The Norwegian composer and keyboardist Øystein Sevåg was born in 1957 outside Oslo, beginning piano lessons at age five. As a teen he played bass in a rock band but returned to his classical roots in time to study piano, flute and composition at the Barratt Dues Music Institute of Oslo; by the 1980s, however, Sevåg had become fascinated by the possibilities offered by the development of the synthesizer, and he plunged into electronic music with his self-released 1989 debut LP Close Your Eyes and See. The product of five years in the studio, the album slowly crept into Billboard's New Adult Contemporary charts, and it landed Sevåg on the Windham Hill label to issue the follow-up, 1993's Link. These two albums lived for 36 weeks on the Billboard charts. He returned two years later with Global House, a record reflecting a newfound interest in acoustic sounds and worldbeat textures; Visual, a collaboration with guitarist Lakki Patey, followed in 1996. Signing to the Hearts of Space label, Sevåg resurfaced in 1997 with the acclaimed Bridge. In 1999, Øystein moved to Germany, focusing on chamber music and polyphonic composing techniques, and with music in a therapeutic context. In 2007, back in Norway, his improvised solo piano album "based on a true story"was released; in 2010 the band-based Red Album. In 2012 "Space for a Crowded World", his last synth based album, in 2014 he and Benedict Torget delivered the acclaimed "Karin Boye sånger". And in 2024: Visual 2 www.sevag.com