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Artist
Fridrik Karlsson
12+ albums
chilloutambientSmooth Jazzloungesmooth jazz guitar
about
Fridrik Karlsson has been a musician since the age of 16 and specializes in 'Feel Good' Music---New age music which is uplifting to wake up to and keep you in good spirits throughout the day. Fridrik is also one of the founding members of Mezzoforte, but now he only participates on the studio albums. Fridrik Karlsson studied classical guitar and was the first student to graduate in music from the FB college in Reykjavík. He has played on many albums but is also well known for his songwriting. Apart from his writing for Mezzoforte he has written several pop hits such as NIGHTTIME, the Icelandic contribution to the Eurovision song contest 1993. Other bands that he has recorded with are N1+, STJóRNIN (along with Jóhann Asmundsson), MODEL (along with Gulli Briem), the English group SHAKATAK (with whom he has played live several times), GIGABYTE (a duo with Sigga from Heart 2 Heart) and many more. In 1990 "Frissi" made a solo album Point Blanc featuring all members of Mezzoforte along with Danny Gottlieb, Mark Egan and Manolo Badrena. Recently he has been playing guitar on the soundtrack of the movie EVITA, played with Madonna on BBC's Top Of The Pops, and also some TV work with José Carreras. Frissi now lives in London working as a session musician. He played guitar in the Andrew Lloyd-Webber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar that was running in London West End. Previously edited by MusicMagic7, together with Love42. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Co
