MoE

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MoE is a Norwegian band formed in Oslo in 2008 by Guro Skumsnes Moe and Håvard Skaset. The two had already had a long career as musicians with various musical expressions.

With MoE, they gathered their experiences within a musical expression characterized by heavy physical noise-rock with elements of post punk, contemporary music and metal. 15 years later, MoE has toured the world, produced over 20 releases and participated in a number of collaborative projects with other artists. From the start, the band has chosen to perform and disseminate their music on the side of the commercial music industry.

The band name is derived from Guros last name and is often spelled with two capital letters to make the name stand out from all the other artists named Moe.

MoE has played with numerous line ups and collaborated with a lot of artists like Keiji Haino, Painjerk, The Observatory, Gerda, Lasse Marhaug, Mette Rasmussen, Descartes A Kant, and many others.

The band was selected by Rockheim, the National Museum for Popular Music in Norway to get their own exhibition in 2022. The exhibition "For the Love of Chaos" / "Vi Som Elsket Kaos" shows scenes from MoE´s intensive touring all over the world the last 15 years.

Line up

Despite the changing line ups, Guro Moe and Håvard Skaset have been the core members since the very beginning.

The very first edition included Børre Mølstad on tuba and Ole-Jørgen Bardal on saxophone.

Kenneth Kapstad joined on drums on the first 7" and on the first shows.

Sveinar Hoff (Ex-Cadillac) joined for the album "It pictures" and the following tour.

Joakim Heibø Johansen played drums from 2013 -2019.

From 2019 - 2022 MoE has had different drummers depending on the projects.

Discography

• 2009: Telling lies, 7” (ConradSound)
• 2011: It Pictures (Conrad Sound)
• 2013: Oslo Janus (Conrad Sound)
• MoE/The Observatory 12” split single (ConradSound 2013)
• David Yow 7” (ConradSound 2013)
• 2014: 3 (Conrad Sound)
• Oslo Janus II (ConradSound 2014)
• Oslo Janus III (ConradSound 2016)
• Examination of the eye a horse (ConradSound, 2016)
• Karaoke (ConradSound 2017))
• Shadows (ConradSound 2018)
• Capsaicin (Utech/ConradSound/Substrata 2018)
• Oslo Janus IV (ConradSound 2019)
• Purple Aki/Dirty Dancing (God Unknown Records 2019)
• «La bufa» (ConradSound 2019)
• «Tolerancia Picante» (ConradSound 2020)
• «Vi som elsket kaos» (ConradSound 2020)
• «Painted» (Relative Pitch, 2020)
• 2021: MoE/Descartes A Kant - Christmas (ConradSound 2021)
• 2022: MoE – «The Crone» – (Vinter Records 2022)

References

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