"BAND" NAME: Kenneth Holsen
GENRE: Experimental Jazz, Blues, Experimental Blackened Metal (etc)
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Norway (Bergen)
Added here based on the 2019 "Wild One" album.
A more personal project from Kenneth.
This is a predominantly jazz project -- most of the music isn't metal. Styles range from more traditional jazz music ("Part of My Life"), to more experimental music with rock influences ("On My Way" or "Society Feels") and even noise influences ("Jazz Noise Drone"). However, the 2019 album "Wild One" is straight metal, so a separate page was created here.
Split up in 2021 and returned in 2023.
All songs are instrumental.
Has also gone by the names KH, Kennfrost, Holsen, Holsen Jazz, and Kholsen Experiment.
Links:
Discography:
Pure Improvisation (released July-August 2017, Independent)
Format: Digital/Bandcamp
Released under the name KH.
Contained songs written in the same style as "Improvisation", though I can't remember if the tracklist actually was the same or not.
Same album title ("Improvisation"), released under slightly different project names.
Left:
Kenneth Holsen, 14 October 2017,
link expired
Right:
Holsen Jazz, 21 January 2018,
link expired
Lo-fi jazz.
1) Improvisation 4:33
2) Not from Where I Am Standing 4:02
3) Confusing Time 4:10
4) Morning 9:15
5) Just Talking 5:00
6) Where Am I 4:30
7) Life Ahead 3:02
8) From Time to Time 5:14
Life Talk (16 October, 2017, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Jazz in a more "standard" style.
1) Life Talk 5:34
2) No Fight 5:25
3) Freedom 4:18
On a Cold Day (single, 20 January, 2018, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Unblack metal.
Recorded a few years before being released.
Later released on the "Wild One" album.
1) On a Cold Day 5:01
Jazz Noise Drone (single, 30 January, 2018, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Jazz with noise, metal, and drone elements.
Both songs were later released on
Nattesorg's 2019 "Remixes" compilation.
1) Jazz Noise Drone 6:23
2) The Most High 5:00 (added later)
Kenneth Holsen (4 February, 2018, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Jazz in a more "standard" style.
1) Outside My Window 5:36
2) What If 4:47
3) Life Talk 5:34
4) No Fight 5:25
5) Freedom 4:18
6) To the Limit 4:27
7) On My Way 4:32
I Have Faith (album)
Bottom: 19 December, 2018, Independent, Bandcamp,
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Jazz in a more "standard" style.
The top left image shows the original artwork; it was changed (at some point before 27 June) to the right image.
1) Part of My Life 5:19 (December version only)
2) I Have Faith 6:06
3) Life Talk 5:34
4) Outside My Window 5:36
5) No Fight 5:25
6) What If 4:47
7) Freedom 4:18
8) Morning 9:09
9) Where Am I 4:28
10) On My Way 4:32
11) To the Limit 4:27
Wild One (album)
Top-left:Kenneth Holsen, 18 February, 2019, Independent,
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Top-right:Holsen, 6 March, 2019, Naorg Production, Bandcamp,
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Bottom:Kholsen Experiment, 4 October, 2021, Downtunecon Productions,
link expired, Remastered
Unblack / experimental metal.
These tracks were made about 10 years ago.
Tracks 1-5 are previously unreleased.
Track 6 was previously released on the 2018 "On a Cold Day" single.
The Downtunecon experiment is remastered to be a bit "noisier" than the original. Also note, on 8 February 2022, that label was merged with Northern Forest Productions. The URL now points to Northern Forest instead.
1) Norwegian Forest 7:23
2) Wild One 7:00
3) To Live Forever 7:34
4) Life Is Good 6:41
5) Creative Mind 7:20
6) One Cold Day 5:01
The Light on the Wall / Dark Before the Moon (album)
Left:
6 March, 2019, Kenneth Holsen Productions, Bandcamp,
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27 June, 2019, Kenneth Holsen Productions, CD-R,
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23 July, 2019, Naorg Production, Bandcamp,
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Right:18 January, 2021, Annihilated Pentagram Productions,
Bandcamp and
CD-R
Lo-fi jazz.
