Ivar Christian Johansen (born 28 April 1976 in

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) is a Norwegian popular artist, musician (

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Career

Ravi writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv. He played in the bands like

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, Folk & Røvere, Jessica Fletchers and was a founding member of

Jaga Jazzist Jaga Jazzist (also known as Jaga) is a Norwegian experimental jazz band, that rose to prominence when the BBC named their second album, ''A Livingroom Hush'' (Smalltown Supersound/Ninja Tune), the best jazz album of 2002. (in Norwegian) Biograph ...

(1994-2001). Ravi covered the song "Cheerio", originally sung by The Monroes, and renamed it ''Tsjeriåu/Tsjeriå''. In the music video, he appears as a baby and DJ Løv is dressed as a Marine. (in Norwegian) Ravi has also appeared in "Venn" ("Friend") by

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Lene Marlin Lene Marlin Pedersen (born 17 August 1980) is a Norwegian musician, singer and songwriter. Career ''Playing My Game'' (1998–2002) Marlin made her Norwegian recording debut on 12 October 1998, with the single "Unforgivable Sinner", a number on ...

, which was made to raise money for tsunami victims. Ravi has released many albums, in his own "Ravi language", he writes things phonetically, e.g. "cheerio" = "tsjeriåu", "kroppen min" (my body) = kråpn min, and "it's too late to cry" = "its tu leit tu krai". Some of his other known songs are "Utadæsjælåplevelse", "E-Ore", "Ås To I Osjlo" and "Dødsøt". In 2007, 2008 and 2009 he was the host of the show "Landeplage" on

. (in Norwegian)

Discography

Solo albums

*''Kjøpr Gitar'' (Sony BMG, 2006)

As sideman

*''Jeans for Onassis'' (2000) with

*''Bagateller'' (Voices Music & Entertainment, 2002) with Folk & Røvere *''Lekr Butik'' (Nok Records, 2004), Ravi & DJ Løv *''Den Nye Arbæidsdagn'' (Sony BMG, 2005), Ravi & DJ Løv

References

External links

Ravi Official Website
Jaga Jazzist members Living people 1976 births Musicians from Tønsberg {{Norway-writer-stub