Pegboard Nerds

Pegboard Nerds is a Danish/Norwegian electronic music group, consisting of Norwegian DJ Alexander Odden and Dane DJ Michael Parsberg.^[1] The name Pegboard Nerds is an anagram of the duo's surnames, Odden and Parsberg. Odden and Parsberg first met in 2005 and formed the group in 2011. Previously, their records were released under separate projects and both have been producing since the 1990s.

On October 21, 2015, the duo released "Pink Cloud EP" to fund breast cancer research which went to #2 on iTunes Dance Albums, and into the Top 10 on Billboard Dance albums.^[2][3]

In 2015, their collaboration with Jauz was one of the top bass house songs of the year. "Superstar" with NGHTMRE and Krewella was the #1 dubstep song on the Beatport Dubstep Charts ^[4] of May 2016. Their collaboration "Deep In The Night" with Montreal-based artist Snails was released in August 2016.

Chart history

• "Here it Comes" (2014, Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists, position #22)^[5]
• Pink Cloud (EP) (2015, Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums, position #9)^[6]
• Pink Cloud (EP) (2015, Billboard Heatseekers Albums, position #20)^[7]
• Billboard Next Best Sound (2013, position #1)^[8]
• "Pink Cloud" (EP) (2015, iTunes Dance Albums, Position #2)

Discography

EPs

• "We Are One EP" (featuring Splitbreed)
• "Guilty Pleasures EP"
• "The Lost Tracks EP" (Free D/L)
• "High Roller (The Remixes)" (featuring Splitbreed)
• "Bassline Kickin' (The Remixes)"
• "The Uncaged Remixes"
• "Bring the Madness Remixes" (with Excision) (featuring Mayor Apeshit)
• "Pink Cloud EP"
• "Get On Up (The Remixes)" (with Jauz)
• "Pink Cloud (The Remixes)"
• "Heartbit (The Remixes)"

Singles

• "Gunpoint"
• "Ingen Anden Drøm" (Pegboard Nerds vs. Morten Breum) (English: No Other Dream)
• "High Roller"
• "2012 (Det Derfor)" feat. Dice & Joey Moe (English: "2012 (That's Why)")
• "Gunpoint (VIP Mix)" (a.k.a. "2012 (Det Derfor) (VIP Mix)")
• "So What"
• "Revenge Of The Nerds" (Free D/L)
• "Disconnected"
• "Lawless" (Free D/L)
• "Pressure Cooker"
• "Rocktronik" (Free D/L)
• "20K"
• "Fire In The Hole"
• "Self Destruct"
• "Razor Sharp" (with Tristam)
• "Razor Sharp VIP Mix" (with Tristam) (Free D/L)
• "Frainbreeze" (Free D/L)
• "This Is Not The End" (with Krewella) (Free D/L)
• "Coffins" (Pegboard Nerds x MisterWives) (Free D/L)
• "Bassline Kickin'"
• "New Style"
• "Here It Comes"
• "Hero" (featuring Elizaveta)
• "BADBOI" (Free D/L)
• "Bring The Madness" (with Excision) (featuring Mayor Apeshit)
• "Try This"
• "Swamp Thing"
• "Get On Up" (with Jauz) 2015
• "Razor Sharp VIP (Vocal Mix)" (with Tristam) 2015
• "Luigi's Mansion" 2015
• "Emoji VIP" 2015
• "Bass Charmer" March 2016
• "Heartbit" February 2016
• "All Alone" (with Grabbitz) March 2016
• "Heartbit VIP"^[9] April 2016
• "Superstar" (with NGHTMRE, featuring Krewella) May 2016
• "Weaponize" (with Miu) June 2016
• "Blackout" (part of Monstercat 5 Year Anniversary) July 2016
• "Deep In The Night" (with Snails) August 2016
• "BAMF" October 2016

Remixes

• Skrillex & Damian Marley – "Make It Bun Dem"
• MSD & Jillian Ann – "Quiet Riot"
• Blake McGrath – "Motion Picture"
• Krewella – "Alive"
• Krewella – "Live For the Night"
• Morten Breum – "Larva (Far Away)"
• Mat Zo – "Lucid Dreams"
• J.Viewz – "Far Too Close"
• I See MONSTAS – "Evolution"
• Kairo Kingdom – "Don't Shake"
• Adventure Club – "Wonder (feat. The Kite String Tangle)"
• Carmada - "Maybe"
• Nicky Romero Vs. Volt & State - "Warriors"
• Elizaveta - "Hero"
• Nothing But Thieves - "Emergency"
• The Grid - "Swamp Thing"

As featured artists

• Infected Mushroom - "Nerds on Mushrooms"

Unreleased Songs/Remixes

• Ace of Base - "All That She Wants" (Remix)
• Knife Party - "Kraken" (Remix)
• "Melodymania"
• "Sound Of The Police"
• "Baritone" (with Moam)
• "Extraordinary" (featuring Elizaveta)
• "Talk About It" (featuring Desirée Dawson)
• "ID (Shaku)" (Funky/Dubstep)
• "Disconnected VIP"^[10]
• "Pressure Cooker VIP"
• "Swamp Thing VIP"
• "Visions" (with Cash Cash)
• "Go Berzerk" x Quiet Disorder
• "ID (Sunrise)"
• "Speed of Light"

References

1. ↑ Morrow, Stacy (2015-11-10). "Aspire to Inspire 095: Pegboard Nerds". Your EDM. Retrieved 2016-06-28. 
2. ↑ "Pegboard Nerds 'Emoji' Video Explores Intersection Between Humans And Emojis For A Good Cause (Video)". Tech Times. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
3. ↑ "Pegboard Nerds take up arms against breast cancer with 'Pink Clouds'". Dancing Astronaut. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
4. ↑ [nghtmre superstar #1 on beatport nghtmre superstar #1 on beatport] Check |url= value (help).  Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. ↑ "Pegboard Nerds - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
6. ↑ "EDM Music & Dance Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
7. ↑ "Heatseekers Albums: Up and Coming Musicians Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
8. ↑ "Pegboard Nerds - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
9. ↑ Monstercat (2016-04-19), [Dubstep] - Pegboard Nerds - Heartbit VIP (feat. Tia Simone) [Monstercat EP Release], retrieved 2016-06-05 
10. ↑ Gogo Ypsy (2016-01-01), Dancing at Decadence With V2 for #PegboardNerds, retrieved 2016-06-05 

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