2018Extra Large Unit"More Fun"
to be released 25th January 2019: New Brazilian Funk: live recording from Roskilde festival 2018
to be released 25th January 2019: New Japanese Noise: live recording from Roskilde festival 2018
Otomo Yoshihide / Paal Nilssen-Love”19th of May 2016”
2017BoneshakerWilliams / Nilssen-Love / Kessler"Thinking Out Loud"
2017James Blood Ulmer with The Thing"Baby Talk"
2017Lean LeftKen Vandermark, Terrie Ex, Andy Moor, Paal Nilssen-Love
2017Arashi, Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love"Trost Live Series"Trost RecordsLimited Edition of 200
2017Pan-Scan Ensemble"Air and Light and Time and Space"
2017CD 1Sylvie Courvoisier/Chris Corsano/Ingrid Laubrock/Ken Vandermark QuartetCD 2Mat Maneri/Joe McPhee/Ken Vandermark TrioCD 3Tom Rainey/Ned Rothenberg/Ken Vandermark/Håvard Wiik Quartet CD 4Ikue Mori/Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Nate Wooley Quartet CD 5Christof Kurzmann/Okkyung Lee/Marina Rosenfeld/Ken Vandermark Quartet CD 6Paal Nilssen-Love/William Parker/Steve Swell/Ken Vandermark Quartet"Nearby"
2017Brötzmann / Nilssen-Love"Levontin 7"
2017BallisterDave Rempis / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Paal Nilssen-Love“Slag”
2016Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love"Nearby"
2016Large Unit"Selected Tracks 2013-2017"
2016Michiyo Yagi / Ingebrit Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love"Decayed, Live! at Aketa No Mise"
2016Peter Brötzmann / Steve Swell / Paal Nilssen-Love"Live in Copenhagen"
2016DKV trio / The Thing"Collider"NOTTWO Records
2016Terrie Ex / Paal Nilssen-Love"SCHOBBERDEBONK"NOTTWO Records
2015Paal N-L / Clude Deppa / Broetzmann"Cafe Oto London 9th April 2013 Rec/Mix John Chanter"
2015Large Unit"Ana"
2015Johansson / Storesund / Paal Nilssen-Love"Revolution Before Lunch"
2015Paal Nilssen-Love / Michio Yagi / Lasse Marhaug / Joe McPhee"Soul Stream"
2015Paal Nilssen-Love / Michiyo Yagi / Lasse Marhaug"Angular Mass"
2015Paal Nilssen-Love"News from the Junk Yard"
2015Mats Gustafsson & NU Ensemble"Hidros 6: Knockin'"
2015Brötzmann / Swell / Nilssen-Love"Krakownights"
2015Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love"The Lions Have Eaten one of the Guards"
2015Joe McPhee, Paal Nilssen-Love"Candy"
2015Large Unit"Rio Fun"
2014Frode Gjerstad, Steve Swell, Jon Rune Strøm, Paal Nilssen-Love"At constellation"(Michiyo Yagi, Jim O'Rourke, Tamaya Honda, Akira Sakata, Masahiko Satoh, Mick Beck)
2014Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love"Extended Duos"(Michiyo Yagi, Jim O'Rourke, Tamaya Honda, Akira Sakata, Masahiko Satoh, Mick Beck)
2014Michiyo Yagi & Tamaya Honda"Dojo: Ichi no Maki (Vol. 1)"(Idiolect ID-005)guest appearance on two tracks
2014Lacerda/ Manso/ Nilssen-Love/ Zenicola"Bota Fogo"Eduardo Manso: guitarArthur Lacerda: guitar and electronicsFelipe Zenicola: electric bassPaal Nilssen-Love: drums and percussionPNL records PNL024
2014Arto Lindsay / Paal Nilssen-Love"Scarcity"Now on CD!
