Øivind Elgenes alias "Elg" (born 13 February 1958 in

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) is a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and composer, known from a series of recordings and as front figure of the Norwegian band

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Career

Elgenes was raised in

together with musicians Lynni Treekrem and

Frode Alnæs Frode Alnæs (born 3 March 1959) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer, known from cooperation with international artists like Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen, Arild Andersen, Jon Balke, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ketil Bjørnstad, Henning ...

. With the latter he started the pop band Dance with a Stranger in 1984, and they released five albums. His first solo album ''Som første gang'' (1997) showed Elgenes from another side, with Norwegian lyrics. His next solo project ''Remembrance'' (2000) was the exact opposite. Here he sing classic songs with English lyrics, accompanied by piano, sound effects and a chamber orchestra. In 2002 he started a new trio called "AcousticMusicMachine" with Inge Bævre (guitar) and Eivind Gjelberg (percussion). The music ranged from the more show-like the driving blues and soul, and most of it was self-composed material with Norwegian lyrics. The follow-up was the solo album ''The Way Life Goes'' (2004) continued six years later with the last album ''Storm'' (2010). In 2013 he released his latest album Lucky One. This time his record was given some great critics and airplay.http://h-a.no/REACTSider/Søkeside.aspx?searchFrase=ELG%20Lucky%20One&searchCategory=&searchType= From 2013 he has been playing concerts with his own band ''ELGband''.

Discography

Solo albums

*1997: ''Som første gang'' ( Simax Classics) *2000: ''Remembrance'' (Simax Classics) *2004: ''The Way Life Goes'' ( Grappa Music) *2010: ''Storm'' *2013: ''Lucky One''

Collaborations

;With

*1987: ''Dance with a Stranger'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) *1989: ''To'' / ''Fool's Paradise '' (Norsk Plateproduksjon/RCA) *1991: ''Atmosphere'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon/RCA) *1994: ''Look What You've Done'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) *1994: ''Unplugged'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) *1995: ''The Best of Dance with a Stranger'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) *1998: ''Happy Sounds'' (Mercury) *2007: ''Everyone Needs a Friend... The Very Best Of (Universal Music)

References

External links

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Øivind Elgenes on Facebook
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elgenes, Oivind Norwegian male singers English-language singers from Norway Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers 1958 births Living people Musicians from Kristiansund Dance with a Stranger (band) members