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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Since 2015, Austin-based Sonic Transmissions has presented burgeoning, established, and legendary artists of the musical avant-garde working in diverse fields of improvisational music. Spearheaded by bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (The Thing, Atomic, The Young Mothers), the curation is informed by Flaten’s experience as an internationally touring musician. The festival showcased musicians from diverse backgrounds within Experimental Jazz, Free Improvisation, Hip Hop, Punk Rock and sounds from around the world. Sonic Transmissions has taken the shape of a 3-day festival (2015-2017) and, most recently, as a concert series occurring over several months between (2018-2012) and has featured over 100 musicians from throughout the U.S. and the world. Sonic Transmissions Records became a direct result of the upheaval of 2020.  In March, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten was visiting his native country Norway when the coronavirus pandemic shuttered Planet Earth.  Instead of trying to find a circuitous route to the States, he decided to relocate Trondheim after 14 years abroad, leaving his longtime Austin home, and start a record label.