2014The Thing"Viking"
2014Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love"Erta Ale"- 4LP box with individual covers, bonus CD, flexi disc, insert and liner notes- 3CD box with individual covers, bonus CD, liner notes and photo booklet- 3MC box which also includes a recording from the very first show on the spring tour 2014 at Sturlahuset in Drammen
2014Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling, Paal Nilssen-Love"Arashi”
2014Otomo Yoshihide, Paal Nilssen-Love
2014Akira Sakata, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ketil Gutvik, Paal Nilssen-Love"The Cliff of Time"
2014Masahiko Satoh, Paal Nilssen-Love"Spring Snow"
2014Sten Sandell, Paal Nilssen-Love"Jacana"
2013Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love duo"SIN GAS"
2014Ken Vandermark Paal Nilssen-Love duo"Lightning over Water"double LP + 7" on Laurence FamilyDistributed by Trost
2014Frode Gjerstad Trio"Russian standard"
2013Lean Left"Live at Area Sismica"
2013Large Unit"First Blow"Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit was established summer of 2013 and consists of Norway´s younger generation of improvising musicians. First release is “First Blow”, a live recording from Molde Jazzfestival 2013. Vinyl 12” EP and CD. Jon Rune Strøm – bass / Andreas Wildhagen – drums / Paal Nilssen-Love – drums / Mats Äleklint - trombone / Christian Meaas Svendsen - bass / Klaus Holm – alto and baritone saxophone, Bb clarinet / Kasper Værnes – alto saxophone / Thomas Johansson – trumpet / Børre Mølstad – tuba / Ketil Gutvik – guitar / Lasse Marhaug – electronics
2013Arto Lindsay / Paal Nilssen-Love"Scarcity"
2013The Thing"Boot!"
2013Fireroom"Second Breath"
2013Jojo Pika / Hiroshige / Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love"Osaka Fortune"
2013Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love"Red Sky”
2013James Plotkin / Paal Nilssen-Love"Death Rattle"
2013Jim O'Rourke / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug"The Love Robots"
2013Otomo Yoshihide / Paal Nilssen-Love / Lasse Marhaug"Explosion Course"
2013Atomic"There's a Hole in the Mountain"
2013Paal Nilssen-Love"Chiapaneca"
2013ADA"Steve Noble OTO"
2013ADA"Pat Thomas OTO"
2013Curated by Peter Brötzmann"Long Story Short"Limited Edition 5 disc box set with 24 page booklet of the 2011, Brötzmann curated, Music Unlimited Festival in Wels!
2013Ballister"Mi Casa Es En Fuego"
2012Ab Baars / Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love"Double Tandem"
2012Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet"Walk, Love, Sleep"Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet in Wuppertal/Café Ada 2011
2012Paal Nilssen-Love/Lasse Marhaug/Massimo Pupillo"You're next"
2012Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love"Kampen"
2012Lean Left"Live at Cafe Oto / Day 1 (VINYL)"
2012Lean Left"Live at Cafe Oto / Day 2 (VINYL)"
2012Lean Left"Live at Cafe Oto"
2012The Thing with Barry Guy"Metal!"
2012Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love"I Love It When You Snore"
2012Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars, Paal Nilssen-Love"Abet?!"
012Fire RoomKen Vandermark/Lasse Marhaug/Paal Nilssen-Love"Wels 2008/11/08"
2012Bradford/Gjerstad/Nilssen-Love"Dragon"
2012Peter Broetzmann"Solo + Trio Roma"
2012Frode Gjerstad Trio"Hide Out"
2012Neneh Cherry & The Thing"The Cherry Thing"
2012Hairybones (Toshinori Kondo/Massimo Pupillo/Peter Broetzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love)"Snakelust"
2012Frode Gjerstad/Paal Nilssen-Love)"Side by Side"
2012Baars/Vandermark/Nilssen-Love"Cement"
2012Ballister"Mechanisms"
2012SlugfieldLasse Marhaug/Maja Ratkje/Paal Nilssen-Love"Slimezone"
2012Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love/Mesele Asmamaw"Baro 101"
2012Terrie Ex/Paal Nilssen-Love"Hurgu!"
