Aslak Rakli Hartberg alias Alis (born 1 May 1975 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian rapper and bass player, and was the leading figure in the Norwegian hip hop band Klovner i Kamp. He is the brother of cartoonist Flu Hartberg.
Hartberg attended Foss Upper Secondary School (1991âÂÂ94), on the Music program together with the artists Bertine Zetlitz, Jannike Kruse, Kate Havnevik and the author Markus Midrè. He studied music at Norwegian Academy of Music 1995-99.
Hartberg was noticed as early as 15âÂÂ16 years old as a bass player on the jazz scene connected to ëOslo jazzhusû in Toftesgate. Here he played in several bands, including ëFor Sureû with Sjur Miljeteig, and ëGestû with Tord Gustavsen.
He established ëKlovner i Kampû in 1994 together with Sveinung Eide. The same year he was part of establishing the band ëOslo Fluidû. In sum, these bands let out seven albums, in addition to a plethora of singles and EP's. In 1995, he was also involved in ëPimp imageû, Norwegian pop band inspired by acid-jazz wave, which was signed to Virgin Records. In 1999 he was part of starting the label ëCity Connectionsû which was an important contributor to the Norwegian hip-hop community. Besides ëKlovner i Kampû and ëOslo Fluidû, they released records with ëSalvadorû, ëMalay Sparksû and ëMojo and He-manû. In this period Hartberg also had success as a jazz musician. At 20y he replaced bassist Bjørn Kjellemyr in Halle/Eberson Quartet and at the end of the 1990s he started the band Shining together with Jørgen Munkeby, Morten Qvenild and Torstein Lofthus, fellow students at Norges Musikkhøgskole. Gruppen utga tre plater og turnerte i hele verden før Hartberg sluttet i 2005.
He also was awarded ëAlarmprisenû twice with the band Shining.
Hartberg and Esben Selvig was in 2002 awarded Edvard Prize in the class Text to music, within the band Klovner i Kamp tune ëNattens sønnerû. The group's lyrics can be found in half a dozen Norwegian text books, poetry collections and anthologies. In 2006 the band ëKlovner i Kampû broke up.
In 2005 he composed music for the TV series ëGutta Boysû for NRK nominated for the American Emmy. The following year, he composed all the music for the Norwegian participant for the Oscar Award Tatt av kvinnen.
He composed the music for the Danish TV series Pagten for DR1 in 2009, and music for the film Keepern til Liverpool in 2010. He was the musical director for Lars Saabye Christensen play Chet spiler ikke her with Torbjørn Harr on ëTorshovteateretû in 2009/2010. He composed the score for the film I et speil, i en gÃÂ¥te featuring Liv Ullmann.
Hartberg plays in the rock band ëYoga Fireû together with Jonas Forsang Moksnes, Esben Selvig, Sveinung Eide and Søren Brandt. He has also contributed to albums by Paperboys, ëApolloû, ëUROû and Lars Beckstrøm among others, and has written the book Fuck you eller penga tilbake published on ëTiden forlagû 2009.