Deathprod, AKA Helge Sten, has been an important player since the beginning of Rune Grammofon. As a founder member and producer of freeform quartet Supersilent he was part of the very first release in January 1998, Supersilent 1-3, and later the the same year he and Biosphere remixed Arne Nordheim’s electronic works on the album Nordheim Transformed, one of the label’s best selling releases. Since then there’s been more Supersilent releases as well as vital production and engineering contributions to Arve Henriksen ‘s Sakuteiki, Food’s Veggie and lately Susanna & The Magical Orchestra’s List Of Lights And Buoys.

Born in 1971, he has worked under the name Deathprod since around 1990 in all his work as musician and producer. He was a member rock group Motorpsycho from ‘92 to ‘94 adding "audio noise", theremin, keyboards and sound-collages to the band’s hard rock. He has also worked extensively in theatre, dance, performance, art exhibitions and installations with particular emphasis on interactive media and improvisation. He has appeared as a player on some 20 albums and produced and/or engineered a further 80. Associates in diverse contexts have ranged from members of rock groups Swans, Mazzy Star and My Bloody Valentine to the contemporary music interpreters of the Cikada Ensemble. He lives and works in Oslo.

When talking about his work methods he has revealed that he often only uses one sound source for a track, and that he can elaborate on this sound for months until he’s completely satisfied. This attention to detail makes him quite unique and it’s difficult to compare him with specific contemporaries, but Biosphere and Thomas Köner come to mind.

Maybe all the aforementioned activity is the reason for the lack of "proper" releases under the Deathprod name? Treetop Drive from '95 and ‘94’s Imaginary Songs From Tristan Da Cunha were originally released in limited editions of 500 copies... Not considering the split remix album with Biosphere, this is his first new release in 8 years: Morals and Dogma is the new Deathprod album, the rightful follow-up to Treetop Drive.