Originally, track 6 was "Nattjazz",
but around 20 March, it was switched with "Long Time to Listen" from the "Blue Man" EP. It remained this way until some time after the Naorg version was released, when the second tracklist was posted.
Also note, this was re-released on
Vinternatt as "Dark Before the Moon". See
[this page] and find the "Auralnight or Vinternatt" section for more information.
LIGHT ON THE WALL -- MARCH - ????
1) The Light on the Wall 8:40
2) On My Time 10:25
3) In My Mind 8:44
4) One Way Up 9:24
5) Dark Forest Road 13:10
6) Long Time to Listen 21:56
(originally Nattjazz 7:15)
LIGHT ON THE WALL -- NEW (c. October 2019?)
1) The Light on the Wall 8:40
2) On My Time 10:25
3) In My Mind 8:44
4) Dark Forest Road 13:10
5) The Blue Man Lo-Fi Jazz 10:58
6) Nattjazz 7:15
DARK BEFORE THE MOON
1) Dark Before the Moon 7:35
2) One Way Up 9:24
3) Long Time to Listen 10:58
4) Moonlight on My Way Home 7:34
5) The Light on the Wall 8:40
6) On My Time 5:12
7) Dark Forest Road 8:44
The Blue Man Lo-Fi Jazz (EP, 8 March, 2019, Kenneth Holsen Productions)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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Originally, track 2 was "Long Time to Listen" (uploaded 9 March 2019) but around 20 March, it was switched with "Nattjazz" from the "Light on the Wall" album.
Both tracks were later added to "The Light on the Wall".
1) The Blue Man Lo-Fi Jazz 10:58
2) Nattjazz 7:15
Open Jam (single, 5 April, 2019, Kenneth Holsen Productions)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired
1) Open Jam 4:03
Society Feels (single, 31 December, 2019, Kenneth Holsen Productions)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired
Jazz with distorted rock/metal guitars.
1) Society Feels 4:15
Loss of Memory (single, 6 February, 2021, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
1) Loss of Memory 7:02
Door to Heaven (album)
9 August, 2021, Annihilated Pentagram Productions,
Bandcamp and
CD-R
When the album was first published,
track 6 was "Loss of Memory", from the single directly above this release. On 22 May, 2021, it was switched out with "Keyboard Organ". The Annihilated Pentagram version also has "Keyboard Organ".
1) Door to Heaven 9:00
2) Transformative 6:58
3) Give It a Try 9:27
4) Something New 8:21
5) Talking with You 13:46
6) Keyboard Organ 9:51 (see notes)
Valley of Many Secrets (album)
27 October, 2021, Independent, Bandcamp,
link expired
18 March, 2022, Northern Forest Productions, Bandcamp,
link expiredOn 23 February 2022, the artwork on the independent version was edited and it was made into an
Auralstorm album. The Northern Forest re-release was Auralstorm from the beginning.
1) Valley of Many Secrets 25:58
2) From North to East 29:46
Northern Winter (album, 16 January, 2023, Northern Forest Productions)
Format: CD-R and Bandcamp
Buy the CD-R (OFFICIAL)
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Original Reality 9:12
2) Cold Aurality 10:28
3) Northern Winter 11:17
4) Frost Damage 9:44
5) Unique New Ways 9:08
6) Sound Twister 10:59
7) My Improvisation Time 12:39
Let the Leaves Fall (single, 8 September, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)
1) Let the Leaves Fall 17:05
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IncompletePage, NotOnMA
1) Tracklist and release date for "Pure Improvisation". 2) There may have been other releases between 2023 and 2024, but Unblack Archives wasn't active at all. Can anyone confirm this, and send any relevant info?
Miscellaneous stuff:
A stylized / "fancy" version of the logo. It's not official, it's just something I did for fun:
