View Cart       Pjusk is Rune Sagevik and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik
from the west coast of Norway – both from small villages close
to nature. The sound of Pjusk is inspired by the harsh Norwegian
weather and wild landscape. At the center point of the
collaboration between the two is an old cabin high up in the
mountains. This is where most of the music of Pjusk is made –
framed by snowy peaks and the sound of cold streams.  Sval is
the second full-length release by Pjusk. Their debut album, Sart
(12k1042, 2007), came as a very welcome surprise to listeners
and was heralded in the press as an incredibly strong, deep, and
mature album for a debut artist. Boomkat (UK) called it “an
album which truly stands out, and will no doubt incite the sound
of jaws dropping for the rest of the year.” While Sart explored
a number of the different paths that Pjusk takes – from deep
ambient, to near-IDM rhythmics and back to guitar-twinged
experimentations – Sval is an absolutely focused album that sees
Pjusk settle into the style