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Erik Knive Skodvin (born 1979 in Norway) is a Norwegian experimental / ambient musician. Raised in Langesund, Norway, he currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany after a long period in Oslo.

Skodvin runs the record label Miasmah Recordings and also works freelance as graphic designer (Miasmah Design) mostly for record labels, artists and within music business. He also makes music himself under the alias Svarte Greiner, and with Otto A Totland as Deaf Center

ALBUMS


Erik K Skodvin*
From Darkness
2025
Erik K Skodvin*
Afterwar
2024, 9xFile, WAV, Not On Label (Erik Skodvin Self-released)
Erik K Skodvin*
Nothing Left But Silence
2023, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient
Erik K Skodvin*
Schächten
2022, Vinyl, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Electroacoustic/Experimental/Drone/Neo-Classical
Erik K Skodvin*
Improvisation For Piano
2020, File, FLAC, Not On Label (Erik Skodvin Self-released), ,
Experimental/Modern Classical
Erik K Skodvin*
Anbessa
2020
Jasmine Guffond & Erik K Skodvin* Featuring Merja Kokkonen
The Burrow
2020, Vinyl, ,
Experimental
Aaron Moore (2) & Erik K Skodvin*
Hovering Mink
2019, ,
Free Improvisation/Sound Art
Aaron Moore (2) & Erik K Skodvin*
Furland
2018, File, MP3, Single, 320, Hands In The Dark
Aaron Moore (2) & Erik K Skodvin*
Grown Horse
2018, File, MP3, Single, 320, Hands In The Dark
Aaron Moore (2) & Erik K Skodvin*
Instead Of Rain I Bring A Hat
2018
Erik K Skodvin* & Rauelsson
A Score For Darling
2018, ,
Modern/Soundtrack/Ambient
Erik K. Skodvin*
SSS Podcast #110
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, SeekSickSound, ,
Ambient/Contemporary
Erik K Skodvin*
Flame
2014
Erik K Skodvin*
Flare / Flame
2014
Otto A Totland* / Erik K Skodvin*
Harmony From The Past
2012, 7", Ltd, Num, Sonic Pieces, ,
Contemporary
Erik K Skodvin*
Live In Cambridge
2010, File, MP3, 320, Sonic Pieces
Erik K Skodvin*
Flare
2010
Otto A Totland*
The Lost
2017, ,
Modern Classical/Ambient/Contemporary
IJ.Biermann* With Alexander Rishaug And Svarte Greiner
Panning Across The Room With No Intention - A Tour Movie
2014, DVD-V, Ltd, Multichannel, PAL, Dol, Myrland Films
Svarte Greiner
Depardieu
2006, 7", Type
Svarte Greiner
Knive
2006, ,
Modern Classical/Abstract/Experimental
Lackluster
R U Oho?
2000, Vinyl, ,
IDM/Downtempo/Ambient
Islaja
Angel Tape
2023, ,
Experimental/Ambient
Deaf Center
Low Distance
2019
Deaf Center
Low Distance
2019
B/B/S/
Palace
2016, ,
Experimental/Ambient/Shoegaze/Minimal
B/B/S/
NK012
2015
Deaf Center
Recount
2014, ,
Dark Ambient/Modern Classical/Drone
B/B/S/
Coltre / Manto
2014
B/B/S/
Half Moon
2013, Vinyl, ,
Dark Ambient/Experimental
B/B/S/
Brick Mask
2013
Deaf Center
Owl Splinters
2011, ,
Dark Ambient/Modern Classical
Norwegian Noise Orchestra
Live At Øyafestivalen
2008, CDr, Album, Ltd, Spr, Ambolthue Records
Deaf Center
Vintage Well
2008
Deaf Center
Levende
2006
Deaf Center
Pale Ravine
2005
Deaf Center
Neon City EP
2004, ,
Ambient/Electroacoustic/IDM/Modern Classical

