Kasper Bjørke

Kasper Bjørke is a Danish DJ, record producer and remixer from Copenhagen.

Career

Filur

He started in Filur made up of Tomas Barfod and Kasper Bjørke himself on lead vocals with various guest singers. They released four albums: Exciting Comfort (2001), Deeply Superficial (2002), Into the Wasteland (2006) and Faces (2011). They are best known for the hits "I Want You" and later for "The Con" and "Concentrate!". Moreover, they released "It's Alright" and "Shame" which were minor hits in Italy.^[1] They also toured the United States, Europe and Japan. Tomas Barfod is now part of WhoMadeWho. The band has won two DMA awards for "Best Producers" and "Best Dance Album".

Solo and production

Bjørke released his first solo album In Gumbo in 2007, drawing on elements from rave-rock, disco, psychedelica, house, techno and electro. Two singles from the album, "Back and Spine" and "Doesn't Matter", both appeared on rotation on Danish P3 radio. That was followed by a second album Standing on Top of Utopia that was released on February 1, 2010. The first single from the album was "Young Again" that reached #21 on the Danish Singles Chart. A modern disco-pop hit, it featured the vocals of Jacob Bellens, the singer of I Got You On Tape. Bellens also co-wrote the lyrics. Bjørke also cooperated with Italian producer Davide Rossi.

Bjørke also cooperated with fellow Danish electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist Anders Trentemøller.

Discography

Albums

as part of Filur

• 2001: Exciting Comfort (DEN #38)
• 2002: Deeply Superficial (DEN –)
• 2006: Into The Wasteland (DEN –)
• 2011: Faces (DEN #23)

Solo

Singles

as part of Filur

• 2001: "I Want You" (DEN #11)
• 2001: "It's Alright" (Filur meets Nellie Ettison) (ITA #49)
• 2001: "Shame" (Filur meets Nellie Ettison) (ITA #53)
• 2006: "The Con" (DEN #12)
• 2011: "Concentrate!" (Filur feat. Simon Kvamm) (DEN #19)

Solo

References

External links

• Official website