Aslak Rakli Hartberg alias Alis (born 1 May 1975 in

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), is a

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rapper and bass player, and was the leading figure in the Norwegian hip hop band Klovner i Kamp. He is the brother of cartoonist Flu Hartberg.

Education

Hartberg attended Foss Upper Secondary School (1991–94), on the Music program together with the artists

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, Jannike Kruse,

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and the author Markus Midrè. He studied music at

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1995-99.

Career

Hartberg was noticed as early as 15–16 years old as a bass player on the jazz scene connected to «Oslo jazzhus» in ''Toftesgate''. Here he played in several bands, including «For Sure» with Sjur Miljeteig, and «Gest» with

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. He established «Klovner i Kamp» in 1994 together with Sveinung Eide. The same year he was part of establishing the band «Oslo Fluid». In sum, these bands let out seven albums, in addition to a plethora of singles and EP's. In 1995, he was also involved in «Pimp image», Norwegian pop band inspired by acid-jazz wave, which was signed to

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. In 1999 he was part of starting the label «City Connections» which was an important contributor to the Norwegian hip-hop community. Besides «Klovner i Kamp» and «Oslo Fluid», they released records with «Salvador», «Malay Sparks» and «Mojo and He-man». In this period Hartberg also had success as a jazz musician. At 20y he replaced bassist

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/ Eberson Quartet and at the end of the 1990s he started the band Shining together with

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, Morten Qvenild and Torstein Lofthus, fellow students at Norges Musikkhøgskole. Gruppen utga tre plater og turnerte i hele verden før Hartberg sluttet i 2005. He also was awarded «Alarmprisen» twice with the band Shining. Hartberg and Esben Selvig was in 2002 awarded

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in the class Text to music, within the band Klovner i Kamp tune «Nattens sønner». The group's lyrics can be found in half a dozen Norwegian text books, poetry collections and anthologies. In 2006 the band «Klovner i Kamp» broke up. In 2005 he composed music for the TV series «Gutta Boys» for NRK nominated for the American Emmy. The following year, he composed all the music for the Norwegian participant for the

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'' Tatt av kvinnen''. He composed the music for the Danish TV series ''Pagten'' for DR1 in 2009, and music for the film ''Keepern til Liverpool'' in 2010. He was the musical director for

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play ''Chet spiler ikke her'' with Torbjørn Harr on «Torshovteateret» in 2009/2010. He composed the score for the film '' I et speil, i en gåte'' featuring

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. Hartberg plays in the rock band «Yoga Fire» together with Jonas Forsang Moksnes, Esben Selvig, Sveinung Eide and Søren Brandt. He has also contributed to albums by

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, «Apollo», «URO» and Lars Beckstrøm among others, and has written the book ''Fuck you eller penga tilbake'' published on «Tiden forlag» 2009.

Honors

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2001, with «Klovner i Kamp». *

2002 in the class Text to music, within the band «Klovner i Kamp» *«Alarmprisen» 2006 for the album

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, within the band Shining *«Alarmprisen» 2007 for the album

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, within the band Shining

Discography

;With « Oslo Fluid» *1997: ''Dynamite'' (C+C records) *1998: ''Waffelman EP'' (C+C Records) *2000: ''Cycles of Life'' (City Connections) ;With «Klovner i Kamp» *2000: ''Schwin'' (City Connections) *2001: ''Bjølsen hospital'' (City Connections) *2003: ''Kunsten å fortelle'' (City Connection) *2005: ''Ørnen tek ikkje unga'' (Tuba record) ;With Shining *2001: '' Where the Ragged People Go'' (BP Records) *2003: '' Sweet Shanghai Devil'' ( Jazzland) *2005: ''

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'' (

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) *2008: ''Shining'' (Rune Grammofon) ;With other projects *1996: ''Whisper 2000'' (

), with «Pimp Image» *2001: ''Where is the Chet'' (K&K Jazz Series),

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within Torbjørn Sunde Oktett, in Germany 2002 *2001: ''The O O Quartet'' (

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), within Jon Eberson 00 Quartet *2006: ''Matzukaze'', with Håkon Storm Mathisen *2004: ''QS'' (AIM ), within Jan Martin Smørdal's «Acoustic Accident» *2009: ''Fuck you eller penga tilbake'' (MTG), within «Yoga Fire» *2012: ''Who's Gonna Let You Down?'' (Trust Me Records), within «Töckfors»

References

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(in Norwegian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartberg, Aslak 1975 births Living people Jazz double-bassists Norwegian jazz upright-bassists Male double-bassists Norwegian rappers Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Musicians from Oslo 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Male jazz musicians Shining (Norwegian band) members