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Rehearsing with Robbie Williams 2012-11-26 We were lucky enough to be invited to the final production rehearsal for the Robbie Williams sold out shows at The O2 Arena in London last week. Musical director and keyboard player Paul Beard is using a Nord Stage 2 HA88. Here's a video preview of the rehearsals from Robbie's website including a nice shot or two of the Stage 2!	Miranda y La Soul Band 2012-11-09 Great live video of Colombian band "Miranda y La Soul Band" playing a souly number called "¿Por que?" Thanks to the band's Nord Stage-playing keyboard player Daniel Rojas for sharing!	Ad Libitum Project - River Of Your Love 2012-10-25 Here's a nice video from Ukrainian band AdLibitum Project performing a smooth little pop-fusion thingy with plenty of Nord Stage, played by Rodion Ivanov and great vocals by Kate Ivanova.
The Royal Organ Duo 2012-10-25 Don't miss this groovy little number from a british duo with the unassuming name The Royal Organ Duo! Rich Milner plays the Nord C1 and tells us it's "perfect for negotiating my way round London on public transport and still being able to do Organ gigs…"	RoboJazz on the Nord Stage 2 2012-10-24 Check out Canadian composer Mathieu Fiset performing a version of his composition "RoboJazz On The Dance Floor" on the Nord Stage 2". Read more about Mathieu Fiset's music here!	Musicians Planet, Stockholm 2012-10-22 This weekend the Musicians Planet music fair took place in Stockholm for the second year in a row with a multitude of nice instruments and gear on display, including plenty of Nord keyboards! Click the image for some snapshots!
Nord Stage 2 nominated for TEC Award 2012 2012-10-22 We are thrilled to announce that the Nord Stage 2 has been nominated for the very prestigious TEC Award in the category for Musical Instrument Technology, Hardware. The Award winners will be announced at the 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. See the list of all the nominees here!	The Sounds of the Nord Stage 2 2012-10-15 Matt Armstrong has created this great musical walkthrough of the wide range of sounds possible with the Nord Stage 2. Nice playing, Matt!	Nord Electro 4 HP shipping! 2012-10-11 As the ancient Egyptians used to say, "Roll-out picture, or it didn't happen", so here we are in Nord factory with the newborn Nord Electro 4 HP! Cheers!
Kasia Grzesiek - Forget Regret 2012-10-10 Smooth performance by Polish artist Kasia Grzesiek and her band doing their version of the Roy Hargroves song "Forget Regret". The Nord Stage 2 is played by Pavel Olshovga!	Dan Helgesen gets the Nord C2D! 2012-09-21 Renowned Swedish hammond player and tone wheel enthusiast Dan Helgesen has now added the Nord C2D to his rig. When not busy touring, Dan is also involved in a small company called Mafy that makes custom made Leslie cabinets and more!	Nord C2D on the road with Timbuktu & Damn! 2012-09-21 Swedish keyboardist Erik Hjärpe from the band Damn sent us this picture from his workplace this summer, on the road with Swedish soul legend Timbuktu.
Demo days at Nord! 2012-09-11 We'd like to thank all the lovely people from our Czech republic distributor K-Audio and the resellers from Swedish Order Music Sweden for attending our Nord demo days in august! Hope to see you again soon! Click for some snapshots!	Classic Hooks on the Stage 2! 2012-09-05 Matthew Cossey and friends have created a little video medleying together 10 classic keyboard hooks including directions on the keyboard patches that were used on Matt's Nord Stage 2. Great work guys!	Darren Heinrich & The B Team - Golden Orb 2012-08-29Here's a soothing, beautiful little piece of music from the Australian group out Darren Heinrich & The B Team, with Darren on the Nord C1 thru a Leslie 145 cabinet. Read more about Darren Heinrich here.
