VVELTSCHMERZ is a DJ and producer hailing from Trondheim, Norway. As a kid growing up in the 90’s, he would become greatly influenced by his father’s interest and taste in music – leading him to start collecting records at a very young age. He would bring his records with him wherever he went and he often ended up playing them at his friends’ birthday parties etc. This led him to naturally venture into the world of DJing, and he would eventually start playing at his local youth club back in 2001. As of 2023, he holds a residency on Fnoob Techno Radio, where he has played alongside names like Reinier Zonneveld and PETDuo. He is the founder of the club concept UNTERVVELT, and one of the curators and organizers behind the art-and-club-event series KunstKLUBB. Together with MØRK, he runs the club concept Heart House, and they play under the b2b moniker Norwegian Hard House Mafia. He also co-runs the concept Transcension, with Terk Dawn. Some of his recent bookings include warm-up for Might Be Twins (Kulturfabrikken Kristiansund), Frequent Friday (Stereo) and Bass-On (Vers Libre) in Bergen, Kristiansund Kunsthall, Give Me A Break (TYVEN), TRØNDERDOME (CLUB-WONDERLAND / Lager11), Technophilia (Trykkeriet Scene), PaaDyptVann (HAVET Arena), and warm-up for Onleash (Lokal Klubb) in Trondheim. In addition to DJing and producing, VVELTSCHMERZ is a visual artist, and the other half of the performance art-duo Mikalsen & Marhaug; working within the fields of sound art, techno, harsh noise, power electronics, and live action painting – often intertwined through improvisation.