2012Anders Hana/Paal Nilssen-Love"Hosanna and Prallel Sevens I"Vinyl
2011Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love"Letter to a Stranger"
2011Atomic"Here Comes Everybody"
2011Frode Gjerstad Trio"East of West"
2011Circulasione Totale Orchestra"PhilaOslo"
2011Lonberg-Holm/Broetzmann/Nilssen-Love"ADA"
2011The Thing"Mono"
2011Frode Gjerstad Trio"MIR"
2011Calling Signals"A Winter's Tour"
2011"Raids of the Unspeakable"Kumiko Takara: vibraphoneMassimo Pupillo: electric bassPaal Nilssen-Love: drumsrecorded live in Copenhagen, 2008. LP. Limited edition of 300 copies. Silk screen cover. jvtlandt JVT 0005
2011Paal Nilssen-Love/Lasse Marhaug "No Combo"one sided LPlimited edition of 100 copiessilk screen cover and art work on side B.recorded live in Fukuoka 2011
2010The Thing with Jim O' Rourke "Shinjuku Growl"
2010Lean Left"The Ex Guitars meet Paal Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo Volume 2""
2010Brötzmann / Kondo / Pupillo / Nilssen-Love"Hairy Bones at Fresnes"
2010Paal Nilssen-Love"Miró"
2010Frode Gjerstad / Paal Nilssen-Love"Gromka”
2010Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentent +1"3 Nights in Oslo [box]"
2010Atomic"Theater Titlers vol 2"
2010Broe/Massimo/Nilssen-Love"Roma"
2010Hana/Nilssen-Love"AM/FM"
2010Paal Nilssen-Love"27 Years Later"
2009Atomic"Theater Titlers vol 1"
2009Paal/Michiyo/Broe"Volda"
2009Sten Sandell Trio"Face of Tokyo"
2009Lean Left"The Ex Guitars meet Paal Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo Volume 1"
2009Circulasione Totale Orchestra"Bandwidth"
2009Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love"Chicago Volume"
2009Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love"Milwaukee Volume"
2009Magnus Broo/Sten Sandell/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-LoveThe Godforgottens "Never Forgotten, Always Remembered"
2009Bradford/Gjerstad/Håker Flaten/Nilssen-Love"Reknes”
2009Frode Gjerstad/Lol Coxhill/Nick Strephens/Paal Nilssen-Love"Calling Signals 08 from Cafe Oto"
2009Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love"Woodcuts"
2009The Thing with Otomo Yoshide"Shinjuku Crawl"
2009Crimetime Orchestra"Atomic Symphony"
2009Rodrigo Amado/Kent Kessler/Paal Nilssen-Love"The Abstract Truth"
2009The Thing"Bag It!"
2009Compilation"The Blasting Concept"
2009OFFONOFF"Slap and Tickle"
2008Onoffon/Jazkamer Split 10"
2008Brötzmann/Kondo/Pupillo/Nilssen-Love"Hairy Bones"
2008Various Artists"Collaborations"
2008Townhouse Orchestra"Belle Ville"
2008Circulasione Totale Orchestra"Open Port"
2008Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love"Tomorrow Came Today"
2008Original Silence"The Second Original Silence"
2008Atomic School Days"Distil"
2008Atomic"Retrograde"
2008Peter Brötzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love"Sweet Sweat"
2008Scorch Trio"Brolt!"
