Hallvard Orme

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A musician seen from behind at a long table of modular synthesizers in an empty concrete hall lit by one orange lamp

Latest release

Slow Ferry, 2026

Live electronic music played on hardware, in one take, in buildings that were made for something else.

Cold Store, Tromsø. March 2026.

Every set is built live and played once.

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QuaysideLongboatkelp radioLamplightNORTHGATEpier soundDriftwaveSaltline
A ferry with lit windows moored at a quiet Nordic harbour at blue hour

On the road

Most nights end at a harbour.

Gothenburg, November 2025.

Recordings

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Cover art: one orange buoy floating alone on black water at night

Slow Ferry

Live album

Available as 2xLP and digital

Nine sets, one take each, recorded on the road in empty buildings. No overdubs and no edits: the room is on every track.

  1. 01Mooring06:42
  2. 02Slow Ferry08:15
  3. 03Kelp07:31
  4. 04Night Freight09:04
  5. 05Low Sun06:18
  6. 06Signal Fire10:22

Tour dates

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Silhouettes of a crowd with raised hands in front of rows of light bars and haze
DateVenueCityStatus
24 Oct 2026The Cold StoreTromsø, NorwayOn sale
07 Nov 2026Kessel HallBergen, NorwayOn sale
21 Nov 2026Pier Nine ShedGothenburg, SwedenLast tickets
05 Dec 2026Old Turbine HallCopenhagen, DenmarkSold out
12 Dec 2026Saltwater WorksRotterdam, NetherlandsOn sale
30 Jan 2027Grain Silo FourHamburg, GermanyOn sale
13 Feb 2027Furnace HallLeipzig, GermanyAnnounced
06 Mar 2027Drydock TwelveGdansk, PolandAnnounced

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Set archive

Full sets from empty rooms, listed with the room and the length.

Cold Store, TromsøDry Dock, GdanskTurbine Hall, CopenhagenFish Factory, BergenGrain Silo, HamburgFerry Terminal, Gothenburg

Cold Store, Tromsø12 Mar 202674:12

A man in profile with a knit hat and headphones around his neck, looking out of a window, in black and white

Journey

Hallvard Orme grew up above a boatyard in northern Norway and built his first synthesizer from a broken radio. Since 2009 he has played live electronic music in buildings made for something else: cold stores, dry docks, turbine halls. Every set is played on hardware, in one take, for the room it is in.

  1. 2009: Builds a first synthesizer from a broken radio.
  2. 2013: Plays a first full set in a cold store.
  3. 2016: Starts recording every set in one take.
  4. 2019: Releases Tungsten.
  5. 2023: Releases Low Tide Signals.
  6. 2026: Releases Slow Ferry and tours the north.

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