Dag-Are Haugan (born in 1970) is a Norwegian musician who is part of the

Tromsø techno scene The Tromsø techno scene is the origin of many of Norway's most important artists within electronic music. The internationally best-known names are Röyksopp, Biosphere and Bel Canto. The record label Beatservice Records and the Insomnia Festi ...

. Dag-Are Haugan was born in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

, a city and municipality in

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county, Norway. Haugan started playing guitar in his teens and formed several pop bands, for which he was also vocalist. Haugan currently records music with

Alog Alog is a Norwegian musical group. The musical duo Alog was formed in Tromsø in Troms county, Norway in 1997. Alog has been among Norway's performers of experimental electronic music. The musical duo consists of Norwegian musicians Espen Somm ...

, his musical partnership with fellow Tromsø based musician,

Espen Sommer Eide Espen Sommer Eide (born in 1972) is a Norwegian composer and musician. Espen Sommer Eide was born in Oslo, Norway. Espen played music originally on percussion instruments, flutes and trumpet, before emphasising computer-generated sounds. He live ...

. In 2005, Alog was the winner of the

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 organizati ...

, the Norwegian equivalent of the

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. Norwegian Spelemannsprisen Award 2005

Musical Releases

*''Red Shift Swing'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2011 • 1999) *''Duck-Rabbit'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2020 • 2001) *''9 Solitaires'' (Kraak 3 K030 • 2002) *''Catch the Totem'', Alog (Meletronikk MLK013 • 2005) *''Miniatures'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2043 • 2005) *''Amateur'', Alog (Rune Grammofon RCD 2063 • 2007)

References

External links

Alog Official SiteRune Grammofon
1970 births Living people Norwegian electronic musicians Norwegian pop musicians Musicians from Tromsø {{Norway-musician-stub