Rune Grammofon was brought up in the ECM topic (as another example of a great label with a strong identifying aesthetic) and it's a label I've always meant to investigate further, but I could use some recommendations. Guidance, favorites and other thoughts appreciated.
yes, r.g. is eclectic in the extreme: everything from indigenous folk music, to full-on prog metal (shining, ultralyd) & experimental noise (spunk) to...well, sky's the limit.
- alog (superb electronica, quite original, mixes acoustic instruments in as well)
- information (well-established norwegian electronica duo, like an idm-ish biosphere)
- phonophani (again, more excellent, post-idm stuff)
- jazzkammer (on the noisier end of the spectrum but i do in fact like what lasse marhaug does in this guise)
- deathprod (truly out there avant jazz/rock/uncategorizable)
- supersilent (the label's superstars? absolutely essential electroacoustic improv, a term which damns with faint praise and is a clumsy descriptor but for lack of space here...)
- arne nordheim (classic norwegian electronic avantist/collagist, on similar axises w/stockhausen, parmegiani, ina-grm folks, a true pioneer)
oh yes, and henricksen does indeed trip the stereofield fantastic as well: post-miles/isham trumpet explorations w/digital processing, synths/electronics, straddling jazz and experimentalism.