Biography

Caligonaut is a solo project by artist Ole Michael Bjørndal. Caligonaut’s first album Magnified as Giants was released in February 2021 and was met with fantastic reviews worldwide and ended up on a lot of best of 2021 lists. Ole Michael Bjørndal has recorded and played live with Airbag, Oak, Gentle Knife and Bjørn Riis Band since 2012. Airbag describes him as “an essential part of our touring band for nearly a decade and both his playing and stage presence have no doubt had a big impact on Airbag becoming a more confident and mature band”. Together with Airbag, Oak and Bjørn Riis Band, Bjørndal has performed at festivals like Cruise to the Edge (2015/19), Night of The Prog (2019), «2Days Prog + 1 Festival» in Veruno, Italy (2016) and «Artrock i Stadsträdgården» in Lidköping, Sweden (2019), and he has toured in England, Poland, The Netherlands and Sweden. Since 2012, Bjørndal has attended several courses with Guitar Circle, formerly known as Guitar Craft, which was founded by Robert Fripp and uses new standard tuning. In June 2022 Caligonaut announced the digital release of the new single “Because we are not apart” : “I was really humbled and thankful when I saw the response the album was receiving, and almost felt that I could not express enough gratitude. Making this song became a vessel to channel my gratitude. It is also a way to celebrate the fact that the album has done so well that it is being repressed, including a new yellow vinyl that looks great!""