2008The Thing "Now and forever"Box-set
2008Brötzmann, Michiyo Yagi, Nilssen-Love "Head On"
2008Fireroom "Broken Music"
2008Magnus Broo / Paal Nilssen-Love "Game"
2007Frode Gjerstad Trio "Nothing is forever"
2007Chicago Tentet "Tet Years"
2007OFFONOFF "Clash"
2007Nils Henrik Asheim / Paal Nilssen-Love "Late Play"
2007The Thing with Ken Vandermark "Immediate Sound"
2007Lasse Marhaug/ Paal Nilssen-Love "Stalk"
2007Scorch Trio "Live"
2007Territory Band with Fred Anderson"6"
2007Frode Gjerstad and Paal Nilssen-Love "Day Before One"Vinyl
2007Two Bands And a Legend "I See You Baby"
2007Peter Brötzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love and Mats Gustavsson"The Fat is Gone"
2007Paal Nilssen-Love and Mats Gustavsson "Splatter"
2007Chicago Tentet "American Landscapes (1)"Peter Brötzmann: clarinet/tarogato/alto tenor-sax, Mats Gustafsson: baritone/slide-sax, Ken Vandermark: clarinet/baritone/tenor-sax, Joe McPhee: trumpet/alto-sax, Hannes Bauer: trombone, Per Åke Holmlander: tuba, Fred Longberg-Holm: cello, Kent Kessler: bass, Paal Nilssen-Love: drums, Michael Zerang: drums
2007Chicago Tentet "American Landscapes (2)"All music by the tentet.Produced by Bruno Johnson and Peter Brötzmann.Recorded live at Le Weekend 2006 in The Tolbooth, Stirling ScotlandOkkadisk OD12067
2007Adam Lane / Ken Vandermark / Magnus Boo / Paal Nilssen-Love "4 corners" Ken Vandermark: baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Magnus Broo: trumpet; Adam Lane: double bass; Paal Nilssen-Love: drums Produced by Ken Vandermark and Adam Lane, Executive production by Trem Azul. Recorded live at Salao Brazil, Coimbra, Portugal in June 2006. Clean Feed Records, Clean Feed CF076CD 2007
2007Frode Gjerstad / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Amit Sen / Paal Nilssen-Love "The Cello Quartet" Frode Gjerstad: alto saxophone, clarinets; Fred Longberg-Holm: cello; Amit Sen: cello; Paal Nilssen-Love: drumsAll music by Gjerstad, Longberg-Holm, Sen, Nilssen-Love. Produced for FMR by Trevor Taylor. Recorded live at Café Sting, Stavanger Norway in October 2005. FMR Records, FMRCD212-0906
2007Original Silence "The First Original Silence" Thurston Moore: electric guitar; Jim O´Rourke: electronics; Terrie Ex: electric guitar; Massimo Pupillo: electric bass; Mats Gustafsson: baritone and slide saxophone, electronics; Paal Nilssen-Love: drums & percussion. All music by Original Silence. Recorded live in Reggio Emiliam Italy in September 2005. Produced by Original Silence, co-produced by Joakim Haugland. Smalltown Superjazzz 2007 STSJ 124CD
2007Two Bands and a Legend "Featuring Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee "
2007Sten Sandell Trio"Oval"
2007Powerhouse Sound "Oslo/Chicago: Breaks"
2006Butcher/Nilssen-Love Duo "Concentric"
2006"Teatro"Rodrigo Amado, Kent Kessler, PNL.European Echoes 01, Clean Feed.
2006"Montage"FMEOkkadisk OD12071
2006"New Horse For The White House"Territory Band - 5Okkadisk OD12080
2006"Live! at the SuperDeluxe"Michiyo Yagi, Ingebrigt Flaten, Paal Nilssen-LoveIdiolect/Bomba Records BOM26002
2006"Luggumt"Scorch Trio(doubleLP)Rune Grammofon RLP 3040LP
2006"Actionjazz"The ThingSmalltown Superjazzz STSJ 123CD
2006"Seven"Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-LoveSmalltown Superjazzz STSJ 119CD
2006Calling Signals"Dreams in Dreams"FMR CD177-0805
2006Frode Gjerstad trio"Mothers and Fathers"Circulasione Totale Rec. CTCD 8
2006Atomic"Happy New Ears"Jazzland, Universal
2005Paal Nilssen-Love"27 Years later"Utech 024
2005Paal Nilssen-Love, Anders Hana"AM/FM"Utech Records 023
2005Territory band 4"Company Switch"Okkadisk
