# Paal Nilssen-Love discography

Paal Nilssen-Love (born December 24, 1974) is a Norwegian drummer active in the jazz and free jazz genres.
He has released two solo albums, and his portfolio includes Atomic, School Days, The Thing, Scorch Trio, Territory Band, FME, and various duo projects such as with reedmen Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, John Butcher, organist Nils Henrik Asheim and noise experimentalist Lasse Marhaug.

## Solo

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2001 | Sticks & Stones Released: May 1, 2001 Label: Sofa (SOFA 505) Format: CD | Recorded in Sofienberg Church |
| 2005 | 27 Years Later Released: 2005 Label: Utech (024) Format: CD | Live at Moldejazz |
| 2008 | Miró Released: 2010 Label: PNL (PNL007) Format: CD | Live at "Nits De Musica" July 24, 2008 in Barcelona |
| 2012 | Chiapaneca Released: 2012 Label: Bocian (BC-PNL) Format: LP | Live in Mexico City |
| 2015 | News From The Junk Yard Released: 2015 Label: PNL (PNL031) Format: LP | Studio album |

## As band leader
### Townhouse Orchestra

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Townorchestrahouse Released: August, 2005 Label: Clean Feed Records (CF041 CD) Format: CD | Live |
| 2008 | Belle Ville Released: 2008 Label: Clean Feed Records (CF125 CD) Format: 2CD | Live |

### Large Unit

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2014 | Erta Ale Released: August, 2014 Label: PNL (PNL025) Format: LP/CD | Live |
| 2015 | 2015 Released: 2015 Label: PNL (PNL030) Format: 2CD | Live |
| 2016 | Ana Released: April 1, 2016 Label: PNL (PNL033) Format: CD | Studio album |

## As co-leader or sideperson
### ADA (Peter Brötzmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love)

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2011 | ADA Released: 2011 Label: Self-released (ADA 001) Format: CD | Live |
| 2012 | OTO Released: 2013 Label: Self-released (ADA 002) Format: CD | Live with Steve Noble |
| 2011 | OTO Released: 2011 Label: Self-released (ADA 003) Format: CD | Live with Pat Thomas |

### Adam Lane, Ken Vandermark, Magnus Boo, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2007 | 4 Corners Released: 2007 Label: Clean Feed Records (CF076CD) Format: CD | Live |

### Anker

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | Six Row Barley Released: 2005 Label: Utech Records (013) Format: CD |

### Arto Lindsay, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2013 | Scarcity Released: 2013 Label: PNL (PNL020) Format: CD | Live in Concert at Audio Rebel's Quintavant, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 2, 2013. |

### Atomic

| Year | Title | comment |
| 2001 | Feet Music Released: 2001 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (016 558-2) Format: CD | |
| 2004 | Boom Boom Released: 2004 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (038 264-2) Format: CD | |
| 2005 | The Bikini Tapes Released: 2005 Label: Jazzland Rec/Next Stop Distribusjon (987 154-0) Format: 3CD | Live |
| 2006 | Happy New Ears Released: 2006 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (987 655-4) Format: CD | |
| 2008 | Retrograde Released: 2008 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (176 884-3) Format: 3CD | 2CD + Live CD |
| 2010 | Theater Tilters Vol. 1 Released: 2010 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal Format: CD | Live |
| 2010 | Theater Tilters Vol. 2 Released: 2010 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (273 341-0) Format: CD | Live |
| 2011 | Here Comes Everybody Released: 2011 Label: Jazzland Rec (278 727-9) Format: CD | |
| 2012 | There's a Hole in the Mountain Released: 2013 Label: Jazzland Rec (373 698-8) Format: CD | |
| 2015 | Lucidity Released: 2015 Label: Jazzland Rec (471 991-8) Format: CD | |

### Atomic/School Days

| Year | Title |
| 2004 | Nuclear Assembly Hall Released: 2004 Label: Okka Disk (OD12049) Format: 2CD |
| 2008 | Distil Released: 2008 Label: Okka Disk (OD12073) Format: CD |

### Bjørnar Andresen, Svein Finnerud, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | Egne Hoder Released: 2000 Label: Bp Records (bp 00008cd) Format: CD |

