Håkon Berre is Norwegian drummer and composer who currently resides in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he works as a freelance musician and educator. His playing is characterized by an inventive and energetic drumming, using a rich palette of sounds from a wide diversity of trash and objects, and occasionally incorporating real-time electronics. This can be heard on a discography spanning 43 CD's and LP’s, and has brought him to numerous clubs and festivals all around the world with improvisers like Peter Brötzmann, Phil Minton, Axel Dörner, Peter Friis-Nielsen, Martin Klapper, Kasper Tranberg, Petter Wettre, John Tchicai, Jamie Branch, Liudas Mockunas, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Sture Ericson, Susana Santos Silva, Mikko Innanen and Peter Evans. He has composed and arranged music for theater performances and art exhibitions, in addition to several interactive sound installations exhibited at art museums in both Denmark and Germany. Berre is a co-founder and active member of the record label & musicians collective Barefoot Records. 

www.haakonberre.com
www.barefoot-records.com