Floora was born when DJ Truls Puls and DJ NuTeQ played a local festival in hometown Bodø, way up north in Norway some 5 years ago. The gig was a 4 deck performance on request by Nordland Musikkfestuke.
The little town above the artic circle in the north of Norway has seen many highly skilled dj's the last years. In this rather small city a surprisingly high number of souls were picking up on the latest hip hop. By far a strange phenomenon. The cultural vacuum provided by original channels made way for local heads to connect with the new and growing hiphop movement. Local pioneers were of course an inspiration of many young hopeful jocks including the young Truls Andersen and Øystein Bekken.
The musical concept that is Floora today was developed further when they both moved to Bergen early'99. They recorded a mixtape by using 4 decks simultaneously. This tape found it`s way to the british DJ magazine XFADE (now called iDJ). The mix won the bedroom DJ competition in may'00, although...
