Kenneth Kapstad
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| Background information | |
| Born |
20 April 1979 Løkken Verk, Meldal, Sør-Trøndelag |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Rock, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Labels | Reflect Records, Jazzaway Records, Curling Legs |
| Associated acts |
Motorpsycho Monolithic Grand General |
| Website |
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Kenneth Kapstad (born 20 April 1979) is a Norwegian musician (drums) from Trondheim, known as the drummer of the band Gåte (2004–05) and from collaborations within the bands Motorpsycho, Animal Alpha, Goat the Head and Monolithic.[1][2][3]
Career
Kapstad was born in Løkken Verk. He attended the music program at Orkdal vgs., two years on Sund Folkehøgskole, a year at the conservatory in Agder Musikkonservatorium and four years on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2001–05).[4]
After the fenomenal success within Gåte, that ended just when it started to take off, Kapstad joined Motorpsycho duo guitarist Hans Magnus Ryan and bassist Bent Sæther in 2007. He also collaborates within bands like Dadafon (2003–2004), Cucumber (2004–2005), African Pepperbirds (2004–2006), Monolithic (2005 -), Goat the Head (2005 -), Animal Alpha (2006–2007), Thorns (2006 -), Martin Hagfors (2008 -), Møster! (2010 -), Grand General (2010 -), God Seed (2011 -), Resjemheia (2011 -) and Spidergawd (2013 -).
Discography
- Within Dadafon
- 2004: My Brother's Comeback (Universal Records)
- 2004: Harbour (Universal Records)
- 2004: And So We Have To Say Goodbye (Dadafon Self-released)
- Within Motorpsycho
- 2008: Little Lucid Moments (Rune Grammofon)
- 2008: Roadwork Vol. 3: The Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse (included in the double DVD release "Haircuts")
- 2009: Child of the Future
- 2010: Heavy Metal Fruit (Rune Grammofon)
- 2011: Roadwork Vol. 4 – Intrepid Skronk (Rune Grammofon)
- 2011: Strings of Stroop – Motorpsycho Live at Effenaar (limited edition vinyl)
- 2012: The Death Defying Unicorn (Stickman Records, Germany), with Ståle Storløkken
- 2013: Still Life With Eggplant (Rune Grammofon)
- 2014: Behind the Sun (Rune Grammofon)
- Within Goat The Head
- 2007: Simian Supremacy (Tabu Recordings)
- 2010: Doppelgängers (Aftermath Music)
- 2011: Wicked Mimicry (Left Horn Records)
- Within Grand General
- 2013: Grand General (Rune Grammofon)[5]
- With other projects
- 2004: No Slumber (Bergland Prod.), within Cucumber
- 2005: Haiglaits: Farvel Og På Gjensyn (EMI Music, Norway), with Are Og Odin
- 2006: Cape Point (Bergland Prod.), with Afric Pepperbirds
- 2008: You Pay For The Whole Seat, But You'll Only Need The Edge (Racing Junior), with Animal Alpha
- 2008: E.S.P. (Extended Sensory Play), with 22
- 2009: Men And Flies (Me Records), with Martin Hagfors
- 2009: Black Science (Roggbif Records), within Monolithic (Stian Westerhus)
References
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- ↑ Myrberget, Lage Thune (22 August 2010). "Norges raskeste kan mer" (in Norwegian). Trommer.no. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ Johansen, Carl Kristian (8 July 2011). "- Man må spille som man er" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ "Monolithic + Kogumaza". Cafeoto.co.uk. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ↑ "Jazzlinja". NTNU.no. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ↑ "Grand General: Grand General (2013) Track Review". All About Jazz. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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