Biosphere

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Born 1962.

Bioshere Lex Van Rossen

Biography

Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962), a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient techno" and "arctic ambient" styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty Waves" was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi's. His 1997 album Substrata was voted by the users of the Hyperreal website in 2001 as the best all time classic ambient albums.

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  1. Shenzhou

    Review of Shenzhou

    Reviewed by Dan Hill

    Geir Jennsen (aka Biosphere) gets jiggy with the works of Claude Debussy in an ambient...

  2. Autour De La Lune

    Review of Autour De La Lune

    Reviewed by Colin Buttimer

    More from Norway's leading exponent of quality electronica...

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