Midnight Choir was a Norwegian

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band active from 1992 to 2004.

Biography

The members of Midnight Choir were Al DeLoner (Atle Bystrøm 'Olsen'),

Paal Flaata Pål Flåta (born 8 April 1968) is a Norwegians, Norwegian vocalist, known from the band Midnight Choir and as a solo artist. Career Flaata was born in Skien, Norway. He started his career in the Skien band Memphis News and has since then bee ...

, and Ron 'Bystrøm' Olsen. (Atle and Ron are brothers) The band played a kind of

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and was named after the opening of

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's song " Bird on a Wire": "Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir."

Honors

*1998:

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

in the category best Rock band, for the album ''Amsterdam Stranded''

Discography (albums)

*1994: ''

Midnight Choir Midnight Choir was a Norway, Norwegian alternative rock/alt-country band active from 1992 to 2004. Biography The members of Midnight Choir were Al DeLoner (Atle Bystrøm 'Olsen'), Paal Flaata, and Ron 'Bystrøm' Olsen. (Atle and Ron are brother ...

'' *1996: ''Olsen's Lot'' *1998: ''Amsterdam Stranded'' *2000: ''Unsung Heroine'' *2002: ''Selected'' (compilation) *2003: ''Waiting for the Bricks to Fall'' *2005: ''All Tomorrows Tears: The Best of Midnight Choir'' (compilation) * ''2008: In the Shadow of the Circus'' * ''2016: The Loma Ranch Sessions'' From ''Olsen's Lot'' and onward produced by Chris Eckman (of

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). On the album ''Unsung Heroine'', Chris Eckman is part of the band. There is also an appearance by

Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær (), also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960), is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

on trumpet. String arrangements by Mark Nichols.

Discography (DVD)

*2008: ''In the Shadow of the Circus'' Live recording Rockefeller Oslo mars 2003

External links

* Norwegian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1992 1992 establishments in Norway Musical groups disestablished in 2004 2004 disestablishments in Norway Glitterhouse Records artists {{Norway-band-stub