2018
Extra Large Unit
"More Fun"
to be released 25th January 2019: New Brazilian Funk: live recording from Roskilde festival 2018
to be released 25th January 2019: New Japanese Noise: live recording from Roskilde festival 2018
Otomo Yoshihide / Paal Nilssen-Love
”19th of May 2016”
2017
Boneshaker
Williams / Nilssen-Love / Kessler
"Thinking Out Loud"
2017
James Blood Ulmer with The Thing
"Baby Talk"
2017
Lean Left
Ken Vandermark, Terrie Ex, Andy Moor, Paal Nilssen-Love
2017
Arashi, Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Trost Live Series"
Trost Records
Limited Edition of 200
2017
Pan-Scan Ensemble
"Air and Light and Time and Space"
2017
CD 1
Sylvie Courvoisier/Chris Corsano/Ingrid Laubrock/Ken Vandermark Quartet
CD 2
Mat Maneri/Joe McPhee/Ken Vandermark Trio
CD 3
Tom Rainey/Ned Rothenberg/Ken Vandermark/Håvard Wiik Quartet
CD 4
Ikue Mori/Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Nate Wooley Quartet
CD 5
Christof Kurzmann/Okkyung Lee/Marina Rosenfeld/Ken Vandermark Quartet
CD 6
Paal Nilssen-Love/William Parker/Steve Swell/Ken Vandermark Quartet
"Nearby"
2017
Brötzmann / Nilssen-Love
"Levontin 7"
2017
Ballister
Dave Rempis / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Paal Nilssen-Love
“Slag”
2016
Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Nearby"
2016
Large Unit
"Selected Tracks 2013-2017"
2016
Michiyo Yagi / Ingebrit Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Decayed, Live! at Aketa No Mise"
2016
Peter Brötzmann / Steve Swell / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Live in Copenhagen"
2016
DKV trio / The Thing
"Collider"
NOTTWO Records
2016
Terrie Ex / Paal Nilssen-Love
"SCHOBBERDEBONK"
NOTTWO Records
2015
Paal N-L / Clude Deppa / Broetzmann
"Cafe Oto London 9th April 2013 Rec/Mix John Chanter"
2015
Large Unit
"Ana"
2015
Johansson / Storesund / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Revolution Before Lunch"
2015
Paal Nilssen-Love / Michio Yagi / Lasse Marhaug / Joe McPhee
"Soul Stream"
2015
Paal Nilssen-Love / Michiyo Yagi / Lasse Marhaug
"Angular Mass"
2015
Paal Nilssen-Love
"News from the Junk Yard"
2015
Mats Gustafsson & NU Ensemble
"Hidros 6: Knockin'"
2015
Brötzmann / Swell / Nilssen-Love
"Krakownights"
2015
Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love
"The Lions Have Eaten one of the Guards"
2015
Joe McPhee, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Candy"
2015
Large Unit
"Rio Fun"
2014
Frode Gjerstad, Steve Swell, Jon Rune Strøm, Paal Nilssen-Love
"At constellation"
(Michiyo Yagi, Jim O'Rourke, Tamaya Honda, Akira Sakata, Masahiko Satoh, Mick Beck)
2014
Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love
"Extended Duos"
(Michiyo Yagi, Jim O'Rourke, Tamaya Honda, Akira Sakata, Masahiko Satoh, Mick Beck)
2014
Michiyo Yagi & Tamaya Honda
"Dojo: Ichi no Maki (Vol. 1)"
(Idiolect ID-005)
guest appearance on two tracks
2014
Lacerda/ Manso/ Nilssen-Love/ Zenicola
"Bota Fogo"
Eduardo Manso: guitar
Arthur Lacerda: guitar and electronics
Felipe Zenicola: electric bass
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums and percussion
PNL records PNL024
2014
Arto Lindsay / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Scarcity"
Now on CD!
