Other projects
De Backer/Emmeluth
Hanne De Backer: baryton saxophone
Signe Emmeluth: alto saxophone
Signe Emmeluth and Hanne de Backer met in 2019 Kraków when they were there as part of Steve Swell's tentet. Shortly thereafter they went on tour with Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit. Here they discovered their common passion for free music and dance. Together they form concerts that are exciting and energetic. There is a shared and deeply rooted passion for the instrument - the saxophone. The music is playful, humorous and in constant dialogue with each other, at times almost telepathic.
Emmeluth/Skavhaug Nergaard/Knedal Andersen
Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard: double bass
Dag Erik Knedal Andersen: drums
Signe Emmeluth: alto saxophone
"If a fire starts in your microwave, press the stop pad and leave the door closed. Then turn off the power at the switch and pull out the plug."
Emmeluth / Skavhaug Nergaard / Knedal Andersen explores non-linear form structures with an explosive interplay and nerve.
In 2022 they released "The A-Z of Microwave Cookery" on Astral Spirits.
https://sonictransmissionsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-all-ears-festival
Hyper Elastic Jinx
Signe Emmeluth (DK/NO) - alto saxophone
Nana Pi (DK) - tenor saxophone
Keisuke Matsuno (JP/DE) - guitar
Halym Kim (KR/DE) - drums
https://barefootrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-vote-force-majeure
Yes Deer
Signe Emmeluth - saxophones
Karl Bjorå - guitars
Anders Vestergaard - drums
Yes Deer is thunderous and hyper expressive free jazz. It's the sound of cells in ecstasy, and collective physical momentum, that aims for the libido before the intellect and takes hold like a fierce pitbull terrier.


Signe Emmeluth is a saxophonist, improviser and composer based in Oslo, Norway
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