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When I mention Bugge Wesseltoft's name you probably have no idea who I'm talking about. Sidsel Endresen and keyboard wizard Bugge Wesseltoft are a state-of-the-art union.
They date back to 1993 when both were teaching at a summer jazz camp in their native Norway and decided to work together. 'I knew Sidsel from her work with the ECM label and her more soul orientated material. Our musical experiences were quite different but there has always been an understanding between us.'
In 1994 the duo cut Night Song, their first album and began to gig. In 1998 they recorded their second album Duplex Ride, described as 'Pure magic,' by Rolling Stone magazine. What was apparent was a deepening of the musical empathy between the two. Their latest album Out Here is the culmination of the musical path they have chosen - mixing the known and the unknown.
It is music making on the edge by tapping into the intuitive and leaving the limits of rationality far behind. Look out for Bugge's name in the coming years when you're checking out remixes etc.