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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (27 May 1946 – 19 April 2005) was a Danish jazz bassist known for his impressive technique and an approach that could be considered an extension of the innovative work of Scott LaFaro. He was born in Osted near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand. The "great Dane with the never-ending name" was known as "NHØP" among many jazz fans. In Denmark he was most often simply talked about as "Niels-Henning" and certainly never "Pedersen", a name shared by almost 4% of the Danish population.. As a child, NHØP played piano. As a teenager, he started...

A break from the traditional Tuvans, db forged his singing style on the farm in Wisconsin. db is a self-taught throat singer, nature mimic, and cartoon-voiced performance artist. Playing bass, bansuri flute, and percussion he creates menageries of animal worlds with minimal looping effects and expressive feats of multi-tonal singing .

Fru Pedersen comes from the city of Trondheim in Norway and the rockband has made a nice blend of heavy and progressiv. The band sings in norwegian, often with morbid lyrics and poetry between the songs. Members: Bjørn Aksel Sundklakk: Piano, samples Bjørnar Eide: Guitar Jørn-Owe Johansen: Drums Steinar Krogstad: Vocal and gitar Thor Erik Larsen: Baseguitar Discography: Blandt kløver og sopp. Datura Records, 1995. Kvinner fra i fjor, Datura Records, 1996. Fru Pedersen og Thule (splitt single). 1997. Ta imot en utstrakt fot. Datura Records, 1998. Kos å lev. Datura Records, 2002. .