Per Martinsen
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Per Martinsen is an artist and electronic musician born in Tromsø, Northern Norway.
His works include a vast number of recordings released under his solo moniker Mental Overdrive
,
musical output through collaborations, mainly the duos Frost
and Illumination/Chilluminati, and a vast number of remixes of other artist's output. See Discogs.
He has composed for film and art installations, but enjoys working with dancefloors and other forms of mass communication within the great pool of popular culture.
He has attempted to sell a recorded work in one single copy through eBay.
He has sold a 'backwards message' that was later hidden inside one of his pieces on his 2008 Mental Overdrive album "You are being manipulated", also through an eBay auction.
He exhibited his piece "Pong" at the Insomnia Mini-Expo taking place at Random Gallery in Tromsø in 2008, and has insinuated that this piece, as well as his new piece "Elsewhere" (to be exhibited at the Black/North SEAS Tromsø exhibition in September 2009), might be part of a bigger picture.
According to the latest newsletter from his company Love OD Communications, all this might lead you to the transmedia novel Earthbound - Surfing the Apocalypse.
His works include a vast number of recordings released under his solo moniker Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive
Mental Overdrive is Per Martinsen , an electronic music artist from Tromsø, Norway. He is often mentioned as one of the most influential electronic musicians in Norway...
,
musical output through collaborations, mainly the duos Frost
Frost (Norwegian band)
Frost is a Norwegian electronic duo consisting of Aggie Peterson and Per Martinsen. The group formed in 1997 in Tromsø, Norway with original line-up composed of Aggie Peterson and DJ Rune Lindbæk. They released their debut album "Bedsit Theories" in 1998....
and Illumination/Chilluminati, and a vast number of remixes of other artist's output. See Discogs.
He has composed for film and art installations, but enjoys working with dancefloors and other forms of mass communication within the great pool of popular culture.
He has attempted to sell a recorded work in one single copy through eBay.
He has sold a 'backwards message' that was later hidden inside one of his pieces on his 2008 Mental Overdrive album "You are being manipulated", also through an eBay auction.
He exhibited his piece "Pong" at the Insomnia Mini-Expo taking place at Random Gallery in Tromsø in 2008, and has insinuated that this piece, as well as his new piece "Elsewhere" (to be exhibited at the Black/North SEAS Tromsø exhibition in September 2009), might be part of a bigger picture.
According to the latest newsletter from his company Love OD Communications, all this might lead you to the transmedia novel Earthbound - Surfing the Apocalypse.