Bjarte Ludvigsen, a.k.a. Blue, (born 20 May 1975) is a record producer from Bergen, Norway. He started out as a drummer for the Norwegian-Grammy Award winning band Poor Rich Ones.[1] In 1997, after working as a session musician for several years and as an assistant engineer at Sigma Audio, Bjarte started Tinnitus Recording together with Christer Hjelmeland. After helping several acts rise to the ranks and signing with major companies, the studio got popular with more established Norwegian artists.
In 2004, Bjarte Ludvigsen took over the company and is now the owner of the studio.
In 2007, he produced and engineered William Hut's gold selling album Nightfall, where he also played drums, keyboards and programmed.[2] The single "Take it easy" stayed 29 weeks in the Top 20 charts, reaching number 1 and sold 3 times platinum.
Bjarte Ludvigsen has been working with acts such as; William Hut, Askil Holm, Corvine, Lorraine, Furia, Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band, Röyksopp, Brimstone Solar Radiation Band, Tucos lounge, Ephemera, Matias Tellez, Syme, Marthe Valle, Chand and Malsain.
Bjarte Ludvigsen owns Bluenoise Plugins. The company creates useful and professional sounding plugins for the studio recording business. The first commercial plugin released was Bandecho which is a tape delay plugin and the company is well known for its Drummix line.
Bjarte Ludvigsen has written several screenplays and was in 2010 signed to the company Woolf+Lapin for a manuscript called The Divided Story.[3]
Discography
editDoddo og Unge Frustrerte Menn, Doddo og Unge Frustrerte Menn, (CD, Album) 1995
Ephemera, Temporarily Happy (CD, Single, Promo), BMG Norway AS, RCA 1996
Ephemera, Glue (CD, Album), BMG Music 1996
Poor Rich Ones, Naiveties Star, Rec 1996
Poor Rich Ones, Bubble Bowling (CD, EP), Rec90 1997
Trang Fødsel, Hybel (CD), Norsk Plateproduksjon AS 1997
Poor Rich Ones, From the makers of Ozium, Rec 1997
Anne Lorentzen, Kvinne Søker Kvinne (CD, Single, Promo), Grappa 1997
Various, North Transit - A Sampler From Rec 90 (CD, Smplr, Promo, Car), Rec90 1998
Rune Hauge, Taxi (CD, Album), Bergen Records 1999
S.O.S, Diverse Artister (CD, DVD) 1999
Poor Rich Ones, Happy Happy Happy (CD), Rec90 2000
Covine, Nova (CD, EP) EMI music 2002
Ephemera, Sun (CD, Album), Ephemera Records 2000
Ephemera, Happy, Grateful, Aware / Saddest Day (Fet Frokost Mix) (CD, Single), Ephemera Records 2001
Ephemera, Tornardo (CD, Single) (Remix), Ephemera Records 2001
Poor Rich Ones, John Maynards Favourites (CD, Double Album), Rec 90 2001
Askil Holm, Seven Days In The Sun EP (CD, EP, Ltd), Apache Records 2002
Diverse Artister, This is Norway, (CD, Album) 2002
Furia, ...And Then We Married The World (CD, Album), MTG, Dreamlab Records 2003
Multipass, This is Jiggy Jiggy, (CD, Album) 2003
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band - Think Twice / Dub Pirates / A Special Morning (CD, Mini), Emperor Norton 2003
Lorraine, Lorraine EP (CD, EP), Rec90 2003
Lorraine, Perfect Cure (CD, Album), Rec90 2004
Diverse Artister, Gullars...og barndommen fortsetter (CD, DVD) PS! Records 2004
The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band, (CD, Album) Big Dipper Records 2004
Syme, Planetarium (CD, EP) 2004
Tucos Lounge, Bounty (CD, EP) 2004
Malsain, They Never Die (CD, Album), Karisma Records 2005
Brimstone Solar Radiation Band, Solstice (CD, Album), Big Dipper Records 2005
Push, Rum in Raspberry Jelly (CD, Album) Karisma 2005
William Hut, Nightfall (CD, Album), Universal, Mercury 2006
Tucos Lounge, Crazy Love (CD, Album), Banana Party 2007
Bart, Esperanto Of Cool (CD, Album), More Cowbell Records 2008
Brimstone, Smorgasbord, (CD, Album), Big Dipper 2009
Fenrik Lane, 317 (CD, Album), 2010
Major Parkinson, Songs from a Solitary Home (CD, Album), Degaton Records 2010
Alfred Hall, So Bright (CD, Single) Waterfall Music 2011
Marthe Valle, Si (CD, Single) Universal Music 2o12
Chand Torsvik, Livet Ditt (Digital, Single) 2012
William Hut, The Gathering (CD, Album) Universal Music, 2012
References
edit- ^ Fortunate Son, The Miami Herald, February 22, 2002 ("scheduled sessions with producer Bjarte Ludvigsen drummer for Norwegian Grammy winners the Poor Rich Ones with whom Kimone toured the US last summer")
- ^ Årets siste plate[permanent dead link], Dagsavisen (in Norwegian) December 16, 2006 (noting that Ludvigsen was involved in the recording of the album)
- ^ Hot New Comedy Woolf+Lapin October 5th, 2009 (States that Bjarte Ludvigsen has come to an agreement with Woolf+Lapin regarding representation for a screenplay)