OF NORWAY
is the joint forces of Vegard “ Lil’ “ Wolf Dyvik & Chris Lynch.
”The bass is vibrating as I am typing, to the sound of the new OF NORWAY track, running on repeat on my iTunes. You know, the kind of hang up that can almost be described as autistic.” Writes Nils Noa in his heading of the November 2009 issue of Natt & Dag (Norway’s leading culture zine.)
Kiss.FM (UK) has also been supporting the lads for three months straight via their Buzzin’ Fly (Ben Watt) show and the not insignificant X.Press 2 show.
At home OF NORWAY has been regulars on air waves from the only nationwide coverage radio station NRK P3 (DJ. Friendly) on an almost weekly basis, and supported by the underground local stations and online radios as well. In 2009 they have found support and respect from DJs as various as Laurent Garnier, Diskjokke, Stacey Pullen, Rune Lindbæk, Ajello, Ben Mono, Ben Watt, Llorca, Vinny Villbass, G-Ha & Olanskii, Ripperton, Mental Overdrive, Brodinski, Frankie Bones, Laidback Luke, Lee Burridge, Hernan Cattaneo, Gel Abril, Phonogenic, John Digweed, Martijn Ten Velden, Kiki, Fabrice Lig and the list goes on.
“Lil’Wolf and Chris Lynch describe their music as the sound of ‘being lost in the woods in Norway’, and they certainly build up a tangible world of clicks, tweaks and burps – from an evening tide washing up on a beach of shingles, to the chattering of insect life in the forest floor, their house-tinged soundscapes are redolent and absorbing” (NoMusicMedia – on OF NORWAY live)
2009 saw the boys developing their live set, playing the major domestic festivals and events such as Øya, Sunkissed, Pstereo, Ploink, Ekko and various club gigs. As well as holding down a bi-monthly show on SAMURAI.FM, where they DJ and play live gigs. Lil’Wolf is one of the few selected Norwegians to have been invited to record a BBC session for Annie Nightingale.
Between them they have releases and remixes on labels such as Afro Art (UK), Rong Music (US), Dialect (FR), Rebirth (IT), Troll Rec (NOR) Brique Rouge (FR), Mantra Vibes (IT), Audiobahn (S), Deeplay Soultech (S),Love O.D (NOR), C+C/Frode Records (N), Tommy Boy/Silver Label (US) etc. And they start of 2010 with releases on Bete Noir/Afro Art (UK), Tu-Rong/Rong Music (US), Troll Records (NOR), Connaisseur (BE) and dARKROOM dUBS (UK).