Skatebård

About

Originally a heavy metal drummer, Bård Aasen Lødemel, aka Skatebård, got into techno and rave during the '90s before he became a producer of retro-futuristic disco, house, and techno. Hailing from a small town called Ørsta on the Norwegian west coast, Lødemel moved to Bergen in the year 2000, where he quickly became part of the town's growing club scene. After handing over a homemade demo to Tellé Records label boss Mikal Telle, Lødemel was signed to Tellé offshoot label Tellektro in 2001. His first release under the name of Skatebård, a concise vinyl-only album called Skateboarding Was a Crime (In 1989), was released in 2002, and slowly but surely Skatebård's reputation started spreading beyond Norway's borders. Shortly thereafter, Lødemel suddenly became a hip-hop cult figure in his home country, as the sidekick MC in Side Brok -- an ensemble that, during 2004, was one of Norway's best-selling hip-hop acts.