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My name is Pål Moddi Knutsen. I come from an island called Senja in the far north of Norway. I have borrowed my mother's accordion, stolen a russian display mandolin, and own an ocean blue guitar with two broken frets, with which I make and play music that's always a little larger in my head than what ends up on tape. My first small concert was held in 2004, and since then, things have grown little by little, with by:Larm and the Øya Festival in Oslo as possible peaks of hooray so far. The music I make lives a life of its own. Sometimes you can find it as a huge band session with noise and loudness, while sometimes it's so small and discreet that you might want to sing along to help it continue. The songs grow a little for every winter that passes by, just like any child would. Whoever you are; thank you for listening! My first album, Floriography, is to be released in Norway February 2010. It is recorded in Iceland together with producer Valgeir Sigurdsson (Björk, Múm, CocoRosie etc.). (source: www.moddi.no)