Los Angeles musician and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad tours and records extensively as a solo artist and in collaboration with numerous players on the experimental music scene in well over a dozen countries. An "innovative musician" (All About Jazz) and "mad scientist improviser" (IDJ), his music has been described as "unbridled sonic freedom... raw, almost shamanic energy that embodies the true essence of unrestricted music" (XLR8R) and a "spicy concoction... refusing to behave itself, it screams, throws things and makes a mess" (The Wire). A classically trained pianist, these days Hans concocts most of his unbridled sound messes with analog synths and vacuum tubes.

As filmmaker, Fjellestad has directed various projects, including the feature documentaries Frontier Life (2002) and Moog (2004).

Management & Booking: John Bourke

Discography

Donkey: Stone CAT. #: CDALP-043 Donkey is back in the electro-wheat and up to their old tricks with this raucous set recorded live at The Stone in NYC. ¡Otra véz la burra al trigo!

Hans Fjellestad: Snails R Sexy CAT. #: CDALP-041 Trails of analog circuits and vacuum tubes wind thru a dark, lush world of sound filled with libidinous gastropods.

Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Haco, Jakob Riis: Haco Hans Jakob Marcos CAT. #: CDALP-040 Four intrepid musicians from different parts of the globe find themselves together in a Tijuana recording studio, inventing a new blend of organic and artificial sound stuff.

Hans Fjellestad: Kobe Live House CAT. #: CDALP-038 Fjellestad's critically acclaimed third solo release, recorded live in Japan, completes a ternary cycle of musical ideas that began with Red Sauce Baby and 33.

Trummerflora: Rubble 1 CAT. #: A/C-201 A compilation featuring works by various members and ensembles of the Trummerflora Collective.

Hans Fjellestad: 33 CAT. #: CDALP-032 The new piano-oriented studio project by maverick musician, artist and filmmaker Hans Fjellestad.

Frontier Life: Banda Sonora CAT. #: CDALP-031 Original music from the documentary film, featuring experimental electronics from members of Nortec Collective and Trummerflora Collective.

Donkey: Big Sur CAT. #: CDALP-028 Donkey's second release offers conceptual studio constructions as well as live tracks recorded at the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival.

Hans Fjellestad: Red Sauce Baby CAT. #: CDALP-019 Featuring piano improvisations, vocalizations, percussion, woodwinds, church organ, bagpipes, basketball game, electronics and field recordings, Red Sauce Baby is "an exercise in unbridled sonic freedom... raw, almost shamanic energy that embodies the true essence of unrestricted music." (XLR8R)

Donkey: Show CAT. #: CDALP-020 Donkey rides high with their debut Accretions release, Show, a collection of live concert recordings that according to The Wire, "assumes the quality of aural graffiti, jagged hints and smeared traces of illicit communication between members of some clandestine network."

The Trummerflora Collective: No Stars Please CAT. #: CDALP-022 A collection of live concert recordings featuring a capricious roster of performers, including Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Nathan Hubbard, Robert Montoya, Marcelo Radulovich and Jason Robinson, with guest appearances by George Lewis, Lê Quan Ninh, Mike Keneally and Ellen Weller.

...and the reindeer you rode in on CAT. #: CDALP-016 Presenting several of your seasonal favorites, plus a few originals to brighten up your holidays, "...and the reindeer you rode in on" offers Xperimental Xmas music from Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Robert Montoya and Marcelo Radulovich.

Various Artists: Trummerflora 2 CAT. #: CDALP-012 The second in a series, this compilation once again showcases some of the most innovative San Diego-area artists.

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