Trond Bersu

Trond Bersu
Born (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 40)
Skjåk, Oppland
OriginNorway
GenresElectronica, pop, alternative, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician,producer,composer
Instrument(s)Drums, synth, programming, and vocals
LabelsPropeller Recordings
Websitewww.highasakite.no

Trond Bersu (born 4 January 1984 in Skjåk, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and producer.[1]

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 Spellemannprisen.[2] 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 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.[3]

Honors

Discography

With PELbO
  • 2010: PELbO (Riot Factory)
  • 2011: Days Of Transcendence (Riot Factory)
With Machina
  • 2011: So Much For Dancing (Øra Fonogram)
With Highasakite
With Lydmor
  • 2018: I Told You I´d Tell Them Our Story (Producer,musician and mix engineer) (Mermaid Records[4])
With Ine Hoem
  • 2015: Angerville (Propeller Recordings)[1]

Production/Songwriting credits

Year Artist Title Record Label Achievements
2022 Highasakite Mother (Album) Propeller Recordings
2021 Lydmor Go Slow But Go (Track on album) Mermaid Records
2020 Highasakite The Bare Romantic Pt.2 (EP) Propeller Recordings
2019 Highasakite Uranium Heart (Album) Propeller Recordings
Highasakite/SEEB Free To Go (Single) Universal Music
Highasakite The Bare Romantic Pt.1 (EP) Propeller Recordings
2018 Highasakite Elastic State Of Mind (Single) Propeller Recordings
Lydmor I Told You I'd Tell Them Our Story (Album) Mermaid Records

References

  1. ^ a b "Trond Bersu". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ Enlid, Vegard; Misje, Hilde Kristine (17 January 2011). "Pelbo Spellemann-nominert" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ Bergan, Jon Vidar (30 August 2015). "Highasakite". Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Mermaid Records", Wikipedia, 15 February 2019, retrieved 17 June 2019