Real Name:
Terje Olsen
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DJ and producer from Norway.

Training to become a pianist, Olsen enrolled at a local music school, but to his disappointment there wasn't much jazz being taught there. Gradually leaving the musical career path, he later moved on to study physics at the University Of Oslo. Growing up in the rural village of Mjøndalen, dance music influences were scarce. However, during the early-mid 1990s dance culture sneaked its way into even the most remote parts of Norway, thanks to The Prodigy and national radio stations filling prime time slots with underground jocks Olle Abstract and Pål "Strangefruit" Nyhus from Mungolian Jetset.

On the more personal level, Terje’s sister was a close friend of the late Tore "Erot" Kroknes, who was known for his releases on Telle Records and his production work for his girlfriend Annie on the classic disco pop single "The Greatest Hit". The tapes his sister brought home from Erot to the young Terje became a major source of inspiration for him. Playing around in his early teens on a cheap PC together with his mate Dølle Jølle, Terje made his first attempts on house and jungle music, which they played from cassette tapes on junior high school-dances.
Olsen reckoned that disco was all a bit silly – until Norwegian disco pioneer Bjørn Torske’s "Sexy Disco" caught his ears in 1999 and inflamed his love for the disco sound. In 2001 Olsen got in touch with Prins Thomas, and was also introduced to Hans-Peter Lindstrøm in Oslo.

Inspired of former UK generation of disco heads, Terje soon began to make his own re-edits of old disco records and moved on to his own productions. His stage name is a homage to house music producer Todd Terry.
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CD 345 DJ World Series: Nordic Chill — Todd Terje Bjørn Torske Bodies (Prins Thomas' Orgasmatron) (as Disco-Terje) Bjørn Torske - DJ World Series: Nordic Chill(CD, Mixed) DJ Magazine CD 345 UK 2003 Sell This Version
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BS078CD Prima Norsk 3 (The Space Disco Edition) — Todd Terje Various Bodies (Prins Thomas Orgasmatron) Various - Prima Norsk 3 (The Space Disco Edition)(CD, Comp) Beatservice Records BS078CD Norway 2005 Sell This Version
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PCD-28002/3 Full Pupp Presents The Greatest Tits Vol. 1 — Todd Terje Various Glittertind and 2 more… Various - Full Pupp Presents The Greatest Tits Vol. 1 (Comp) Full Pupp PCD-28002/3 Japan 2008 Sell This Version
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PLAYRJCCD09 Live At Robert Johnson Volume 8 — Todd Terje Dixon Snooze 4 Love Dixon - Live At Robert Johnson Volume 8 (Comp, Album) Live At Robert Johnson PLAYRJCCD09 Germany 2011 Sell This Version
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TSUGI 49 Nordic By Night — Todd Terje Lindstrøm Myggsommer Lindstrøm - Nordic By Night(CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Tsugi TSUGI 49 France 2012 Sell This Version
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none Avonmore — Todd Terje Bryan Ferry Johnny And Mary Bryan Ferry - Avonmore (Album) BMG none 2014 Sell This Version
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ECB386LP Like A Machine — Todd Terje The Emperor Machine The Emperor Machine - Like A Machine (Album) Southern Fried Records, Southern Fried Records ECB386LP UK 2014 Sell This Version
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OLS008 Preben Remixed — Todd Terje Todd Terje Todd Terje - Preben Remixed(10") Olsen OLS008 Norway 2015 Sell This Version
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OLS010 Alfonso Muskedunder (Remixed) — Todd Terje Todd Terje Todd Terje - Alfonso Muskedunder (Remixed)(12") Olsen OLS010 Norway 2015 Sell This Version
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OLS 013 The Big Cover-Up — Todd Terje Todd Terje & The Olsens Todd Terje & The Olsens - The Big Cover-Up Olsen OLS 013 Norway 2016 Sell This Version
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fabric177p Fabric 89 — Todd Terje Gerd Janson Snooze 4 Love (Luke Abbott Remix) Gerd Janson - Fabric 89 Fabric (2) fabric177p UK 2016 Sell This Version
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CHARACTER007 Re-Creation (Remixes Compiled) — Todd Terje Deetron Alfonso Muskedunder (Deetron Remix) Deetron - Re-Creation (Remixes Compiled)(2x12", Comp) Character CHARACTER007 Europe 2017 Sell This Version
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FLRS-126 Inspector Norse — Todd Terje Cruisic Inspector Norse (Slowly Remix) and 1 more… Cruisic - Inspector Norse(7") Flower Records FLRS-126 Japan 2019 Sell This Version
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KB08 Rewind — Todd Terje Kerekes Band Alfonso Muskedunder Kerekes Band - Rewind(LP, Album, Ltd, Pur) Not On Label (Kerekes Band Self-released) KB08 Hungary 2019 Sell This Version
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TFR20031 Kaptein Sabeltann og Havets Hemmelighet - Sangene — Todd Terje Kaptein Sabeltann To øyne (ser bedre enn ett) Kaptein Sabeltann - Kaptein Sabeltann og Havets Hemmelighet - Sangene(CD, Mini, Album) Terje Formoe Records TFR20031 Norway 2020 Sell This Version