Lilja - Mirage

Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir is a versatile and innovative composer, guitarist and vocalist from Oslo's jazz scene. As an artist, she tours the world, and has had collaborative projects with musicians in India, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Iceland and New York, among others. She is currently a composer with Tingingsverket (commissioned music) for Vossa Jazz's 50th anniversary in 2023, contributing her work "I".

LILJA's debut album "Marble" (2020) garnered rave reviews with a perfect score (6/6) in Dagsavisen and featured on many lists of the year's best albums, including those by Subjekt, Dagsavisen and Klassekampen.

For her sophomore release, "Mirage", LILJA has collaborated with four traditionalists from different parts of the world: Sara Marielle Gaup from Sápmi, Celio de Carvalho from Brazil, Zakaria Houaoura from Morocco and Ashraf Sharif Khan from Pakistan. These meetings are fused together in LILJA's music, creating from its multifaceted whole a kind of singular vision - mirage - of the world, seen from Oddrun Lilja's perspective.

In addition to Oddrun Lilja on guitar and vocals, the regular LILJA ensemble consists of Sanne Rambags on lead vocals, Bafana Nhlapo on percussion and vocals, Jo Skaansar on bass and Erik Nylander on drums. The album also features guest artists such as Beady Belle on vocals and Bugge Wesseltoft on piano. The album was recorded in Propeller studio in Oslo. It was mixed by Mike Hartung and produced by Oddrun Lilja and Kåre Vestrheim.