26/10/2026
MEET THE ARTIST: RURAL TAPES (Norway)
WORKSHOP : 06.11. 18h30
SHOW : 06.11. 20h30
Free entry for members (25€ / year)
Celebrating the new tape release «Alien Territories Vol. 2», Rural Tapes will be touring solo throughout Europe in october and november, bringing tape machines, dictaphones and synths to perform partly improvised sets of cosmic and ritty ambient music.
In a career which spans two decades, Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen has cemented himself as a vital name from the Norwegian music scene. As a producer and performing musician, he’s been involved in more than 80 releases, besides composing music for butoh, theatre, dance performances etc.
Launching his Rural Tapes project with the self-titled record in 2021, he solidified his passion for inventive and adventurous music. Rural Tapes is consistently met by a wealth of high praise as seen across the further studio albums including Inner Space Music (2022), Contact (2024) and «Oneiric» (2025). In his latest cassette tape series «Alien Territories», he explores new sonic ground and shares textural and almost tactile sounding tape works, nodding towards the experimental works of Terry Riley, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.»
ACCLAIM FOR RURAL TAPES
“A level of its very own”
MOJO
"A masterclass in eclecticism"
Shindig Magazine
"Rural Tapes delights in the unexpected. At every turn, you encounter something new, something to be marvelled over"
The Independent
"No-one`s cramping this Norwegian producer`s styles"
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