Gavin Harrison chooses Nord Drum 2012-08-21Acclaimed British drummer and percussionist Gavin Harrison, best known for playing with the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, has added the Nord Drum to his set-up. "Playing the Nord Drum is the most fun I've had from electronic drums," says Gavin. "Playing a percussion synthesiser is so much more expressive than playing samples.". Read more about Gavin Harrison here!	Asterios Papastamatakis - Burn Out 2012-07-06Check out Nord artist Asterios Papastamatakis shredding the Nord C2D in this performance of his song "Burn Out". Asterios' impressive playing style includes using the Nord Stage 2 for the bass part via the lower manual of the Nord C2D. Enjoy and have a great summer!	Great patches from Federico Solazzo 2012-06-27The very talented Federico Solazzo has put together a great video showcasing a bunch of nice patches he has created with his Nord keyboards! As a nice bonus, all the patches heard in the video can be downloaded for free from Federicos webpage. Great work, and a big thanks to our Italian distributor Mogar and Federico for making it happen!
A little jam 2012-06-15 Today it is Funky Friday so here's a little jam with a Nord Stage 2 and a Moog from YouTube user OhmDsp!	Nord Electro 4D now shipping! 2012-06-08 The new Nord Electro 4D is now shipping and as always we thought we'd share a happy picture from the roll-out at the Nord factory!	Jambra - Folha de Laranjeira 2012-05-25 Keyboard player Guilherme Ribeiro from the Brazilian band Jambra sent this video of a groovy little number called Folha de Laranjeira. Nice playing and good looking keyboards:)
Samantha Natalie - A Great Wall 2012-05-25 Here's a hypnotic video of US artist Samantha Natalie and her band performing an acoustic live version of their beautiful song "A Great Wall", also including a great apperance by the Nord Stage 2.	JAM 40 years! 2012-05-22 We'd like to congratulate Marty Golden, Eddy Schenker, Martin Szpiro and everyone else at our Canadian distributor JAM Industries with their 40th anniversary!	NAMM Musicmesse Russia! 2012-05-22 One of the biggest music fairs in Russia took place May 16-19th and we'd like to thank our distributor Multimedia Club LLC for representing Nord in two nice booths! Click the picture for a little slideshow from the show!
Those Scandinavians! 2012-05-09 We just had the pleasure of having the wonderful people from Luthman and 4Sound Norway, Finland and Denmark over for a day dedicated to the red stuff and just to hang out! Great feedback from the people selling our products and hearing them play was a blast! Click the picture for a little slideshow!	Welcome Melody House! 2012-05-02 We are very happy to have distributor Melody House on board to handle the GCC region in the Middle East; Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates! Here's staff member Jerry John in the Nord booth at the Palme Music trade event thats taking place May 1-3 in Dubai.	Dry The River - No Rest 2012-04-27 Here's a great recording of UK folk band Dry The River performing the song "No Rest" from their AllSaints Basement Sessions, with some sweet organ sounds coming from the Nord Electro 3. Check out more of their music here!
Brilliant review of the Nord Drum in Future Music/Musicradar! 2012-04-23 The first reviews of the new Nord Drum are in! Here's some great quotes from the Future Music/Music Radar review: "Playing the Nord Drum via a set of pads is a riot, and I can enthusiastically report that it unequivocally qualifies as an 'instrument' in every sense of the word, being responsive, dynamic and expressive. The range of sounds it can produce is quite amazing, from the authentically analogue to the suprisingly 'acoustic', the bangin' to the delicate, and the stridently industrial to the lavishly organic". "Verdict: A superb drum synth for drummers, percussionists and programmers alike…" Read the full review at musicradar.com.	Carmassi One Man Big Band 2012-04-13 The absurdly talented multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi just finished a new live-studio video where his newly aquired Nord Stage 2 plays a central role (and his approx. 38 other instruments do the rest). Most of the arrangements are improvised, read more about how he recorded it here.	Nord C2D now shipping! 2012-03-27 The Nord C2D and the Nord Drum are now both shipping and here's a jolly roll out picture for you all! Cheers!
