TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 17th, 2025

Not Normal is a work composed by trombonist and composer Emil Bø, originally commissioned by Oslo Jazz Festival for their 2024 festival. Bø took the impressive band into Øra Studio in Trondheim and re-worked the compositions into a unique album experience, with a line-up of brilliant musicians - each with their own unique sound.

Not Normal is inspired by how the world looks today, how our perception of it has changed during these last years, focusing on how it seems as if everybody is self isolating and exist in our own vacuums - only receiving the impressions we choose to.

The compositions Bø adds to this experience attempts to illustrate different conflicts and absurdities we meet in society today. What are we shown? How do we handle what's out of the ordinary, and what happens when things that are not normal becomes the new normal?

EMIL BØ: TROMBONE
EIRIK HEGDAL: SAXOPHONE, SYNTH
HEIDI KVELVANE: SAXOPHONE
VESLEMØY NARVESEN: DRUMS
KERTU AER: BASS
ANNA UELAND: SYNTH, RHODES
ÅSMUND SKJELDAL WAAGE: VIBRAPHONE, SYNTH
TERJE HALLAN: SOUND EFFECTS ON “NOT NORMAL (LIVE)”
 
ALL COMPOSITIONS BY EMIL BØ
ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY OSLO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024
 
PRODUCED BY EMIL BØ
MIXED BY KYRRE LAASTAD AT ØRA STUDIO
MASTERED BY KARL KLASEIE AT ØRA MASTERING
“NOT NORMAL (LIVE)” WAS RECORDED BY TERJE HALLAN, LIVE AT VICTORIA, OSLO JAZZ FESTIVAL 2024
BACK COVER ARTWORK: GRAPHIC SCORES BY EMIL BØ
INNER SLEEVE GRAPHIC SCORE COLLAGE: SOFIE BERREFJORD
FRONT COVER PHOTO BY EMIL BØ
LABEL PROFILE BY ESPEN FRIBERG
DESIGN BY TERJE EKRENE VIK
 
THANKS TO ODA SOFIE AARING AT ØRA STUDIO
 
Released with support from Trondheim kommune and FFUK