APPEARANCES +


Bellman
Mainly Mute - Remixed
2009, 2xCD, Album, Frode Records, ,
Alternative Rock/House
MD
Appelsap
2000, CD, ,
IDM
Deaf Center
Secret Thirteen Mix 140
2014, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal
Olga Anna Markowska
Iskra
2025, LP, Red, Miasmah
Svarte Greiner
Devolving Trust
2022, ,
Experimental/Ambient
Hauschka with Rob Petit & Robert MacFarlane
Upstream
2021, LP, Sonic Pieces, ,
Folk/Modern Classical/Dark Ambient/Score/Poetry/Experimental
Matt Christensen
Constant Green
2021, LP, Ltd, Mos, Miasmah
Oliver Doerell, Jawad Salkhordeh
سایه [sāje]
2021, Vinyl, ,
Downtempo
Otto A Totland*
Companion
2021, ,
Neo-Classical
Katrine Grarup Elbo
Fold / Unfold
2021, ,
Ambient/Modern Classical
Kaboom Karavan
The Log And The Leeway
2020, ,
Experimental
Sense
CVK002 Sense Side
2020
Joana Guerra
Chão Vermelho
2020, ,
Contemporary
Svarte Greiner
Five Hundred Fink Experience
2020
Gareth Davis & Scanner
Footfalls
2019, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Drone
Christina Vantzou
Six Cellos For Sol Lewitt
2019, Vinyl, ,
Modern Classical
Marcus Fjellström
Exercises In Estrangement
2019
Marcus Fjellström
Gebrauchsmusik
2019, Vinyl, ,
Industrial/Ambient/Musique Concrète/Modern Classical/Experimental
Nils Frahm
All Melody
2018, ,
Modern Classical/Abstract
Clarice Jensen
For This From That Will Be Filled
2018, Vinyl, ,
Experimental/Modern Classical
Tatu Rönkkö
Spheres
2018
We Like We
Next To The Entire All
2017
Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson
Negative Chambers
2017
Jasmine Guffond
Traced
2017
Marcus Fjellström
Skelektikon
2017
Svarte Greiner
Moss Garden
2016
The Swifter
Wall Sailor
2016, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Modern Classical/Ambient/Drone
Matt Christensen
Honeymoons
2016
Volcano The Bear
Commencing
2015, 5xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Miasmah, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Kreng
The Summoner
2015, ,
Drone/Modern Classical
Jóhann Jóhannsson With Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe*
End Of Summer
2015, ,
Soundtrack/Modern Classical
Nils Frahm
Music For The Motion Picture Victoria
2015, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Contemporary/Ambient
James Welburn
Hold
2015
Otto A Totland*
Pinô
2014
Hecq
Conversions
2014, CD, ,
IDM/Ambient/Broken Beat
Eric Thielemans
Sprang
2014, ,
Modern Classical/Noise/Experimental
Shivers
Shivers
2014, Vinyl, ,
Drone/Experimental/Dark Ambient/Avantgarde/Noise/Free Jazz
Andrea Belfi
Natura Morta
2014, ,
Ambient/Abstract/Experimental
Rutger Zuydervelt
Stay Tuned
2014, CD, ,
Modern
Lakes Of Grass And Gold / Svarte Greiner
Landscape Of Open Eyes
2013, 7", RSD, Ltd, Immune
Kreng
...And Then In The Morning
2013, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Sonic Pieces, ,
Musique Concrète/Contemporary/Acoustic/Ambient
Greg Haines
2006-2012
2013, ,
Modern Classical/Ambient
Kaboom Karavan
Hokus Fokus
2013, ,
Avantgarde/Abstract/Acoustic/Dark Ambient
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Prisoners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2013, ,
Soundtrack
Gabriel Saloman*
Soldier's Requiem
2013, Vinyl, ,
Modern Classical/Abstract/Experimental
Svarte Greiner
Black Tie
2013, ,
Dark Ambient/Experimental
B/B/S/
Live @ NK, February 14th 2012
2012, 3xFile, MP3, 320, Miasmah
Gabriel Saloman*
Adhere
2012, LP, Album, Ltd, Miasmah, Miasmah, Miasmah
Kreng
Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 - 2011
2012
Gareth Davis & Frances-Marie Uitti
Gramercy
2012, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary/Drone
Dictaphone
Poems From A Rooftop
2012, ,
Modern Classical/Acoustic/Avant-garde Jazz
Gultskra Artikler
Abtu/Anet
2012, ,
Abstract/Musique Concrète/Neofolk/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Lost In The Humming Air (Music Inspired By Harold Budd)
2012, CD, ,
Ambient/Modern Classical
SGAR // Svarte Greiner & Alexander Rishaug
SGAR
2011, CDr, MiniAlbum, Ltd, Not On Label (Svarte Greiner Self-released), Not On Label (Alexander Rishaug Self-released)
Steven Broderick
Blue
2011, 7", Ltd, Num, Sonic Pieces, ,
Folk/Acoustic
Svarte Greiner
Twin
2011, File, Album, Mixed, 320, Miasmah, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
Simon Scott
Bunny
2011
Juv
S/T
2011
Kreng
Grimoire
2011, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental
Kaboom Karavan
Barra Barra
2011, ,
Acoustic/Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient
