Tomas Barfod

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Tomas Barfod
Origin Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres Indie pop
Labels Secretly Canadian
Associated acts Filur, WhoMadeWho, Nina K
Website web.archive.org/web/20171224133709/secretlycanadian.com/artist/?name=barfodtomas

Tomas Barfod is a Danish drummer and electronic music producer. He currently spends his time between Los Angeles and Copenhagen. While in LA, he works as a producer and currently has tracks on several albums.

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Biography

Barfod began playing drums when he was ten years old, and has been producing as a DJ since the 1990s. [1] He began playing with Kasper Bjorke as the duo Filur in 1999, and in 2003 founded the group WhoMadeWho with Jeppe Kjellberg and Tomas Høfting. Barfod is the drummer for WhoMadeWho. Concurrently, he has released music under his own name, including two full-length albums which were released in 2012 and 2014. [2] His labels include Secretly Canadian, Kompakt, FOF music, and Get Physical.

Discography

Albums

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References

  1. Biography, Allmusic
  2. Reviews for Tomas Barfod at Metacritic
  3. 1 2 Gaca, Anna (11 September 2017). "Tomas Barfod Announces New Album Paloma, Releases 'Things That Matter'". Spin . Retrieved 12 September 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)