Kasper Bjørke
| Kasper Bjørke | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Kasper Bjørke & his friendly ghost |
| Born | Denmark |
| Genres | Electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, musician, record producer, DJ |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | hfn music |
| Associated acts | Filur, Jacob Bellens |
| Website | kasperbjorke.com |
Kasper Bjørke is a Danish DJ, record producer and remixer from Copenhagen.
Kasper Bjørke started making music in the disco house duo Filur with Tomas Barfod in 1999. Filur released four studio albums: Exciting Comfort (2000), Deeply Superficial (2002), Into the Wasteland (2006), Faces (2011) and the “Best Of compilation” In Retrospect (2009). They are known for the hits „Its Alright“, "I Want You" and later for "The Con" and "Concentrate!" and for working with guest vocalists such as Stina Nordenstam, Pernille Rosendahl, Magnum Coltrane Price, Simon Kvamm (Nephew), Daniel Agust (GusGus), Josephine Philip (Darkness Falls), Nellie Ettison and many more. They frequently toured the United States, Europe and Japan where they also reached the top of Tokyo Hot 100 chart and sold 40.000 albums. Filur played Arena Stage at Roskilde Festival as their final liveshow in 2003. After that they only performed as DJs. Filur won two DMA Awards for "Best Producers" and "Best Dance Album" and several other awards incl. a DR P3 Guld award for Best Hit. Filur stopped in 2012.
Since 2007 Kasper Bjørke has been producing and releasing music under his own name. His first solo album In Gumbo (2007) released on NYC label Plant Music, is drawing on elements from rave-rock, disco, kraut, house, techno and electro. Two singles from the album, "Back and Spine" and "Doesn't Matter", both appeared on heavy rotation on Danish National Radio DR P3. That was followed by a second album Standing on Top of Utopia (2010). The first single from the album "Young Again" became another hit and featured the vocals of Jacob Bellens, the singer of I Got You On Tape and Murder. Kaspers cover version of “Heaven” (The Rolling Stones) featured Louise Foo (Giana Factory) and got a remix by Nicolas Jaar, which received great attention from DJs around the globe. Other collaborators on the album included Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid) and the Italian string composer Davide Rossi (Goldfrapp, Coldplay, Jon Hopkins, The Verve). Fool, the “tongue in cheek” self-ironic entitled third album, is another tour de force in Kasper Bjørke’s signature production style – this time wrapped up as a concept album and released on Fool’s day, 1 April 2012. Like a vinyl record, the track list has been split into two sides: The pop infused vocal-based bittersweet love songs of the “Hungry side” is halfway through taken over by an Overture that leads into the darker and mainly instrumental “Foolish side”, containing spaced out psychedelic trips and no-wave disco voyages. Bjørke continues his close collaboration with Jacob Bellens who is featured on 4 songs on the album (five on the digital version), including the first single „Lose Yourself to Jenny“. The other guest-artists are Emma Acs and one of Kaspers main inspirations: Laid Back. On the visual side, the album is perfectly complemented by the artwork of the British producer and designer Trevor Jackson. Kaspers fourth studio album is scheduled for an autumn 2014 release on German hfn music
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