2014
The Thing
"Viking"
2014
Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Erta Ale"
- 4LP box with individual covers, bonus CD, flexi disc, insert and liner notes
- 3CD box with individual covers, bonus CD, liner notes and photo booklet
- 3MC box which also includes a recording from the very first show on the spring tour 2014 at Sturlahuset in Drammen
2014
Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Arashi”
2014
Otomo Yoshihide, Paal Nilssen-Love
2014
Akira Sakata, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ketil Gutvik, Paal Nilssen-Love
"The Cliff of Time"
2014
Masahiko Satoh, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Spring Snow"
2014
Sten Sandell, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Jacana"
2013
Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love duo
"SIN GAS"
2014
Ken Vandermark Paal Nilssen-Love duo
"Lightning over Water"
double LP + 7" on Laurence Family
Distributed by Trost
2014
Frode Gjerstad Trio
"Russian standard"
2013
Lean Left
"Live at Area Sismica"
2013
Large Unit
"First Blow"
Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit was established summer of 2013 and consists of Norway´s younger generation of improvising musicians. First release is “First Blow”, a live recording from Molde Jazzfestival 2013. Vinyl 12” EP and CD. Jon Rune Strøm – bass / Andreas Wildhagen – drums / Paal Nilssen-Love – drums / Mats Äleklint - trombone / Christian Meaas Svendsen - bass / Klaus Holm – alto and baritone saxophone, Bb clarinet / Kasper Værnes – alto saxophone / Thomas Johansson – trumpet / Børre Mølstad – tuba / Ketil Gutvik – guitar / Lasse Marhaug – electronics
2013
Arto Lindsay / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Scarcity"
2013
The Thing
"Boot!"
2013
Fireroom
"Second Breath"
2013
Jojo Pika / Hiroshige / Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Osaka Fortune"
2013
Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Red Sky”
2013
James Plotkin / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Death Rattle"
2013
Jim O'Rourke / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug
"The Love Robots"
2013
Otomo Yoshihide / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug
"Explosion Course"
2013
Atomic
"There's a Hole in the Mountain"
2013
Paal Nilssen-Love
"Chiapaneca"
2013
ADA
"Steve Noble OTO"
2013
ADA
"Pat Thomas OTO"
2013
Curated by Peter Brötzmann
"Long Story Short"
Limited Edition 5 disc box set with 24 page booklet of the 2011, Brötzmann curated, Music Unlimited Festival in Wels!
2013
Ballister
"Mi Casa Es En Fuego"
2012
Ab Baars / Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Double Tandem"
2012
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
"Walk, Love, Sleep"
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet in Wuppertal/Café Ada 2011
2012
Paal Nilssen-Love/Lasse Marhaug/Massimo Pupillo
"You're next"
2012
Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Kampen"
2012
Lean Left
"Live at Cafe Oto / Day 1 (VINYL)"
2012
Lean Left
"Live at Cafe Oto / Day 2 (VINYL)"
2012
Lean Left
"Live at Cafe Oto"
2012
The Thing with Barry Guy
"Metal!"
2012
Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love
"I Love It When You Snore"
2012
Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars, Paal Nilssen-Love
"Abet?!"
012
Fire Room
Ken Vandermark/Lasse Marhaug/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Wels 2008/11/08"
2012
Bradford/Gjerstad/Nilssen-Love
"Dragon"
2012
Peter Broetzmann
"Solo + Trio Roma"
2012
Frode Gjerstad Trio
"Hide Out"
2012
Neneh Cherry & The Thing
"The Cherry Thing"
2012
Hairybones (Toshinori Kondo/Massimo Pupillo/Peter Broetzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love)
"Snakelust"
2012
Frode Gjerstad/Paal Nilssen-Love)
"Side by Side"
2012
Baars/Vandermark/Nilssen-Love
"Cement"
2012
Ballister
"Mechanisms"
2012
Slugfield
Lasse Marhaug/Maja Ratkje/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Slimezone"
2012
Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love/Mesele Asmamaw
"Baro 101"
2012
Terrie Ex/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Hurgu!"
