Torgunn Flaten
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Torgunn Flaten is a Norwegian
singer/songwriter. She was born in Gjøvik, a town in eastern Norway
, but has lived in Oslo since 1995.
She has written and performed songs on the acoustic guitar since her late teens. Early on she played the flute, and joined both classical groups as well as jazz-bands. Her style of music is influenced by Jazz
, Bossa Nova
, Classical, Electronic, POP/Rock and Country Music
.
TORGUNN is also a duo, with Joar Kråkevik and Torgunn Flaten.
They perform live with Joar Kråkevik on electric guitar and effects, and Torgunn on vocal and acoustic guitar.
Their music can be described as impressionistic, guitarbased with own harmonic moods.
Lindström & Prins Thomas
have rearranged and released one of her songs. "Run", one of these songs, is the only vocal (non-instrumental
) track on their debut CD.In 2008 they are collaborating on another song written by Torgunn Flaten, "Days of Joy", which comes from the EP with the same name.
Torgunn is a performer of the arts in several ways, and at the time she makes video and animation to her songs as well as maintaining song, lyrics and music-production.
First she records the music in a mobile studio. Then the music is produced, and the video, which is recorded at the same time as the music, is edited and merged with types of graphics and animation. This is a procuct/art-form that easily fits to today's communication methods.
Torgunn has studied arts and craft as well as media-engeniering for television and radio, with sound, photo, painting and drawing as main -topics.
She made her first live music video, "Icecold and Blue", and released it at http://www.youtube.com/torgunntunes 06.02 2007.
You can read more about Torgunn at http://www.torgunn.com.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
singer/songwriter. She was born in Gjøvik, a town in eastern Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, but has lived in Oslo since 1995.
She has written and performed songs on the acoustic guitar since her late teens. Early on she played the flute, and joined both classical groups as well as jazz-bands. Her style of music is influenced by Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova may refer to:*Bossa nova, a style of music*Bossa Nova , a dance form associated with the music*Bossa Nova , a 2000 film*Bossa Nova - album by John Pizzarelli...
, Classical, Electronic, POP/Rock and Country Music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
.
TORGUNN is also a duo, with Joar Kråkevik and Torgunn Flaten.
They perform live with Joar Kråkevik on electric guitar and effects, and Torgunn on vocal and acoustic guitar.
Their music can be described as impressionistic, guitarbased with own harmonic moods.
Lindström & Prins Thomas
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is a Norwegian producer who works under the name Lindstrøm. He often collaborates with fellow producer Prins Thomas . Lindstrøm won a Spellemannsprisen in 2008 for Where You Go I Go Too...
have rearranged and released one of her songs. "Run", one of these songs, is the only vocal (non-instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
) track on their debut CD.In 2008 they are collaborating on another song written by Torgunn Flaten, "Days of Joy", which comes from the EP with the same name.
Torgunn is a performer of the arts in several ways, and at the time she makes video and animation to her songs as well as maintaining song, lyrics and music-production.
First she records the music in a mobile studio. Then the music is produced, and the video, which is recorded at the same time as the music, is edited and merged with types of graphics and animation. This is a procuct/art-form that easily fits to today's communication methods.
Torgunn has studied arts and craft as well as media-engeniering for television and radio, with sound, photo, painting and drawing as main -topics.
She made her first live music video, "Icecold and Blue", and released it at http://www.youtube.com/torgunntunes 06.02 2007.
You can read more about Torgunn at http://www.torgunn.com.