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{{Infobox person
| name = Askjell
| image =
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| birth_name = Askjell Jon Reigem Solstrand
| other_names =
| birth_place = [[Askøy]], [[Norway]]
| citizenship = [[Norway]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Record producer]]|[[songwriter]]|musician|programmer}}
| years_active = 2014-present
| partner =
| spouse =
| relatives =
| website = {{URL|https://twitter.com/AskjellS}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Ambient music|Ambient]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[electropop]]}}
| instruments     = {{hlist|Piano|keyboard|organ|bass}}
| label           = {{hlist|MADE|[[Island Records|Island]]|[[Universal Music Group|UMG]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]|[[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]]}}
}}
}}
'''Askjell Solstrand''', also known mononymously as '''Askjell''', is a Norwegian [[record producer]] and [[songwriter]], currently based in [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]. He has grown as an affiliate with acts, including [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]], [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]] and Iris.<ref>[https://en.nordiksimit.org/bergen-by-askjell/ Bergen by Askjell] nordiksimit.org</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/2019/02/iris-from-inside-a-car.html | title=Breaking More Waves: Introducing: Iris | date=3 February 2019 }}</ref> He has also released two extended plays, entitled ''Requiem'' and ''To Be Loved'', as a solo artist in 2019. His debut album, ''everything will be ok'', was released in 2022.
==Discography==
=== Studio albums ===
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! scope="row" | ''everything will be ok''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Askjell - Everything Will Be Ok - CD|url=https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/askjell/everything-will-be-ok|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Rough Trade}}</ref>
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* Released: 24 June 2022
* Label: [[Mercury KX]], [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Island Records|Island]], MADE
* Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[CD]], [[Digital download (music)|digital download]], [[streaming media|streaming]]
|}
===Extended plays===
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! scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Details
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! scope="row"| ''To Be Loved''
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* Released: 24 September 2019
* Label: MADE
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|-
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col" style="width:160px;"| Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Album
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! scope="row"| "Autumn, Autumn"
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| rowspan="3" | ''To Be Loved EP''
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! scope="row"| "Requiem"
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! scope="row"| "To Be Loved"<br />{{small|(solo or featuring [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]])}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Sofia"<br /><small>(featuring iris and Aurora)</small>
| rowspan="3" |2021
| rowspan="4" |''everything will be ok''
|-
! scope="row"| "L O S T M Y C O O L"
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! scope="row"| "dear past i've seen the apocalypse and i wanna go home"<br /><small>(featuring [[Emilie Nicolas]])</small>
|-
! scope="row"| "atomic bombs atomic bonds i love you"
|2022
|-
|}
===Songwriting and production credits===
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Artist
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Songwriter
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Producer
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! scope="col"| Primary
! scope="col"| Secondary
! scope="col"| Additional
! scope="col"| Vocal
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! scope="row"| "Can't Have This"
| rowspan="7"| 2016
| HowLow
| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single}}
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! scope="row"| "Fiffen I Ferrari"
| Virvelvind
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! scope="row"| "Fredag"
| Kjartan Lauritzen
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Hide and Seek"
| rowspan="4"| dePresno
| rowspan="4"| ''Forever EP''
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! scope="row"| "Stranger in Disguise"
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Souvenir"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Forever"
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Nyte D"
| rowspan="3"| 2017
| Kjartan Lauritzen
| ''Fenomenet EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Dynamite"
| [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]]
| ''Don't Kill My Vibe EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Byen min Brenner"
| Virvelvind
| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Gravity"
| rowspan="20"| 2018
| rowspan="2"| Marius Samuelsen
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! scope="row"| "Out of Order"
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! scope="row"| "First Impression"
| Amanda Tenfjord
| ''First Impression EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "DoWhatItDo"
| Pasha
| ''Park''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Skyller Ned"
| Sushi x Kobe
| ''Døden Lever Lengst''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Forgotten Love"
| [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
| ''[[Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1)]]''
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Overtenning"
| Sushi x Kobe
| ''Døden Lever Lengst''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "So Precious"
| Askling
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Gentle Earthquakes"
| rowspan="4"| [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1)]]''
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! scope="row"| "All is Soft Inside"
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! scope="row"| "It Happened Quiet"
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Infections of a Different Kind"
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Doden Lever Lengst"
| rowspan="4"| Sushi x Kobe
| rowspan="4"| ''Døden Lever Lengst''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "C'est la mort"
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Jeg har levd, jeg er fornoyd"
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! scope="row"| "Rust"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Soldiers"
| Amanda Delara
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Paper Thin"
| dePresno
| ''Technicolor EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Pick a Card"
| Amanda Tenfjord
| ''First Impression EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "On My Mind"
| [[KStewart|Kate Stewart]]
| ''In the Beginning EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "La meg være i fred"
| rowspan="30"| 2019
| Kjartan Lauritzen
| ''Game Boy''
|{{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "From Inside a Car"
| Iris
| ''A Sensitive Being EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Red Eyes"
| [[Jesper Jenset]]
| ''Waves, Vol. 2''
| {{tick}}
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|{{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Animal"
| [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
| ''[[A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)]]''
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Give Me Your Number"
| dePresno
| ''Last of the Romantics EP''
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! scope="row"| "Hanging Around You/Crackers"
| Iris
| ''A Sensitive Being EP''
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Sight of You"
| rowspan="3"| [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Sucker Punch (Sigrid album)|Sucker Punch]]''
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! scope="row"| "In Vain"
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! scope="row"| "Dynamite"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Game Boy"
| Kjartan Lauritzen
| ''Game Boy''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "The Seed"
| [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
| ''[[A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)]]''
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Wanderers"
| dePresno
| ''Technicolor EP''
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Intro"
| Iris
| ''A Sensitive Being EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Liquid Love"
| rowspan="4"| dePresno
| rowspan="4"| ''Technicolor EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "WOMTU"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Rather Be"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Recipe for Disaster"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Fakta"
| rowspan="2"| Kjartan Lauritzen
| rowspan="2"| ''Game Boy''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Alt Eg Vil"
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Dance on the Moon"
| rowspan="5"| [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]]
| rowspan="5"| ''[[A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)]]''
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! scope="row"| "Daydreamer"
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! scope="row"| "In Bottles"
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "A Different Kind of Human"
|{{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Mothership"
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Taped"
| [[Naaz (singer)|Naaz]]
| ''The Beautiful Struggle EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Wide Awake"<br />{{small|(featuring Iris)}}
| dePresno
| ''Monochrome''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Kroppsprak"
| Iris
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
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| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Damage :("
| [[Naaz (singer)|Naaz]]
| ''The Beautiful Struggle EP''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "Kintsugi"
| [[Gabrielle Aplin]]
| ''[[Dear Happy]]''
| {{tick}}
| {{tick}}
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! scope="row"| "It's Not You It's Me"
| [[Naaz (singer)|Naaz]]
| ''The Beautiful Struggle EP''
| {{tick}}
|{{tick}}
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===Remixes===
* [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]] - "High Five" (2018)
* [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]] - "The River" (2019)
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Bergen]]
[[Category:Norwegian record producers]]
[[Category:Norwegian songwriters]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]