2005FME"Cuts"Okkadisk OD 12061
2005Anker"Six Row Barley"Utech Records 013
2005Paal Nilssen-Love"Town Orchestera House"Clean Feed Records CF041 CD
2005Lars Göran Ullander trio"Live at Glenn Miller Café"Ayler Records aylCD-013
2005"Bikini Tapes"AtomicJazzland, Universal Jazzland Rec 0602498715406
2005"Be Music, Be Night"Peter Brötzmann Chicago tentetOkkadisk OD 12059
2005"Live At Blå"The ThingSTSJ099CD
2005"Sounds Like A Sandwich"Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPheeSTSJ103CD
2005"Pipes & Bones"Paal Nilssen-Love, Nils Henrik Asheim, Utech Records. Limited edition of 75 and 50
2005"Personal Hygiene"Paal Nilssen-Love, Lasse MarhaugUtech RecordsLimited editon of 75 and 50
2004"Off The Map"Steve Hubback/Nilssen-LoveFMRCD 138-1203
2004"Life is a Beautiful Monster"Crimetime Orch. feat. Bjørnar AndresenJARCD 009
2004"Luggumt"Scorch trioRCD2038
2004"Dual Pleasure 2"Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark, STS 085CD
2004"Map Theory"Territory Band 3OD 12060
2004"Garage"The ThingSTS 078
2004"Underground"FMEOD 12051
2004"Nuclear Assembly Hall"Atomic School DaysOD 12049
2004"Flat Iron"Sten Sandell trioSOFA 514
2004"Live from Kongsberg"Kornstad trio + Axel Dörner(double 12" LP)Jazzland Acoustic 0602498128039
2003"St.Louis"Frode Gjerstad trioFMR rec
2003"Schlinger"Nilssen-Love, Håkon KornstadSTS 077CD
2003"Samsa`ra"Andresen, Wesseltoft, Nilssen-LoveJazzland Acoustic
2003"Boom, Boom"AtomicJazzland Acoustic
2003"The Music of Norman Howard"The Thing + School DaysAnagram Records (12" LP)
2003"Sharp Knives cut Deeper"Frode Gjerstad trio + P. BrötzmannSplas(h) CDH850.2
2002"Wunderkammer"WunderkammerHoneymilk records.
2002"Live at Glenn Miller café"FMEODL 10007
2002"Dual Pleasure"Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken VandermarkSTS068CD
2002"I love it when you Snore"Nilssen-Love, GustafssonSTS 063CD
2002"In Our Times"School DaysOD12041
2002"Scorch trio"Björkenheim, Flaten, Nilssen-LoveRCD2025
2002 "Last First"Frode Gjerstad TrioFalcata-Galia, FALC-0007/0079
2002"Live at Glenn Miller café"Janson, Kullhammar, Nilssen-LoveAylCD-012
2002"7 Pieces"Christer Bothen Acoustic EnsembleLJCD 5230
2001"Space Available"Kornstad TrioJazzland Acoustic Series, 014 724-2
2001"Feet Music"AtomicJazzland Acoustic Series, 016 558-2
2001"Mind the gap"Eberson, Andresen, Nilssen-LoveCLP CD 66
2001"She Knows…"The Thing + Joe McPhee, Crazy WisdomUniversal 006/014756-2
2001"Listen…and tell me what it was"No Spaghetti EditionSOFA 506
2001"Sticks & Stones"Paal Nilssen-LoveSOFA 505
2001"The Blessing Light"Frode Gjerstad trioCJR 1126
2001"Standing Wave"Sten Sandell trioSOFA 504
2000"Crossing Division"School DaysOD12037
2000"Rough Guide to South African Jazz"Zim NgqawanaRGNET 1045CD
2000 "Egne Hoder"Andresen, Finnerud, Nilssen-Lovebp00008cd
2000"Different Rivers"Trygve SeimECM 1744 159 521-2
2000"The Thing"Gustafsson/Flaten/Nilssen-LoveCrazy Wisdom, Universal 001/159 073-2
2000"Ingoma"IngomaSSCD 053
2000 "History & Movement"Didrik Ingvaldsen, Da-Da- 4CD
1999"March 28th 1999"Quintetbp99002cd.
1999"Shaman"Elementbp99001cd.
1999"Cosmic Ballet"Pocket Cornerbp99000lp (12" vinyl)
1998"Borealis"Circulasione Totale Orch.RCD1091
1998"Zimology"Zim NgqawanaSSCD 038.
1998"Sharing"Bugge WesseltoftSonet/Jazzland 538278-2
1997"By-Music"Pocket CornerDa-Da- 3CD.
1997"San Song"San Int. EnsembleNOR-CD 9720.
1996"Element"ElementTurn Left Prod 1.
1996"Rede for Hugg"Pocket CornerDa-Da- 2CD.
1995"Jazz I Timeglass"(Compilation CD from concert)
1995"Slutt"Pocket CornerDa-Da 1CD.
1992"Enten Eller"Circulasione Totale Orch.CT CD 199208.