Artist Feature Vilnes

V I L N E S is the artist name of the Norwegian indie pop artist Eivind Vilnes. His first single ‘Demons’ was released in October 2018, and labeled “ 2 minutes 40 seconds of indie pop genius”. One year later Vilnes was awarded Best Male Artist by Radio Wigwam. The single Play With Me was presented on the New Music Friday Norway by the Spotify editorial team, and selected as the single of the week by NPS. ‘Story Unsaid’ was playlisted by NRK P1 for 12 weeks during the summer of 2019.

In his early twenties Vilnes enjoyed some recognition with earlier bands. One morning he got a phone call from a major Norwegian festival telling him that they just had to play at the festival. After the conversation Vilnes enjoyed his morning coffee and life in general. But he could not escape the idea of “having to play”. Do I have to do this and do that? Anyway, he keeps his guitar within reach, and before he even knew it a new song was popping into his mind. Eager to know if other could like it, he brought his guitar and entered the streets of Bergen to present his new song to anyone passing by who might enjoy a new song. They did, and Vilnes is still writing new songs all the time in his free spirited way, but nowadays the phone calls are answered by his manager!

Vilnes was born and raised in the Fjords of Norway in the small village of Atløy.

'Vilnes EP' is Vilnes latest release. He has listeners from across the globe from Oslo and Bergen in Norway to Buffalo, Dallas and Chicago USA.