Highasakite are Trond Bersu, Ingrid Helene Håvik and Øystein Skar. Together they create smart pop music with elegant arrangements and lush soundscapes. Their mix of driving keyboards, pounding drums, powerful vocals and the occasional noise guitar is unlike most things to come out of Norway in the past few years and that’s precisely why you …
Norwegian collective Young Dreams originated about two years ago in the city of Bergen as an experimental group where founder Matias Tellez (already an established solo artist in his home country) and a handful of others artists could “explore bigger sounds and expansive compositions”. Based in Bergen, a city that already has a bit of …
Norwegian songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Ane Brun recently released It All Starts With One, her first studio album in over three years. This record follows up on her highly praised 2008 album Changing of the Seasons and, while it generally moves in the same emotionally-charged territory, it shows a clear evolution for the artist. Produced …
Norwegian electro-pop ensemble Casiokids return with their third album Aabenbaringen over aaskammen (or, in English, The Revelation over the Mountain), released on October 11th via Universal/Polyvinyl. This album is the follow-up to last year’s Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar and it comprises 10 tracks, ranging from big sing-along choruses to childish naivism, to dark grooves, …
Skatebård (you can call him Skateboard) is another fascinating member of the remarkable Bergen (Norway) music scene; yes the same magical home of Sondre Lerche, Kings Of Convenience, Röyksopp and Annie. This offbeat lad began his adventure in music upon the release of his 2002 debut Skateboarding Was A Crime (in 1989) on the legendary Tellektro …
Anyone who has ever read this blog knows that umstrum goes all out for Scandinavian music, so it is only natural that when asked to pick this week’s theme for the already classic interblog Monday Mixer, it had to be about Scandinavia. Despite its fairly small population, this region has managed to put itself on …
No need to introduce Norwegian electro duo Röyksopp. Unless you have been hiding in a hole for the past twenty years, you will no doubt have heard at least a few of Röyksopp’s biggest hits: “Poor Leno”, “Remind Me”, “What Else Is There?”, “Only This Moment”, “Happy Up Here” and the list goes on… Childhood …
Bergen-based electro outfit Casiokids is more than just your regular alternative electronica band. Formed in 2005 on the eastern shores of Norway, this five-piece makes music that ranges from childish naivety to dark, harder grooves. It’s imaginative and quirky but also utterly genuine. Their songs use a lot of borrowed sounds and unusual instruments: cassette-recorder, …
