Trond Bersu (born 4 January 1984 in

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, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and producer.

Career

During his music studies on the jazz program at the Trondheim musikkonservatorium Bersu started the band PELbO together with fellow students Ine Hoem and Kristoffer Lo. Their self titled debut album was nominated for the 2010 Open class

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. The second album release was ''Days of Transcendence'' (2011). In Trondheim, he also collaborated with another fellow student Ingrid Helene Håvik and later on when established in Oslo, they started the band

Highasakite Highasakite is an indie pop and indie rock band from Norway. The band formed when vocalist and songwriter Ingrid Helene Håvik met drummer Trond Bersu whilst studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. In 2010, after just six months, the d ...

together. Their debut album ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (2012) was well received and was nominated for Newcomer of the Year at the 2012 Spellemannprisen. The next album ''Silent Treatment'' received Pop Group of the Year at the 2014 Spellemannprisen.

Honors

*2014:

as This year's pop group for the album ''Silent Treatment'' *2016:

as This year's pop group for the album ''Camp Echo''

Discography

With PELbO *2010: ''PELbO'' (Riot Factory) *2011: ''Days of Transcendence'' (Riot Factory) With Machina *2011: ''So Much For Dancing'' (Øra Fonogram) With

*2012: ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (Riot Factory) *2014: ''Silent Treatment'' (

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) *2016: ''Camp Echo'' (

) *2018: ''Out of Order-single'' (

) *2018: ''Elastic State of Mind-single (Producer and musician)'' (

) *2019: ''Uranium Heart'' (Producer and musician)(

) *2020: ''The Bare Romantic 1 & 2'' (Producer and musician) (

) With

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*2018: ''I Told You I´d Tell Them Our Story'' (Producer,musician and mix engineer) (

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) With Ine Hoem *2015: ''Angerville'' (Propeller Recordings)

Production/Songwriting credits

References

External links

Pelbo – Join The Game (live)
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