Munch + Gundelach: Bolder

Four bands. Four paintings. Four different outcomes. Discover the up-and-coming electro-noir artist Gundelach’s passionate interpretation of Edvard Munch’s Self-portrait in Hell.

Oslo-based Kai Gundelach proves that dark and introvert music can be liberatingly danceable in a fearless mix of genres like R&B and electropop. As he himself phrases it: “I create melancholic music with glimpses of hope.”

For a long time, Gundelach has been an influential DJ name in the capital of Norway. His career made a giant leap when he introduced his sound universe, enthusiastically named “electro-noir” by the music critic authority New Musical Express.

“Munch catches something in his paintings. I think they are a bit scary.” – Gundelach

Gundelach.
Photo: Jacob Landvik

Gundelach.
Photo: Bleed / Fastland / Innovation Norway

Ever since the release of his first single “Alone in the Night” in 2015, shortly followed by the album simply called “Gundelach” in 2016, he has been one of the most sought-after festival and concert artists in Europe. He continues to share his introvert emotions with a steadily growing audience. And by the way – Pharrell Williams is a fan.

Listen to Gundelach’s “Bolder” on Spotify

Self-Portrait in Hell (1903)

“I felt always that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with threatened punishment in Hell hanging over my head.”
Edvard Munch

“Self-Portrait in Hell”, Edvard Munch (1903)

Photo: The Munch Museum

Edvard Munch

The Norwegian painter and printmaker Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was one of Modernism’s most significant artists.

His best-known work The Scream, painted in 1893, is one of the world’s most iconic paintings.

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A self-portrait of Edvard Munch who's standing whilst holding a cigarette

"Self-Portrait with Cigarette", Edvard Munch (1895).
Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Børre Høstland

The world-famous painter Edvard Munch

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Learn more about Edvard Munch

The Norwegian painter and printmaker Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was one of Modernism’s most significant artists. His intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main principles of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century. The Scream from 1893 is one of the world’s most iconic paintings.