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erlendmokkelbost@gmail.com
erlend@pekula.no
Ph: +47 92682518
Erlend Mokkelbost is a Norwegian producer, composer, musician and music supervisor based in Oslo, Norway.
He runs the music space ARC OSLO and co-owns the record label Pekula Records.
He has working for many years in music, starting his career in the hardcore/punk band JR Ewing and the avantgarde metalband KILLL, moving to the popband Montée in 2008. He’s now collaborating with the artist Melkeveien on their new project OK/OK.
In 2011 he started producing albums, the first one being the Norwegian band Rumble In Rhodos´ acclaimed album "Signs Of Fervent Devotion", along with Anders Tjore.
Since then he has produced an array of albums and singles of different bands and artists, working within a wide variety of genres.
The list of artists Mokkelbost has worked with include Honningbarna, Jonas Alaska, Atlanter, Silja Sol, Bow To Each Other, No. 4, Aiming For Enrike, bendi, Torsion Beat, Virkelig, Mari Boine, Jaa9 & Onkl P, Rohey, Billie Van, Morudes, Bendik, Magnus Bechmann, Hawkon, IVIE, Kildaphew, Tellef Raabe, The Cheaters, Anna Of The North and many more.
He makes yearly commissioned works for the famous club Parkteatret in Oslo, which in 2020 will present Pekula Vol. 4 - HYDRA.
The previous works are Vol. 1 - ARP, Vol. 2 - ONENESS and Vol. 3 - HEXAGON.
As a film composer, he’s now working on scoring his first feature film - “Knerten & Sjøormen” - alongside collaborator Erik Johannessen.
As a music supervisor, he has worked on acclaimed director Joachim Trier´s last 2 films - including the American movie "Louder Than Bombs" (where he also composed some music for the score) and the Norwegian film "Thelma". He has also been a music supervisor on the films "Welcome To Norway" and “Hope”.
He runs the label Pekula Records together with Jansen Records, featuring artists like Aiming For Enrike and Amgala Temple.
Work in television includes the score for the documentary series "Messias" (NRK), as well as music for "Dalen Vår" (NRK), "De Nominerte" (NRK) and lots of other things.