Editing Music of Norway (section)

===Electronic and dance===
[[Electronic music]] (or electronica) includes sounds that are produced using electronic technology,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dolmetsch.com/defseb.htm |title=Dolmetsch Online – Music Dictionary El–Enf |publisher=Dolmetsch.com |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> including [[synthesizer]]s, [[drum machine]]s, [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]] and computers. Norwegian electronic music is dominated by [[Röyksopp]], a duo from [[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]] playing contemporary electronic music.<ref name="popculture">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vennekretsen.com/Culture/NorwegianPopCulture.html |title=Norwegian Pop Culture - the Music Scene in Norway |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318170023/http://www.vennekretsen.com/Culture/NorwegianPopCulture.html#axzz1rkzWRIMd |archive-date=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Well-known musicians include the duo [[Bel Canto (band)|Bel Canto]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.belcanto.no/biography.asp |title=:: Bel Canto :: |access-date=2012-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204174521/http://belcanto.no/biography.asp |archive-date=2012-02-04 }}</ref> and [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]], an ambient electronic musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biosphere.no/ |title=Home &#124; Biosphere |publisher=Biosphere.no |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> Other popular Norwegian musicians playing electronic music include [[Ralph Myerz]] and the Jack Herren Band, [[Hans-Peter Lindstrøm|Lindstrøm]], [[Prins Thomas]], [[Todd Terje]], [[Datarock]], [[Flunk]], Bermuda Triangle, [[Frost (Norwegian band)|Frost]], [[Bjørn Torske]], [[Rune Brøndbo|Sternklang]] and [[TeeBee]].

From 2010 many Norwegian producers started gaining international success. One of the most important names is [[Kygo]],<ref name="popculture"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatservice.no/noel.asp#year2007 |title=Norwegian techno house electronica ambient etc discography |publisher=Beatservice.no |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> who first with his remixes and then with his debut single "Firestone" and album "[[Cloud Nine (Kygo album)|Cloud Nine]]" gained international success and became one of the most influential [[electronic dance music]] (EDM) producers in the genre of [[tropical house]]. A number of other Norwegian producers belong to this genre such as [[Matoma]], [[Broiler (music producers)|Broiler]] and [[SeeB]]. Other notable names are [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]], [[K-391]], [[Lido (musician)|Lido]], and [[Cashmere Cat]].

A Norwegian festival called [[Insomnia Festival|Insomnia]] specializes in innovative electronic music, and it is held every year in [[Tromsø]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insomniafestival.no/ |title=Insomnia Festival |publisher=Insomniafestival.no |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref>

During the 2010s worldwide electronic music boom, DJ and producer Fehrplay signed to international labels Pryda Friends and Anjunabeats and played at the Creamfields festival in 2013.