DESCRIPTION:
Atomic - Live at Schl8hof Wels, Austria, 2010-09-15

Fredrik Ljungkvist - reeds
Magnus Broo - tp
Havard Wiik - p
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten - b
Paal Nilssen-Love - dr

Atomic's debut album "Feet Music" presents the latest instalment of exciting and creative new jazz from
Bugge Weseltoft's adventurous Oslo based Jazzland label. One of the key bands of the 'new wave' of
Scandinavian jazz currently attracting much press attention, Atomic brings together five important young
musicians from the adventurous jazz underground of Sweden and Norway. Formed in spring 1999, they
quickly forged a strong group identity without sacrificing individual freedom of expression. Combining the
powerful, cutting edge Oslo rhythm section of Håvard Wiik on piano, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on bass and
Paal Nilssen-Love on drums - a combination that received rave notices as the rhythm team of the
Coltrane-influenced 'cult' group Element - with the Stockholm front-line of trumpeter Magnus Broo and
saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist, this group are one of the freshest acoustic ensembles to have emerged
in the new millennium.

Magnus Broo (trumpet, Stockholm). Studied at the University of North Texas from 1984 - 1990. He leads his
own quartet and has released two CD's, "Sudden Joy" (1999) and "Levittion" (2001). He has played with
several important Swedish jazz ensembles including the Fredrik Noren band, The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra
and Fire House. He has appeared at festivals in Indonesia; Canada, Finland; the Vancouver Jazz Festival, the
Stockholm Jazz Festival, Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Poori Jazz among others.

Fredrik Ljungkvist (saxophones, Stockholm). Studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm from
1989 - 1993 and has performed with some of the leading bands in Stockholm including the Fredrik Noren
Band, Lina Nyberg group and the Per "Texas" Johansson band. Ljungkvist has also played with musicians
as diverse as Anders Jormin, Mats Gustafsson, John Taylor, Marc Ducret and Raymond Stridh among others.
In 1993 he formed his own quartet, releasing two CDs, "Falling Papers" (1995) and "Sonic Space" (1997).
He has appeared in festivals in Scandinavia, Canada, South Africa, Russia, USA, Great Britain and Morocco.
In May 2001, he received the "Jazz Kannan" as 'Musician of the Year' from the Swedish Jazz Society. In
September 2000 he composed a piece for the Pipeline project, a collaboration between 16 Swedish and
American musicians, which was performed in Chicago and Sweden. In 2001 Ljungkvist went to Chicago to
play with Ken Vandermark's Territory Band. Ljungkvist has participated on nearly 30 jazz-albums.

Håvard Wiik (piano, Oslo). Studied at the Trondheim Music Conservatory from 1994-1996. Leads his own
trio and performs with leading Norwegian artists such as Arild Andersen, Karin Krog, Petter Wettre and
Element among others. He has also performed with international artists as Chris Potter, Mark Turner and
Iain Ballamy. He is a regular face at all the important Norwegian jazz festivals.

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass, Oslo). Studied jazz music at the Trondheim Music Conservatory 1992-1995.
One of the most active and sought after bass players in Norway, he plays both free and more traditional
jazz styles. Since 1996 he has been a member of Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conception of Jazz touring France,
Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Turkey, Canada. He has also appeared in jazz festivals such as Montreux,
North Sea, Nice, Montreal, Copenhagen, London and Berlin among others. He has performed several in
important Scandinavian groups such as The Source, Element, Petter Wettre Trio, Close Erase, the Per
'Texas' Johansson band and with international artists such as Ken Vandermark, Dave Liebman,
Mats Gustafsson, Chris Potter, Mark Turner and Iain Ballamy. He has participated on about 30 albums.

Jazzland Recordings, January 2002

www.myspace.com/atomicjazz
http://waschaecht.at/
www.schl8hof.wels.at