Trond Bersu (born 4 January 1984 in
Skjåk
Skjåk is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bismo. Most of the municipal residents live in the Billingsdalen an ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
) is a Norwegian drummer and producer.
Career
During his music studies on the Jazz program at the
Trondheim musikkonservatorium Bersu started the band
PELbO together with fellow students
Ine Hoem
Ine Kristine Hoem (born 19 December 1985 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer and the daughter of the author Edvard Hoem. She is also known as the lead singer of the genre band PELbO.
Career
Hoem got her music diploma from the Jazz pr ...
and
Kristoffer Lo
Kristoffer Lo (born 19 February 1985 in Moss, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tuba, flugabone, guitar, keyboards) and composer.
Biography
Lo has redefined the use of tuba and its role in band. From its traditional role as the low-end i ...
. Their self titled debut album was nominated for the 2010 Open class
Spellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...
. The second album release was ''Days Of Transcendence'' (2011).
In Trondheim he also collaborated with another fellow student
Ingrid Helene Håvik
Ingrid Helene Håvik (born 1987 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian songwriter and vocalist. She is best known as the lead singer of Highasakite but has also released a solo album under the artist name Ingrid.
Biography
Håvik is a former membe ...
and later on when established in Oslo, they started the band
Highasakite
Highasakite is an indie pop and indie rock band from Norway. The band formed when vocalist and songwriter Ingrid Helene Håvik met drummer Trond Bersu whilst studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. In 2010, after just six months, the d ...
together. Their debut album ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (2012) was well received, but and was nominated for This year's newcomer at Spellemannprisen the same year. The next album ''Silent Treatment'' received the Spellemannprisen as This year's pop group.
Honors
*2014:
Spellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...
as This year's pop group for the album ''Silent Treatment''
*2016:
Spellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...
as This year's pop group for the album ''Camp Echo''
Discography
;With
PELbO
*
2010
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: ''PELbO'' (Riot Factory)
*
2011
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: ''Days Of Transcendence'' (Riot Factory)
;With
Machina
*2011: ''So Much For Dancing'' (Øra Fonogram)
;With
Highasakite
Highasakite is an indie pop and indie rock band from Norway. The band formed when vocalist and songwriter Ingrid Helene Håvik met drummer Trond Bersu whilst studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. In 2010, after just six months, the d ...
*
2012
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: ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (Riot Factory)
*
2014: ''Silent Treatment'' (
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)
*
2016
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: ''Camp Echo'' (
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)
*
2018
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: ''Out of Order-single'' (
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)
*
2018
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: ''Elastic State Of Mind-single (Producer and musician)'' (
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)
*2019: ''Uranium Heart (Producer and musician)(
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)''
*2020: ''The Bare Romantic 1 & 2 (Producer and musician) (
Propeller Recordings
Propeller Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label, launched in 2003 in Oslo. It has grown into an influential label both in its home city as well as worldwide, and has now expanded to include a UK office based in London.
The label op ...
)''
;With
Lydmor
Jenny Rossander (born 27 January 1990), known by the stage name Lydmor ( Danish pronunciation: ), is a Danish singer-songwriter. She also works as a producer and film score composer.
Discography
Adapted from Spotify.
Studio albums
* ''A P ...
;
*
2018
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: ''I Told You I´d Tell Them Our Story (Producer,musician and mix engineer) (
Mermaid Records
Mermaid Records is a Copenhagen, Denmark based record label, and a sublabel of Sony Music Entertainment Denmark. The company was started as an independent record label by Mik Christensen and Nick Foss in 2005.Rustrup, S. (2008, November 27)Sony ...
)''
;
;
;With
Ine Hoem
Ine Kristine Hoem (born 19 December 1985 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer and the daughter of the author Edvard Hoem. She is also known as the lead singer of the genre band PELbO.
Career
Hoem got her music diploma from the Jazz pr ...
*
2015
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: ''Angerville'' (Propeller Recordings)
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Production/Songwriting credits
References
External links
Pelbo - Join The Game (live)
on YouTube
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21st-century Norwegian drummers
Norwegian jazz drummers
Male drummers
Norwegian percussionists
Norwegian electronic musicians
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
Spellemannprisen winners
1984 births
Living people
People from Skjåk
21st-century Norwegian male musicians
Male jazz musicians
PELbO members