» Thomas Dybdahl

Thomas Dybdahl went out to become somewhat of a shooting-star in Norway. As a solo artist, the former guitarist of the band Quadraphonics released his first single EP Bird in 2000. His first release did not have much success, and his second EP from 2001, John Wayne, was also unsuccessful.

Beginning with the release of his first album entitled ... That Great October Sound in 2002, the first part of his gold and platinum selling October series, he received national and even international appreciation for his unique work. Since then, and especially after the European release in 2004, Thomas Dybdahl's notability has increased significantly. The mostly positive reviews tout Dybdahl as a new pop wonder comparable to Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley and other important solo artists. He received the Spellemannprisen and the Alarm Award for his outstanding work.

The release of his next two albums Stray Dogs (European release in 2005) and One Day You'll Dance for Me, New York City further increased his standing as a respected artist.

The album One Day You'll Dance for Me, New York City features the famous Norwegian philosopher Arne Næss speaking of quality of life, as a sort of interlude.

In 2004, he teamed up with artists from the bands Jaga Jazzist and Bigbang on the project The National Bank, which immediately entered the Norwegian charts with the project's self-titled debut album. To date, it hasn't been released outside Norway.

His single Damn Heart, written for the Danish movie En Soap, was released in 2006 on Copenhagen Records.

In 2007, he performed as an opening act in the USA for fellow Norwegian artist Sondre Lerche.

He features as the vocalist on several songs from Morcheeba's album Dive Deep.

Science 
march 13, 2007

1. Something Real 
2. How It Feels 
3. Still My Body Aches 
4. No One Would Ever Know 
5. Dice 
6. Always 
7. U 
8. This Year 
9. Maury The Pawn 
10. Outro 
11. Be A Part 

Resentie / Persbericht

With Science, Thomas Dybdahl has created a delicate and soulful masterpiece. After achieving critical acclaim for his platinum-selling albums in his native Norway, he is now ready to share his emotive voice and intricate portraits in song with the rest of the world.

On Science, his major label debut with Rykodisc, Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl sings "all I need is a quiet corner and a conversation," and presents a collection of ghostly and intimate songs suitable to exactly that setting. Dybdahl sounds like he might blow away in a stiff breeze, and the music is delicate almost to a fault--a wisp of piano here, a muttering of acoustic guitar there, melodies half-whispered as if they were afraid to step too much into the light. And though Nick Drake or (more recently) Leslie Feist can turn this approach into a gossamer dream of a song, here the tunes early on Science teeter on the edge of formlessness. Just when you're about to nod off with your headphones on, along comes "U," structured and delivered like a slow-jam Prince B-side (even the title seems like a salute to the Purple One's signature English abridgements), and suddenly Science moves from soporific to sensuous. Let's keep our fingers crossed for future albums that tap more of Thomas Dybdahl's structured side, letting his obvious depth of soul show itself to the world.