"It feels as if though his roots are in something terribly old... an overlap of the ancientness of folk music of many kinds, and the ancientness of landscape"
- BBC Radio 3
Selected reviews
The New York Times — Roraima (Critic´s pick)
“Composer of sonically expansive, thoughtfully paced music”
Songlines — Lys/Mørke ★★★★☆
“Norwegian bassist inspired by the sound of arctic nature…”
Downbeat — Lys/Mørke 4.5/5 (Editor´s pick)
“What pushes Hole’s bass work into the realm of the sublime is his refined sense of improvisation and painterly subtlety.”
Jazz i Norge — Extinction Sounds
“He creates beautiful and ambiguous music and awakens thoughts that need to stay awake.”
“Solo bass recordings are often challenging, the instrument's low-register range often rendering even the most melodic music more difficult to discern for some. Still, there are those capable of making their sizeable instruments truly sing, notably fellow Norwegian Arild Andersen, Sweden's Anders Jormin and Germany's Eberhard Weber. Based upon the music of Elvesang, Hole should be considered a younger addition to that prestigious list.
An album of profound beauty”
John Kelman (AllAboutJazz)
The New York City Jazz Record — Lys / Mørke
“Following 2018's Elvesang (one of that year's finest), Norwegian bassist Sigurd Hole returns with an even deeper solo session”
The Wire — Lys/Mørke
“Listen on headphones while tramping through the woods.”
Aftenposten — Roraima 5/6
“Paradoxically beautiful”
JazzJournal UK — Roraima
“Powerful, poetic, and entirely free from bathos, Roraima is a major statement from an increasingly vital artist”