Visit Canada! 2012-03-27 Today, Peter Patrick and Steve Knowles from our Canadian distributor Erikson Music stopped by to check out our new stuff and hang out! Click the image for a mini-slideshow!	Nord Achievement Awards 2012! 2012-03-26 The Musikmesse is an outstanding place for us to meet all the great distributors we're working with and this year we handed out the Nord Achievement Award to no less than 7 distributors for their great work in 2011! Click the image to see photos of the Award winners!	Nord Piano 2 'Best Stage Piano' at the MIPA awards! 2012-03-23 Last night the annual MIPA Award ceremony was held at the Musikmesse and we are very happy that our new Nord Piano 2 won the MIPA Award for 'Best Stage Piano'! Click the image for a photo of the Clavia crew receiving the MIPA award! See all the winners here. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
Mister Barrington - Running Away 2012-03-16 Check out this great live video of the group Mister Barrington featuring the ridiculously groovy drummer Zach Danzinger, Owen Biddle on Bass and Olie Rockberger on keyboards, including a very familiar looking red one!	Rob Gentry - Such A Good Feeling 2012-03-02 UK electronic pop act Rob Gentry sent us a charming video of him performing his catchy tune "Such A Good Feeling" in a studio. Rob's self-produced debut EP Not Like Me also features heavy use of the Nord Lead 3 and Nord Stage EX. Check out his SoundCloud page for more of his music!	4 Hands on the Stage 2 2012-02-24 Chuck Gilmore sent us this beautiful original piano composition he made with his Nord Stage 2 and features both the Imperial Grand and Grand Lady D pianos at the same time! Enjoy!
Nord Piano 2 now shipping! 2012-02-22 We've now begun shipping the new Nord Piano 2 and we'd like to share a photo of the happy Clavia crew taken at the product roll-out! Click image for bigger version!	Jon Cobert shredding the Electro 3 2012-02-10 Check out this great video of Chris Fox & Mojo Monde featuring Jon Cobert performing a groovy version of "Hey Pocky A-way" by The Meters.	Esteban Sehinkman Trio 2012-02-03 We're starting off Nord World 2012 with an atmospheric video from Buenos Aires based group Esteban Seinkman Trio. The jammy little piece is called "Pájaro de Fuego" (Fire Bird), with a good share of soulful sound from Estebans Nord Stage 76.

2011

Greetings from Norway 2011-12-19 Dag Selboskar from our Norwegian distributor has composed this beautiful video, with equal parts majestic nature and stunning keyboards. Good work!	Lasim Lach Disk 2011-12-09 HaCartel is an Israeli band with a distinct sound and here's a rather unconventional music video. Their keyboardist Yakir Ben-Tov tells us he uses his Nord Stage and Nord Wave for nearly everything he does. Check out more of their music here!
Nord in Brazil! 2011-10-13 The Expomusic 2011 show recently took place in S‹o Paulo and our distributor Quanta Music did a fantastic job representing Nord at this impressive music show! Click the image for some pictures from Quanta's Nord booth!	Argentinian Vintage Bonanza 2011-10-07 Our International Sales Manager Tomas Enochsson recently visited famous Argentinian musician/composer Ernesto Romeo in his studio in Buenos Aires and enjoyed improvised soothing electronic music in the genre of Vangelis and Brian Eno, all played on a myriad of vintage analog synths as well as the Nord Stage 88EX. Click the image for a slideshow from his studio!	Musicians Planet, Stockholm 2011-10-03 This weekend the Musicians Planet show took place for the first time in Stockholm, with workshops, seminars, concerts and naturally heaps of desirable instruments to drool over. A big up to JAM for representing us at the show! Click the image for a slideshow!
Ares leads the way 2011-09-23 Here's a stunning Nord Lead 2X video from Ares Kalogeropoulos. All the sounds are coming out from the Nord Lead 2X (rack version), including the drums and shows how versatile this classic synth really is! Check out by Ares Kalogeropoulos YouTube channel for more great Nord Lead-music!	Nord Artist Interview: David Tench 2011-09-23 Our friends at UK distributor Sound Technology met up with versatile keyboard player David Tench for an interview. David is a long time Nord player and recent duties include being musical director and keyboard player for Kylie Minouge on her 2011 "Aphrodite" tour and many more.	Groovy Voodoo Child 2011-09-16 Asterios Papastamatakis combines the Nord C2 Combo Organ and the Nord Stage 2 creatively in dual manual setup. Here's Asterious performing a super groovy version of Hendrix' Voodoo Child! Details on his setup and more videos at Asterios' YouTube channel!
