Anja Lauvdal / Joakim Heibo - All My Clothes

"This is the first release in a series of albums on Smalltown Supersound with Norwegian freeform pianist Anja Lauvdal.

On All My Clothes, Lauvdal teams up with her friend, the reclusive and now retired(?) Norwegian drummer Joakim Heibø for a session in the great tradition of piano and drums at Flerbruket Studios, Hemnes outside of Oslo.

Anja (born 1987) is from the small town of Flekkefjord in the south of Norway (where Smalltown Supersound was founded) and from the age of 12 she was following the label's free jazz output - so it is really something of a full circle when she now debuts on Smalltown Supersound with a free jazz album. Anja has collaborated with Jenny Hval (both live and on record), Hamid Drake, William Parker as well as members of The Necks. This is the first release under her own name.

Recently Lauvdal compiled a double album of Norwegian improvised music titled Frijazz mot rasisme (Free Jazz against Racism). She also runs Oslo’s festival for improvised music All Ears that takes place at the Munch Museum in Oslo."