Øyvind Brandtsegg (born 16 February 1971 in

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) is a Norwegian musician (percussion,

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), programmer and composer, known from a series of recordings, and collaborations with such bands as Motorpsycho and Krøyt.

Career

Brandtsegg studied music at the "Sund folkehøgskole" (Sund Folk High School) in

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. He studied the

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at the

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(NTNU) and created a music software program called ImproSculpt, which samples different tones from the environment (including via body sensors) at the same time the music is performed, processes them and generates ever-changing variations in real time. He plays an instrument called the Marimba Lumina, a

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-based

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which allows the players movements affect the sound. Brandtsegg led his own rock band as young in

, and played with fellow students in the bands Krøyt from 1993, and later the Live Maria Roggen Band. He collaborated with Motorpsycho on commissioned work at the

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Jazz Festival in 2006. Currently Brandtsegg is a professor of music at NTNU.

Honors

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

1999 within Krøyt, for the album ''Low'' * Edvard Prize 2000 within Krøyt for the composition "Silent»

Musical installations

*''Meta.Morf'' 1st exhibition 'Installation for a walking bridge' 2012

Discography

Under his own name

* 2020: ''Nancarrow Biotope'' (

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)

Within Krøyt

*1997: ''Sub'' (

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) *1998: ''Low'' (BP) *2001: ''One Heart Is Too Small'' (Yonada) *2001: ''Body Electric'' EP (MNW)

Collaborative works

;With Motorpsycho *1994: ''Timothy's Monster'' (1994) ;With Tre Små Kinesere *1996: ''Tro Håp & Kjærlighet'' (Columbia Music)

References

External links

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Sound art from outer space: Øyvind Brandtsegg at TEDxTrondheim
on

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1971 births Living people Musicians from Steinkjer Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni Norwegian jazz vibraphonists Norwegian percussionists Norwegian jazz drummers Norwegian male drummers Norwegian jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian drummers Norwegian male jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members Krøyt members {{Norway-musician-stub