 There he found bassist Aslak Hartberg, drummer Torstein Lofthus and pianist Morten Qvenild.Their first album, "Where the Ragged People Go", was released 5 November 2001.At a time when the young Norwegian jazz scene was dominated by future jazz, as pioneered by Bugge Wesseltoft and Nils Petter Molvær, Shining received a lot of attention by playing modern and energetic acoustic jazz.