Tomas Barfod is a Danish drummer and
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
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 when he was ten years old, and has been producing as a DJ since the 1990s. He began playing with
Kasper Bjorke as the duo
Filur
Filur is a Danish duo band established in 1999 and made up of producer Tomas Barfod and of Kasper Bjørke (on lead vocals). They also feature many guest artists for their releases.
Filur has released 4 albums and many successful singles. They ...
in 1999, and in 2003 founded the group
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 dis ...
with Jeppe Kjellberg and Tomas Høfting. Barfod is the drummer for
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 dis ...
. Concurrently, he has released music under his own name, including two full-length albums which were released in 2012 and 2014.
Reviews for Tomas Barfod
at Metacritic
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His labels include Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
, Kompakt, FOF music, and Get Physical.
Discography
Albums
*''Salton Sea'' ( Friends of Friends, 2012)
*''Love Me'' (Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Secretly Canadian is a label included in Secretly Group, which ...
, 2014)
*''Glory'' (Friends of Friends, 2015)
References
Danish drummers
Danish electronic musicians
Secretly Canadian artists
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