The blog of electronic musician Kristoffer Lislegaard.
Interview with Øy at Under the Rug 720p in my video library 4k on Under the Rug’s YouTube channel On 03.04.2026 I played with Øy at Under the Rug. This is a cozy alternative festival in Oslo that happens for two days twice a year. Octavio Esperanto is responsible for the concept which is somewhere between a rave, music festival, community hangout, fair, or something else completely. It was a…
An open letter to Bandcamp (This letter was also submitted to Bandcamp via their support form) Dear Bandcamp, I read your Keeping Bandcamp Human post. Thank you so much for taking a stance against generative AI and banning AI-generated music from Bandcamp. It is really important because you are by far the biggest platform for independent music artists who don’t believe in the Spotify-style…
Øy rehearsal 2026-03-19 Fasten your seatbelts, here we go! We set our timer and just went for it. We stopped right at whatever time we had decided on. Like a plane ride that feels like we are definitely going to crash, but where the pilot is in perfect control. In the end you can hear Janne say that it would also be ok if we had gone a little bit over, “you don’t have to hurry.” To which I can…
Live stream postcard from Greece In an attempt to relax, disconnect and recharge, my wife and I went on a trip to Athens, Greece. I think it worked, because as the days went by we really felt like we “landed” here. Chilling, enjoying the weather, the food, the views, etc. And after some days my mind started slowly thinking and pondering about my projects. This year I am trying to focus on the…
Bootleg: Live at Elektrosamfundet 2025 Photo: foto.samfundet.no Get it on Bandcamp Get it on Mirlo (includes the whole concert as one file) Pay-what-you-want. The Bootleg series is where I publish unpolished, raw live recordings alongside the official albums. Today I am happy to share a new recording in the series with you! In April 2025 I played in Trondheim at the festival Elektrosamfundet. I…
Øy rehearsal 2026-02-24 Synchronicity is a funny thing. This morning before our rehearsal I was woken up by the civil defense air raid siren being blasted in Oslo by mistake. And then when listening back to this recording it is hard to not hear how similar my synthesizer sounds. I can’t remember thinking about it while playing, but I guess it was still there in the back of my mind somehow. I also…
Video: Live at Ekko Festival Bergen 01.11.2025 Excerpt from the video 720p in the video library 4k on YouTube In November I played at Ekko Festival in Bergen, and here is the full video recording of that set. Ekko has been running since 2003 and has hosted artists like Autechre, Biosphere, Floating Points, Holly Herndon, and Jon Hopkins. It is definitely one of Norway’s coolest festivals. The…
Field Logs: A new video series capturing life as an ambient artist Introducing my new video series Field Logs ! I have for a long time now been thinking about (and also experimented with) how I want to create mini documentaries of my adventures that try to move away from the fast-paced “YouTube style” and communicate in a different language. It is not like there is none of this already, but a…
2025 in review I have been wondering how to do this year’s post. There are a lot of different ways to frame a year. Previously I have mostly listed some of my most interesting projects I did during the year, with some reflections and anecdotes around each of them. Then I would end the post by writing a bit on what I wanted to try to focus on in the new year. I guess you call that part a sort of…
A gift for those who care It is the time of year where everyone is posting their Spotify Wrapped numbers. And I get it. Big numbers looks good right? In a system where most of your connection to the people listening to your music has been stripped away from you the only thing you got is this emotionally manipulative Wrapped. I don’t blame anyone for doing it, and I don’t want to shame anyone…
Being your own label in 2025 (is confusing) This Wednesday my fantastic wife and partner in life, music and all that is good released her third solo album in three years! What an achievement! Since we run our own record label I am thinking about how we can share the music, spread it, promote it, call it what you want. Because the goal of releasing music to the public is of course to have someone…
For Norwegian version click here . Be Your Own Algorithm in the Search for New Music This was originally published (in Norwegian) in the festival newspaper for the Ekko Festival 2025. “Would you like to write a ‘Kristoffer’s ambient’ piece for the festival magazine?” I was asked. “For example, write a bit about some tracks that have been important to you?” “Of course I’ll write!” I replied. But do…
Watch the whole concert in the video library . Watch the whole concert on YouTube . I recently played a concert in Oslo. The occasion (not that you need an occasion to play a concert) was that my friend Elif Yalvaç was visiting Norway and wanted to know if it would be possible to organize a concert while she was here. Organizing the team and the venue I asked Jørgen Skjulstad aka Dj Sissyfus to be…
Direct link to the video file . Watch the whole concert here . Radio Free Fedi Fest is a streaming festival happening over at https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ through the month of July. For those of you who don’t know, Radio Free Fedi was an internet radio station focusing on music from the Fediverse. It was a one-person-operation so unfortunately they shut down the station, but there has been a…
This text was originally part of my newsletter Introducing stream recordings Whenever I do a live stream, there is almost always someone who asks “Oh no, I missed it! Can I watch the recording?” Well now you can! Because I am introducing stream recordings to my Hyper8 based video site. Some streams will be super special “one night only”, but some will be uploaded so you can have a peek after.…
I bought a new thing. When I say new , you might think of one of the brand-new products that seem to be announced every week now it feels like, recently hyped by all the synthfluencers and replacing last year’s model, making that one feel obsolete. But no, I bought a Synthstrom Audio Deluge. It is a combination of step sequencer for its internal synth, samples, CV and MIDI, and a few other…
Let me tell you about last week. I played two festivals, spent time with some great people, and wondered where the hell my suitcase with synthesizers was. This post is part just showing some clips and recommending some artists, part a lesson for traveling musicians, and of course just story time from life on the road. Part 1: Oslo - Boksenfestivalen We will start off in Oslo, where I played at…
My Autechre opening set is out as live album As I wrote in my previous blog post I decided I wanted to release my Autechre opening set both as a video and as a live album. And today is the release of the album! Hurray!! I have printed some cassettes and they also come with downloads. So no matter where you buy it, you will get both the cassette version and the digital version. As always the best…
I opened for Autechre Hey look who is playing! Your favorite ambient boy! 30.09.2024 I opened for the legendary duo Autechre at Sentrum Scene in Oslo. To really celebrate this milestone I decided I wanted to release the concert as a live album and live video. The video is out today, and the album is corrently on pre-order, with scheduled release 22.04.2025. Hope you enjoy it! The video 1080p on my…
1080p on /video 1080p on Youtube 07.02.2025 it was exactly 5 years since Øy’s first gig as a duo. We decided to celebrate this by doing a concert in Tiger Record store ( where you can buy our vinyl ) and also a livestreamed talk show / watch party. Since it was a special day, I also decided I should try to document it, so I made a vlog so you can follow along. I to have say I am particularly proud…
Hi and thank you for subscribing to my handwritten RSS feed! I appreciate that you, like me, value the open web. You are a total badass! A welcome gift Here is a free download of my concert at Ekko festival in Bergen, one of Norway's coolest festivals for experimental electronic music. Download MP3 or download FLAC . In the download you will also find a pdf. Stream it If you do not want to…