Derek Sherinian at Nord! 2011-09-07 When rock legends Black Country Communion played Stockholm in august, keyboard maestro Derek Sherinian dropped by the Nord headquarters for a cup of coffee. Derek has been playing Nord for nearly ten years, including Nord Lead 3, Nord Modular G2, Nord Electro 3 and his latest addition is the Nord Stage 2. He just released his latest solo record Oceana featuring a dream team of musicians from Toto, Planet X, Whitesnake and more.	Brilliant Nord Stage 2 video! 2011-09-05 Joe Davison from London based music production studio Auburn Jam Music has made a really great little YouTube video demo of new Nord Stage 2. Great work!	A visit from 4Sound 2011-08-26 This week we had a very nice visit from the Swedish music retail store 4Sound. We showed the guys around the Nord World Head Quarters including our crowded studio and our product specialist Tomas gave them a thorough walk-thru of all things Nord. Thanks to 4Sound for a great time and also a big thanks to Bose for lending us their speakers! Click the image for some snapshots from the visit!
Pianist portrait: Jakob Karlzon 2011-08-16 Magnificent swedish jazz musician Jakob Karlzon shares his thoughts on his choice of instruments (Steinway Grand and Electro 3 HP) and the way they are shaping his music. Karlzon and his group Karlzon 3 just released their new album The Big Picture.	Nord Stage 2 gets rave reviews! 2011-08-11 The first reviews of the Nord Stage 2 are in and we could not have wished for a better reception so far! See the Nord Stage 2 Press page for details!	Farewell, The Ark! 2011-08-02 Swedish glamrockers The Ark are currently touring Sweden to say a last goodbye to all their fans. We are thrilled that The Ark's keyboard maestro Jens Andersson is playing the Nord Stage 2 on this tour and want to wish the band the best of luck! Click the image to enlarge!
String Swing with the C2 2011-07-19 Check out this great clip from the brilliant gypsy jazz group Romane Roots & Groove performing at the Sunset club featuring some juicy organ playing by Christophe Cravero on the Nord C2 Combo Organ!	Nord at the Roskilde Festival 2011-07-19 At the recent Roskilde Festival our danish distributor Luthman and 4Sound Denmark set up a portable recording studio where festival visitors could play and record their own music, and Nord gear was duly represented in the studio. Looks like it was a great place to be! Click the image for some snapshots!	Nord in Athens! 2011-06-21We'd like to thank our new Greek distributor Tony's Keyboards for doing such a great job representing Nord Keyboards in Greece. Here are some pictures of their Nord stand at the recent Music Expo 2011 in Athens. Click the image for slideshow!
Giulio Carmassi and Lizzy Loeb 2011-06-14 Here's the result of a recent collaboration between ultra-talented multi-instrumentalist Giulio Carmassi and the amazing New York-based singer-songwriter Lizzy Loeb performing some of Lizzys original songs together. The result has a very nice "live" sound and all video material is from the actual recording takes in the studio. A Nord Stage Classic is used for the electric piano.	Nord at Palm Expo 2011 2011-06-01The Palm Expo 2011 music fair took place in Bejing 26-29th of May and is China's largest International exhibition on Pro Audio, Light, Music & Technology. Many of our Nord products were on display and we'd like to thank our Chinese distributor, Eastern Edison Technology for putting together a nice looking stand! Click the image above to see some pictures from Palm Expo 2011!	Cumbia Rebelde! 2010-05-27 This great performance from Colombian band Puerto Candelaria should get you all in the right mood for the weekend! Great song and the Nord Stage EX handles its Farfisa organ duties with splendor.
Isola - What Can We Do? 2010-05-19 Belgian pop-rock band Isola just finished the video for their song "What Can We Do" where a certain Nord Electro 3 makes a very sleek appearance, both visually and aurally... Nice video, guys!	Danish sound waves! 2010-05-13 Here's a nice and soothing tune Nord Wave-user Michael Kastrup sent us. The song was made using a Nord Wave only, overdubbing it several times and the result is called "Copenhagen Swag". Enjoy!	RnL Project revisited! 2010-05-02 Israeli group RnL Project has sent us their latest energetic musical construction where a Nord Stage Classic plays a central role. Check it out!
