“One of the biggest sensations in the
Norwegian music scene the recent years.”
Ballade, 2023
JUNO is a band consisting of five musicians who met at the prestigious Jazz Academy in Trondheim, Norway. Their catchy pop-jazz tunes combine complex grooves, rap, lyrical melodies and experimental improvisation, which gives the band a distinct and original sound. All of these elements result in an exciting and energetic live performance, which during the last seven years has been widely appreciated by the European audience.
In 2022 JUNO was selected to be a part of the showcase festival Nordic Jazz Comets in Copenhagen (DK), as the only band from Norway, in addition to playing the prestigious 12 Points Festival in Amsterdam (NL) in 2019.
The band has played over 120 concerts together, and amongst that, most of the big jazz festivals in Norway – like Molde International Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazzfestival, Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Nattjazz in Bergen and Trondheim Jazzfestival – and other well renowned showcase festivals like Trondheim Calling and By:Larm.
The band consists of:
Thea Ellingsen Grant, vocals
Malin Dahl Ødegård, vocals
Mona Krogstad, tenor saxophone
Georgia Wartel Collins, double bass
Ingvald Vassbø, drums
“From noisy jazz improv to mournful music as soft as velvet; from long stretches to quick turns and tempo changes. The highs and lows are exactly what make their music so inviting.”
Saga Eline Jonsson Hoff, GAFFA
★★★★★☆
Their long awaited debut album Young Star was released the 24th of January 2020 on Jazzland Recordings, and recieved excellent critiques both in and outside their home country. The record is produced by Kristoffer Lo (known from Highasakite and PELbO), and presents 12 different tracks within their chaotic and energetic universe.
In March 2023 their second album Myriad Path was released, also on Jazzland Recordings, and shows a more adventurous, conceptual and fierce side of JUNO, where their individual voices comes through even more clearly than before.
The album ranges from fierce drum grooves and explosive rap to big, dreamy pop choruses, floating improvisation and beautiful harmonies; a zig-zag pattern of textual and musical unfolding, where catchy chaos meets elaborate compositions in the band’s uncompromising style.
YOUNG STAR
(Jazzland Recordings, 2020)
MYRIAD PATH
(Jazzland Recordings, 2023)
Contact: junomusicband @ gmail.com
Booking: markus @ polarartist.no
junoband.com
MALIN DAHL ØDEGÅRD 