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Oslo, Norway (2000 – present)

Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Øyen Vister.

The band began as a project between Ulf and Jo in Oslo, Norway in the winter of 2000-01. Starting out as an instrumental and sampled vocal project, they were signed for a track on a compilation by Beatservice Records in Winter 2001. On hearing the finished track, label manager Vidar Hanssen signed the unnamed band for a full album.

During early Summer 2001, Ulf and Jo recorded most of the album and Anja improvised the vocals. After their vocals, Jo layered the guitars, but it would be a year before the album would be completed and released.

In Spring 2002, the band was known as Flunk and they released their first single, a cover of New Order’s

Blue Monday in April. The track was well received in the UK and was included on numerous compilations in North America and Europe. Later in April, their debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released which garnered great reviews in Norway. With the success of their album, BBC invited them to do a recording session for the Radio 1 show The Blue Room in London. Shortly after Notting Hill Art’s Club would become the location to their live debut. In the United States, they became signed to Guidance Recordings.

By Summer 2002, raving reviews were being returned by British electronica magazines and in July they played Norway’s finest rock festival. In October For Sleepyheads Only was released in the US through Guidance Recordings. By November they played the London Jazz Festival.

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2	On My Balcony full track	1,758
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dongdididou wrote:
3 hours ago

in love with kemikal girl !

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appreciatedmutt wrote:
yesterday morning

Wow!, this is an amazing vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE

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retroindiano wrote:
Saturday morning

I love Flunk !!! It's a Great band !!!

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NoirCafe wrote:
Friday afternoon

i don't like their songs that much (except Play and Six-Seven Times), but her voice is simply breathtaking

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Eirmodim wrote:
last week

właśnie tak. play to taki sobie utworem, na który nie zwraca się uwagi. on my balcony wczuwa, wymiękam, jak to słysze. two icicles też jest lepsze od playa. nie mówiłem co prawda, że 5x, ale tak, to racja.

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mvodak wrote:
last week

superb.

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VWilkman wrote:
last week

pardon, 'on my balcony' 5x better than 'play' wtf?

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claudia_l wrote:
13 days ago

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ermade wrote:
14 days ago

plaaaaaaaaaaaaay

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prince-paradox wrote:
15 days ago

vote this pic for default: http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/10607/Flunk.jpg :)

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Eirmodim wrote:
15 days ago

i love them, but i don't understand why "play" is the most listened song. it's not so good. "on my balcony", "two icicles", "blind my mind" are so much better!!!

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katariinaa wrote:
19 days ago

just discovered them!! i know how i could have not known them!! thanks God i found them :)

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jonasamster wrote:
19 days ago

good stuff.

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loydlines82 wrote:
20 days ago

wie ein warmer Regen:-)

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aufSendung wrote:
23 days ago

indeed great music!

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Com4myst wrote:
last month

J'adore

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FlorLua wrote:
last month

perfect!! i can't stop to listen kemikal girl!

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HamsterOfHell wrote:
last month

cool name for a band:d

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Neeed wrote:
last month

I've been all over in kinds of cities in Norway and why is it that I haven't stumbeled upon these before I was playing in spotify. Rabbledash.

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JayBlack wrote:
last month

it's... just... wonderful!!! __* love from the first sound*

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