Filur is a
Danish
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duo band established in 1999 and made up of producer
Tomas Barfod
Tomas Barfod is a Danish drummer and electronic music producer. He currently spends his time between Los Angeles and Copenhagen. While in LA, he works as a producer and currently has tracks on several albums.
Biography
Barfod began playing drums ...
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Kasper Bjørke
Kasper Bjørke is a Danish DJ, record producer and remixer from Copenhagen.
History
Filur
Kasper Bjørke started making music in the disco house duo Filur with Tomas Barfod in 1999. Filur released four studio albums: Exciting Comfort (2000), D ...
(on lead vocals). They also feature many guest artists for their releases.
Filur has released 4 albums and many successful singles. They are best known for the hit "I Want You", which was the 4th most played Danish work outside of
Denmark
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2005
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They were also popular in
Italy
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where they had charting hits "It's alright" and "Shame" both credited to "Filur meets Miss Nellie Ettison". Both were released in 2001.
The duo has toured extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan and had special album release ''Peace'' for the Japanese market. The band has won two DMA awards for "Best Producers" and "Best Dance Album".
Tomas Barfod has been also involved in
WhoMadeWho
WhoMadeWho is a Copenhagen-based experimental pop trio, who formed in 2003. The band consists of jazz guitarist Jeppe Kjellberg, drummer Tomas Barfod and singer/bassist Tomas Høffding.
Career
The band released several 12-inches on German di ...
, whereas Kasper Bjørke concentrated on his solo work and for producing other artists.
Discography
Albums
Limited editions
*2003: ''Peace'' (only released in Japan
Singles
See also
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Kasper Bjørke
Kasper Bjørke is a Danish DJ, record producer and remixer from Copenhagen.
History
Filur
Kasper Bjørke started making music in the disco house duo Filur with Tomas Barfod in 1999. Filur released four studio albums: Exciting Comfort (2000), D ...
*
WhoMadeWho
WhoMadeWho is a Copenhagen-based experimental pop trio, who formed in 2003. The band consists of jazz guitarist Jeppe Kjellberg, drummer Tomas Barfod and singer/bassist Tomas Høffding.
Career
The band released several 12-inches on German di ...
References
External links
Discogs pageFilur LastFM page
Danish dance music groups
Danish musical duos
Electronic music duos
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