Atomic
Atomic, a Norwegian-Swedish jazz quintet, was formed in 1999 by musicians from
Swedish bands Fire House and the Fredrik Norén Band. The group included
trumpeter Magnus Broo, saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist, pianist Håvard Wiik,
bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, who was later
replaced by Hans Hulbækmo in 2014. Atomic emerged as a reaction to ECM-style
jazz prevalent in Scandinavia, drawing influences from American free jazz of the
1960s. Atomic’s debut album Feet Music was released in 2001 on Jazzland Records.
The band gained recognition through extensi...
