Live at MIR 13.08.2025
I recently played a concert in Oslo. The occasion (not that you need an occasion to play a concert) was that my friend Elif Yalvaç was visiting Norway and wanted to know if it would be possible to organize a concert while she was here.
Organizing the team and the venue
I asked Jørgen Skjulstad aka Dj Sissyfus to be both behind the regular mixing table, and behind the DJ decks, and we ended up promoting the night as Elif Yalvaç // Kristoffer Lislegaard // DJ Sissyfus.
I booked the venue MIR which is connected to my studio collective Grünerløkka Lufthavn and “booked” my lovely wife Vilde❤️ to sell tickets at the door. So with a great team and venue booked we were ready to play.
Elif started
We decided Elif should start. She played a great set featuring a combination of improvised guitar and her new more abstract rave (!!) material from her upcoming album. The album is still work in progress so I will let her save that for later, but here is a little clip from her guitar playing at the start of the concert:
Then I played
Before it was my turn I spent some time calming down a bit. It can be super stressful to organize an event like this because you have to wear so many hats. All communication and questions go through you, I had to rig up and test my stuff, make sure the video projector worked, hang up white and semi-transparent fabric etc. But I managed to calm down by eating a banana and some nuts, and drink some Norwegian sparkling water.
Then it was my turn to play. The set went very well and I was super happy about it. Here is a short clip, but the full concert video is linked at the top and at the end of this blog post.
Then we played together
After my set we did a short duo set. It was a nice way to round off the event. I felt very tired after everything, but it was very nice to play together. It had been almost 6 years since we were on stage together, so it felt very nice to reconnect!
DJ Sissyfus the greatest DJ
Before, between and after the sets Jørgen DJ’ed. He always picks great tunes and is a true joy to listen to. He played mostly ambient and experimental electronica tunes, but it started building up, and in the end after everyone had left, we had our own little dance party to end the night.
The full video recording of my set
All in all it was a great night and I am super happy about it. I have uploaded my full set to my Hyper8 video site. I have normalized the audio and blended in some of the camera audio, but other than that there is no audio polish. I hope you enjoy it. Tell your friends about it.
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