Mains Hum (2017 – )

Mains Hum is an ongoing series of compositions for pipe organ based on how the sound of electricity manifests itself in churches. Each composition is based on analyzes and transcriptions of the sound of the church’s electrical facilities, performed on the organ in the church in question. The recordings of the works were made so that the organ composition and the electrical noise were recorded simultaneously, in one take.

Mains Hum (Asker kirke)

(Performed by Jørn Tore Egseth & Øystein Wyller Odden)

Mains Hum (Sauherad kirke):

(Performed by Jørn Tore Egseth & Øystein Wyller Odden)

Mains Hum (Skien kirke):

(Performed by Jørn Tore Egseth & Øystein Wyller Odden)

Mains Hum (Nes kyrkje):

(Performed by Hanne Grieg Hermansen & Øystein Wyller Odden)

List of works in the series as of February 2021:

Sauherad kirke (2017)

Nes kyrkje (Sauherad) (2017)

Skien kirke (2018)

Asker kirke (2018)

Seljord kyrkje (2018)

Trefoldighetskirken i Arendal (2018)

Oslo domkirke (2018)

Lillehammer kirke (2018)

Kampen kirke (2018)

Grønland kirke (2018)

Trefoldighetskirken i Oslo (2018)

Gamle Aker kirke (2018)

Sagene kirke (2018)

Uranienborg kirke (2018)

Paulus kirke (2018)

Sofienberg kirke (2018)

Dale kyrkje (Fjaler) (2019)

Vanse kirke (2019)

Sør-Fron kirke (2019)

Vestre Aker kirke (2019)

Leveld Kyrkje (2021)