Specktors is a Danish hip hop group formed in 2008 by Sluzh, Jonas For Fa'en, Wanr and Anders "Drysset" Drøidal. When Drøidal left the band, he wasn't replaced and Specktors became a trio. The band usually combines hip hop with electronic influences. The band is signed to
EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...
Denmark.
Specktors started working in the
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
underground / club scene and in April 2008 launched a tour all over Denmark. They had their break when their song "Hellerup Ansigt // Amar Røv" was played by DJ
Kjeld Tolstrup
Kjeld Tolstrup (27 June 1965 – 21 March 2011) was a Danish radio DJ.
Career
Kjeld Tolstrup became one of the biggest names in Danish DJ circles in the 1980s performing at The Hacienda in Manchester, Ministry of Sound in London, ''Sensation'' e ...
on Denmark's
P3 radio program ''Unga Bunga''. Soon after they landed a deal in 2009 with Music For Dreams label, where they released their debut album ''Shanksville'' on 9 September 2009 (090909). The album included collaborations with MagerMayn, Pato Siebenhaar, MC Ena (from Fagget Fairys) and
Jokeren
Jesper Dahl (born 13 June 1973), better known by the stage name Jokeren (''The Joker''), is a Danish hip-hop artist and rapper.
Dahl was born in Hillerød. In addition to his own recordings, he has been a prolific producer and has worked on Ame ...
.
In summers of 2011 and 2012, they performed at the
Roskilde Festival
The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. It was created in 1971 by two high school students and a promoter. In 1 ...
.
Roskilde Festival: Specktors
/ref> In 2012, they made some mixtapes, releasing in June 2012 their second album ''Kadavermarch''. The first track to release as a single was "Lågsus", a huge hit featuring Danish singer Medina
Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...
going straight to #1 on Tracklisten
Hitlisten (), formerly known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Wednesday at midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart combines the 40 best-selling tracks from streaming and legal mus ...
, the official Danish Singles Chart.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Featured in
References
External links
Official website
Facebook
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Danish hip-hop groups