Norwegian Fenomenon

"Fenomenon is a nusoul/electronic duo, formed in Stavanger, Norway in 2000 and consists of Håvard “Hobie” Rosenberg, Kjetil “Kay” Ingebretsen and Ruben Dalen. ”From Inside” was picked up by a norwegian dj called Peer. He included the track on the ”Quart 2000” cd and the ball started rolling from there. This was an incentiv to start shopping for a deal. Kjetil started sending music around to several beat labels out there. After only a few weeks Fenomenon got 2 deal propositions from London label ”Nuphonic”, and Chicago Label ”Guidance”, and Nuphonic seemed like the best choice, not only financially, but also because the label was at that time one of the hotttest labels around, enjoying a great success with their artists. In october 2000 the first Fenomenon 12” ”Pacific Memories EP” was released on Nuphonic putting Fenomenon on the map, and making them the new buzz on the dj scene in Europe. The ep was instantly critically acclaimed, and got fantastic reveiews in magazines like Mix mag, 7even, and Jockey slut. The songs featured on the 12” was; ”Awake, ”Out of control”, ”Pacific memories”, and ”Solara”. These songs were all to be found on numeral compilations across the world, and on every hot dj chart around, and made ”Ep of the month” on Virgin megastore in London. Fenomenon suddenly had their hands full remixing, producing, and on top of this, trying to finish their debut album for Nuphonic. The guys produced and did remixes for Naked Music, producing music for the Eidos computer game ”Beach Life”, and remixing for the dance project ”Cirque Du Soleil”. There was undoubtly great expectations to the next Fenomenon 12” on Nuponic, called ”Visjon Nord EP” which was set to release in April 2001 featuring 3 new great tracks; ”Romero Avenue”, Can’t they be good” co-written with, and featuring great vocalist, and good friend from New York, Wanda Felicia, and a smoking remix of ”Solara” by good friends Snorre & Oyvind of Butti 49. Sadly the formal release of ”Visjon Nord EP” never happened as Nuphonic at this time was liquidated. Only the test presses were sent out to different dj’s, stores and radio stations. The review of this 12” was also over the top, once again putting Fenomenon in the dancefloor and radio speakers across the world"- LastFM

music includes:

Fenomenon - Sleepy Meadows Of Buxton

(Hourglass, 2004)

Fenomenon - Out Of Control

(Pasific Memories EP, 2000)

unrelated chill

Jean Michel Lorgere - Strange Night

(Traffic Pop, 1973)

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