Per Hillestad

Per Hillestad
Background information
Born (1959-03-25) 25 March 1959 (age 67)
Øvre Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane
OriginNorway
GenresJazz, pop
OccupationsMusician and composer
InstrumentsDrums and percussions

Per Hillestad (born 25 March 1959 in Øvre Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums) and record producer, known as drummer in Lava and was contributing in releases by a-ha, Vamp, Jonas Fjeld, Bjølsen Valsemølle and Marius Müller.

Career

Hillestad founded "supergroup" Lava in Årdal 1977, together with Kjell Hestetun, Stein Eriksen and Svein Dag Hauge. From 1980 Lava released a series of albums receiving very good reviews. They were awarded Spellemannsprisen in 1984 for the album Fire, and has been nominated for the award several times. Lava has among others toured together with the vocalist Randy Crawford in Australia, Asia and Africa.

Hillestad also played on albums by Vigdis Eidsvåg (Mørk Og Mjuk 2000), D.D.E. (Vi E Konga 2003), Øystein Sunde (Sånn Er'e Bare 2005) and Jan Groth (2006).

Honors

Discography (in selection)

Within Lava
With Ketil Bjørnstad
With Silhouette
With Øystein Sunde
With Lill Lindfors
With Jonas Fjeld
With Act
With Vindél
With Marius Müller's Funhouse
With Sissel Kyrkjebø
With Doxa
With Anne Grete Preus
With Rita Eriksen
With Egil Eldøen
With Fra Lippo Lippi
With Dag Lauvland
With Hans-Inge Fagervik
With Hanne Krogh
With a-ha
With Dag Kolsrud
With Bjørn Eidsvåg
With Lynni Treekrem
With Morten Harket
With Yellow Pages
With Animal Farm
With Anne Grimstad Fjeld
With Svein Tang Wa
With Jonnys Daughter
With Kristin Sevaldsen & The Millionairs

2011: Transit (d'Label Records)

References

  1. 1 2 "Lava Biography" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Askheim, Svein. "Lava Biography". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Per Hillestad Biography" (in Norwegian). NRK Fylkesleksikon. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Per Hillestad Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.