### Boneshaker (Mars Williams, Paal Nilssen-Love, Kent Kessler)

| Year | Title |
| 2012 | Boneshaker Released: 2012 Label: Trost Records |
| 2014 | Unusual Words Released: 2014 Label: Soul What |
| 2017 | Thinking Out Loud Released: 2017 Label: Trost Records Format: CD |
| 2019 | Fake Music Released: 2019 Label: Soul What |

### Bradford, Gjerstad, Håker Flaten, Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2008 | Reknes Released: 2009 Label: Circulasione Totale (CTCD11) Format: CD | Live at Moldejazz |
| 2012 | Kampen Released: 2012 Label: NoBusiness Records (NBLP51) Format: LP | Live at Kampenjazz Limited edition of 300 records |

### Bradford, Gjerstad, Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2010 | Dragon Released: 2012 Label: PNL (PNL014) Format: CD | Live at Klub Dragon |

### Brötzmann, Michiyo Yagi, Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Head On Released: 2008 Label: Idiolect (ID-02) Format: CD |

### Brötzmann, Swell, Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2015 | Krakow Nights Released: October 2015 Label: Not Two Records (MW937-2) Format: CD |

### Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conceptions Of Jazz

| Year | Title |
| 1998 | Sharing Released: 1998 Label: Jazzland Rec/Universal (538 259-2) Format: CD |

### Calling Signals

| Year | Title |
| 2006 | Dreams in Dreams Released: 2006 Label: FMR (CD177-0805) Format: CD |

### Christer Bothen Acoustic Ensemble

| Year | Title |
| 2002 | 7 Pieces Released: 2002 Label: LJ Records (LJCD 5230) Format: CD |

### Circulasione Totale Orchestra

| Year | Title |
| 1992 | Enten Eller Released: 1992 Label: Circulasione Totale (CT CD 199208) Format: CD |
| 1998 | Borealis Released: 1998 Label: (RCD1091) Format: CD |
| 2008 | Open Port Released: 2008 Label: Circulasione Totale Format: CD |
| 2009 | Bandwidth Released: November 2, 2009 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCD 2089) Format: 3CD |

### Crimetime Orchestra

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | Life is a beautiful monster Released: April 13, 2005 Label: Jazzaway Records (jarcd009) Format: CD |

### Didrik Ingvaldsen

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | History & Movement Released: 2000 Label: Da-Da (4CD) Format: CD |

### Double Tandem (Ab Baars, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love)

| Year | Title |
| 2011 | Cement Released: 2012 Label: PNL (PNL013) Format: CD |
| 2012 | OX Released: October 15, 2012 Label: dEN Records (010) Format: CD |

### Element

| Year | Title |
| 1996 | Element Released: 1996 Label: Turn Left Prod (001) Format: CD |
| 1999 | Shaman Released: 1999 Label: Bp Records (bp 99001cd) Format: CD |

### Fireroom

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Broken Music Released: April 8, 2008 Label: Atavistic (61183) Format: CD |

### FME (Free Music Ensemble)

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2002 | Live at Glenn Miller café Released: 2002 Label: Okka Disk (ODL 10007) Format: CD | Live |
| 2004 | Underground Released: 2004 Label: Okka Disk (OD 12051) Format: CD | |
| 2005 | Cuts Released: 2005 Label: Okka Disk (OD 12061) Format: CD | |
| 2006 | Montage Released: 2006 Label: Okka Disk (OD 12071) Format: CD | |

### Fred Lonberg-Holm, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2012 | You Can Be Mine Released: April 2015 Label: Bocian Records (bc fp) Format: LP, Limited Edition | Recorded 31 August 2012 at Rattlesnake Studio, Chicago. |

### Frode Gjerstad, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Amit Sen, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2007 | The Cello Quartet Released: 2007 Label: FMR Records (FMRCD 212-0906) Format: CD | Live |

### Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | Day Before One Released: 2007 Label: Tyyfus (4) Format: LP |
| 2008 | Gromka Released: 2010 Label: Not Two Records (MW 839-2) Format: CD |
| 2008 | Side By Side Released: March 2012 Label: CIMP (CIMP 388) Format: CD |

