Guro Skumsnes Moe
(Photo by André Løyning (www.saftflaske.no))
Composer, bass player (double bass, octobass and electric bass) and vocalist Guro Skumsnes Moe is among the most active musicians and composers in Norway within the borderless music. With a primitive and direct approach she seeks for a physical sound through bass and voice. To search for a sound that is not possible.The instrumental approach has elements of friction and noise, and draw inspiration from concrete music, noise and performance.
Moes background from improvised music through contemporary music and rock is remarkable and shows that the boundaries of today’s music is beginning to blur.
Her production includes more than 20 albums, music to multiple productions by Plexus Polaires Compagnie (Moby Dick, Cendres, Chambre Noire, Signaux), scoring for Amat Escalantes movie “The Untamed” crossover productions like «Len Dem Ikke Ut» and composing for her chamber orchestra The Touchables, and world wide touring with her rock band MoE.
She has toured continuously since 2006 with her main projects, MoE and Sult, in Europe, the US, Japan, Southeast Asia and Mexico. Moe runs the label Conrad Sound and co-curated the all Ears festival from 2009-2019), and Høyt og Lavt. She has released several collections of poems and released a fanzine «Stuntrock #3» on MARHAUG FORLAG.
Bill Orcutt/Chris Corsano/Guro S. Moe
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