news:

IMPORTANT:
01.11.08
Damp is changing name to Chrome Hill and is releasing their third album "Eartlings" on the new label Bolage. For more news find us at www.chromehill.no. Thanks!

10.03.08
5th-7th of February Damp was in Grand Sport Studioin Oslo and recorded their third album. This record will be mixed and mastered during the spring of 2008 and released in the autumn 2008. We think this is a great record so far and we are really looking forward to release itlater this year. Booking period is November 3rd-20th
28.02.07
Damp has been away for a while, composing new songs and preparing for a new album. Damp is now starting up again and is having their first concert within a year the 23rd of March at Jazid jazz club in Oslo. Welcome!
04.07.06
Damp has joined MySpace and can be found at:
www.myspace.com/dampweb.
30.05.06
Damp is working on some new material and will soon appear in Oslo. Next tour will be in 2007.
30.05.06
Damp played in Stockholm for the first time in January. The concert took place on Glenn Miller Jazz Club.
21.10.05
Saxophone player Klaus Ellerhusen Holm is replacing Jørgen on the tour in November. Jørgen will be back in 2006.

21.10.05
Damp is soon touring in the north of Norway. The tour starts in Tromsø the 14th and ends in Oslo the 26th.

Tour list:
14.11.05 - Tromsø
15.11.05 - Finnsnes
16.11.05 - Borkenes
17.11.05 - Andenes
18.11.05 - Kabelvåg
19.11.05 - Bodø
21.11.05 - Korgen
22.11.05 - Sandnessjøen
23.11.05 - Mosjøen
24.11.05 - Brønnøysund
25.11.05 - Mo i Rana
26.11.05 - Oslo

For more info se livedates.

22.06.2005
New tour is coming up in November. Damp is touring in the North and West of Norway.
16.06.2005
The concert at Blå the 15th of june(yesterday) was a huge success. The band had a good time playing and Jørgen got great reviews regarding his final gratuate exam at the State Academy of Music where he has been studying for some time.
06.06.2005
Damp is playing two concerts in Oslo the 15th of June. The first is at Bare Jazz and the second concert takes place at BLÅ.
22.04.2005
Damp´s music is now available for downloading from these online shops: mic or sol.
17.03.2005
Great review of the concert the 10th of March in Tromsø by student paper Utropia. Click here to read the review (in Norwegian).
16.03.2005
Damp is receveing great reviews for the album "Hoatzin". Click here to read the review from Puls.no (in Norwegian)

   

this is damp:


Damp is a quartet from Oslo with its origin from the Norwegian State Academy of Music.

The guitar player in the band, Asbjørn Lerheim, writes all the music. Some influences worth mentioning are musicians like Bill Frisell and Miles Davis, but also Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler.

The music can among many things be described as modern, acoustic jazz, but also with elements of rock.

Damp released their latest album "Hoatzin" in March 2005 to much acclaim. Damp has also released "Mostly Harmless (Songs)" in 2003. Both on AIM Records.

In August 2001, Damp represented Norway under the "European Jazz Contest" in Avignon, France, as one out of four bands from Europe. The saxophone player Jørgen Munkeby won the great soloist's price in Avignon.