Aurora — Live on KEXP, Seattle, 2024

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Why this recording

On the technical side, KEXP credits every role: Julian Martlew as audio engineer, Paul Inge Vikingstad and Barrie Pitt as guest audio engineers, Richard Whittaker on the mix, Matt Ogaz on mastering, and five camera operators, including Jim Beckmann, who also edited. Recorded on 25 November 2024 and hosted by Cheryl Waters, the session only went online in February 2025. Four songs from What Happened to the Heart? in 34 minutes, with Sigmund Vestrheim on drums according to the description.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelKEXP
Source statusOfficial — broadcaster or organiser
Uploaded
Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)
Mix formatDedicated multitrack mix
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

Published on September 21, 2026 by

A filmed live session by Aurora recorded at the KEXP radio studios in Seattle on 25 November 2024. The Norwegian singer-songwriter, a figure of art pop and electropop, presents in the Full Performance (Live on KEXP) format four songs from her album What Happened to the Heart?, released in 2024. Backed by her band — Fredrik Svabø on guitar, Amalie Kleive and Thea Wang on backing vocals and keyboards — Aurora rolls through A Soul With No King, Invisible Wounds, When the Dark Dresses Lightly and Starvation. This live concert showcases her crystalline voice, her singular stage movement and the organic, spiritual world that defines her writing. The studio capture, spare and immersive, renders every vocal and instrumental detail. A reference complete live session for fans of Nordic pop, this document shows Aurora on stage in 2024, mid-way through promoting an introspective album, in a studio renowned for the quality of its acoustic and electric live captures.

Setlist

  1. A Soul With No King
  2. Invisible Wounds
  3. When the Dark Dresses Lightly
  4. Starvation

Personnel & credits

  • Aurora Aksnes — vocals
  • Fredrik Svabø — guitar, backing vocals
  • Amalie Kleive — backing vocals, keyboards
  • Thea Wang — backing vocals, keyboards
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