Blog – PYSJ

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Solveig a few years back. Photographer: Linnea Syversen

Please check out solveigsorbo.com and consider following for updates such as tasters from the brand new opera “Heroin Chic” by Maria Kjos Fonn and Solveig Sørbø. We (yes I am Solveig writing) got plenty of attention from the TV in both Norway and Romania, a standing ovation, and the critics loved it, calling it “an eclectic soundscape” and praising the work’s “strong emotional impact”, “philosophical charge”, “pregnant sonority” and “intelligent orchestration”. One reviewer felt that the performance “hit the collective psyche”, and another called it a “danse macabre”. I will also keep makin music with some of my PYSJ pals and others, so this isnt over! Love 😵‍💫❤️‍🔥

From the concertant world-premiere of Heroin Chic

Solveig’s webpage

Solveig is the mastermind of Pysj, and lately she has released music in her own name. Check out her webpage! https://solveigsorbo.com

Here is also her reel/presentation:

Video by Mali Galaaen Røsseth

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Sun + Skyman (Ishq Resyntheses)

It is out! Our contribution to a better year was released on New Year’s Eve. It is surreal to be collaborating with the great Ishq, and the great thing is that he wants to do it again!

Ich habe roooote lippenstift und I am happy about my new release with the one and only Ishq

Matt Hillier AKA Ishq is one of UK’s most prolific electronic composers. He is a producer and synaesthete based in Cornwall. Many remember him best for his album “Orchid”.

Cover art for the fresh release “Sun + Skyman (Ishq Resyntheses)”

Listen here: fanlink.to/resynth

Sun + Skyman – Studio Video / Music Short

Our latest video is out!

Still from the music short by Mali Galaaen Røsseth

A hyper-real studio video made by documentarist and dream-maker Mali Galaaen Røsseth. Music: “Sun” and “Skyman” by Pysj.

This is the new Pysj. It consists of Solveig Sørbø (comp), Saleh Mahfoud, Torgeir Koppang, Leila Matta and Michaela Antalova. Jazz people think our music is indie pop, alternative people think it’s ambient folk and rock, world music people think it’s jazz and no idea what rock people think.

These two tracks feature the microtonal instruments yayli tambur and qanun along with funky rhodes, neo-classical / impressionistic modal piano, progressive drums, spherical guitar and soaring vocals. They are a product of a long gestation period crystallizing the composition and some studio magic breathing life into every bit of the sonic landscape.

Music by Solveig Sørbø with contributions from the band.

Solveig Sørbø (comp): vocals, piano

Saleh Mahfoud: qanun, elguitar/FX

Torgeir Koppang: rhodes, keybass

Leila Matta: yayli tanbur

Michaela Antalova: drums

Recorded and mixed by Sigurd Thomassen

Mastered by Björn Engelmann

Film created by: Mali Gaalaen Røsseth

Filming: Mali Galaaen Røsseth and Nabeeh Samaan

Editing: Mali Galaaen Røsseth

Find the music on your chosen platform: fanlink.to/sunsky

About Pysj: Linktr.ee/Pysj

Sun + Skyman (double single)

I am so proud of this release. I think we really found something there. Something great. Have a listen.

fanlink.to/sunsky

Beautidul photo by Maria Isabel Gonzales (slightly modified by me)

From the press release:

This is the new PYSJ. It consists of Solveig Sørbø (comp), Saleh Mahfoud, Torgeir Koppang, Leila Matta and Michaela Antalová. Jazz people think our music is indie pop, alternative people think it’s ambient folk and rock, world music people think it’s jazz and no idea what rock people think. Frankly, we don’t care – we just make the best music we can. The two original core tracks feature the microtonal instruments yayli tanbur and qanun along with funky rhodes, impressionistic modal piano, progressive drums, spherical guitar and soaring vocals. They are a product of a long gestation period crystallizing the compositions and some studio magic breathing life into every bit of the sonic landscape. is the highly cultivated version of Pysj’s special sound. Mastermind Solveig Sørbø supplies eclectic compositions brought to life by some of Norway’s finest musicians drawing from various backgrounds and styles.

Also it is worth mentioning that this is released on my own brand new label : Soursoil Rec.