Oslo
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) is a Norwegian artist, composer, and synthesizer-performer.
Lindstrøm was a member of the synth-duo
Langsomt Mot Nord
Langsomt Mot Nord (''en: Slowly Approaching the North'' or alternatively ''Slowly Northward'') is a Norwegian synth-duo, founded by rock-drummer Ola Snortheim. Snortheim a well-known rock drummer of the Norwegian scene in the 1980s and 1990s, an ...
during their " Westrveg" period.
His style has been described as "... rock propelled with influences from Norwegian folk and classical music, the synth work sometimes taking on the Michael Garrison wall-of-sound feel, with the finesse of early
Vangelis
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Before Langsomt Mot Nord, Lindstrøm was a member of the band "Ixi". Ixi participated on a record released by NRK radio in 1982, containing the chosen bands from "Ungdommens Radioavis Rockemønstring", a competition of upcoming bands. Ixi was later seen in the renowned Club 7 in Oslo.
He is the brother of another Norwegian artist,
Rune Lindstrøm
Rune Peder Lindstrøm (born 2 March 1963) was the original drummer for the Norwegian rock-band deLillos (1984–1985).deLillos in
deLillos
deLillos is a Norway, Norwegian pop rock band formed in Oslo in 1984. They are generally regarded as one of the "Four Greats" in modern Norwegian pop music, i.e. one of the four 1980s groups that founded a new tradition for rock music with lyri ...
.
In 2007 Lindstøm started an electropop-band called SoulSheen, with Kaja Norum (lead vocals), Madeleine Schee (vocals) and Mikjel Helmers and Lindstrøm on synthesizers. The band have websites on http://www.soulsheen.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/soulsheen.
Lindstrøm have produced remixes under the alias Morganix for the Norwegian
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...
-groups Schnodig, Substaat (2016) and Electro Spectre (2018), in partnership with singer Kjersti Helene Larsen.
Lindstrøm also contributed with a remix of the track "Lala Land" by the Norwegian
Gothic Rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...
band "Batboner" on the band's "Re-Organ-Ized"«Re-Organ-Ized» Bandcamp /ref> album, released in 2024.