Fredrik Wallumrød (born 21 September 1973 in

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) is a Norwegian drummer and composer, known for his collaborations with musicians like

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, and the band Span. He is the younger brother of the pianist

Christian Wallumrød Christian Wallumrød (born 26 April 1971 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (piano, organ and electronic keyboards) and composer, and is considered one of the most prominent musicians of the younger Norwegian generation, known from ...

, older brother of the singer

Susanna Wallumrød Susanna Karolina Wallumrød (born 23 June 1979) is a Norwegian vocalist, known for her low key original songs. She was born in Kongsberg, and is the sister of the drummer Fredrik Wallumrød and the pianist Christian Wallumrød; she is the cous ...

, and cousin to the pianist David Wallumrød.

Career

Wallumrød is educated at the Jazz Program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'' (1992). He started the Funk jazz electronica band Squid, together with bassist Vemund Stavnes. The two of them later joined the rock band Span replacing Rouge (Roger Zernichow-Brekke) på bass og Rage V (Vegard Eriksfallet) på trommer. Here the collaboration with vocalist Burn (Jarle Bernhoft) started. Now he also plays within the

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Dog Almighty Dog Almighty is a Norwegian rock band consisting of Fridtjof Nilsen, Kim Nordbæk and Fredrik Wallumrød, started in January 2006. It was formed from the bands Span and Farout Fishing. Discography *2007 ''Dog Almighty'' (album) Norwegian r ...

" together with Fridtjof "Joff" Nilsen and Kim Nordbæk, and the rock band "El Caco" including Anders Gjesti (guitar) and Øyvind Osa (bass guitar).

Discography

;Within Squid, together with Vemund Stavnes *1998 ''Super'' (Forward Records), (including

and

) ;With

*2002: ''Nye Nord'' (NorCD) ;Within Vintermåne *2002: ''Vintermåne'' (2L) ;Within Span *2003: ''

Mass Distraction ''Mass Distraction'' is the debut album by Span and features 11 main tracks and 1 bonus track . The album was produced by Gil Norton (who also produced albums by The Pixies). Their song "Baby's Come Back" appeared in several video games, includ ...

'' (Island Records) *2005: '' Vs. Time'' (Johnny Nowhere / Mercury) ;With

*2004: '' You're the Only One'' (Columbia) *2004: ''Mellow'' (Columbia) ;With

*2005: ''Lost in a Moment'' (Virgin) ;With Susanna and the Magical Orchestra *2009: ''Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – 3'' (Rune Grammofon) ;Within Container *2011: ''Container'' (Toothfairy) ;With El Caco *2009 ''Heat'' *2012 ''Hatred, Love and Diagrams'' *2016 ''7'' *2023 ''Uncelebration''

References

External links

Fredrik Wallumrød at Groove.no
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallumrod, Fredrik 1973 births Living people Musicians from Kongsberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian drummers Norwegian jazz drummers Norwegian male drummers 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Norwegian male jazz musicians