2012
Anders Hana/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Hosanna and Prallel Sevens I"
Vinyl
2011
Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Letter to a Stranger"
2011
Atomic
"Here Comes Everybody"
2011
Frode Gjerstad Trio
"East of West"
2011
Circulasione Totale Orchestra
"PhilaOslo"
2011
Lonberg-Holm/Broetzmann/Nilssen-Love
"ADA"
2011
The Thing
"Mono"
2011
Frode Gjerstad Trio
"MIR"
2011
Calling Signals
"A Winter's Tour"
2011
"Raids of the Unspeakable"
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Massimo Pupillo: electric bass
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
recorded live in Copenhagen, 2008. LP. Limited edition of 300 copies. Silk screen cover. jvtlandt JVT 0005
2011
Paal Nilssen-Love/Lasse Marhaug
"No Combo"
one sided LP
limited edition of 100 copies
silk screen cover and art work on side B.
recorded live in Fukuoka 2011
2010
The Thing with Jim O' Rourke
"Shinjuku Growl"
2010
Lean Left
"The Ex Guitars meet Paal Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo Volume 2""
2010
Brötzmann / Kondo / Pupillo / Nilssen-Love
"Hairy Bones at Fresnes"
2010
Paal Nilssen-Love
"Miró"
2010
Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Gromka”
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2010
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentent +1
"3 Nights in Oslo [box]"
2010
Atomic
"Theater Titlers vol 2"
2010
Broe/Massimo/Nilssen-Love
"Roma"
2010
Hana/Nilssen-Love
"AM/FM"
2010
Paal Nilssen-Love
"27 Years Later"
2009
Atomic
"Theater Titlers vol 1"
2009
Paal/Michiyo/Broe
"Volda"
2009
Sten Sandell Trio
"Face of Tokyo"
2009
Lean Left
"The Ex Guitars meet Paal Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo Volume 1"
2009
Circulasione Totale Orchestra
"Bandwidth"
2009
Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Chicago Volume"
2009
Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Milwaukee Volume"
2009
Magnus Broo/Sten Sandell/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-Love
The Godforgottens
"Never Forgotten, Always Remembered"
2009
Bradford/Gjerstad/Håker Flaten/Nilssen-Love
"Reknes”
2009
Frode Gjerstad/Lol Coxhill/Nick Strephens/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Calling Signals 08 from Cafe Oto"
2009
Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love
"Woodcuts"
2009
The Thing with Otomo Yoshide
"Shinjuku Crawl"
2009
Crimetime Orchestra
"Atomic Symphony"
2009
Rodrigo Amado/Kent Kessler/Paal Nilssen-Love
"The Abstract Truth"
2009
The Thing
"Bag It!"
2009
Compilation
"The Blasting Concept"
2009
OFFONOFF
"Slap and Tickle"
2008
Onoffon/Jazkamer
Split 10"
2008
Brötzmann/Kondo/Pupillo/Nilssen-Love
"Hairy Bones"
2008
Various Artists
"Collaborations"
2008
Townhouse Orchestra
"Belle Ville"
2008
Circulasione Totale Orchestra
"Open Port"
2008
Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Tomorrow Came Today"
2008
Original Silence
"The Second Original Silence"
2008
Atomic School Days
"Distil"
2008
Atomic
"Retrograde"
2008
Peter Brötzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Sweet Sweat"
2008
Scorch Trio
"Brolt!"
2008
The Thing
"Now and forever"
Box-set
2008
Brötzmann, Michiyo Yagi, Nilssen-Love
"Head On"
2008
Fireroom
"Broken Music"
2008
Magnus Broo / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Game"
2007
Frode Gjerstad Trio
"Nothing is forever"
2007
Chicago Tentet
"Tet Years"
2007
OFFONOFF
"Clash"
2007
Nils Henrik Asheim / Paal Nilssen-Love
"Late Play"
2007
The Thing with Ken Vandermark
"Immediate Sound"
2007
Lasse Marhaug/ Paal Nilssen-Love
"Stalk"
2007
Scorch Trio
"Live"
2007
Territory Band with Fred Anderson
"6"
2007
Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love
"Day Before One"
Vinyl
2007
Two Bands And a Legend
"I See You Baby"
2007
Peter Brötzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love and Mats Gustavsson
"The Fat is Gone"
2007
Paal Nilssen-Love and Mats Gustavsson
"Splatter"
2007
Chicago Tentet
"American Landscapes (1)"
Peter Brötzmann: clarinet/tarogato/alto tenor-sax, Mats Gustafsson: baritone/slide-sax, Ken Vandermark: clarinet/baritone/tenor-sax, Joe McPhee: trumpet/alto-sax, Hannes Bauer: trombone, Per Åke Holmlander: tuba, Fred Longberg-Holm: cello, Kent Kessler: bass, Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Michael Zerang: drums
2007
Chicago Tentet
"American Landscapes (2)"
All music by the tentet.
