Nikolai Hængsle

Nikolai Hængsle (previously Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen; born 24 June 1978) is a Norwegian bass guitarist.^[1] He is primarily known as a member of BigBang (1999–2004, 2009–present)^[2][3] and The National Bank (2004–present).^[4][5] Eilertsen, who was born in Skotselv, also participates in the bands Lester, Needlepoint and Elephant9.^[6]

Nikolai Hængsle
Hamar Music Festival
Background information
Birth name	Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen
Born	(1978-06-24) 24 June 1978 (age 46)
Origin	Skotselv, Norway
Genres	Rock
Instrument(s)	Bass, Keyboards
Website	bigbang.no thenationalbank.no

Nikolai Hængsle, moers festival 2009

Hængsle with Needlepoint at the 2016 Nattjazz in Bergen.

Honors

• Spellemannprisen 2004 in the class Pop band for the album The National Bank
• Spellemannprisen 2010 in the class Jazz for the album Walk the Nile

Discography

Contributions by Nikolai Eilertsen:^[1]

With Bigbang

Albums:

• Electric Psalmbook (Grand Sport Records, 1999)
• Clouds Rolling by (Warner Music, 2000)
• Frontside Rock'n'Roll (Warner Music Norway, 2002)
• Radio Radio TV Sleep (Warner Music Norway, 2003), live
• Poetic Terrorism (Grand Sport Records, 2005)
• Too Much Yang (Grand Sport Records, 2007)
• Something Special – The Best of Bigbang (Grand Sport Records, 2005), compilation
• From Acid to Zen (Oglio Records, 2008)
• Edendale (Oglio Records, 2009)
• Epic Scrap Metal (Grand Sport Records, 2011)

EP's:

• Girl in Oslo (Warner Music Norway, 2000)
• New Glow (Warner Music Norway, 2000)
• Smiling for (Warner Music Norway, 2001)
• Not A Rolling Stone (Grand Sport Records, 2005)
• Fly Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee (Grand Sport Records, 2005)
• Saturn Freeway (Glitterhouse Records, 2006)
• Hurricane Boy (Grand Sport Records, 2007)
• Wild Bird E.P. (Grand Sport Records, 2008)
• Isabel (Grand Sport Records, 2009)

With The National Bank

• The National Bank (2004)^[7]
• Come On Over to the Other Side (2008)

With Thomas Dybdahl

• Science (Universal Music Norway, 2006)

With Knut Reiersrud Band

• Voodoo Without Killing Chicken (2008)

With Knut Reiersrud

• Gitar (Universal Music, 2009)

With Bjørn Eidsvåg

• Pust (Petroleum Records/Sony Music, 2008)

With Lester

• This Village (Deaf Ear/Mudi, 2008)^[8]

With Elephant9

• Dodovoodoo (Rune Grammofon, 2008)
• Walk the Nile (Rune Grammofon, 2010)
• Live at the BBC (Rune Grammofon, 2011)
• Atlantis (Rune Grammofon, 2012), with Reine Fiske

With Needlepoint

• The Woods Are Not What They Seem (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2010)
• Outside The Screen (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2012)
• Aimless Mary (BJK Music/Musikkoperatørene, 2015)

With Band of Gold including Nina Elisabeth Mortvedt

• Band of Gold (Jansen Plateproduksjon, 2015)

With various artists

• Sivil Ulyd 2: Sivilarbeiderplata (Passive Fist Productions, 2003), compilation
• Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs

With Lars Fredrik Frøislie

• Fire Fortellinger (Karisma Records, 2023)

References

1. "Nikolai Eilertsen Discography – Discogs.com". Discogs.
2. NRK.no Musikkleksikon BigBang (in Norwegian)
3. Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005). BigBang Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Vega Forlag. (in Norwegian)
4. Bergan, Jon Vidar, Store Norske Leksikon BigBang. Kunnskapsforlaget. (in Norwegian)
5. Hvidsten. Sigrid, Dagbladet (17 August 2004). Opp og ned (in Norwegian)
6. Schou, Øyvind, Drammens Tidende (22 February 2010). Sjonglerer med fem band (in Norwegian)
7. "The National Bank – VG.no". Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012. VG-lista (in Norwegian)
8. "Lester: This Village – Frisk norsk soul Panorama.no". 10 July 2004. (in Norwegian)

• Norway portal
• Music portal

External links

• BigBang Official Website
• The National Bank Official Website