Lasse Marhaug (born 10 September 1974) is a Norwegian musician who primarily works in the field of noise music but frequently drifts into other areas such as improvisation, jazz, rock and extreme metal. Marhaug has also been involved in creating music for theatre, dance, art installations and video art. Active since the early 1990s, he has participated as a performer and composer on over 200 releases[1] in CD, vinyl and cassette tape formats. He currently resides in Oslo.
In 2007, Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen rated Marhaug's album The Shape of Rock to Come as number 19 on their list of the best albums in Norwegian history.[2]
In 2011, he started publishing the fanzinePersonal Best on his own publishing company Marhaug Forlag.
In 2013, PAN GU's Primeval Man Born of the Cosmic Egg, Marhaug's collaboration with The Observatory's Leslie Low, made it to SPIN's Top 20 Avant albums of 2013.[3]
Marhaug currently runs the labels TWR Tapes and Pica Disk. He also runs Prisma Records with Lars Mørch Finborud which releases music performed at the Henie-Onstad Art Centre.
Pan Gu (Lasse Marhaug & Leslie Low of The Observatory) in Norway, 2013
Selected discography
Science Fiction Room Service (1996)
Alive! (Live Recordings 1998–2006) (2007)
Tapes 1990–1999 (2007)
Quality Control (2007)
Ear Era (2008)
Virginia Plane (with Bruce Russell) (2013, The Spring Press)
