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A Norway-based pop quartet - Jan van Ravens (vocals, guitars), Hal Holter (keyboards, vocals), Odd Jensen (drums, programming) and Simon Malm (bass).

In 1996, under the name Daily Planet, the band released their first single, "Light of Day." The song was an big hit on Norwegian radio, however a band from Sweden had been using the Daily Planet name for some time, so the band had to seek out a new name. Odd, who was a longtime fan of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy novels, suggested calling the group Babel Fish.

Their influences include The Beatles, Crowded House, Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, Kate Bush, Massive Attack, and U2 - the sound of Babel Fish fuses folk's emotional resonance with a pure pop sensibility.