Kim Ofstad (born 25 November 1969) is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known from collaborations in the pop/soul band

D'Sound D'Sound (stylized as d'sound) is a Norwegian neo soul band based in Oslo, Norway. The band was formed in 1993 with a line-up composed of lead vocalist Simone Eriksrud, bassist Jonny Sjo and drummer Kim Ofstad. After Eriksrud's initial departure ...

where he was a member from its inception in 1993 to 2010 and his work with the production team Element.

Career

Ofstad was born in

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. He got his first drum kit when he was eight years old, and slightly older joined a brass band. He describes his teens as hybridic, as he felt equally at home in jazz clubs as in discothèques. He is a graduate of Heimdal videregående skole where he got his

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in 1988, and studied music at

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, whence he moved to Oslo, the capital of Norway, in 1991. Here he formed

(1993) together with

Jonny Sjo D'Sound (stylized as d'sound) is a Norwegian neo soul band based in Oslo, Norway. The band was formed in 1993 with a line-up composed of lead vocalist Simone Eriksrud, bassist Jonny Sjo and drummer Kim Ofstad. After Eriksrud's initial departure ...

, a fellow student from Boston, he played with Sofian Benzaim. Ofstad contributed for some time in Knut Værnes Trio, and has also recorded an album with Ab und Zu (1996) winning the Smuget award the year after (1997). Together with

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he constituted a plain drum duet in 2008. Ofstad was the drummer and drum-programmer of the production duo ELEMENT with producer/composer Hitesh Ceon, before the team was disbanded in January 2016. Until 2008 the team also included Jonny Sjo and was named 3Elementz. Their productions include the hit singles "

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", " Glow" and " In My Head" with

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as well as the album ''

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for

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Grammy Awards

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Discography

;With the trio

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*1995: ''Jacques Tati'' (

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) ;With

*1996: ''Spice of Life'' ( PolyGram) *1998: ''Beauty Is a Blessing'' (PolyGram) *2001: ''Talkin' Talk'' (

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) *2003: ''Doublehearted'' (Da Works) *2005: ''My Today'' ( Edel Records) *2009: ''Starts and Ends'' (FarGo Musc) ;With Sofian Benzaim *2005: ''This Is Sofian'' (C+C Records) ;With

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*1998: ''

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'' ( Jazzland,

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References

External links

D'Sound Official WebsiteElement Official Website
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