Sven Garås (born 1978,

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) is a pop artist, songwriter and producer working out of

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, Norway. He has been running DJD Lydstudio since 2006 and works in several different genres using various pseudonyms. He has written songs with Norwegian

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s such as Hanne Sørvaag,

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, Arne Moslåtten, Simen Fjeld and Tommy Berre. He has specialized in

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and

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, and has also written and produced music for commercials for clients such as

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, '' VG'' and

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. In 2010 he was one of the jury members in the “

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” category at the Norwegian Grammys (

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). In 2006 he released his first single as an artist, "One of Those Days". The song was A-listed for fourteen consecutive weeks on the biggest local radio station group in Norway (Jærradiogruppen), with nationwide coverage. Following the success, a music video was directed by Howie Arnstad. The story played out on

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, and was shot in

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and

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, depicting an internet romance between British actor Chris Hogben and New York based dancer Kristina Skjelberg. It scored a listing on ZTV during the summer of 2007. In 2007 he released the single "Choose to Live" which also made it to the playlists of the biggest radio stations in Norway

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and P4. A new music video was made, this time around filmed in London and directed by local talent Max Shaw. In this video, Garås played alongside

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model and Bollywood actress Zoe Szypillo. At the start of 2008 he took part in the Norwegian preselection of the

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(called

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in Norway), performing a song called "I'm in Love". The song was released by

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Norway. This year he also released the single " Baby Get Higher", a song written by Graham Stack, Mark Read and

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. On the production side he remixed "Robot Song" by Norwegian Idol star

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together with DJ Jamie. The remix was released by

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and soon picked up and supported by Tiesto, a renowned international DJ. Tiesto also played it on his weekly radio show (

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) presenting it for several hundred thousand

lovers all over the

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. In 2009 he joined forces with Reidar Buskenes remixing another one of

radio hits, "Samantha". Following their success the duo was in 2010 commissioned by

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to remix "Sometimes" by Norwegian multiplatinum sellers

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. The remix made it into the Norwegian Dance Charts, and was released worldwide together with a remix by infamous remixer

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. 2010 also saw the release of Sven Garås pop rock album ''Choose to Live'' which also contained the single "Sommerlåt", the first he has sung in his native language.

Discography

Albums

*2010: ''Choose to Live''

Singles

*2006: "One of Those Days

*2007: "Choose to Live

*2008: "I'm in Love" *2008: " Baby Get Higher" *2010: "Sommerlåt" ;As producer / remixer (selective) *

- "Robot Song" (remix with DJ Jamie). *Margaret Berger - "Samantha" (with Reidar Buskenes) *

- "Sometimes"

References

External links

Sven Garas Homepage

Sven Garas on Myspace

Sven Garas on Facebook

Sven Garas on Twitter

Sven Garas on YouTube

Sven Garas on Soundcloud
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