SUMMER BASH: Todd Terje (DJ SET) // Killen

Doors 4 20 PM More info coming soon! 18+ Tickets out Friday 10AM! Summer is coming in with a splash this year, and we're jumping in on the 5th of June with a 360° Cannonball to FS Bodyslam and the splash-back is going to setting waves all Summer long! First funky fun groovy moving bonanza with Todd Terje and Killen.! Todd Terje (DJ SET) Following a string of celebrated releases leaning on everything from kitschy euro sounds to deep funk and latin jazz, the relatively new to the scene Todd Terje has already made his mark within dance music circuits. Gems such as the cheese monster “Eurodans” and the latin disco-fuelled edit of Jacko’s “Can’t Help it” under his Tangoterje edit-moniker instantly made industry types and clubbers alike go bananas, and whatever the Norwegian puts his fingers on, it always comes out with that crucial blend of musicality and playfulness. Growing up in the rural village of Mjøndalen, dance music influences were scarce, and no, there was never any Diskoklubb there. Not a lot of obscure disco or acid house in his milk either. However, during the early/mid nineties dance culture sneaked it way into even the most remote parts of Norway, thanks to the popularity of acts like The Prodigy and national radio stations filling prime time slots with underground jocks Olle Abstract and Pål “Strangefruit” Nyhus. On the more personal level, Terje’s sister was a close friend of the late Tore “Erot” Kroknes, and the tapes she brought home to the young Terje became a major source of inspiration. Playing around in his early teens on a crap PC together with his mate Dølle Jølle, Terje made his first attempts on house and jungle, which they played from cassette tapes on junior high school-dances. Maybe too young for old music back then, Terje reckoned that disco was all a bit silly – until Bjørn Torske’s “Sexy Disco” caught his ears in 1999. Training to become a pianist Terje enrolled at a local music school, but to his disappointment there wasn’t much jazz being taught there. Gradually leaving the musical career path, he later moved on to studying physics at the University of Oslo. Although not longer aspiring to become a pianist, he was by no means over music. In 2001 Terje got in touch with Prins Thomas, who was at the time working at HS Records in Oslo. Thomas soon recognized his potential, and helped pushing Terje in the right directions. Oslo is a small place where like minded folks tend to join forces, and with his thorough musical understanding and nerdy like interest in old and new records spanning from that new Idjut Boys 12″ to experimental synth bands very few of us have ever heard of, he soon became one of the key players on the Oslo electronic disco scene. Besides working on his own projects, Terje’s played on some of Prins Thomas’ tracks, and not to mention his remix of the Lindstrøm 12″ “Another Station”. Killen. Stockholm-based Hannes Torssell aka Killen. is a forward-thinking and innovative producer and beat maker with a sound that finds inspiration from alt rnb/pop, electro and house. Killen. has, among various things, worked with Swedish House Mafia, producing the opening track "Time" (feat. Mapei) from their album "Paradise Again”. In 2024 Killen launched his artist project, receiving a tonne of love from across the globe including mulitple playlist covers on Spotify, Zane Lowe premiering “Love You Better” on Apple, Pete Tong, and numerous other presenters, playing Killen. singles on BBC Radio 1. “Die for you” getting A-list rotation at P3 in Sweden for 7 weeks. The year is looking very bright for Killen.