Produced by Bruno Johnson and Peter Brötzmann.
Recorded live at Le Weekend 2006 in The Tolbooth, Stirling Scotland
Okkadisk OD12067
2007
Adam Lane / Ken Vandermark / Magnus Boo / Paal Nilssen-Love
"4 corners"
Ken Vandermark: baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Magnus Broo: trumpet; Adam Lane: double bass; Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
Produced by Ken Vandermark and Adam Lane, Executive production by Trem Azul. Recorded live at Salao Brazil, Coimbra, Portugal in June 2006. Clean Feed Records, Clean Feed CF076CD 2007
2007
Frode Gjerstad / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Amit Sen / Paal Nilssen-Love
"The Cello Quartet"
Frode Gjerstad: alto saxophone, clarinets; Fred Longberg-Holm: cello; Amit Sen: cello; Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
All music by Gjerstad, Longberg-Holm, Sen, Nilssen-Love. Produced for FMR by Trevor Taylor. Recorded live at Café Sting, Stavanger Norway in October 2005. FMR Records, FMRCD212-0906
2007
Original Silence
"The First Original Silence"
Thurston Moore: electric guitar; Jim O´Rourke: electronics; Terrie Ex: electric guitar; Massimo Pupillo: electric bass; Mats Gustafsson: baritone and slide saxophone, electronics; Paal Nilssen-Love: drums & percussion.
All music by Original Silence. Recorded live in Reggio Emiliam Italy in September 2005. Produced by Original Silence, co-produced by Joakim Haugland. Smalltown Superjazzz 2007 STSJ 124CD
2007
Two Bands and a Legend
"Featuring Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee "
2007
Sten Sandell Trio
"Oval"
2007
Powerhouse Sound
"Oslo/Chicago: Breaks"
2006
Butcher/Nilssen-Love Duo
"Concentric"
2006
"Teatro"
Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler, PNL.
European Echoes 01, Clean Feed.
2006
"Montage"
FME
Okkadisk OD12071
2006
"New Horse For The White House"
Territory Band - 5
Okkadisk OD12080
2006
"Live! at the SuperDeluxe"
Michiyo Yagi, Ingebrigt Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
Idiolect/Bomba Records BOM26002
2006
"Luggumt"
Scorch Trio
(doubleLP)
Rune Grammofon RLP 3040LP
2006
"Actionjazz"
The Thing
Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ 123CD
2006
"Seven"
Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love
Smalltown Superjazzz STSJ 119CD
2006
Calling Signals
"Dreams in Dreams"
FMR CD177-0805
2006
Frode Gjerstad trio
"Mothers and Fathers"
Circulasione Totale Rec. CTCD 8
2006
Atomic
"Happy New Ears"
Jazzland, Universal
2005
Paal Nilssen-Love
"27 Years later"
Utech 024
2005
Paal Nilssen-Love, Anders Hana
"AM/FM"
Utech Records 023
2005
Territory band 4
"Company Switch"
Okkadisk
2005
FME
"Cuts"
Okkadisk OD 12061
2005
Anker
"Six Row Barley"
Utech Records 013
2005
Paal Nilssen-Love
"Town Orchestera House"
Clean Feed Records CF041 CD
2005
Lars Göran Ullander trio
"Live at Glenn Miller Café"
Ayler Records aylCD-013
2005
"Bikini Tapes"
Atomic
Jazzland, Universal Jazzland Rec 0602498715406
2005
"Be Music, Be Night"
Peter Brötzmann Chicago tentet
Okkadisk OD 12059
2005
"Live At Blå"
The Thing
STSJ099CD
2005
"Sounds Like A Sandwich"
Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
STSJ103CD
2005
"Pipes & Bones"
Paal Nilssen-Love, Nils Henrik Asheim, Utech Records. Limited edition of 75 and 50
2005
"Personal Hygiene"
Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse Marhaug
Utech Records
Limited editon of 75 and 50
2004
"Off The Map"
Steve Hubback/Nilssen-Love
FMRCD 138-1203
2004
"Life is a Beautiful Monster"
Crimetime Orch. feat. Bjørnar Andresen
JARCD 009
2004
"Luggumt"
Scorch trio
RCD2038
2004
"Dual Pleasure 2"
Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark,
STS 085CD
2004
"Map Theory"
Territory Band 3
OD 12060
2004
"Garage"
The Thing
STS 078
2004
"Underground"
FME
OD 12051
2004
"Nuclear Assembly Hall"
Atomic School Days
OD 12049
2004
"Flat Iron"
Sten Sandell trio
SOFA 514
2004
"Live from Kongsberg"
Kornstad trio + Axel Dörner
(double 12" LP)
Jazzland Acoustic 0602498128039
2003
"St.Louis"
Frode Gjerstad trio
FMR rec
2003
"Schlinger"
Nilssen-Love, Håkon Kornstad
STS 077CD
2003
"Samsa`ra"
Andresen, Wesseltoft, Nilssen-Love
Jazzland Acoustic
2003
"Boom, Boom"
Atomic
Jazzland Acoustic
2003
"The Music of Norman Howard"
The Thing + School Days
Anagram Records (12" LP)
2003
"Sharp Knives cut Deeper"
Frode Gjerstad trio + P. Brötzmann
Splas(h) CDH850.2
2002
"Wunderkammer"
Wunderkammer
Honeymilk records.
