Aslak Dørum (born 7 August 1964 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and writer,[1] best known as the bassist of the Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys.
Aslak Dørum | |
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 Dørum performing live with DumDum Boys at Døgnvill, 29 August 2009. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 7 August 1964 Oslo, Norway |
| Instrument(s) | Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Autoharp, Piano |
| Member of | DumDum Boys |
| Website | www |
Career
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Dørum joined DumDum Boys in 1993, after having been closely associated with them for years and directing several of the band's music videos.[2] Dørum and guitarist Kjartan Kristiansen serves as the band's primary songwriters. In 2009, he and Kristiansen was awarded the Spellemann Award in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to the DumDum Boys song "Tidsmaskin".[3]
Dørum released his debut solo album Lonesome Means Happy in 2005,[2] and in 2013 he released his first novel "En flåte av gull" (A fleet of gold).
Honors
edit- 2009: Spellemannprisen in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to the DumDum Boys song "Tidsmaskin"
Discography
editSolo albums
edit- 2005: Lonesome Means Happy (Bauta Recordings )
Collaborations
edit- With Follow That Dream
- 1987: Fishing For Success (Thank You Sir May I Have Another Record)
- 1988: Follow That Dream (Thank You Sir May I Have Another Record)
- With DumDum Boys
- 1994: Ludium (Oh Yeah!)
- 1994: 1001 Watt (Oh Yeah!)
- 1996: Sus (Oh Yeah!)
- 1997: Stjernesludd (Oh Yeah!)
- 1998: Totem (Oh Yeah!)
- 2006: Gravitasjon (Oh Yeah!)
- 2009: Tidsmaskin (Oh Yeah!)
- 2012: Ti Liv (Oh Yeah!)
- 2018: Armer og Bein (Oh Yeah!)
- 2019: Løsøre (Oh Yeah!)
- With Racer
- 1995: Kan Det Være Nødvendig Å Være Så Sint? (Oh No!)
- 1998: Bønda Fra Nord (Oh No!)
- 2000: Bønda Fra Nord 2000 (Oh No!)
- With Blister
- 2003: Brand New Antiques (Blister Records)
- 2008: Birthdaysongs (Blister Records)
- With other projects
- 2004: Full House (Bergen Records), with Karin Wright
- 2005: Frolic (Capitol Records), with Anneli Drecker on "Strange Little Bird"
- 2006: Desembernatt (CD-R), with Torill Beate Nilsen and Renate Grimsbø Kulbrandstad
References
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- ^ Gulbrandsen, Troy (2013-08-20). "Dum Dum Boys-bassist Aslak Dørum gir ut bok" (in Norwegian). TV2 Norway. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
- ^ a b "Biografi" (in Norwegian). Dumdum Boys. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
- ^ "DumDum Boys". MIC Norsk Musikkinformasjon (in Norwegian). 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
External links
edit- Aslak Dørum at Aschehoug (in Norwegian)
- Så spennende at jeg glemmer å puste on Debutantbloggen (in Norwegian)
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