### Frode Gjerstad Trio

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2001 | The Blessing Light: For John Stevens Released: 2001 Label: Cadence Jazz (CJR 1126) Format: CD | |
| 2002 | Last First Released: 2002 Label: Falcata-Galia (FALC-0007/0079) Format: CD | |
| 2003 | Sharp Knives cut Deeper Released: 2003 Label: Splasc(h) (CDH850.2) Format: CD | Frode Gjerstad trio + Peter Brötzmann |
| 2004 | St. Louis Released: January 12, 2004 Label: FMR (122) Format: CD | |
| 2006 | Mothers And Fathers Released: 2006 Label: Circulasione Totale (CTCD 8) Format: CD | |
| 2007 | Nothing is Forever Released: 2007 Label: Circulasione Totale (CTCD 10) Format: CD | |

### Ingoma

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | Ingoma Released: 2000 Label: Sheer Sound (SSCD 053) Format: CD |

### Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Tomorrow Came Today Released: 2008 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 148CD) Format: CD |

### John Butcher / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2006 | Concentric Released: 2006 Label: Clean Feed (CF 067CD) Format: CD |

### Jon Eberson, Bjørnar Andresen, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2001 | Mind the gap Released: 2001 Label: Curling Legs (CD 66) Format: CD |

### Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2003 | Dual Pleasure Released: May 20, 2003 Label: Smalltown Supersound (STS 068) Format: CD |
| 2004 | Dual Pleasure 2 Released: October 11, 2004 Label: Smalltown Supersound (STS 085) Format: 2CD |
| 2006 | Seven Released: 2006 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 119CD) Format: CD |
| 2006 | Chicago Volume Released: 2009 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 179CD) Format: CD |

### Kornstad trio

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2001 | Space Available Released: 2001 Label: Jazzland Acoustic (016 558-2) Format: CD | |
| 2004 | Live from Kongsberg Released: 2004 Label: Jazzland Acoustic (060 249 812 803-9) Format: 2x 12" | Kornstad trio + Axel Dörner Live |

### Lars Göran Ullander trio

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Live at Glenn Miller Café Released: 2005 Label: Ayler Records (aylCD-013) Format: CD | Live |

### Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Personal Hygiene Released: 2005 Label: Utech Records (UR-005) Format: CD | Live |
| 2007 | Stalk Released: May, 2007 Label: PNL (PNL001) Format: CD | |
| 2011 | No Combo Released: June 20, 2011 Label: Pica Disk (PICA028), PNL (PNL009) Format: LP, Single Sided, Limited Edition | Live |

### Magnus Broo / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Game Released: 2008 Label: PNL (PNL003) Format: CD |

### Marilyn Crispell

| Year | Title |
| 2004/2007 | Collaborations Released: 2009 Label: Leo Records (LR 528) Format: CD |

### Masahiko Satoh, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2014 | Spring Snow Released: May, 2014 Label: PNL Records (PNL 023) Format: CD |

### Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mesele Asmamaw

| Year | Title |
| 2010 | Baro 101 Released: 2012 Label: Terp Records (AIS-19) Format: CD |

### Michiyo Yagi, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | comment |
| 2006 | Live! at the SuperDeluxe Released: August, 2006 Label: Idiolect/Bomba Records (BOM26002) Format: CD | Live |

### Michiyo Yagi, Joe McPhee, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | comment |
| 2013 | Soul Stream Released: December, 2015 Label: PNL (PNL032) Format: CD | Recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo on January 21, 2013. |

### Michiyo Yagi, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title | comment |
| 2011 | Angular Mass Released: December, 2015 Label: PNL (PNL028) Format: CD | Recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo on February 8, 2011. |

### Nils Henrik Asheim / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | Pipes & Bones Released: March, 2005 Label: Utech Records (UR-006) Format: CD |
| 2007 | Late Play Released: 2007 Label: PNL (PNL002) Format: CD |

### No spagetti edition

| Year | Title |
| 2001 | Listen... And Tell Me What It Was Released: July 7, 2001 Label: Sofa (SOFA506) Format: CD |

### OFFONOFF

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | Clash Released: 2008 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 147) Format: CD |
| Year | Title |
| 2007 | Slap and Tickle Released: 2009 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 164) Format: CD |

### Original Silence

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | The First Original Silence Released: 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 124CD) Format: CD |
| 2008 | The Second Original Silence Released: July 28, 2008 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 144CD) Format: CD |

