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Instruments
  
Drums

Role
  
Drummer

Name
  
Torstein Lofthus


Associated acts
  
Elephant9

Years active
  
1987 - present

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Jazz

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Born
  
10 March 1977 (age 47) Oystese, Hordaland (
1977-03-10
)

Music groups
  
Elephant9, Shining (Since 1999), Damp, Soyr, Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus

Albums
  
Blackjazz, Where the Ragged People Go, Live Blackjazz, Sweet Shanghai Devil, In the Kingdom of Kitsch Yo

Similar People
  
Stale Storlokken, Nikolai Eilertsen, Jorgen Munkeby, Bernt Moen, Morten Qvenild

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Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977, in Øystese, Kvam, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and composer, married to Hege Lofthus (b. Sørvig, 1981), and known from bands like Shining, Elephant9, Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus.

Contents

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Career

Torstein Lofthus Gard Nilssen og Torstein Lofthus lydprve med Mathias Eick YouTube

Lofthus has had a major influence on Norwegian music through studio work, live concerts and teaching at Norwegian Academy of Music and at University of Agder (the Faculty of Fine Arts). Based in Oslo, he now tours Norway and Europe with different bands and artists after finishing his master at the Norwegian Academy of Music spring 2006. He plays several genres, well known with both jazz and pop music. He has been the most sought drummer in Norway recent years, if not on tour with Vamp, Jarle Bernhoft, Oslo Gospel Choir, Mathias Eick or Marit Larsen, he collaborates with Maria Mena, Kurt Nilsen, Torun Eriksen, Bertine Zetlitz, Silje Nergaard, Eivind Aarset, D'Sound, Noora Noor, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Jon Eberson and Per Zanussi, to mention a few, both in studio and on stage.

Honors

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  • 2010: Spellemannprisen in the category Jazz for the album Walk The Nile, within Elephant9
  • 2011: Spellemannprisen as Innovator's of the year, within Shining
  • 2015: Gammleng-prisen in the category studio musician

    • Samples

    Torstein Lofthus Gard Nilssen og Torstein Lofthus konsert med Mathias Eick YouTube

  • Torstein live with Shining at John Dee Concert Hall in Oslo.
  • Music video Marit Larsen 2005, Don't Save Me Torstein Lofthus plays drums on the song.

    • Band/Artist list

  • Shining
  • Elephant9
  • Red Kite
  • Marit Larsen
  • Maria Mena
  • Jarle Bernhoft
  • Chrome hill
  • Mathias Eick Band
  • D'Sound
  • Oslo Gospel Choir
  • Jørn Øien trio
  • Liarbird
  • Torun Eriksen
  • Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus
  • Garness
  • Søyr
  • Morten Halle quartett
  • Eivind Aarset

    • Random work for

  • Silje Nergaard
  • Beady Belle
  • Damp

    • Former artists

  • Bertine Zetlitz
  • Kurt Nilsen
  • Maria Solheim

    • Discography

    Shining

  • Blackjazz (2010) Nominated Spellemannsprisen category metal
  • Grindstone (2007) Awarded Alarmprisen category jazz
  • In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
  • Sweet Shanghai Devil (2003)
  • Where the Ragged People Go (2002)

    • Elephant9

  • Walk the Nile (2010) Awarded Spellemannsprisen category jazz
  • Dodovoodoo (2008)

    • Thom Hell

  • All Good Things (2010)

    • Aleksander With

  • Still Awake (2010)

    • Torun Eriksen

  • Passage (2010) (1 song)
  • Prayers & Observations (2005)
  • Glittercard (2003)

    • Jørn Øien trio

  • Digging in the Dark (2010)

    • Chrome Hill

  • Earthlings (2008)

    • Damp

  • Hoatzin (2005)
  • Mostly Harmless (2003)

    • Mathias Eick

  • Skala (2011)

    • Ola Kvernberg's Liarbird

  • Liarbird (Jazzland, 2011), the commissioned work, live from Moldejazz 2010 including Bergmund Waal Skaslien (viola), Eirik Hegdal (saxophone), Håkon Kornstad (saxophone), Mathias Eick (trumpet), Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Ole Morten Vågan (bass), as well as Erik Nylander (drums)

    • Jarle Bernhoft

  • Solidarity Breaks (2011)
  • 1: Man 2: Band (2010)

    • Marit Larsen

  • Under the Surface (2006)
  • The Chase (2008)

    • Garness

  • Barnet i krybben (2009)
  • The good or better side of things (2008)

    • Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus

  • Bring it on (2006)

    • Silje Nergaard

  • Darkness Out of Blue (2007)

    • Linn Skåber and Dennis Storhøi

  • Petter Snus og vårmelodien (2007)

    • Maria Solheim

  • Frail (2004)
  • Behind Closed Doors (2002)

    • Rockettothesky

  • To Sing You Apple Trees (2006)

    • Samsaya

  • Shedding Skin (2004)

    • Gisle Torvik

  • Naken Uten Gitar (1999)

    • Various artists

  • Stolpesko (2002)

    • References

    Torstein Lofthus Wikipedia
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