Cloroform is a Norwegian

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

band that formed in 1998 in

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

. They started out as an acoustic

jazz trio A jazz trio is a group of three jazz musicians, often a piano trio comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. Jazz trios are commonly named after their leader, such as the Bill Evans Trio. Variants and examples Famous examples inc ...

, but soon went on to sound more like a rock band. In the later years they have experimented with

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and

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related genres.

Other projects

The members of Cloroform are three versatile musicians. In addition to Cloroform they have several other projects on their hands. Børge Fjordheim has been co-producer and contributor as composer on several of Norway's leading pop acts, such as

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and

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. He has also co-composed and produced the song "Can't Beat the Feeling" on

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album ''

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'', released in 2010.

Øyvind Storesund Øyvind Storesund (born 9 March 1975 in Bø i Telemark, Norway) is a Norwegian Rock and jazz musician (upright bass) known from playing in the Norwegian bands Cloroform and Kaizers Orchestra. Career Storesund replaced the former bassist Jon S ...

is one of Norway's most respected free-jazz

bassists, and is the bassplayer of

Kaizers Orchestra Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock band formed in Bergen on 1 January 2000. They are notable for being among the first non- black-metal Norwegian artists singing in their native language to become popular beyond Scandinavia. In 20 ...

. John Erik Kaada has released solo albums and is one of Norway's most renowned composers. He has scored several international motion pictures.

Discography

* ''

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'' ( Kaada Records, 1998) * '' All-Scars'' (Kaada Records, 1998) * '' Do the Crawl'' (Kaada Records, 2000) * ''

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'' (Kaada Records, 2001) * '' Hey You Let's Kiss'' (Kaada Records, 2003) * '' Cracked Wide Open'' (Kaada Records, 2005) * '' Clean'' (Kaada Records, 2007) * '' Grrr'' (Kaada Records, 2016) * '' Overtredelse'' (Mirakel, 2021)

References

External links

* * http://www.kaada.no {{Authority control Norwegian alternative rock groups Acid jazz ensembles Electronica music groups Noise musical groups Norwegian musical trios Musical groups established in 1998 1998 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Stavanger