Aslak Dørum (born 7 August 1964 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician and writer, best known as the bassist of the Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys.
Career
Dørum joined DumDum Boys in 1993, after having been closely associated with them for years and directing several of the band's music videos. Dørum and guitarist Kjartan Kristiansen serve as the band's primary songwriters. In 2009, he and Kristiansen was awarded the Spellemann Award in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to the DumDum Boys song "Tidsmaskin".
Dørum released his debut solo album Lonesome Means Happy in 2005, and in 2013 he released his first novel "En flåte av gull" (A fleet of gold).
Honors 2009: Spellemannprisen in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to the DumDum Boys song "Tidsmaskin"
Discography
Solo albums 2005: Lonesome Means Happy (Bauta Recordings )
Collaborations With Follow That Dream 1987: Fishing For Success (Thank You Sir May I Have Another Record) 1988: Follow That Dream (Thank You Sir May I Have Another Record)
With DumDum Boys 1994: Ludium (Oh Yeah!) 1994: 1001 Watt (Oh Yeah!) 1996: Sus (Oh Yeah!) 1997: Stjernesludd (Oh Yeah!) 1998: Totem (Oh Yeah!) 2006: Gravitasjon (Oh Yeah!) 2009: Tidsmaskin (Oh Yeah!) 2012: Ti Liv (Oh Yeah!) 2018: Armer og Bein (Oh Yeah!) 2019: Løsøre (Oh Yeah!)
With Racer 1995: Kan Det Være Nødvendig Å Være Så Sint? (Oh No!) 1998: Bønda Fra Nord (Oh No!) 2000: Bønda Fra Nord 2000 (Oh No!)
With Blister 2003: Brand New Antiques (Blister Records) 2008: Birthdaysongs (Blister Records)
With other projects 2004: Full House (Bergen Records), with Karin Wright 2005: Frolic (Capitol Records), with Anneli Drecker on "Strange Little Bird" 2006: Desembernatt (CD-R), with Torill Beate Nilsen and Renate Grimsbø Kulbrandstad
References
External links Aslak Dørum at Aschehoug (in Norwegian) Så spennende at jeg glemmer å puste on Debutantbloggen (in Norwegian)