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KENNEH NORUM AKA "ROCKSTAR KEN" IS A PRODUCER/ SONGWRITER LOCATED IN THE HEART OF OSLO, NORWAY. KENNETH HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH VARIOUS SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS SUCH AS WHIMSICAL, SANDRA LYNG HAUGEN, SOFIAN, MARIA MENA, DIAZ, KLEEN, CARWELL, MARCC GREGORY, TONE METTE, NOELLE, VENKE KNUTSON, ERIK FABER AMONG OTHERS.

KENNETH STARTED HIS CARRIER IN THE BAND S.P.O.O.N. WHERE HE PLAYED THE BASS AND WAS THE CREATIVE FORCE. THE BAND WON THE NORWEGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROCK IN 1999. IT´S LEADSINGER ERIK FABER AND IT´S BACKUPSINGER VENKE KNUTSON, BOTH HAS BECOME TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUST ARTISTS IN NORWAY TODAY.

IN 2001, KENNETH FORMED THE STUDIO CALLED “AUDIOKLINIKKEN” TOGETHER WITH BERENT PHILIP MOE, ERIK FABER AND ARNFINN TELLEFSEN IN KRISTIANSAND. THE FIRST PRODUCTION THEY RELEASED WAS ERIK FABERS DEBUT ALBUM “BETWEEN THE LINES”. THE ALBUM GOT GREAT CRITICS AND THE FOUR RADIO SINGELS FROM THE ALBUM ALL REACHED TOP 10 ON NORWEGIAN CHARTS.

IN 2002, KENNETH FORMED A MUSIC INSTRUMENT STORE CALLED “RIFF MUSIKK” IN KRISTIANSAND. WITHIN 2002 HE HAD OPENED STORES IN BOTH OSLO AND TRONDHEIM AS WELL. TODAY “RIFF MUSIC” IS THE LARGEST MUSIC CHAIN STORE IN NORWAY, CONSISTING OF FOUR STORES AND OVER 17 EPLOYEES.

IN 2003, KENNETH FORMED THE STUDIO ALPHABET CITY IN OSLO TOGHETER WITH THE PRODUCER ISAK SWING. THE COMPANY ALSO INCLUDES A <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alphabetcitylabel"_blank">LABEL >></a> WITH THE SAME NAME.

IN 2004, THEY PRODUCED AND RELEASED WHIMSICAL´S EP “COMING HOME”. THE EP BECOME ONE OF THE BEST SELLING EPS THAT YEAR IN NORWAY.

IN 2005, THEY PRODUCED AND RELEASED WHIMSICAL´S DEBUT ALBUM “ THE GLOW”. THE FIRST SINGEL “COMING HOME”, KNOWN FOR IT´S CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO, BECAME A TOP 10 HIT IN NORWAY. THE SECOND SINGEL FROM THE ALBUM WAS “SUPERSTAR”. A PROMO SINGEL FOR THE ARTIST NOELLE WAS ALSO RELEASED THIS YEAR. HER MUSICVIDEO “DON´T LISTEN” MADE ..3 OF THE MOST PLAYED VIDEOS ON NRK SVISJ IN 2005.

IN 2006, KENNETH WROTE TWO SONGS THAT BECAME A PART OF THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE MOVIE “TOMMY´S INFERNO” TOGETHER WITH THE ARTISTS MARIA MENA AND CARWELL. A VIDEO TO THE SONG “EVERYTIME” (WHIMSICAL FEAT. MARIA MENA) WAS RELEASED. A PROMO SINGEL/VIDEO FOR THE ARTIST CARWELL CALLED “RUSH” WAS ALSO RELEASED THE SAME YEAR.

THESE DAYS KENNETH IS WORKING WITH SOME HOT NEW ARTISTS FROM US, UK, SWEDEN, DENMARK AND NORWAY.