Simone Eriksrud (; born 21 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, singer and composer from

Volda Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Fyrde, Straumshamn, Leira, Bjørke, and ...

, and a member of

D'Sound D'Sound (stylized as d'sound) is a Norwegian neo soul band based in Oslo, Norway. The band was formed in 1993 with a line-up composed of lead vocalist Simone Eriksrud, bassist Jonny Sjo and drummer Kim Ofstad. After Eriksrud's initial departur ...

. She was earlier in her career known as Simone Larsen or just with the mononym Simone.

Career

In D'Sound

As Simone Larsen, she is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the Norwegian band

often stylized as d'sound. The band was established by drummer Kim Ofstad and bassist Jonny Sjo in 1993 with Larsen on lead vocals. To date, the band has released seven studio albums, namely ''Spice of Life'' (1996), ''Beauty Is a Blessing'' (1998), ''Talkin' Talk'' (2001), ''Doublehearted'' (2003), ''My Today'' (2005), ''Starts and Ends'' (2009) and ''Signs'' (2014) in addition to the live album ''D'Sound – Live at Rockefeller Music Hall 2001'' and a compilation album ''Smooth Escapes – The Very Best of D'Sound'' in 2004. In June 2018, she announced her departure to spend more time with the rest of her family. The band became a duo. She returned in 2022 as a touring member and collaborated with the duo for the song titled "Flashback", the third single from the album ''25'' (2022) which commemorates their 25th anniversary since the band's debut in 1997.

Solo career

Besides her career in D'Sound, Simone, which is her artist name, has also opted for a solo career and released her debut solo album ''The Last Days and Nights'' in 2004. Neither this album or the single "The Last Days and Nights of Rock 'n' Roll" achieved any great interest or a significant sales. In the same year she was invited to be a part of the 3rd season of the reality show Hver gang vi møtes, which was broadcast on the Norwegian TV channel TV 2, where both D'Sound and her own songs were performed by well known Norwegian performers. In 2008, Simone also collaborated on the album ''Magiske kroker & hemmeligheter'' with music for children, produced by Linn Skåber and Jacob Young, with the tune "Vinteren er her". Other artists who participated were

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, Alejandro Fuentes,

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, Jørn Christensen, Paal Flaata and Andrea Bræin Hovig.

Personal life

Simone has a Turkish father and German mother, and grew up in the small village of Bischoffingen in Baden at the French border, together with her mother and grandparents. When she was eight, in 1979, her mother married a Norwegian and they moved to

in Norway. Until 2002 she was a German citizen, but since then she has been a Norwegian citizen. Simone is married to Norwegian pianist, songwriter and producer Simen Eriksrud, a member of the production duo Seeb, and they have two children together.

Discography

Solo albums

*2005: ''Last Days And Nights'' (Passasjen Records)

Collaborations

;With

*1996: ''Spice of Life'' (

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) *1998: ''Beauty Is A Blessing'' (PolyGram) *2001: ''Talkin' Talk'' (

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) *2001: ''Live at Rockefeller Music Hall 2001'' (Virgin Records) *2003: ''Doublehearted'' (Da Works) *2004: ''Smooth Escapes – The Very Best of D'Sound'' (Da Works) *2005: ''My Today '' (Da Works) *2009: ''Starts And Ends'' (FarGo Music) *2014: ''Signs'' (RCA/Sony Music) *2022: ''25'' (RCA/Sony Music) ;With

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*1996: ''Mary Is Coming'' (

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) *2007: ''Savoy Songbook Vol. 1'' (

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) ;With

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2000: ''Minor Earth, Major Sky'' (Warner Bros. Records) ;With

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2006: ''Nåde'' (Petroleum Records) ;With Donkeyboy *2009: ''Caught in a Life'' (Warner Bros. Records) *2012: ''Silver Moon (Warner Bros. Records) ;With Bjørn Johan Muri 2009: ''Airwaves'' (Universal Music) ;With

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2011: ''Human Harbour'' (Electric Records) ;With

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2013: ''Forgive Me'' ( Roxy Recordings) ;With

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*2013: ''Songs From a Blackbird'' (Blackbird Music / Sony Music Norway) *2014: ''Scandal, Vol.1'' (Blackbird Music /

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) *2015: ''Scandal, Vol.2'' (Blackbird Music /

)

References

External links

*
Simone Larsen at Filmfront.no
(Norwegian)

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