Rural Tapes

In a career which spans two decades, Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen has cemented himself as a vital name from the Norwegian music scene. As a producer and performing musician, he’s been involved in more than 80 releases, besides composing music for butoh, theatre, dance performances etc. Launching his Rural Tapes project with the self-titled record in 2021, he solidified his passion for inventive and adventurous music. Rural Tapes is consistently met by a wealth of high praise as seen across the further studio albums including Inner Space Music (2022), Contact (2024) and «Oneiric» (2025). In his latest cassette tape series «Alien Territories», he explores new sonic ground and shares textural and almost tactile sounding tape works, nodding towards the experimental works of Terry Riley, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.