Deathprod is a musical pseudonym used sometimes by Helge Sten for his ambient-influenced music. On recordings, he is usually credited with "Audio Virus," a catchall term for "homemade electronics, old tape echo machines, ring modulators, filters, theremins, samplers and lots of electronic stuff." [1] A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Deathprod is a musical pseudonym used sometimes by Helge Sten for his ambient-influenced music. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Ring modulation is an audio effect performed by multiplying two audio signals, where one is typically a sine-wave or another simple waveform. ... Léon Theremin playing an early theremin The theremin or thereminvox (originally pronounced but often anglicized as [1]) is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. ... An AKAI MPC2000 sampler A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that can record and store audio signal samples, generally recordings of existing sounds, and play them back at a range of pitches. ...

In 2004, he released his fourth and final album, Morals and Dogma. A boxset, Deathprod, was also released. It contains his four albums. He has also worked with Biosphere on an Arne Nordheim tribute album called Nordheim Transformed. He is a member of Supersilent and works as a producer on many releases on the Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. He has also produced Motorpsycho. Biosphere, the recording name of Geir Jenssen, is a Norwegian musician who has released a large catalogue of ambient electronic music. ... Arne Nordheim (born 20 June 1931) is a Norwegian composer, since 1982 living in the Norwegian States honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. ... Supersilent is a free electro/jazz improv group on the Rune Grammofon label. ... Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. ... Motorpsycho Motorpsycho is a band from Trondheim in Norway. ...

Discography

• Treetop Drive 1-3, Towboat (CD, Metal Art Disco, 1994)
• Imaginary Songs from Tristan da Cunha (CD, dBut, 1996) - Limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
• Nordheim Transformed (with Biosphere) (CD, Rune Grammofon, 1998) - Also released with Arne Nordheim's Electric as a limited edition doublepack in slipcase called Electric / Transformed.
• Morals And Dogma (CD, Rune Grammofon, 2004)
• Deathprod (4xCD box set, Rune Grammofon, 2004) - Includes the albums Treetop Drive 1-3, Towboat, Imaginary Songs From Tristan Da Cunha and Morals and Dogma, plus Reference Frequencies, a collection of previously unreleased, rare and deleted tracks.
• 6-track (10", Rune Grammofon, 2006) - Includes remixes for Nils Petter Molvær, Murcof, Larsen and Cloroform, plus "Deerstalker" and one previously unreleased track. Limited edition of 1000 copies.

External links

• Media Page (interviews, reviews, profiles)
• Rune Grammofon