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Helge Krabye

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Composer of Electronic, Folk and World
A.k.a. Homeless Balloon

Helge Krabye is a Norwegian composer and music artist who is releasing his music on his label 24 Chillout Music using the artist name Homeless Balloon. His background is in sound design and audio and video post production for radio and TV. He has composed original music for more than eighty television documentaries, radio plays, fantasy stories and multimedia projects since 1984. He is known for combining acoustic instruments with experimental, electronic sounds. His music is inspired by both world fusion, electronica, acoustic, classical, jazz and film music. He has released six audio CD’s, a double digital album and several digital EP's. He started to learn playing violin at the age of six, and he picked up the guitar as a teenager. In his early thirties he started experimenting with computers, MIDI and synthesizers, and his background in classical music has made his compositions suitable for moving pictures. He has also performed on albums by other artists like Amethystium and Kit Watkins under his own name.

Instruments

• Synthesizer
• Keyboards
• Acoustic guitar
• Electric guitar
• Percussion

Genres

• Electronic
• Folk
• World
• Blues
• Rock

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