Pust

PUST is six skilled singers based in Oslo. The group’s key qualities are versatility, creativity and ”voiceplay” in addition to improvisation combined with a high level of musicianship. The singers are highly scholared and music-educated, with long experience from various vocal ensembles. PUST finds inspiration somewhere between folksong, jazz and ethnic vocal music. Tradition and innovation are a part of the groups musical expression. All compositions and arrangements are written for or by the group. Their first album Femkant was released September 2007. The album received great response from both Norwegian press and the audience with headlines as "vocal sensation" and "vocal charm and voiceplay from another world". Femkant was nominated by Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards (CARA) for best a cappella Jazz Album 2007. It was also nominated for a Norwegian Grammy Award 2007 (Spellemannprisen). Their second album Kry was launched September 2009. The album includes songs composed by members of the group, and all the lyrics are in Norwegian. The album has received a lot of great reviews in Norwegian press. Kry is nominated in 4 categories by Comtemporary A Cappella Recording Awards 2010 (CARA). Both albums have received great review with high scores from The Recorded A Cappella Review Board. In 2011 PUST released its third album – Julero (Christmas Calm) – which was one of the bestselling Norwegian Christmas albums that season. It was also highly acclaimed. The critic in Norway’s leading newspaper Aftenposten concluded that it’s ”a Christmas album for eternity”. This album is also with Norwegian lyrics only.