| Cloroform | |
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from left : Fjordheim Kaada Storesund |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Stavanger, Norway |
| Genres | Alternative, electronica, acid jazz |
| Years active | 1998—present |
| Labels | Kaada Recordings |
| Associated acts | Kaada, Kaizers Orchestra, Morten Abel |
| Website | http://www.cloroform.com |
| Members | |
| John Erik Kaada Øyvind Storesund Børge Fjordheim |
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Cloroform is a Norwegian alternative band that formed in 1998 in Stavanger. They started out as an acoustic jazz trio, but soon went on to sound more like a rock band. In the later years they have experimented with noise and avant-garde related genres.
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The members of Cloroform are three versatile musicians. In addition to Cloroform they have several other projects on their hands.
Børge Fjordheim has been co-producer and contributed as composer on several of Norways leading pop acts. Sivert Høyem, Morten Abel, Lene Marlin. He has also co-composed and produced the song "Can't Beat the Feeling" on Kylie Minogue album Aphrodite released in 2010.[1]
Øyvind Storesund is one of Norways most respected free-jazz avant-garde bassists, and is the bassplayer of Kaizers Orchestra.
John Erik Kaada has released solo-albums under the name "Kaada", and is one of Norway's most renowned composers. He has scored several international motion pictures, . Kaada has also released soundtrack albums and solo-albums on Mike Patton's label, Ipecac Recordings, and in November 2004 he released an album entitled Kaada/Patton which is a collaboration between the two artists. He runs a recording studio in Oslo called the Wrongroom.[2]