Deaf Center
Live In Moscow
2010, File, MP3, Album, 320, Play My Tape
Svarte Greiner
Live In Moscow
2010, File, MP3, 320, Play My Tape
Svarte Greiner
Untitled
2010, Acetate, LP, Ltd, Experimedia, ,
Dark Ambient/Abstract/Experimental
Ido Govrin
Moraine
2010, CD, Album, Interval Recordings, ,
Abstract/Drone/Experimental
The North Sea
Bloodlines
2010, Vinyl, ,
Dark Ambient/Drone/Power Electronics/Noise
Marcus Fjellström
Schattenspieler
2010, ,
Avantgarde/Dark Ambient/Drone/Experimental/Modern Classical/Score
FNS*
FNS
2010
Svarte Greiner
Penpals Forever (And Ever)
2010
Svarte Greiner
Untitled Tour CDr
2010
Simon Scott
Traba
2010, ,
Drone/Ambient
Elegi
Varde
2009, CD, Album, Miasmah, ,
Dark Ambient/Modern Classical
Svarte Greiner + Anduin
Black River (Live)
2009, 7", Ltd, SMTG Limited
Mem1
+1
2009, CD, Album, Interval Recordings, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental
Svarte Greiner
Kappe
2009
Anduin
Abandoned In Sleep
2009
Simon Scott
Navigare
2009, CD, ,
Drone/Ambient/Experimental/Dark Ambient
Kreng
L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu
2009
Svarte Greiner
Til Seters
2008, 12", Ltd + Box, Ltd, A Room Forever, ,
Dark Ambient/Modern Classical
Jasper TX
Black Sleep
2008, CD, Album, Miasmah, Miasmah, ,
Drone/Post Rock/Ambient
Christophe Bailleau & Neal Williams
On Soft Mountains We Work Magic
2008, CD, Album, Fenêtre Records
Goldmund
The Malady Of Elegance
2008
Svarte Greiner
Man Bird Dress
2008
Jacaszek
Treny
2008
Rockettothesky
Medea
2008
Elegi
Sistereis
2007, CD, Album, Miasmah
Muhr
The Forever Tunnels EP
2007, 6xFile, MP3, EP, 192, Miasmah Music
Gultskra Artikler
Kasha Iz Topora
2007, CD, Album, Miasmah
Various
Nothing Works As Planned
2007, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Interval Recordings
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Daydreaming
2007
Encre
Plexus II
2006, CD, Album, Miasmah
Greg Haines
Slumber Tides
2006, CD, Album, Miasmah
Mem1
Alexipharmaca
2006, CD, Album, Interval Recordings, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Ambient/Electroacoustic
Various
Silva
2006
Paavoharju
Tuote-akatemia / Unien Savonlinna EP
2006, ,
Abstract/Folk/Experimental/Ambient
Various
You Can't Always Listen To Hausmusik - But...
2006, ,
Alternative Rock/Post Rock/Electro/Downtempo/Minimal
Library Tapes
Feelings For Something Lost
2006, ,
Modern Classical/Minimal/Ambient
Amnon Wolman
Sustains
2005, CD, Album, Interval Recordings
Xhale
Slugabed
2004, 9xFile, MP3, Album, 192, Miasmah Music, ,
IDM/Ambient
Way Out West
Don't Look Now
2004, CD, CD, ,
Progressive House/Breaks/Downtempo
Linga / Xhale Vs. Rifhes
Senderos EP
2003, File, MP3, 128 + File, MP3, 192 + EP, Techkilla
Various
Doubledown
2003, ,
Leftfield/IDM/Ambient
Various
Miasmah
2003, ,
IDM/Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Keep Music Evil (Blitz Techno Compilation)
2002, CD, Comp, Mixed, Punishment Records, ,
Techno
Makunouchi Bento
Bouche Du Metro
2002
ORG Lounge
ORG Lounge
2001, CD, Album, Water Music Records, ,
Breakbeat/Downtempo/Drum n Bass
Various
Sonic Pieces - A Boutique Record Label From Berlin
2017, CD, Promo, Smplr, Sonic Pieces, ,
Neo-Classical
Midori Hirano
Mindcast Mixtape 05/2017
2017, File, MP3, Mixed, Mixtape, 320, Mindwaves Music
Various
High Five
2014, 10xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Sonic Pieces, ,
Contemporary/Ambient
Svarte Greiner
Secret Thirteen Mix 062
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Dark Ambient/Experimental/Field Recording/Abstract/Musique Concrète/Modern Classical
r.roo
SSS Podcast #070
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, SeekSickSound, ,
IDM/Modern Classical/Dark Ambient
Marsen Jules
Dimension B6
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Static Discos, ,
Ambient/Experimental
Ran Slavin
Secret Thirteen Mix 032
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Abstract/IDM/Dub Techno/Experimental/Ambient
Various
... And Darkness Came
2012, 87x File 320 kbps, ,
Ambient/Dark Ambient/Modern Classical/Drone/Experimental
HC*
Best Of Modern Classical 2010
2011, 2xFile, MP3, Mixed, 256, Headphone Commute, ,
Modern Classical/Minimal/Ambient
Svarte Greiner
/ I A / MIX 36
2011, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Inverted Audio, ,
Drone/Ambient
Svarte Greiner
The Sickening
2010, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Type, ,
Abstract/Avantgarde/Drone/Neofolk/Techno/Psychedelic Rock/Shoegaze