### Paal Nilssen-Love, Anders Hana

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | AM/FM Released: 2005 Label: Utech Records (UR-023) Format: CD |

### Paal Nilssen-Love, Håkon Kornstad

| Year | Title |
| 2004 | Schlinger Released: February 24, 2004 Label: Smalltown Supersound (STS 077) Format: CD |

### Paal Nilssen-Love, Massimo Pupillo, Lasse Marhaug

| Year | Title |
| 2011 | You're Next Released: October 1, 2012 Label: Bocian Records (BC-PML) Format: LP |

### Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustafsson

| Year | Title |
| 2002 | I Love It When You Snore Released: December 10, 2002 Label: Smalltown Supersound (STS 063) Format: CD |
| 2007 | Splatter Released: 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 115CD) Format: CD |

### Paal Nilssen-Love, Michiyo Yagi, Peter Brötzmann

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Volda Released: January, 2010 Label: Idiolect (ID-03) Format: CD |

### The Peter Brötzmann Chicago tentet

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2005 | Be Music, Night Released: 2005 Label: Okka Disk (OD 12059) Format: CD | |
| 2007 | American Landscapes 1 Released: 2007 Label: Okka Disk (OD12067) Format: CD | Live |
| 2007 | American Landscapes 2 Released: 2007 Label: Okka Disk (OD12068) Format: CD | Live |
| 2007 | At Molde 2007 Released: 2007 Label: Okka Disk (OD12072) Format: CD | Live |
| 2009 | 3 Nights in Oslo Released: 2010 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ197CD) Format: CD | Live |

### Peter Brötzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2008 | Sweet Sweat Released: 2008 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 143CD) Format: CD |
| 2008 | Woodcuts Released: 2010 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 170CD) Format: CD |

### Peter Brötzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love and Mats Gustafsson

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | The Fat Is Gone Released: 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ 138CD) Format: CD |

### Peter Janson, Jonas Kullhammar, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2002 | Live at Glenn Miller café Released: 2002 Label: Ayler Records (AylCD-012) Format: CD |

### Pocket Corner

| Year | Title |
| 1999 | Cosmic Ballet Released: 1999 Label: Bp Records (bp 99000lp) Format: 12" |
| 1997 | By-Music Released: 1997 Label: Da-Da (3CD) Format: CD |
| 1996 | Rede for Hugg Released: 1996 Label: Da-Da (2CD) Format: CD |
| 1995 | Slutt Released: 1995 Label: Da-Da (1CD) Format: CD |

### (((Powerhouse Sound)))

| Year | Title |
| 2007 | Oslo/Chicago: (((Breaks))) Released: March, 2007 Label: Atavistic (ALP1772CD) Format: 2CD |

### Quintet

| Year | Title |
| 1999 | March 28, 1999 Released: 1999 Label: Bp Records (bp 99002cd) Format: CD |

### Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler, Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2006 | Teatro Released: 2006 Label: European Echoes (001) Format: CD |
| 2008 | The Abstract Truth Released: 2009 Label: European Echoes (003) Format: CD |

### Samsa'Ra

| Year | Title |
| 2005 | Samsa'Ra Released: April 11, 2005 Label: Jazzland Rec. (038 265-2) Format: CD |

### San

| Year | Title |
| 1997 | Song Released: 1997 Label: Nor CD (NOR-CD 9720) Format: CD |

### School Days

| Year | Title | comment |
| 2000 | Crossing Division Released: 2000 Label: Okka Disk (OD12037) Format: CD | |
| 2002 | The music of Norman Howard Released: 2002 Label: Anagram Records (ANA LP 001) Format: LP | Side A: The Thing with guests Side B: School Days with Mats Gustafsson |
| 2002 | In Our Times Released: 2002 Label: Okka Disk (OD12041) Format: CD | |

### Scorch Trio

| Year | Title |
| 2002 | Scorch Trio Released: February 18, 2002 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCD 2025) Format: CD, 2LP |
| 2004 | Luggumt Released: October 11, 2004 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCD 2040) Format: CD, 2LP |
| 2008 | Brolt Released: April 21, 2008 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCD 2074) Format: CD |

