Trond Bersu (born 4 January 1984 in Skjåk Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer and producer.
Career During his music studies on the jazz program at the Trondheim musikkonservatorium Bersu started the band PELbO together with fellow students Ine Hoem and Kristoffer Lo. Their self titled debut album was nominated for the 2010 Open class Spellemannprisen. The second album release was Days of Transcendence (2011).
In Trondheim, he also collaborated with another fellow student Ingrid Helene Håvik and later on when established in Oslo, they started the band Highasakite together. Their debut album All That Floats Will Rain (2012) was well received and was nominated for Newcomer of the Year at the 2012 Spellemannprisen. The next album Silent Treatment received Pop Group of the Year at the 2014 Spellemannprisen.
Honors 2014: Spellemannprisen as This year's pop group for the album Silent Treatment 2016: Spellemannprisen as This year's pop group for the album Camp Echo
Discography
With PELbO 2010: PELbO (Riot Factory) 2011: Days of Transcendence (Riot Factory)
With Machina 2011: So Much For Dancing (Øra Fonogram)
With Highasakite 2012: All That Floats Will Rain (Riot Factory) 2014: Silent Treatment (Propeller Recordings) 2016: Camp Echo (Propeller Recordings) 2018: Out of Order-single (Propeller Recordings) 2018: Elastic State of Mind-single (Producer and musician) (Propeller Recordings) 2019: Uranium Heart (Producer and musician)(Propeller Recordings) 2020: The Bare Romantic 1 & 2 (Producer and musician) (Propeller Recordings)
With Lydmor 2018: I Told You I´d Tell Them Our Story (Producer, musician and mix engineer) (Mermaid Records) With Ine Hoem 2015: Angerville (Propeller Recordings)
Production/Songwriting credits YearArtistTitleRecord labelAchievements2022HighasakiteMother (Album)Propeller Recordings2021LydmorGo Slow But Go (Track on album)Mermaid Records2020HighasakiteThe Bare Romantic Pt.2 (EP)Propeller Recordings2019HighasakiteUranium Heart (Album)Propeller RecordingsHighasakite/SEEBFree To Go (Single)Universal MusicHighasakiteThe Bare Romantic Pt.1 (EP)Propeller Recordings2018HighasakiteElastic State of Mind (Single)Propeller RecordingsLydmorI Told You I'd Tell Them Our Story (Album)Mermaid Records
References
External links Pelbo – Join The Game (live) on YouTube