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Norwegian electronic duo Jazzkammer (John Hegre and Lasse Marhaug) established
themselves as the Scandinavian version of Merzbow with the insane digital
mayhems of
Hot Action Sexy Karaoke (2000), Timex (2000) and
Pancakes (2002),
The 32-minute piece of Pulse (2002) marked a dramatic turn towards suspenseful ambient music.
In the meantime Lasse Marhaug was also one of the most prolific noisemongers
of Scandinavia,
releasing dozens of cassettes and CDROMs such as Science Fiction Room Service (1996), Nothing But Sound From Now On (2001),
Bring Me The Head Of Lasse Marhaug (2004), and especially
The Shape Of Rock To Come (2004).
He also collaborated with dozens of musicians.
Needless to say, the average quality of his releases was quite low.
As a solo artist, his career was mainly notable for the
ridiculous number of really bad works.
Renaming themselves Jazkamer, they released
Metal Music Machine (Smalltown Supernoise, 2006) that veered further towards guitar-based doom ambient music a` la Sunn O))), an idea better explored with the 35-minute piece of Panic (2006).
Even more abstract guitar-based ambient doodling permeated
Balls The Size Of Texas Liver The Size Of Brazil (2007), while
Art Breaker (Smalltown Superjazz, 2008) returned to harsh noise, packing
58 pieces in less than 17 minutes (some of them as short as six seconds).
Lasse Marhaug also played with the jazz combos of
Ken Vandermark and recorded duets with his
drummer Paal Nilssen such as Personal Hygiene (2005) and
Love (2007).
The deluge of solo recordings and collaborations continued. The most interesting
were It's Not The End Of The World (2006),
Spaghetti Western Rainbow (2006),
Quality Control (2007),
The Great Silence (2007),
Ear Era (2008).
But they all suffered from the lack of some much needed pruning.
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