KAADA
In 1987, a young Norwegian named John Erik Kaada, got his first synth. It was a Casiotone and it provided much joy and creative output. A year later he got his first Amiga (a staple of 16-bit music making) and he began to record. After his first nameless band folded, he developed his second band Jeg Hest in 1991. Followed by The Buzz Aldrin Band in 1995. They didn't stick around for very long, but the next year he had a band that were actually able to release records. This band was Cloroform. Cloroform lived in a free thinking playground of improvisation and experimentation. Anarchic, theatre-jazz. They released four albums before imploding in 2001.
Although the passing of Cloroform was a sad one, Kaada was not without portfolio. Since 1996, he had been making music for variety of small and short films. In 2001 Kaada wrote the music for the Norwegian film Mongoland. He continued working on other movies, such as "Alt om Min Far", "Tyven Tyven" and "Folk Flest bor I Kina". He has won a Golden Clapperboard, the Norwegian version of an Oscar, for his contribution to cinema music.

Making music for films was not the only thing on his mind. He started work on "Thank You For Your Valuable Time" and was able to release it in October 2001. Written with the intention of providing the illusion of a previous era, it fuses elements of popular music from the 1930s to the 1980s. When the original Norwegian label deleted the release, Ipecac, the label set up by Mike Patton and Greg Werckman, were more than happy to take it on, and release it worldwide for the first time at the beginning of 2003.

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