection, and inner presence through sparse electronic textures, gentle tonal fragments, and slow-unfolding atmospheres. The music invites a quiet, focused listening space — where silence is not absence, but a subtle, resonant form of expression.

Available now on Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify, etc:
Link: https://orcd.co/pre_ontologyofsilence
Bandcamp: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ontology-of-silence

Kjetil Husebø
Synthesizers, samplers, electronics, compositions, mix & production at GrandisStudios, Oslo,  2021, 2022 and 2024.  

Mastering: Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.
Cover design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin.

Kjetil Husebø – Unseen Topographies

My new album Unseen Topographies.

Unseen Topographies is the second album in Kjetil Husebø’s Interiors trilogy. Exploring light, perception, and hidden inner maps, the music unfolds in luminous, spacious layers that suggest landscapes we can sense but never fully see. Built with synthesizers, samplers, and electronics, it creates an auditory terrain that is both subtle and expansive.

Available now on Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify, etc:
Link: https://orcd.co/pre_unseentopographies

Bandcamp: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/unseen-topographies

Kjetil Husebø
Synthesizers, samplers, electronics, compositions, mix & production at GrandisStudios, Oslo, 2025. 

Mastering: Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.

Cover design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin.

Kjetil Husebø – Oscillations of Memory

Album cover for 'Oscillations of Memory' by Kjetil Husebø, featuring abstract dark textures with blurred lights and patterns.

My new album Oscillations of Memory.

Available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc
Link: https://orcd.co/pre_oscillationsofmemory

Bandcamp: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/oscillations-of-memory

This album opens the Interiors trilogy with dark ambient textures, built from flickering layers, resonant tones, and unstable echoes of memory. It weaves together dark ambient, electroacoustic, and experimental elements to create an immersive journey through fragile atmospheres and ever-shifting sonic landscapes.

The title Oscillations of Memory refers to how memories are never stable, but always in motion. The word oscillations means swings, pendulums, or vibrations — movements back and forth that never settle into a fixed point. Memory works in much the same way: it shifts in form and intensity, vivid and near in one moment, dissolved or distant in the next.

At the same time, the title points toward the musical tools I use. In synthesizers, oscillators are the very core — generating waves and frequencies that form the basis of sound and texture. In Oscillations of Memory, these two perspectives meet: the unstable, living movements of memory, and the electronic oscillators that create the raw material of sound. The music thus becomes an image of both the fragility of memory and the perpetual oscillations of synthesis.

Kjetil Husebø
Synthesizers, samplers, electronics, compositions, mix & production at GrandisStudios, Oslo, 2025. 

Mastering: Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.

Cover design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin.

Kjetil Husebø – Interiors

Interiors – Three New Albums This Fall

This fall, I’m releasing Interiors — a trilogy of three new solo albums. These works are deeply personal explorations of the inner world, moving through themes of darkness and memory (Oscillations of Memory), light and perception (Unseen Topographies), and silence and introspection (Ontology of Silence).

“With Interiors, I wanted to explore the inner realm through sound. Setting the piano aside allowed me to work exclusively with synthesizers, samplers, and electronics, opening up a new sonic landscape. Instead of following traditional tonal or rhythmic structures, the music became about texture, movement, and unfolding — about creating spaces that breathe and shift over time.

Each album focuses on a distinct emotional or perceptual state: Oscillations of Memory delves into darkness and memory, Unseen Topographies explores light and perception, and Ontology of Silence turns inward toward stillness. Together, they form a sonic journey”
— Kjetil Husebø

Oscillations of Memory comes out September 5, Unseen Topographies on October 3, and Ontology of Silence on November 7.

All three albums are now available for pre-order on Bandcamp.

Pre-save links (Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, etc):
Pre-save Oscillations of Memory
Pre-save Unseen Topographies
Pre-save Ontology of Silence

Kjetil Husebø
Synthesizers, samplers, electronics, compositions, mix, production at GrandisStudios, Oslo.
Cover design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin.
Mastering: Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.

