Dag Holtan-Hartwig (born April 16, 1991), known professionally as Slopes, is a Norwegian singer, composer and music producer.

Biography

Holtan-Hartwig grew up in a musical family in a suburb of Oslo and began playing in bands at the age of twelve. In England, he enrolled at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) and performed there in front of Sir Paul McCartney, who gave him important advice. At LIPA, he met fellow Norwegian singer Halvor Folstad and started to work with him. Both got a record contract in Norway. After the training they went their separate ways. Folstad returned to Oslo, and Holtan-Hartwig worked as a producer in London and later in Los Angeles. Returning to Oslo, Holtan-Hartwig and Folstad formed the duo

Skinny Days Skinny Days is a Norwegian music duo made up of Slopes (musician), Dag Holtan-Hartwig (born April 16, 1991) and Halvor Folstad (born December 11, 1989) signed to Warner Music Group, Warner Music Norway. They started out as producers and songwriter ...

in 2015 and released their debut single ''Alright Right Now''. As songwriters and producers for other artists, Folstad and Holtan-Hartwig have been responsible for billions of streams for artists such as Ava Max,

Alan Walker Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a British-born Norwegian music producer and DJ primarily known for the critically acclaimed single " Faded" (2015), which was certified platinum in 14 countries. He has also made several songs including ...

, SeeB, and

Julie Bergan Julie Bergan (born 12 April 1994) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter born in Skien, Norway. Bergan started releasing covers on YouTube at the age of 16, eventually signing a record deal with Warner Music Norway in 2013. In 2015 she attained ma ...

. As Slopes, Dag Holtan-Hartwig has been performing solo since 2021. To that end, he signed a contract with Warner Music.

Discography

Slopes

* ''Prove Them Wrong'' (2021)

As part of Skinny Days

* ''Alright Right Now'' (2015) * ''We Got Something'' (2015) * ''If I Was A Sailor'' (2015) * ''If I Was A Sailor (acoustic)'' (2015) * ''In A Good Way'' (2016) * ''Home'' (2016) * ''The One That Got Away (featuring Emilie Adams)'' (2017)

Composer (selection)

* ''Vidorra'' ( Martin Tungevaag) (2014) * ''Kids'' (Fanny Andersen) (2017) * ''Guilt Trip'' (Julie Bergan) (2018) * ''Vultures'' (Peder Elias) (2018) * ''Not Gonna Cry'' (

Emma Steinbakken Emma Steinbakken (born 10 March 2003) is a Norwegian singer from Jessheim. She has released the songs "Not Gonna Cry" (2019) and "Without You". She performed on Swedish and Norwegian television as a guest on Fredrik Skavlan's talk show ''Skavlan ...

) (2019) * ''September'' (Emma Steinbakken) (2020) * ''Alone Pt. II'' (

& Ava Max) (2020) * ''Blø for deg'' (Emir) (2020) * ''Voices in my Head'' (Skinny Days & CLMD) (2020) * ''Foolish Girl'' (Kamara Young Dumb) (2021) * ''How Can I Forget Her''* (Skinny Days/Lovespeake/TwoWorldsApart) (2021)

Solo releases

* ''Down with the River'' — (Trxd featuring Skinny Days) (2016) * ''Famous'' — (

Tungevaag Martin Tungevåg (born July 9, 1993), known professionally as Martin Tungevaag or simpily Tungevaag, is a Norwegian DJ and music producer who placed at number #89 on the ''DJ Mag'' top 100 DJs list. He has achieved success in Europe, Asia and S ...

, Vlade Kay, and Jonth featuring Skinny Days) (2021)

Chart

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slopes Living people 1991 births Musicians from Oslo Norwegian record producers Norwegian songwriters 21st-century Norwegian singers