BIO
Komlava, aka Åse Ava Lange Fredheim is an artist, composer, producer, singer and songwriter. Over the years she's composed music for theatre- and dance performances such as Oxytrain (Katja Schia & Nina Biong), Fall and Parallell (Hammervold-Austinat). She’s collaborated with choreographer Martine Hammervold-Austinat on several occasions. She releases music with the name Ava Freddy, and she's also part of the duo Heim, which continuously explores different genres. Komlava does mix and mastering in addition to performing in different productions. She’s worked with artists like Disaster in the Universe, Maria & the Brymstones, Ida Waaler, Elektrolise and KOSO’s Juno Jensen. A trademark for her work is an organic basis. Through her more experimental productions you find sound material gathered mostly from our surroundings. She adopted these methods while studying music design at Kristiania University College, and they’ve become an essential part of her soundscapes.
Photography by Linnea Syversen
Selected productions
Komlava: Moods 2021
-album release
Komlava: Oxytrain 2021
-album release
Komlava: Parallell 2020
-album release
Komlava: Radius 2020
-album release
Alternative Gene Therapy 2020
-music and soundscape for art performance, Open Out Tromsø, with: Elind Rui Blix and Marita Isobel Solberg
Prikkfri Marihøne: Pow pow ra shakaka 2020
-album release, music for children
Komlava: WADADM 2019
-album release
Komlava: Fall 2019
-album release
Ønskeskogen 2017
-children theatre by Kompani Lerkefalk, with Thale Tornes, Katja Lindeberg, Katja Schia and Elisabet Topp
Fall 2017 - Munchmuseet on the Move
-dance performance by Martine Hammervold-Austinat, with Kristine Steinsdatter Jensen, Vibeke Sæther and Vigdis Langeggen
Ava Freddy: Appily Ever After 2017
-album release
Oxytrain 2016
-dance performance by Katja Schia and Nina Biong
Parallell 2015
-dance performance by Martine Hammervold-Austinat, with Kristine Steinsdatter Jensen og Steffi Lund
Trio 2015
-TV-series for youth by Nordic Stories for NRK Super
Spindelvev 2014
-dance art film by Anna Einemo Frøysland
1001 Sandkorn 2014
-short film by Silje Züleyha Grimsøen
Oskar 2014
-short film by Sebastian Sojski
What a difference a day made 2014
-dance performance by Martine Hammervold-Austinat, with Jonas Olsen, Malene Sørlie, Anna Einemo Frøysland, Elise Aabakken and Kristine Steinsdatter Jensen
How long has this been going on? 2012
-dance performance by Martine Hammervold-Austinat, with Katja Schia, Eva Grainger and Kristine Steinsdatter Jensen