Fredrik Wallumrød (born 21 September 1973 in

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

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) is a Norwegian drummer and composer, known for his collaborations with musicians like

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, and the band

Span Span may refer to: Science, technology and engineering * Span (unit), the width of a human hand * Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports * Wingspan, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft * Sorbitan ester ...

. He is the younger brother of the pianist

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

, older brother of the singer

Susanna Wallumrød Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 23 June 1979 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian vocalist, known for her low key original songs. She is the sister of the drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and the pianist Christian Wallumrød, cousin of the pianist ...

, and cousin to the pianist

David Wallumrød David Wallumrød (born 2 October 1977 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, known from cooperations with artists such as Knut Reiersrud, Torun Eriksen, Jarle Bernhoft, Marit Larsen, Maria Solheim, Vidar Busk, Bigbang, Maria Mena, Thomas ...

Career

Wallumrød is educated at the Jazz Program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'' (1992). He started the Funk jazz electronica band Squid, together with bassist Vemund Stavnes. The two of them later joined the rock band

replacing Rouge (Roger Zernichow-Brekke) på bass og Rage V (Vegard Eriksfallet) på trommer. Here the collaboration with vocalist Burn (Jarle Bernhoft) started. Now he also plays within the

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Dog Almighty Dog Almighty is a Norwegian rock band consisting of Fridtjof Nilsen, Kim Nordbæk and Fredrik Wallumrød, started in January 2006. It was formed from the bands Span Span may refer to: Science, technology and engineering * Span (unit), the widt ...

" together with Fridtjof "Joff" Nilsen and Kim Nordbæk, and the rock band "El Caco" including Anders Gjesti (guitar) and Øyvind Osa (bass guitar).

Discography

;Within Squid, together with Vemund Stavnes *1998 ''Super'' (Forward Records), (including

and

) ;With

*2002: ''Nye Nord'' (NorCD) ;Within Vintermåne *2002: ''Vintermåne'' (2L) ;Within

*2003: ''

Mass Distraction ''Mass Distraction'' is the debut album by Span (band), Span and features 11 main tracks and 1 bonus track . The album was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced albums by The Pixies). Their song "Baby's Come Back" appeared in several video g ...

'' (Island Records) *2005: '' Vs. Time'' (Johnny Nowhere / Mercury) ;With

*2004: '' You're the Only One'' (Columbia) *2004: ''Mellow'' (Columbia) ;With

*2005: ''Lost in a Moment'' (Virgin) ;With

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra Susanna may refer to: People * Susanna (Book of Daniel), a portion of the Book of Daniel and its protagonist * Susanna (disciple), a disciple of Jesus * Susanna (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name) Fil ...

*2009: ''Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – 3'' (Rune Grammofon) ;Within Container *2011: ''Container'' (Toothfairy) ;With El Caco *2009 ''Heat'' *2012 ''Hatred, Love and Diagrams''

References

External links

Fredrik Wallumrød at Groove.no
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallumrod, Fredrik 1973 births Living people Musicians from Kongsberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian drummers Norwegian jazz drummers Male drummers 20th-century drummers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Male jazz musicians