Morgan Lindstrøm (born 29 April 1956 in Oslo) is a
Norwegian artist, composer, and synthesizer-performer.
Lindstrøm was a member of the synth-duo
Langsomt Mot Nord during their "
Westrveg
Westrveg. The second of three albums by the Norwegian synth-duo Langsomt Mot Nord.
Label: CBS
Record No: CBS 461165 2
Release year: 1988
Musicians: Ola Snortheim; drums, sequencing. Morgan Lindstrøm; keyboards, programming.
Guest musicians ...
" period.
His style has been described as "... rock propelled with influences from Norwegian folk and classical music, the synth work sometimes taking on the Michael Garrison wall-of-sound feel, with the finesse of early
Vangelis".
Before Langsomt Mot Nord, Lindstrøm was a member of the band "Ixi". Ixi participated on a record released by NRK radio in 1982, containing the chosen bands from "Ungdommens Radioavis Rockemønstring", a competition of upcoming bands. Ixi was later seen in the renowned
Club 7 in Oslo.
He is the brother of another Norwegian artist,
Rune Lindstrøm
Rune Peder Lindstrøm (born 2 March 1963 in Oslo, Norway) was the first drummer in the Norwegian rock-band deLillos (1984–1985).deLillos
in ...
of
deLillos
deLillos is a Norwegian poprock band formed in Oslo in 1984. They are generally regarded as one of the "Four Greats" in modern Norwegian pop music, i.e. one of the four 1980s groups that founded a new tradition for rock music with lyrics in Nor ...
.
In 2007 Lindstøm started an electropop-band called
SoulSheen, with
Kaja Norum
Kaja Norum (born April 17, 1989) is a Norwegian model and figurativist painter. A former student and protégé of painter Odd Nerdrum, Norum is devoted to Nerdrum's philosophy of Kitsch painting, and is a part of The Kitsch Movement spawned b ...
(lead vocals),
Madeleine Schee (vocals) and
Mikjel Helmers and Lindstrøm on synthesizers. The band have websites on http://www.soulsheen.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/soulsheen.
Lindstrøm have produced remixes under the alias
Morganix for the Norwegian electronica-groups
Schnodig,
Substaat (2016) and
Electro Spectre (2018),
«Electro Spectre remix contest – the results are in, the winning tracks are out!» Side-Line Magazine
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References
Sources in Norwegian
Morgan G. Lindstrøm
Rockipedia
External links
Langsomt Mot Nord
Official Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindstrom, Morgan
1956 births
Living people
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
Norwegian keyboardists