Øyvind Brandtsegg (born 16 February 1971 in

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) is a

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musician (percussion, electronica), programmer and composer, known from a series of recordings, and collaborations with such bands as Motorpsycho and Krøyt.

Career

Brandtsegg studied music at the "Sund folkehøgskole" (Sund Folk High School) in

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. He studied the

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at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and created a music software program called ImproSculpt, which samples different tones from the environment (including via body sensors) at the same time the music is performed, processes them and generates ever-changing variations in real time. He plays an instrument called the Marimba Lumina, a

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-based

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

which allows the players movements affect the sound. Brandtsegg led his own rock band as young in

, and played with fellow students in the bands Krøyt from 1993, and later the Live Maria Roggen Band. He collaborated with Motorpsycho on commissioned work at the

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Jazz Festival in 2006. Currently Brandtsegg is a professor of music at NTNU.

Honors

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizat ...

1999 within Krøyt, for the album ''Low'' * Edvard Prize 2000 within Krøyt for the composition "Silent»

Musical installations

*''Meta.Morf'' 1st exhibition 'Installation for a walking bridge' 2012

Discography

Under his own name

* 2020: ''Nancarrow Biotope'' (

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)

Within Krøyt

*1997: ''Sub'' (

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) *1998: ''Low'' (BP) *2001: ''One Heart Is Too Small'' (Yonada) *2001: ''Body Electric'' EP (MNW)

Collaborative works

;With Motorpsycho *1994: ''Timothy's Monster'' (1994) ;With Tre Små Kinesere *1996: ''Tro Håp & Kjærlighet'' (Columbia Music)

References

External links

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Sound art from outer space: Øyvind Brandtsegg at TEDxTrondheim
on

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1971 births Living people Musicians from Steinkjer Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Norwegian jazz vibraphonists Norwegian percussionists Norwegian jazz drummers Male drummers Norwegian jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian drummers Male jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Krøyt members {{Norway-musician-stub