Diskjokke (also spelled diskJokke) is the stage name of Joachim Dyrdahl, the

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and

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Early life

Dyrdahl was born in the town of Svelvik, southwest of

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.Joachim Dyrdahl biography
StarPulse.com At the age of five years, Dyrdahl started playing the

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, and at 14 he started spinning records at parties and clubs semi-professionally. He studied mathematics in a

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university, and then he relocated to Oslo where he engaged himself seriously to music.

Career

Diskjokke initially combined his classical and

backgrounds to work as a

Prins Thomas Thomas Moen Hermansen, recording under the name Prins Thomas, is a Norwegian record producer and DJ often associated with collaborator Hans-Peter Lindstrøm as Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas. Their music has been described as "space disco", and influenc ...

released two of diskJokke's tracks as

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s on his Full Pupp record label. Two more of Diskjokke's 12" singles were released by

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records on the label's Kindish imprint. Subsequently, he became resident disc jockey at one of Norway's clubs. His music appeared on a Sunkissed compilation, resulting in subsequent offers to do remixes for other artists.Biography
at '' Billboard''

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, the label where artist Lindstrøm, reportedly one of Dyrdahl's main inspirations, released Diskjokke's first full-length album, ''Staying In'', in late 2007. In 2007, Diskjokee appeared in the Insomnia music festival in

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, Norway. In 2008, he took part in the Dour Festival in

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, Belgium. In the same year,

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released an 11-minute Diskjokke remix of

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's "Sunday". In 2010, he released his second album ''En Fin Tid'' ("A Good Time"). In 2010, he mixed Apparatjik "Look Kids" in their EP ''4 Can Keep A Secret If 3 Of Them Are Dead''. For his 2011 album ''Sagara'', Diskjokke accepted a commission granted by Norway's Øye Festival and traveled to Indonesia to record with local

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musicians.Review of ''Sagara''
by William Tilland, FoxDigitalis.com, 21 June 2011 The American TV series '' Bored to Death'' on HBO has featured his music. Diskjokke has appeared in the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen monthly live events, in

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, UK, which are sponsored by

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Discography

*''Dislocated'' ( remixes) 2009 *''Staying In'' 2009, which contains the hit track "Flott Flyt" ("Beautiful Life") *''En Fin Tid'' ("A Good Time") 2010 *''Sagara'' 2011

References

External links

personal website on MySpace
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