Isach Skeidsvoll

As children, they played in the same band, but after high school Lauritz went to Oslo-and Isach to Bergen to study music. In Bergen, Isach quickly became a young man who was noticed. The Grieg academy student became active in many different groups in the city's vibrant young jazz community.

Among the groups that attracted the most attention is the quartet General Post Office, a band that is described as uniting inspiration from blues to free jazz in a separate concept. Inspired by free jazz heroes such as Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, GPO has in common with other bands. More unusual is that forms, melodies and energy from old blues stars such as Howlin 'Wolf, Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson are placed in such a context, where they can be deconstructed on the spot when the musicians follow their own impulses.

The band was started in 2017 when Isach started at the Grieg Academy, and has played at festivals in Scotland, Estonia in addition to clubs and festivals in Norway. During this time, the musicians have developed a solid group identity with understanding and security, where the freedom to be able to turn and turn ideas and surprise both bandmates and the audience is an important element. General Post Office is a democratic quartet where it is important that everyone gets to express themselves fully and completely - most often through Skeidsvoll's compositions, which the band arranges together.

Aksel Øvereås Røed, saxophones flutes, percussion, Isach Skeidsvoll, piano, melodies, Torkil Hjelle, bass, Sigurd Steinkopf, drums.