About

Michael Lee Sørenmo is a Norwegian drummer.

 

His musical journey is shown through the possibilities of creative expression, inspired by improvisational music, jazz and East - Asian traditional music.

This creates a unique style of playing and drum set up, with a blend of both the traditional sounds from korean drums within his jazz drum set. 

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The last few years, Michael has been performing and touring with his bands Wooli Duo and ükya in several countries in Europe. Both of these bands are very active, having planned for more concerts and recordings in the near future.

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His latest released wih ükya, "We Come for an Experience of Presence" was released on nakamarecords.no.  

The music is the result of a successful studio day in April 2022. The album represents the band’s musical beginning and simultaneously the foundation for what is yet to come.

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During his years studying jazz and improvised music at the University of Stavanger in Norway, he began to compose music which were performed at live performances with his bands Jafs trio, Lee Voyage and RØSK and more.

This work was inspired of modern jazz, different traditional music and free improvisation, with a focus on embracing new expressions.

 

This compositional work resulted in further masterstudies in Academy of Music in Gothenburg, where his focus became more towards other music traditions, and especially exploring his personal background through the study of Korean traditional music, specified the study of Korean rhythms and Korean Drums. 

During this study he also went to Seoul several times, having also attended the National Gugak Workshop at the National Gugak Center in Seoul summer 2023.

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