Kjetil Husebø – Piano Transformed – Interspace

My new double album Piano Transformed – Interspace.

Available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc. https://orcd.co/pre_pianotransformedinterspace

Available digitally and as a 2CD digipack, complete with an 8-page booklet.

CD can be ordered here:

Bandcamp: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/piano-transformed-interspace

Platekompaniet: https://www.platekompaniet.no/kjetil-husebo-piano-transformed-interspace-cd

Big Dipper: https://bigdipper.no/optical-substance-productions/osp010/kjetil-husebø-piano-transformed-interspace-2cd

CDON: https://cdon.se/produkt/husebo-kjetil-piano-transformed-interspace-cd-27013d4d6b4e57d9/

Details:

Kjetil Husebø: Steinway Model B Grand Piano, Live Sampling, Electronics. Edits. 

Recorded by Juhani Silvola at Ugla Lyd (Morten Qvenild’s studio), Nesodden, Norway, May 22nd – 24th 2024.

Mixed by Kjetil Husebø at GrandisStudios, Oslo, Norway. 

Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab, Oslo, Norway. 

Design by Lucas Dietrich, Berlin, Germany. 

Produced by Kjetil Husebø. Co-produced by Juhani Silvola.

Portrait photo booklet: Jo Michael de Figueiredo.

Liner notes: Tore Stavlund

Supported by The Norwegian Composers’ fund (Det norske komponistfond). 

Kjetil Husebø – Emerging Narratives. Featuring Arve Henriksen & Eivind Aarset

My new album «Emerging Narratives». Featuring Arve Henriksen & Eivind Aarset. 

Available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc
Link: https://orcd.co/pre_emergingnarratives

Bandcamp: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/emerging-narratives

Kjetil Husebø: Synthesizers, Samplers, Live Sampling, FX, Electronics, Programming, Sound Design, Edits.  Recorded and mixed at Grandis Studios, Oslo, Norway.

Eivind Aarset: Guitars, Samples and FX.  Recorded at Nesodden, Norway. 

Arve Henriksen: Trumpet, Samples, FX, French Horn, Tenor Horn, Clarinet, Flute. 

Design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin, Germany. Recorded at Mölnlycke, Sweden. 

Mastered by Helge Sten, Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.

Music composed, recorded, produced and mixed by Kjetil Husebø between April 2022 and November 2023. Tracks co-composed and co-produced by Arve Henriksen and Eivind Aarset

Track 4 «Nohtronica» composed, recorded, produced and mixed May 2021. 

Supported by Fond for lyd og bilde (The Audio and Visual Fund), Komponistenes vederlagsfond (The Composers’ Remuneration Fund). 

CD can be ordered here: 

https://www.platekompaniet.no/kjetil-husebo-emerging-narratives-cd (Norway)

https://bigdipper.no/optical-substance-productions/osp009/kjetil-husebø-emerging-narratives-cd (Norway) 

https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com/album/emerging-narratives (Wolrd Wide)

https://www.galileomusic.de/artikel/30167/Kjetil_Husebø_Emerging_Narratives (Germany) 

  

Kjetil Husebø – Live at Nasjonal Jazzscene

My first live album! Purchase and listen now!

New solo album – Live at Nasjonal Jazzscene – due for release October 9th 2020.

Kjetil Husebø: Steinway C Grand Piano. Live sampling & Live Electronics.

Recorded at Nasjonal Jazzscene (The National Jazz Scene, Victoria) / 
Tape to Zero festival on April 22, 2016, Oslo. 

Engineer: Johnny Skalleberg.

Mixed by: Kjetil Husebø, Oslo.

Mastered by: Helge Sten, Audio Virus Lab, Oslo.

Cover design: Lucas Dietrich, Berlin.

Photo: Ruben Olsen Lærk.

Cat. no: OSP008.

Format: CD digipack, digital files.

Distribution: Musikkoperatørene (Norway) / Phonofile (digital – worldwide) / Forced Exposure (U.S) / Discovery Records (U.K) / Galileo (Germany).

Reviews – Kjetil Husebø – Piano Transformed

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