Name: [SKRONK']: Ytterlandet // Ståle Liavik Solberg & Jan Michálek
Start: 2026-04-16T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Krásova 27, 13000 Prague, Czech Republic

$[SKRONK']: Ytterlandet \/\/ St\u00e5le Liavik Solberg & Jan Mich\u00e1lek$

Ytterlandet – peripheral music!
Ytterlandet means outer country. Emanating from the remote north of Europe, three explorers are mixing their own brew of improv. Curious listeners are invited to experience the discoveries of their sound chemistry - where the ear may be exposed to unknown landscapes, as well as reminiscences of free-jazz and noise. A sound palette with ingredients like: edgy guitar, sax/clarinet optionally prepared and/or deconstructed, and an extended field of percussion with things intended or unintended for music. Each time a new sonic picture is drawn on the blank canvas of time. And, interestingly enough, the picture that is manifesting itself will not look/sound the same for any two listeners...
The trio has performed at a large number of clubs and festivals in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Portugal during the last 10 years, as well as a 2-week tour to Japan in 2018.
Sture Ericson (SE) – sax, clarinet - has long experience within experimental music drawing from working bands with Axel Dörner, Raymond Strid, Joe Williamson, Pat Thomas and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, to ad hoc epiphanies with, among others, Derek Bailey, Otomo Yoshihide, Phil Minton, Roger Turner and Paul Lovens. Part of the ILK collective in Copenhagen.
Henrik Olsson (SE) – guitar - has made a name for himself through his personal and innovative playing and is currently heard in projects such as Hand of Benediction, Olsson|Rubin, and EHM. Henrik is part of the Barefoot Records collective.
Håkon Berre (NO) – percussion - being among the fortunate collaborators with Peter Brötzmann, he has expanded his musical territory into a multitude of directions in various collaborations with Phil Minton, Liudas Mockunas, Peter Brötzmann and Susana Santos Silva. Founder of the Barefoot Records collective in Copenhagen.

Michálek & Solberg
Ståle Liavik Solberg (NO) has established a base for himself as a central part of Oslo's thriving improvised music scene. Working with ensembles VCDC, Will it float? (with John Russell, Steve Beresford & John Edwards), Silva-Rasmussen-Solberg trio and in duos with Fred Lonberg-Holm and John Russell his open and attentive drumming has received many positive responses from musicians and audiences in both Europe and the USA. Solberg is also known as one of the driving forces behind the series Blow Out! in Oslo, and he curates the festival with the same name together with fellow drummer / percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love.
https://stxle.bandcamp.com/
Jan Michálek (CZ) is a musician (saxophone, violin, electronics) from Prague who works in the fields of improvised music, jazz and contemporary music. In 2022 he graduated from the Academy Of Perdorming Arts. Jan is interested in expanding experimental approaches of playing his instruments. On the domestic scene you can know Jan from the septet Uthando, which released two records with the Ma Records label. His current active projects include Ovčí Hájek with Jan Karhánek on synthesizers, string duo Pluton Forgot Ball with Mélusine de Pas or project with Samuel Gapp, which is dedicated to working with communities and creating site-specific situations that are closely related to mutual sharing between artists and the environment.
Michálek released his debut solo album MOURISCA this January on label Ma Records.
https://marecords.bandcamp.com/album/mourisca

ADMISSION: 150 - 250 CZK
This concert takes part in SKRONK' series, focused mainly on improvised music.