### Sten Sandell Trio

| Year | Title | Comment |
| 2001 | Standing Wave Released: 2001 Label: Sofa (SOFA 504) Format: CD | |
| 2004 | Flat Iron Released: 2004 Label: Sofa (SOFA 514) Format: CD | |
| 2007 | Oval Released: January, 2007 Label: Intakt Records (Intakt CD 122) Format: CD | |
| 2007 | Strokes Released: June, 2007 Label: Clean Feed (CF082CD) Format: CD | Sten Sandell Trio + John Butcher |

### Steve Hubback / Paal Nilssen-Love

| Year | Title |
| 2004 | Off the Map Released: 2004 Label: FMR (FMRCD 138-1203) Format: CD |

### Terrie Ex & Paal Nilson-Love

| 2011 | Hurgu! Released: 2011 Label: PNL (PNL012) Format: CD | Terrie Ex & Paal Nilson-Love |

### Territory Band

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2004 | Map Theory Released: 2004 Label: Okka Disk (OD12060) Format: 2CD | Territory Band-3 |
| 2005 | Company Switch Released: 2005 Label: Okka Disk (OD12070) Format: 2CD | Territory Band-4 |
| 2006 | New Horse For The White House Released: 2006 Label: Okka Disk (OD12080) Format: 3CD | Territory Band-5 |
| 2007 | Collide Released: 2007 Label: Okka Disk (OD12090) Format: CD | Territory Band-6 with Fred Anderson |

### The Thing

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2000 | The Thing Released: 2000 Label: Crazy Wisdom (CW001) Format: CD | |
| 2001 | She Knows... Released: 2001 Label: Crazy Wisdom (CW006) Format: CD | as The Thing with Joe McPhee |
| 2004 | Garage Released: 2004 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STS078CD) Format: CD | |
| 2005 | Live at Blå Released: June, 2005 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ099CD) Format: CD | Live |
| 2006 | Action Jazz Released: 2006 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ123CD) Format: CD | |
| 2007 | Immediate Sound Released: 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ105CD) Format: CD | as The Thing with Ken Vandermark |
| 2008 | Now And Forever Released: 2008 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ106CD) Format: 3CD+DVD | Box set containing The Thing, She Knows..., a new improv session Gluttony and a live DVD Live at Øya |
| 2009 | Bag It! Released: June 15, 2009 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ155CD) Format: CD | |
| 2009 | Shinjuku Crawl Released: October, 2009 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ169CD) Format: CD | as The Thing With Otomo Yoshihide |
| 2013 | Boot! Released: November 12, 2013 Label: The Thing (TTRCD001) Format: CD | |
| 2015 | Shake Released October 30, 2015 Label The Thing (TTRCD005) Format: CD | |
See also The Music of Norman Howard, an album by School Days and The Thing.

### Two Bands and a Legend

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005 | Sounds Like A Sandwich Released: March, 2005 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ103CD) Format: CD | as The Thing with Cato Salsa Experience and Joe McPhee EP |
| 2007 | Two Bands And A Legend Released: March, 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ104CD) Format: CD | as Two Bands and a Legend |
| 2007 | I See You Baby Released: 2007 Label: Smalltown Superjazzz (STSJ130CD) Format: CD | as Two Bands and a Legend EP |

### Trygve Seim

| Year | Title |
| 2000 | Different Rivers Released: 2000 Label: ECM (1744 159 521-2) Format: CD |

### Wunderkammer

| Year | Title |
| 2002 | Today I Cannot Hear Music Released: August 26, 2002 Label: HoneyMilk Records (HONEY06) Format: CD |

### Zim Ngqawana

| Year | Title |
| 1999 | Zimology Released: 1999 Label: Sheer Sound (SSCD 038) Format: CD |

## Compilations

| Year | Title | Ensemble |
| 1995 | Jazz I Timeglass Vol.1 Released: 1995 Label: Stavanger Konserthus (1995) Format: CD |
| 2002 | Money Will Ruin Everything Released: November 10, 2003 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCD 2032) Format: 2CD | Scorch Trio |
| 2006 | Until Human Voices Wake Us And We Drown Released: April 24, 2006 Label: Rune Grammofon (RLP 2050) Format: 5x 10" vinyl | Scorch Trio |
| 2007 | Runeology 3 Released: July 1, 2007 Label: Rune Grammofon (RCDS3) Format: CD | Scorch Trio |