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Katzenjammer

Katzenjammer is a folk group from Norway. Mixing a variety of musical styles with multi-instrumentalism, the band consists of Anne Marit Bergheim, Solveig Heilo, Marianne Sveen and Turid Jørgensen. Most of their material is written by their friend Mats Rybø; however, the band also contribute songs written by themselves. The band is easily recognizable by their signature custom Balalaika bass with the face of a cat painted on it, echoing the true meaning of the band's name: "Katzenjammer" is a German word for "cat's wail" (and also a dated term for "hangover.")

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Adore

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http://myspace.com/iadoremedia Adore is electronica artist Mikael Skramesto from Bergen (Asköy), Norway - inspired by artists such as Air, Daft Punk, Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Kanye West, Prefuse 73, Radiohead, Thomas Newman. In the summer of 2008, he gave out his first EP "Beneath Us" (later remastered in 2009) - which was released for free (with donating possibilities) across the internet, containing a lot of different genres (ambient, downtempo, electronic, experimental, idm & trance).

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I

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1) I is a Norwegian supergroup that plays heavy metal with black metal influences. The band contains members from other black metal bands, Immortal (Abbath and Armagedda), Gorgoroth (TC King), and Enslaved (Arve Isdal). According to the official website of the band, one of their major influences is the band Bathory. The band's debut album, Between Two Worlds, was released on November 3, 2006 in the United Kingdom and November 14, 2006 in the United States through Nuclear Blast Records.

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Frigg

There are two bands named Frigg: (1). Frigg is a multitalented Finnish-Norwegian seven who produces fresh Scandinavian folk fiddling accompanied by fretted instruments, upright bass and endless energy. The style they represent is a mixture of Kaustinen (Finland) and Nord-Trondelag (Norway) -traditions flavoured with a taste of americana and irish folk music. Frigg has been chosen as "The Band Of The Year" 2003 of Kaustinen Folk Music Festival. http://www.frigg.fi (2) Frigg is also the name of an experimental german Band.

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Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog is a Norwegian indie group. With their songs about alienation and the struggle to find ones way in an ice-cold, efficient world delivered with an inherent musical and literary quality, Ghost:Dog has left their mark on the musical scene in Norway since their first liveshows as support for Madrugada on their tour of Norway in 2006. Later the same year the band participated at the Norwegian Zoom bandchallenge, arranged in Trondheim before going on to By:Larm and a nomination for band of the year

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Beady Belle

Beady Belle is a result of collaboration between Beate S. Lech and Marius Reksjø which began at the University of Oslo. As music students the two started playing together in bands such as “Insertcoin” and Folk & Røvere, a project where Beate was the lead singer up until their third album (1999). In 1999 Beate was asked by Bugge Wesseltoft to make a record for Jazzland rec. He gave her freedom to make the record she wanted.

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Thorns

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1. Thorns (formed as Stigma Diabolicum, but changed name to Thorns after two years) is a Norwegian black metal band, masterminded by Blackthorn (Snorre W. Ruch - also in Mayhem and Satyricon). They made two highly influential demos in the early 90's, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but have only released one full-length album, since the band was founded, in 1989.

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The New Wine

The New Wine are a electro-pop band from Bergen, Norway. They consist of Stian Iversen (Guitar and Vocals), Adrian Søgnen (Drums and Percussion), Johan Hatleskog (Bass) and Geir Hermansen (Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion and backing Vocals). They are the winner of the 2008 Riksalarm prize. In early 2009, they toured with The Whitest Boy Alive around Europe.

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Cocktail Slippers

This foxy female fivesome from Oslo, Norway, is the perfect mixture of sweet and sour, combining girl-group harmonies and sass with gritty rock 'n' roll fervor to produce a high-octane hybrid that should have all the hepcats dancing. The ladies, whose CD happens to be one of the first releases from Steven Van Zandt's new label, comprise more than just an all-female version of early, hard-rocking Blondie. This is a non-standard garage-hard rock-surf-pop band that manages to mix up the formula to keep things fresh.

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