THE ALBUMS

Being Everything, Knowing Nothing (10/11/2003)

Morten's fourth solo album was produced by Morten Abel, Børge Fjordheim and Yngve Sætre. The musicians on the album were:

• Morten Abel - Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards plus drums on "Surfer Girl"
• Børge Fjordheim - Drums, programming, vocals plus guitars and bass on "Gravedigging"
• Inge Helland - Guitars (whole album) plus bass on "Surfer Girl"
• Yngve Sætre - Synthesizers and additional programming
• Inge Engelsvold - Piano on "Mr. Innocent", "Elephant Man", "Cecilia Carter" and "Gravedigging"
• Jørgen Træen - Synthesizers and programming on "House On Fire"
• Renate Engevold - Violin and vocals on "The Birmingham Ho", "Mr. Innocent", "Opera" and "Trendsetter"
• Arne Hovda - Piano on "Trendsetter"
• Trinity - Vocals on "Winterland"
• Stian Tønnesen - Banjo on "Mr. Innocent"
• Sissy Wish - Vocals on "Inparticular"
• Ingfrid Straumstøyl - Vocals on "Inparticular"
• Sesella Fossan and Isabella Woods - Vocals on "Elephant Man"
• Becky - Barking on "House On Fire"
• Renn Ioa - Vocals on "The Birmingham Ho"
• Therese Sætre Aarskog and Hege L. Skjerping - Vocals on "Mr. Innocent" and "The Birmingham Ho"
• Øyvind Grong - Tuba
• Ebbe Sivertsen - Trombone
• Other Musicians - Morten Mølster, Eivind One Pedersen, Gulleiv Wee, Inger Lise Størksen, Heidi Walberg and Ingrid Mjølner

The album was recorded by Inge Riska, Johnny Skalleberg and Yngve Sætre at Electrolüd, Stavanger, Musikk Forum, Sandnes and Duper Studios, Bergen. New York sessions recorded by Espen Noreger at Bang Music, London sessions recorded by Pascal Gabriel (Jan-Oct 2003). Mixed by Yngve Sætre at Duper Studios, Bergen and mastered by Morten Lund, Masterhuset, Oslo.

I'll Come Back And Love You Forever (12/11/2001)

Morten's third album was produced by Morten Abel and Børge Fjordheim except tracks 1,4,5 and 7 which were written and produced by Morten and Pascal Gabriel. The musicians on the album were as follows:

• Børge Fjordheim - Drums, programming, samples and backing vocals
• Inge Helland - Guitar (Welcome Home, Dude Of All Dudes, Variations On A Dead Swan, I'll Come Back And Love You Forever)
• Kjetil Netteland - Bass (Dude Of All Dudes, Stay Crazy)
• Inge Engelsvoll - Rhodes piano and organ (Indian Volvo, Dude Of All Dudes, Variations On A Dead Swan, Stay Crazy)
• Anna Ross - Backing vocals (You Are Beautiful, You Are The One LaLaLa, Don't Forget Me, Died In Germany)
• Renate Engevold - Backing vocals (Welcome Home, Stay Crazy)
• Harlem Gospel Quartet - Backing vocals (Stay Crazy)
• Vivi Le & Mariann Lisland - Backing vocals (Music Is Communicating)
• John Erik Kaada - Clarinet (Stay Crazy)
• James Banbury - Cello and Theramin
• London Metaboli Orchestra - Strings
• Espen Noreger - Loop (Indian Volvo)

Other instruments by Morten Abel.

Here We Go Then, You And I (11/10/1999)

The musicians who worked with Morten Abel on his new album "Here We Go Then, You And I" were:

• Børge Fjordheim - Drums, programming (except "The Whistler")
• Allan Skurtveit - Keyboards
• Renate Engevoll - Slow filter violin
• Kristin Jensen - Trumpets
• Audrey Riley - Cello
• Chris Tombling - Violin
• Susan Dench - Viola
• L.R. Payne - Violin
• Jenny Cruse - Backing vocals
• Larry Selmer and the Soho Shadows - Horns
• Inge Helland - Guitar ("Don't Forget To Dance" & "Be My Lover")
• Kjetil Netteland - Bass ("Don't Forget To Dance" & "Be My Lover")

All other instruments were played by Morten. The album was produced by Steve Lovell and Morten, mixed by Steve Lovell and Pete Jones except "Tulipz" mixed by Pascal Gabriel. It was recorded at the Chapel, Lincolnshire; Clarion, Brighton and Ladbroke Grove, London in the Winter of 1998/99. "Be My Lover" and "Don't Forget To Dance" recorded and mixed at West Audio, Stavanger by Jostein Johnsen.

THE TOURS

2004

During the "Being Everything, Knowing Nothing" tour, the band travelled around on a bright yellow sleeper tour bus. They were:

• Inge Helland - Guitar
• Børge Fjordheim - Drums,
  samples and backing vocals
• Ingfrid Straumstøyl - Backing vocals
• Geir Bratland - Keyboards
• Hans Petter Heggli - Bass

Geir, Børge, Morten, Ingfrid and Inge

Click here for photos of the band in action!

2002

For the 2002 "I'll Come Back And Love You Forever" tour, Morten had the following band present:

• Børge Fjordheim - Drums, samples and backing vocals
• Inge Engelsvold - Keyboards
• Inge Helland - Guitar
• Gulleiv Wee - Bass
• Ingfrid Straumstøyl - Backing vocals

Again, Inga Riska looked after the sound, Nils Foss was on lighting and Kjell Breivik got the band to the places they needed to be!

1999-2000

Morten had the following musicians and crew with him on tour in Norway:

• Børge Fjordheim - Drums, backing vocals
• Allan Skurtveit - Keyboards, backing vocals (Oct. '99 - Dec. '99)
• Inge Engelsvold - Keyboards (January 2000 onwards)
• Kjetil Netteland - Bass
• Inge Helland - Guitar
• Inge Riska - Sound man
• Nils Foss - Lighting design
• Kjell Breivik - "Keeps it all together"!