Geir Luedy

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Geir Steen-Olsen Luedy
Born (1968-08-07) 7 August 1968 (age 54)
Bergen, Norway
Genres Folk, pop, rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, music producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals,
multi-instrumentalist
Years active1988–present
Website lydriket.no

Geir Luedy (full name Geir Steen-Olsen Luedy, [1] [2] previous name 1990s Geir Luedy Andersen, [3] born 7 August 1968 in Karlstad [3] ) is a Norwegian manager, musician (vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion), songwriter, and music producer. [4]

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Biography

Geir Luedy began his career in production in 1998 as tape-boy for SIGMA studios in Bergen. He founded together with Even Johannsen the band Chocolate Overdose (singer-writer) in 1991 whereupon they released four albums over a period between 1992–1998. In 1998 he co-founded Lydriket Studio in Bergen and later co-founded the production company Your Favorite Music in 2003 together with Hans Petter Aaserud.

In 2012 he brought both companies into MADE Management and is now manager for artists such as AURORA, Sigrid and others.

He is the son of Knut Albrigt Andersen, and brother of the musicians guitarist "Tino" Knut Luedy Andersen and singer-songwriter "Doddo" Eduardo Hans Andersen. Luedy has performed with a series of artists, most of them based in Bergen.

Discography

With Monalisa Overdrive
With Forbidden Colours
With Barbie Bones
With Chocolate Overdose
With Submarine Sunflowers
With DumDum Boys
With Kivi
With Unge Frustrerte Menn
With Kåre Kalvenes (K.K.)
With The Tubs
With Logikal
With Aftenlandet
With Millpond Moon
With Steady Steele and the Starseekers
With Tre Vise Menn
With Karin Park
With Kenneth Sivertsen
With Robert Post
With Jan Eggum
With Susanne Sundfør
With The Alexandria Quartet
With Heine Totland
With Wenche Gausdal

Singles

With Kenneth Sivertsen
With Paris
With Tennis
With Glenn Kristian Olstad (Glenn)
With Trang Fødsel

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References

  1. "Jubilanter 50 år". Bergensavisen 2018.08.07. Bergen. p. 27.
  2. "Jubilanter. 50". Bergens tidende 2018.08.07. Bergen. p. 32.
  3. 1 2 Per Randers Haukaas (19 October 2014). "Kaffegutten som ble tekoker for amerikansk stjerne" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen . Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Geir Luedy Andersen". Discogs.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.