{{Short description|Norwegian percussion ensemble}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Batagraf | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Oslo, Norway | genre = Jazz, lyrics and percussion | years_active = {{Start date|2005}}- | label = ECM Records | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120723080951/http://www.magnetic.no/Magneticsite/Home.html Magnetic Music Official Website] | current_members = Jon Balke<br />Helge Norbakken<br />Snorre Bjerck | past_members = Emilie Stoesen Christensen<br />Erland Dahlen<br />Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen<br />Ingar Zach<br />Kenneth Ekornes<br />Harald Skullerud<br />Frode Nymo<br />Arve Henriksen<br />Solveig Slettahjell<br />Jennifer Myskja Balke<br />Jocely Sete Camara Silva<br />Svante Henryson<br />Morten Hannisdal<br />Miki N'Doye<br />Sidsel Endresen }}
'''Batagraf''' (established 2005 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian percussion ensemble, created and led by Jon Balke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2005092611165736142366 |title=Batagraf - En musikalsk tenketank - MIC.no |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215620/http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2005092611165736142366 |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}</ref> Formed in 2003, the concept of the group was to research and investigate the relation between rhythm and language, inspired by various African and ethnic traditions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKWorld Records - Batagraf |url=https://okworldrec.com/batagraf |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=okworldrec.com}}</ref> The group functions as a core group with a pool of collaborators.
In 2009, they attended the Nattjazz in Bergen with the entertainers Are Kalvø and Espen Beranek Holm, two of Norway's most popular radio personalities, for the show «Pratagraph» gaining brilliant reviews.
Batagraf has also collaborated with sound poets like Jaap Blonk and Sidsel Endresen, as well as rappers and instrumental soloists like Runar Gudnason, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, and more.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/norwegian-jazz-101a-jazznorway-in-a-nutshell-2009-by-john-kelman |title=Norwegian Jazz 101a: JazzNorway in a Nutshell 2009 - Live Review |author=John Kelman |date=2009-06-03 |access-date=2012-11-01 |publisher=}}</ref>
==Members== *Jon Balke (keyboards, electronics, tungoné, darbouka, percussion) *Helge Norbakken (sabar, gorong, djembe, talking drum, shakers, percussion) *Snorre Bjerck (gorong, percussion)
==Discography== * 2005: ''Statements'' (ECM Records)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/16817-statements-batagraf-and-jon-balke |title=Batagraf and Jon Balke Statements Review - JazzTimes.com}}</ref> * 2011:''Say And Play'' (ECM Records)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2200/2245.php |title=Say And Play - ECMrecords.com |access-date=2012-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531073848/http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2200/2245.php |archive-date=2012-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016: ''On Anodyne'' (Grappa Music), with Trondheim Voices * 2018: ''Delights of Decay'' (Jazzland Recordings, with No.4, Mathias Eick and Trygve Seim
==References== {{Portal|Norway|Jazz}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050205063749/http://www.magnetic.no/Batagraf Batagraf Official Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120723080951/http://www.magnetic.no/Magneticsite/Home.html Magnetic Music Official Website]
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Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in Norway Category:Musical groups from Oslo Category:ECM Records artists Category:Grappa Music artists Category:Jazzland Recordings (1997) artists
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