Nord Stage 2 gets MIPA award 2011 for best 'Stage Piano' 2011-04-08 Whohooo! Yesterday we had the great honour of receiving the MIPA 2011 for the Nord Stage 2, in the category 'Stage Piano'. The Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) was held for the 12th time and is the result of over 100 magazines from the international musical press voting for the best products in their respective categories. Click the image above for some photos from the award ceremony!	Finally Friday! 2011-04-01 Time to go home and play with our keyboards! Next week is going to be an exiting week for us with the Musikmesse Frankfurt starting on April 6th. We wish you all a happy weekend with this picture sent to us by Christoph Siegenthaler showing how it feels to play a Nord!	Visit from our Italian distributor Mogar! 2011-03-25 The likeable lads from our Italian distributor Mogar dropped by the Nord Factory this week... We gave them a guided tour of the factory of all things red, played some keyboards and we had a great time together!
Nord Stage 2 now shipping! 2011-02-23 Here's a picture for you of the happy Nord Crew from the roll out ceremony of the new flagship keyboard Nord Stage 2!	ProAudio Electronics gets Nord Achievement award 2011-02-15 ProAudio Electronics has received the Nord Achievement Award after many years of excellent tech service and support. Click for photos of Pablo Mastodon and Mike Jay and their good looking Nord showroom in Tampa, Florida. Congratulations, guys!	Artwork on Stage 88 2011-02-09The keyboardist Laurent Dessain of the French indie band CRaWLeR got help from his friend Pink Tara to make some really impressive artwork on his beloved Nord Stage 88.
Appaloosa Country Band 2011-02-02Frederic and Dominic Flibotte are no strangers to Nord World, they have shown up in previous NAMM show reports. The brothers sell Nord in their music shop in Quebec, and perform with the Appaloosa Country Band. The video they sent us is a compilation with some of the great classic songs and features Frederic on his Nord Stage and Nord Wave.	TEC Award for the Nord Electro 3 at NAMM Show 2011-01-26 We are honored and very proud to announce that the Nord Electro 3 was given the prestigious TEC award 2010 in the category "Musical Instrument Technology/Hardware" in Anaheim, California. The TEC award (Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards) is an annual program set to ''recognizing the achievements of audio professionals'' and was awarded for the first time in 1985.	Nord User Forum Johannes Emmerling is a long time Nord user, who on his own time has set up a public discussion forum for Nord Stage, Nord Electro and Nord Piano users. This is a great place to visit if you want to "meet", share files and discuss matters with fellow Nord users from all over the world.
TEC Award for the Nord Electro 3 at NAMM Show 2011-01-26 We are honored and very proud to announce that the Nord Electro 3 was given the prestigious TEC award 2010 in the category "Musical Instrument Technology/Hardware" in Anaheim, California. The TEC award (Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards) is an annual program set to ''recognizing the achievements of audio professionals'' and was awarded for the first time in 1985.	Live from Florence 2011-01-25The Jelly Factory from Italy was founded by Leonardo Volo (keyboards) and Luca Gelli (guitars) as an original music project, developed through the interpretation of the musicians who are part of the "factory" itself. This video was recorded live in July 2010 and features: Luca Gelli (guitars), Leonardo Volo (Nord Stage EX), Matteo Giannetti (bass), Francesco Cherubini (drums). Stefano Scalzi (trombone), Dario Cecchini (saxophone). Molto bouna!	Simon and Jérôme 2011-01-03Simon Oslender Germany and his dutch drummer friend Jérôme Cardynaals may very well be the youngest musicians published on Nord World. Simon is 12, Jérôme is 14, and they've recently been awarded with the Prinses Christina Jazz Concours award in Amsterdam. Simon has been playing his Nord C2 for a year now, if you click here you'll get some more Youtube results from Twogether. Keep it up guys, you are great!