Erik & Kriss

Erik og Kriss began their musical career when they created the russ song Legenden in 2002 for their own russebus of the same name and made it available on the bus's ad hoc website. After their bus received media attention and distinguished itself among the russ through winning the prize Årets Lydbuss at the national russ meeting in Stavanger, along with Årets Buss at Eikeli videregående skole, they began to actively produce songs that were made available on their website. In a short period of time, they became known on the Internet and among the younger crowd in their home municipality of Bærum. They were initially creating the songs in their bedrooms, but they took the next step to a more professional location after Kriss started collaborating with the music producer Svein E. Fjellstad and started a studio and production company, Brickwall Studio Productions.

The duo went into business with the ArtistPartner agency in the start of 2006, who would take over all the paper work, and set up the group's concert and travel plans. This increased the number of concert appearances drastically. In the summer of 2006, the group reached their big goal when they signed a contract with the record company MTG Music. The work on their debut album began immediately after the agreement. In January 2007, the group's website registered over 250,000 downloads, and since the first record release, the group had a long series of concerts, often with other popular musicians. In total the duo had over 100 concert performances in 2007.[3]

They debuted with their first album Gull og Grønner Skoger on 12 March 2007. The album received mixed reviews from the press, but sold well in its first week. On the charts, the record was ranked 29th, and 9th among Norwegian artists. The release concert was held 15 March 2007 at Parkteatret.

Later, on 14 January 2008, the group released their follow-up album Verden Vil Bedras, less than a year after their first record was released. Similar to their first album, Gull og Grønne Skoger, it also received mixed reviews from the press. Dagbladet gave it a rating of two out of a possible six,[4] but Stavanger Aftenblad gave it a rating of five out of six.[5] The release concert was at Rockefeller Music Hall on 19 January 2008 where they performed for a full house.

During the period before their debut album, the vocalists Thomas Seeberg and Maria Sandsdalen contributed to many songs. Sandsdalen continued to collaborate with her vocals on both of the albums. The media personality Tor Milde contributes in the song Anmeldelsen from Gull og Grønne Skoger produced by football player Christer George. On Verden Vil Bedras, the country singer Finn Wang, rock vocalist Martin Diesen from Inglow, and the world-renowned American rapper Coolio contribute. For concerts, they have Eirik «Lydmann» Gjessing along with them as tour manager, DJ and factotum.

In the Fall of 2008, Erik og Kriss will take part in TVNorges biggest production ever, with the TV program Grease along with Henriette Lien. It will be a talent show which will be used to find two candidates for the channels own musical based on the original Grease. They will work as reporters and follow the program contestants.[6]

In May 2008, they went on a week-long surf trip to La Point Surfcamp in Portugal with the TV channel The Voice TV.

• Gold Record for Den Låta
• Platinum Record for Dra Tilbake
• Platinum Record for Det e'kke meg det er deg
• "Årets Gruppe" on NRJ Music Awards in 2008
• "Best Norwegian Act" on MTV EMA in 2008

• Official Website
• Official Blog
• Official MySpace
• Brickwall Studio Productions

• Erikogkriss.no - Biography
• Yeye.no: Erik & Kriss på vei mot toppen