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Bergen, Norway (2000 – present)

Datarock is a Norwegian band. The band describes their sound as “a mixture of musical styles like.” A trio of friends, Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O’Brien, conceived the group while at a festival in Bergen, and soon hired Tom Mæland. O’Brien and Mæland later left the band, but the duo of Saroea and Mosnes continued the project. The band members list their major artistic influences as Devo, Talking Heads and the Happy Mondays.

The band has released three EPs and their debut album, Datarock Datarock, was released in 2005 in 10 countries on the band’s own label, YAP (Young Aspiring Professionals), receiving favourable reviews, especially in the UK. They made an appearance in Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 with the single “Computer Camp Love” in 2005, placing at #12. This song was #88 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

Their song “Fa-Fa-Fa” was featured in a new Coca Cola advert, and is also featured in NHL 08, FIFA 08 and NBA Live 08 as part of EA Trax. It also appears in The Sims 2: Free Time, and The Sims’ video team was asked to create a custom music video for “Fa-Fa-Fa”. Another one of their songs, “New Song”, is featured in Madden NFL 08. Finally, a remix of “I Used To Dance With My Daddy” is featured in Need For Speed: ProStreet and “True Stories” is featured in FIFA 09.

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oprimus wrote:
Thursday morning

Interview: http://thefourohfive.com/articles/1663

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CiNSaLaBiN wrote:
Monday afternoon

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Overspeculated wrote:
last week

zomg new album sucks

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Overspeculated wrote:
last week

zomg new album

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Gripan wrote:
last week

"red" is fucking awesome.

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TheAbdBoy wrote:
last month

True Stories came with Sims 3? What about In The Red? It sounds like an instrumental for Sims 3.

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musicremedy wrote:
last month

lol true stories came with sims 3

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TRAKTOR15T wrote:
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куллест групп!!!

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grayhex wrote:
last month

новая пластинка ничего так)

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LowPulp wrote:
last month

I have no idea where to find the song nightflight to uranus. it's nowhere to be found on iTunes.

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olsi wrote:
last month

Gig in SF was aweeeeesome!

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Ben-Bel wrote:
last month

another awesome scandinavian music... :)

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malaiwa wrote:
last month

Come to Poland !!!! It's not that far from Norway! :)

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Veryasik wrote:
last month

Обожаю эту группу)))

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marta_lynx wrote:
last month

неописуемы))

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lifemusicmedia wrote:
May 2009

Interview: Datarock - Give It Up Interview with Fredrik Saroea ahead of the Datarock Australian tour - June 2009 http://lifemusicmedia.com/?p=2498

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chicko77 wrote:
May 2009

I am fan from Princess!!!!!!!!

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LivingLegend06 wrote:
May 2009

Ahh Sex Me Up.

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mampsakazika wrote:
May 2009

new cd is great! "red" is better than "datarock". :)

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Odelaybradford wrote:
May 2009

We reviewed these guys at their Great Escape Festival show on The Recommender blog. Find photo's, links and mp3's here - http://therecommender.net

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