Axel Skalstad

Axel Skalstad
Skalstad performing in 2019
Skalstad performing in 2019
Background information
Born(1992-07-11)11 July 1992
Fiskum, Buskerud, Norway
OriginNorway
Died9 June 2025(2025-06-09) (aged 32)
GenresJazz, prog-rock
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentDrums
LabelRune Grammofon Is it jazz? Records

Axel Skalstad (11 July 1992 – 9 June 2025) was a Norwegian jazz and prog-rock drummer.[1][2] He was born in Fiskum. He is mainly known as a member of the trio Krokofant with guitarist Tom Hasslan and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen and the bands Soft Ffog and WIZRD.[3] Skalstad died due to an accident on 9 June 2025, at the age of 32.[4][5]

Recognition and awards

Discography

With WIZRD

Other members: Karl Bjorå, Hallvard Gaardløs, and Vegard Lien Bjerkan

  • 2024: Elements (Karisma Records)
  • 2022: Seasons (Karisma Records)

With Soft Ffog

Other members: Tom Hasslan, Trond Frønes, and Vegard Lien Bjerkan

  • 2022: Soft Ffog (Is It Jazz? Records)

With Krokofant

Other members: Tom Hasslan, Jørgen Mathisen

  • 2014: Krokofant (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2015: Krokofant - II (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2017: Krokofant - III (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2019: Krokofant with Ståle Storløkken & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - Q (Rune Grammofon)
  • 2021: Krkokofant with Ståle Storløkken & Ingebrigt Håker Flaten - Fifth (Rune Grammofon)

With Sjøen

Other members: Håkon Aase, Harald Lassen, Johan Lindvall og Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite

  • 2014: Live I (Havtorn Records)

With LoveLoveLove

  • 2014: Kaleidoscope (Kakao musikk)

With Rune Your Day

  • 2017: Rune Your Day (Clean Feed)

With Pekula

  • 2018: Vol. 1 - ARP (Pekula Records)

References

  1. ^ "Dei nye kongsberg stemmene" (in Norwegian). Kongsberg Jazzfestival. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Axel Skalstad - Mer av det gode" (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ Diego Fischerman El sonido de los sueños: Y otros ensayos sobre música 2017 "... o Krokofant, el trío del guitarrista Tom Hasslam, el baterista Axel Skalstad y el saxofonista Jørgen Mathisen, eligen el jazz como lugar de circulación más por razones de amabilidad y apertura del género que por cuestiones estilísticas."
  4. ^ "Øm virvelvind. Axel Skalstad (1992-2025)". Jazznytt (in Norwegian Bokmål). 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. ^ Axel Skalstad (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ Orellana, Alejandra (6 March 2023). "Spellemann Awards Announce Nominees". The Daily Rind. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  7. ^ Jazzfestival, Kongsberg (4 July 2012), Axel Skalstad mottok årets rekrutteringspris fra Kongsberg Jazzfestival, retrieved 21 January 2026
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