Happy New Year!
I released four albums in 2025, and I’m excited to share that more new music and projects are coming in 2026.
Enjoy a 10% New Year discount on my album releases with the code “newyear2026” — valid until January 31, 2026.
Thank you for listening and supporting independent music.
Warm regards,
Kjetil
Bandcamp link: https://opticalsubstanceproductions.bandcamp.com
New album release (vinyl + digital). Debut album collaboration with the brilliant Norwegian musician and composer Arve Henriksen.
Label: Smalltown Supersound
Arve Henriksen: Trumpet, Synthesizers, Vocal, Electronics. Edits.
Kjetil Husebø: Grand Piano, Synthesizers, Samplers, Live Sampling, Electronics. Edits.
Composed and produced by Arve Henriksen & Kjetil Husebø.
Recorded and mixed by Kjetil Husebø (Grandis Studios, Oslo, Norway) & Arve Henriksen (Mölnlycke, Sweden).
Grand piano on Syntax recorded by Audun Kleive (Audio Pool, Skien, Norway). Mixed by Reidar Skår (Oslo, Norway). Grand piano on Seeding recorded by Mike Hartung (Propeller Music Division, Oslo). Mixed by Reidar Skår (Oslo).
Mastered by Helge Sten (Audio Virus Lab, Oslo). Cut by SST.
Artwork/design by Kim Hiorthøy.
My new single «Inhale» featuring Eivind Aarset and Arve Henriksen.
It’s the first single from my upcoming album «Years of Ambiguity.» on NXN Recordings (Naxos).
Inhale available on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc.
Kjetil Husebø: Synthesizers, Samplers, Live Sampling, FX, Electronics, Programming, Edits. Recorded and mixed at Grandis Studios, Oslo, Norway.
Eivind Aarset: Guitar, Samples and FX. Recorded at Nesodden, Norway.
Arve Henriksen: Trumpet and Synthesizers. Recorded at Mölnlycke, Sweden.
Coverart by Lucas Dietrich.
Mastered by Morten Lund.
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).
Live performance of the Piano Transformed project.
Grand Piano, Live Sampling & Electronics.
Kjetil Husebø – Live at Kampenjazz / Nordic Black Theatre & Cafeteatret (Oslo) September 15th 2019. Multi camera production by Odd Geir Sæther / Lighthouse Productions.
I am proud that the song “Circle” from my album Piano Transformed (2017) has been chosen to be part of the compilation album JAZZCD.no 8th Edition.
Snippets of the Norwegian jazz scene today, produced by Norsk jazzforum in close cooperation with Utenriksdepartementet (Norge) (The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Music Norway, and distributed by Norsk jazzforum and through Norwegian embassies and consulate generals all over the world. Available from January 2018.
Norsk:
JazziNorge.no (Arild R. Andersen)
Dagsavisen (Roald Helgheim)
Bergensmagasinet (Magne Fonn Hafskor)
Musikkopplevesen (Jon Arnesen)
Platespillern (Tore Stavlund)
Dag og Tid (Lars Mossefinn)
Tor De Jazz (Tor Hammerø)
Deutsch:
Sound & Image (Klaus Halama)
Dutch:
Written in Music (Dick Hovenga)
English:
Salt Peanuts (Eyal Hareuveni)
Whisperinandhollerin (Martin Raybould)
Svenska:
Tidningen Kulturen (Bo Bjelvehamma)
Dansk:
Jazznyt.com (Niels Overgård)
Kjetil Husebø 
