LIFE

Leif Johansen has studied studio music and jazz at both The University of North Texas State and The University of Miami where his principal instrument was Upright Bass and Electric Bass.

Upon completion of his studies he started working with A-ha playing both Bass and programming/sequencing Keyboards. This caused him to relocate from America to England and opened the door for collaborations as both musician, producer and composer with many London based international artists. Leif quickly switched over to start playing both guitar and keyboards professionally along with engineering and mixing.

Leif was co-founder of 21 GUNS along with Scott Gorham (of Thin Lizzy fame), a member of Far Corporation (along with Simon Phillips and Bobby Kimbal), and Producer of the Phenomena records(Glenn Hughes, John Wetton,Brian May etc.) amongst other projects. He has recently completed his solo record Life-White Flowers which has been released in Norway. You can read more at www.lifenotleaf.com

ALFIE

Alfie was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway. He moved to Oslo, the capital of Norway, as a 19 year old to embark on his career in music which started off as a member of a very successfull pop group. After the pop-circus he got himself an apartment and sat down to write songs. The next couple of years was spent working a daytime job and writing more songs.

In 2004 while working for a TV-music show at By:Larm, a gathering of promising new bands, Alfie met musician and producer Leif Johansen. They knew little of each other, but decided right there and then to join forces. Back in Oslo the preparations for the coming album took place. They shared ideas and ended up writing many songs together. In order to make the record they wanted, they knew they needed time and peace so they decided to finance it themselves. Alfie continued his work in TV and gathered more experience and put the money he earned into the production. At the same time he had started studying Media and Communication at a college in Oslo. It goes without saying that making time for all of this took some effort, but slowly and surely the pieces fell into place. Towards the end of 2005 the recording of The Grey Between was finished.

Through Leif, Alfie met the guys who eventually became his band. Pete Abbott on drums - Jon Pettersen and Georg "Jojje" Wadenius on guitar. Euphoria is the word that sums up the feeling of being in the company of musicians like these. Read more about Alfie at www.alfiemusic.com

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