Ephemera (band)

Ephemera
Origin	Bergen, Norway
Genres	Alternative rock, easy listening, electronic music
Years active	Since 1994 (1994)
Labels	Ephemera Records
Members	Christine Sandtorv Jannicke Larsen Inger Lise Størksen
Website	ephemera.no

Ephemera is a Norwegian pop trio from Bergen. Formed in 1994, it consists of Christine Sandtorv, Inger-Lise Størksen and Jannicke Larsen.

History

Their first album, Glue, was released in 1996.

After several years of touring, studying music, and writing new songs, a second album, Sun, was released in 2000. That album earned the band a Best Group nomination in the Spellemannprisen awards, Norway's equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

Three more albums were released across the next five years, and the band won the Spellemannprisen award in the category Best Pop Album for the album Balloons and Champagne (2002) and Air (2003).

Members

• Christine Sandtorv – vocal, guitar, keyboards, songwriter
• Jannicke Larsen – vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
• Inger Lise Størksen – vocal, percussion, chimes, songwriter

Honors

• The Alarm Music Prize (2003)
• Spellemannprisen nominations (Best Pop Album for Sun in 2001, Balloons and Champagne in 2003)

Discography

• 1996: Glue
• 2000: Sun
• 2001: Balloons and Champagne
• 2003: Air
• 2005: Monolove

See also

• List of all-female bands
• List of alternative-rock bands
• List of Norwegian musicians
• Music of Norway

External links

• ephemera.no, the band's official website
• Ephemera at AllMusic

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