Kim Ofstad
Kim Ofstad (born November 25, 1969 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian pop , rock and jazz drummer.
Ofstad studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he met bassist Jonny Sjo . With him and the singer Simone Larsen he founded the pop band D'Sound in 1993 , with which he released several albums and was awarded the Spellemann Prize in 1998 .
In 1995 he recorded the album Jacques Tati with jazz guitarist Knut Værnes , bassist Frode Berg , trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft . In 1998 he worked with Sjo on Eivind Aarset's album Électronique Noire . He toured Scandinavia and Germany with the a-ha singer Morten Harket , DJ Kemit , Lil John Roberts and Anne Grete Preus , played drums on several albums by the rock group Ab und Zu and worked in a duo with the drummer Audun Kleive .
Web links
- Kim Ofstad at Allmusic (English)
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| SURNAME | Ofstad, Kim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian pop, rock and jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trondheim |