Thomas Skjaerstad

Born and raised into the Norwegian tradition of marching bands and hi-fidelity listening, Thomas Skjærstad’s musical education is built on a collage of formal training and informal listening. A brass enthusiast from an early age, he exchanged the slide trombone for a mixer when the glacial sounds of Röyksopp and Jean Michel Jarre, lured him over to the dark side, with the impulsive sounds of Techno and Minimal his ultimate purview. In the booth sound design has become central to his focus, and Thomas avoids big room gestures for the more intense, primal urges of dark corners and salacious bodies. He’s refined his methods on a world stage, opening up for Aaryon, Tagtraumer, Tijana T, Kristijan Molnar and Sunju Hargun and has been found to modulate between the large crowds of places like Belgrade Drugstore to the intimate spaces of his residency at Elefant in Oslo. A card carrying member of Det Gode Selskab collective and a regular guest at venues like The Villa and Jæger Oslo, Thomas Skjærstad has already conquered Scandinavia as Norway’s representative for the BURN Residency 2017 and has set his sights on the warmer climes of Ibiza as the region’s ambassador.