2002
"Live at Glenn Miller café"
FME
ODL 10007
2002
"Dual Pleasure"
Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark
STS068CD
2002
"I love it when you Snore"
Nilssen-Love, Gustafsson
STS 063CD
2002
"In Our Times"
School Days
OD12041
2002
"Scorch trio"
Björkenheim, Flaten, Nilssen-Love
RCD2025
2002
"Last First"
Frode Gjerstad Trio
Falcata-Galia, FALC-0007/0079
2002
"Live at Glenn Miller café"
Janson, Kullhammar, Nilssen-Love
AylCD-012
2002
"7 Pieces"
Christer Bothen Acoustic Ensemble
LJCD 5230
2001
"Space Available"
Kornstad Trio
Jazzland Acoustic Series, 014 724-2
2001
"Feet Music"
Atomic
Jazzland Acoustic Series, 016 558-2
2001
"Mind the gap"
Eberson, Andresen, Nilssen-Love
CLP CD 66
2001
"She Knows…"
The Thing + Joe McPhee, Crazy Wisdom
Universal 006/014756-2
2001
"Listen…and tell me what it was"
No Spaghetti Edition
SOFA 506
2001
"Sticks & Stones"
Paal Nilssen-Love
SOFA 505
2001
"The Blessing Light"
Frode Gjerstad trio
CJR 1126
2001
"Standing Wave"
Sten Sandell trio
SOFA 504
2000
"Crossing Division"
School Days
OD12037
2000
"Rough Guide to South African Jazz"
Zim Ngqawana
RGNET 1045CD
2000
"Egne Hoder"
Andresen, Finnerud, Nilssen-Love
bp00008cd
2000
"Different Rivers"
Trygve Seim
ECM 1744 159 521-2
2000
"The Thing"
Gustafsson/Flaten/Nilssen-Love
Crazy Wisdom, Universal 001/159 073-2
2000
"Ingoma"
Ingoma
SSCD 053
2000
"History & Movement"
Didrik Ingvaldsen, Da-Da- 4CD
1999
"March 28th 1999"
Quintet
bp99002cd.
1999
"Shaman"
Element
bp99001cd.
1999
"Cosmic Ballet"
Pocket Corner
bp99000lp (12" vinyl)
1998
"Borealis"
Circulasione Totale Orch.
RCD1091
1998
"Zimology"
Zim Ngqawana
SSCD 038.
1998
"Sharing"
Bugge Wesseltoft
Sonet/Jazzland 538278-2
1997
"By-Music"
Pocket Corner
Da-Da- 3CD.
1997
"San Song"
San Int. Ensemble
NOR-CD 9720.
1996
"Element"
Element
Turn Left Prod 1.
1996
"Rede for Hugg"
Pocket Corner
Da-Da- 2CD.
1995
"Jazz I Timeglass"
(Compilation CD from concert)
1995
"Slutt"
Pocket Corner
Da-Da 1CD.
1992
"Enten Eller"
Circulasione Totale Orch.
CT CD 199208.