It was initiated by Vidar Hanssen who was dj'ing for a local student radio with the program The Beatservice Radio Show at the time.
The group's first release was "Traveller's Dream EP" (12") released on R&S in 1994. In 1997 Berge joined Drum Island alongside Torbjørn Brundtland and Ole J Mjøs. Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland then went on to form Röyksopp in 1998. Their first release as Röyksopp came in 1999 on Tellé Records with "So Easy" 7" and "Your Hands" on the Beatservice compilation "Arctic Circles 2".
Their first album, Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents, was released in 2001 on Beatservice, and re-issued in 2004 by Palm Pictures.