Terje Isungset startet working with ice music in 1999. Isungset had already combined natural elements in his music through the use of wood, stone, metal in their original form, bells, machine sounds, oil rigs etc. The use of ice was always a dream, but seemed unachievable. In 1999 Terje was commissioned to make a piece for the Lillehammer Winter Festival. The work was composed for trumpet, vocals, percussion and ice. It was aired on NRK2 national television. That fall Terje was asked to come to Ice Hotel in Sweden to make more ice music. This became a part of the worldwide 2000 live New Year TV show. Terje then embarked on a new career of doing ice concerts and recordings. The first ever ice music CD was recorded at Ice Hotel in 2001. (Terje Isungset: Iceman Is). He founded all-ice records in 2005, an independent record company to release only music played on ice instruments.