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Humrush
was formed in Kristiansand by brothers Torkjel
Austad (Keyboards/Samples) and Halvard Helle
(Guitars) in the beginning of 1998.
July
1999 Performs three intimate and successful nights
at the Quart Festival with audiences including
Massive Attack and Blur.
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August
1999 The bands performs one of their best performances
at the Urstock Festival.
November
1999 Performs at Vaskeriet, Kristiansand
in an arrangment by the underground label Groovecentral.
Other artists on this night include DJ Bjørn
Torske, Jan Bang, Quadrant 4 and Dj David
Dajani.
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May 2000 Torkjel and Halvard starts working in their "Turbotape"
relase. The songs are "Sugarpop" and "Only Way" and the
basic work is produced together with Daniel Steinsland.
July
2000 Bass (Roger Williamsen) and drums (Klaus Blomvik)
for "Turbotape" are recorded in Kristiansand.
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August
2000 Vocals by Tine Wulff are recorded in Oslo.
The final production is finished a month later by
Torkjel, Halvard and Peter.
Janary
2001 Torkjel and Halvard reforms the band as a four-piece
with Klaus Blomvik and brings in Anders Lidal
on bass and vocals.
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March
2001 Band performs at Pigalle, Oslo and is
joined by Tine Wulff on vocals on three tracks.
April
2001 Finally, Humrush - Turbotape (12") is
released on Groovecentral with remixes by
Christian Watkins and Selsius.
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April
25 2001 "Sugarpop" played at NRK P3 (Norwegian
radio) for the first time. But this was litterly just
the start. In the following months the various songs of
the Turbotape release was played regulary through the
year.
April
26 2001 "Sugarpop" is used in "Filmmagasinet"
on NRK1 (Norwegian Broadcasting), a show on
new movies on cinema.
March 2002, Humrush performed at the By:Larm
festival with guest artists Salvador and Oscar from "Darkside of the Force" and Dan Drehn from Groovecentral.
Since then, Torkjel has studied in Australia for years where he composed music together with Christian Tanberg. Torkjel now lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Halvard on the other hand has been heavly involved with rapper Salvador and "Darkside of the Force". New album to be released in 2006!
