Sulida - Etiwe (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 21-August-2026 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

Sulida is one of our most uncompromising trios from the Norwegian improvisation scene, consisting of three prominent voices in contemporary jazz: Marthe Lea, Jon Rune Strøm and Dag Erik Knedal Andersen. Together they create a soundscape that is as unpredictable as it is poetic – raw, searching and deeply rooted in free improvisation.

The trio explores the borderlands between the impulsive and the structural, where each note arises in the moment and is shaped by the collective presence. With multi-instrumentalist Lea's playful and expressive presence, Strøm's down-to-earth and energetic bass playing, and Knedal Andersen's intuitive drumming, the trio creates music that both challenges and invites.

The debut album UTOS (2024) received rave reviews, and the band has since earned a reputation as a terrific live band.

At the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in 2025, they brought with them the German trumpet great Axel Dörner – briefly described as “one of the most interesting improvisers in the world, an instrumentalist of prodigious technique, deep sensitivity, and a creativity that continues to grow with each release” – for what became a unique experience, and a recording. This has now been processed into a very special listening experience in album format!

Marthe Lea – saxophone, flute, piano, vocals

Axel Dörner – trumpet

Jon Rune Strøm – double bass

Dag Erik Knedal Andersen – drums

Side A:
1. Conversations
2. Drop

Side B:
1. Psalm: Topos 2
2. Etiwe