Eivind Aarset

Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils Petter Molvaer. Aarset is married to Norwegian singer Anne-Marie Giørtz.

Aarset has worked with Nils Petter Molvær, Bill Laswell, Jon Hassell, Jan Garbarek, David Sylvian, and Marilyn Mazur.

After several albums for Jazzland, he released the album Dream Logic (2012) on the ECM, collaborating with Jan Bang and Erik Honoré on the production and timbral design of melodies, sound sculptures, and soundscapes. His style is often associated with nu jazz and his performance, improvising, and albums feature an electronic influence.

At the 2013 Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, Norway, he accompanied Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and Ingar Zach, celebrating the release of Narrative from the Subtropics by Jan Bang and Places of Worship by Arve Henriksens, in addition to performing a special "Dream Logic" concert with Jan Bang, Audun Erlien, Wetle Holte and Erland Dahlen.

John Kellman at All About Jazz named Eivind Aarset Dream Logic's appearance at the Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, September 2013, as one of his 25 Best Live Shows of 2013.

As leader

• 1998 Électronique Noire (EmArcy/Jazzland)
• 2001 Light Extracts (EmArcy/Jazzland)
• 2004 Connected (Jazzland)
• 2007 Sonic Codex (Jazzland)
• 2010 Live Extracts (Jazzland)
• 2012 Dream Logic (ECM)
• 2015 I. E. (Jazzland)

As sideman

With Arild Andersen

• 2005 Electra (ECM)

With Ketil Bjørnstad

• 2004 Grace (Universal)
• 2013 La notte (ECM)

With Anneli Drecker

• 2015 Rocks And Straws (Rune Grammofon)
• 2017 Revelation For Personal Use (Rune Grammofon)

With Food

• 2012 Mercurial Balm (ECM)

With Anne-Marie Giørtz

• 1985 Tigers of Pain
• 2009 På Egne Vegne (Grappa)
• 2016 Capital Punishment for Cars (Grappa)

With Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, and Jan Bang

• 2016 Atmosphères (ECM)

With Jon Hassell

• 2009 Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street (ECM)

With Arve Henriksen

• 2008 Cartography (ECM)
• 2013 Places of Worship (Rune Grammofon)

With Nils Petter Molvær

• 1997 Khmer (ECM)
• 2000 Solid Ether (ECM)
• 2009 Hamada (Sula)

With J. Peter Schwalm

• 2016 The Beauty of Disaster (RareNoise)

With Andy Sheppard

• 2008 Movements in Colour (ECM)
• 2015 Surrounded by Sea (ECM)
• 2018 Romaria (ECM)

With Hans Ulrik

• 2009 Slow Procession (Stunt)

With Dhafer Youssef

• 2003 Digital Prophecy (Justin Time)