Magnus Öström

Magnus Öström is a drummer from Sweden. He is an original member of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.), who recorded a dozen albums including Viaticum and Leucocyte. He's accompanied many singers with his nuanced touch including Monica Borrfors, Lisa Nilsson, and Louise Hoffsten. While a member of Nils Landgren's Funk Unit, he formed the Magnus Öström Band who issued three albums: Thread of Life (2011), Searching for Jupiter (2013), and Parachute (2016). He's played with pianist Jeanette Lindstrom since 1995 and Lars Danielson since 2012. With E.S.T. bassist Dan Berglund and Norwegian keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft, he formed Rymden. Their debut, Reflections and Odysseys, appeared in 2018, followed by 2020's Space Sailors, 2023's collaborative Rymden + KORK (with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra), and Valleys & Mountains. In 2024, Öström, Berglund, and collaborators, issued the live, e.s.t. 30, offering radical reworkings of the band's catalog material.