Asbjørn Blokkum Flø (born 6 May 1973 in Volda Municipality) is a Norwegian composer, musician and sound artist. He studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo with Lasse Thoresen, Asbjørn Schaathun and Ivar Frounberg. He writes chamber music and electronic music as well as working with sound installations such as the work Norway Remixed (2002),Rudi, Jøran. Norge – et lydrike, Norway remixed: a sound installation. Organised Sound (2003), 8. Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 151–155 described as a "collaborative musical composition".Frisk, Henrik and Yoshida, Miya. New Communications Technology in the Context of Interactive Sound Art: an empirical analysis. Organised Sound (2005), 10. Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 121–127
In 1999 he won the competition Traditional expressions and new technologies, initiated by the Norwegian Cultural Council, with the installation The Leap. Flø represented Norway in the competition Ars Acustica in 2003KUNSTRADIO – RADIOKUNST and the Prix Italia in 2005. In 2008 he wrote Karlheinz Stockhausen – A pioneer in Utopia, the first Norwegian text collection about the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, along with composers Asbjørn Schaathun and Jøran Rudi. Flø has participated in several recordings both solo and with the band (x, y, z). These recordings include Filtered Through Friends (2001), Soun (2003), Crashing Happy (2006) and Klank (2011).Asbjørn Blokkum Flø on Discogs
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External links Asbjørn Blokkum Flø's official homepage Asbjørn Blokkum Flø | MIC Music Information Centre Norway