On Thursday, November 13th at 1:30pm, Berkestir hosts Norwegian artist/producer, Nora Schjelderup, aka Ora the Molecule, for a live in-studio performance and interview ahead of her show at The Regency Ballroom in SF with Cut Copy.
Ora the Molecule creates an unexpected sound that combines timeless nostalgia, storytelling, space disco, and retro electronica.
Latest album, Dance Therapy (Mute), follows a transformative period for Schjelderup, whose DJ career took off post pandemic. She has shared the stage with fellow Norwegian legends like Todd Terje and Lindstrøm, and opened for Røyksopp, earning her the title of Norway’s queen of disco.
Inspired by her DJ sets, ‘70s sci-fi sounds and Italo-disco, Dance Therapy is a retro-futuristic fever dream which Schjelderup crafted in a remote cabin in the woods while navigating a series of severe losses. “I had a lot of pain,” she reflects. “This was my own way of dealing with it. A way to get energy back in the body.”
