| Magne Furuholmen | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mags, Magne F |
| Born | 1 November 1962 |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Synthpop New Wave Alternative rock Indie rock |
| Occupations | Musician Artist Singer Songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Harmonica, Piano, Bass Guitar, Percussion |
| Labels | Passionfruit Polydor Records ZYX Records |
| Associated acts | a-ha, Timbersound, Apparatjik |
Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen (born 1 November 1962, Oslo), is best known as the guitarist/keyboardist in a-ha. He was born to father Kåre and mother Annelise and grew up in Manglerud, Oslo, along with a-ha colleague and co-writer Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
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Magne's Career as a-ha's keyboard player and guitarist has spanned 20 years and he has co-written many of the band's hits with Guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. Songs include "Stay On These Roads", "Manhattan Skyline" and "Take on Me" which was famously accompanied by Michael Patterson's ground-breaking animated video. When a-ha went hiatus in 1994 Magne began working on his soloproject.
Magne is widely acknowledged to be the a-ha's 'joker' but this belies his creative powers, as Magne has had considerable success with his solo projects, such as Timbersound, formed in 1994 with Magne's friend Kjetil Bjerkestrand, and later, Swedish singer, Freddie Wadling. Their work has been used on film soundtracks such as "Hotel Oslo", which also featured the vocal talents of Anneli Drecker.
Magne also recorded "'Past Perfect Future Tense" in 2004, with appearances from Guy Berryman and Will Champion of Coldplay, and from Andy Dunlop of Scottish band Travis.
Magne is also a talented artist, working with glass, paint, etching and woodcuts. His art has been displayed at The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, and he has also shown his work at The London Art Fair. In 2001, Magne was commissioned to design an official Norwegian postage stamp. The stamp is today a sought-after collectors' item among Furuholmen and a-ha fans.
In 2008 Furuholmen collaborated with Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman and Mew vocalist Jonas Bjerre under the band name of Apparatjik for the theme to the BBC2 series, Amazon[1]. The theme will be available along with exclusive tracks from various other artists on the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy describes Furuholmen thus: "Mags is impulsive. Dashes around. Throughout the years, I've often wondered: Is he a complete fool or a genius? Does he have talent or doesn't he? He can say things which are really dumb, but then he'll suddenly switch on, put things in their place and come up with the idea that we've all been fumbling for. I think he's both a fool and a genius. There has, at times, been a tough competitive relationship between us, which has been a driving force for us both. I have always had great respect for him and believe in him as an artist and musician."[2]
Morten Harket describes Furuholmen thus: "Mags is ingeniously childish and childishly ingenious. He is talented, spontaneous and impulsive. He does everything recklessly and with so much energy. In contrast to Pål, Mags is totally disorganised and has no self-discipline at all. Of the three of us, he is the one who really knows how to live life to the full. Everything happens around Mags. Personally, I've learned an awful lot from being around him."[3]
Magne has one sister, Line, and two half brothers, Thorstein and Trygve Christian. Magne's father, a jazz musician who played trumpet with Bent Sølves Orkester, was killed in an aeroplane crash over Drammen, south of Oslo in 1967, when Magne was just five.
Magne married Heidi Rydjord, his high school sweetheart, on the 8th August 1992, in the garden of their Nesøya home. They have two sons, Thomas Vincent (born 20 April 1990) and Filip Clemens (born 2 October 1993).
Magne supports English football team Stoke City.
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 1985 | Hunting High and Low | Warner Bros. Records |
| 1986 | Scoundrel Days | |
| 1988 | Stay on These Roads | |
| 1990 | East of the Sun, West of the Moon | |
| 1993 | Memorial Beach | |
| 2000 | Minor Earth Major Sky | |
| 2002 | Lifelines | |
| 2005 | Analogue | Universal Music Group |
| 2009 | Foot of the Mountain |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2004 | Past Perfect Future Tense | Passionfruit |
| 2008 | A Dot of Black In The Blue Of Your Bliss | Genepool |
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   | Official a-ha website - The Official Community of a-ha: News, Concert Info, Tickets, Biography and Photos |
| | Official Magne Furuholmen website - magne f - the official site - magne furuholmen [a-ha] |
| | "Hotel Oslo" - "Hotel Oslo" (1997) |
| | Official Magne Furuholmen's art website - magne f/news |
| | Bug Productions (a-ha web shop) - Bug Productions Gruppen |
| | French Magne F. Website - MAGNE FURUHOLMEN FR - 1er Site Francophone sur Magne Furuholmen |
| | Sycamore Leaves an AU/NZ a-ha fan forum - forumup.com.au :: Create Forum free Forums |
| | Magne F FanSpace - MySpace.com - Magneology! - 46 - Male - NO - myspace.com/magneology |
| | ''''magne f - fan forum'''' - magne f - fan forum - Maintenance Mode Enabled |
| | Official Magne Furuholmen MySpace Page - magne f on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
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