Ellen Andrea Wang – bassist, singer, composer & producer
Norwegian bassist, singer and producer Ellen Andrea Wang is a powerful force in Jazz, Pop and beyond. An inventive artist that blends styles in unprecedented ways. From collaboration with Sting, Manu Katché, and Marilyn Mazur, to performances at major Jazz Festivals, to her appearance with the multiple Norwegian Grammy awarded group GURLS, to her own projects as Ellen Andrea Wang Closeness and the band Pixel. Wang has consistently sought to tastefully blend Jazz and Pop in new ways. Her compositions and performance balance the the lyrical with the rough, the acoustic with the electric, resulting in a unique modern sound. She has received several awards for her compositions (NOPA, TONO awards) and for her musicianship receiving awards like DNB-price at Kongsberg JazzFestival, Radka Tonneff memorial price (2022), in 2021 she was Artist in Molde International JazzFestival
New single out 22th September 2023 on Perfect Danger Records. Wangs new record label!
Ellen Andrea Wang’s third studio album, Closeness (2020 out on Ropadope Records) features Wang on double bass and vocals, with British Rob Luft on guitar and Swedish Jon Fält on Drums.
A commanding presence in any ensemble she plays in, her soft tone and vocal precision are always counterbalanced with heavy and assertive grooves from her double-bass, interlocking with drummers, jazz, pop and groove alike.
⁃ The Guardian