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White-Out Conditions
''White-Out Conditions'' is the first album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto. Track listing #"Blank Sheets" – 4:15 #"Dreaming Girl" – 3:05 #"Without You" – 4:04 #"Capio" – 2:23 #"Agassiz" – 3:53 #"Kloeberdanz" – 3:02 #"White-Out Conditions" – 4:10 #"Baltic Ice-Breaker" – 4:45 #"Upland" – 7:02 #"Chaideinoi" – 3:29 Sometimes misspelled "Chadeinoi" or "Chaidenoi" on several CD covers, the track "Chaideinoi" appeared for the first time on the 1988 CD re-issue Single #"Blank Sheets" – 3:40 #"Chaideino" - 3:25 Musicians * Anneli Drecker - vocals, synthesizer * Nils Johansen - mandolin, flute, bass, synthesizer, programming * Geir Jenssen - synthesizer, programming Also credited: * Marc Hollander Marc Hollander is a Belgian musician, producer and creator of the independent record label, Crammed Discs. Hollander is the leader of the Belgian avant-rock group Aksak Maboul, which he founded in 1977 with Vincent Kenis. Aksak Maboul first ... - woodwinds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Canto (band)
Bel Canto is a Norwegian music duo, originally a trio, fronted by vocalist Anneli Drecker, and signed originally to Crammed Discs. Biography Bel Canto was formed in 1985 in Tromsø by Geir Jenssen (synthesizer, programming), Nils Johansen (synthesizer, violin, bass guitar, guitar) and vocalist Anneli Drecker. The group was one of the first Norwegian bands to sign a record contract abroad. The trio moved to Brussels in 1986 and had their debut album '' White-Out Conditions'' released by Crammed Discs the following year. After a second album, '' Birds of Passage'' (1990), Jenssen left the band for a solo career as Biosphere. The group had a commercial breakthrough with '' Shimmering, Warm and Bright'' in 1992, and won the Spellemannprisen award twice, in 1992 and 1996. Their style evolved over time from an ethereal dream pop sound to synth-based pop influenced by world music. The group's first two records were licensed to Nettwerk Records Records in Canada and its second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaideinoi
The Chaedini (Latinized form) or Chaideinoi or Khaideinoi (Greek forms) were a Germanic people that are listed only in the Geography of Ptolemy. He locates them in the west of a large island, Scandia, off the mouth of the Vistula river. Most scholars concur that Scandinavia is meant. Etymology A strong etymology of the word is summarized in the American Heritage Dictionary under ''heath''. Chaideinoi is identical in form to its English relative, heathen; that is, Indoeuropean *kaito-, "forest, uncultivated land" becomes common Germanic * xaiþiz, appearing in *xaiþinaz, "people of the uncultivated land". The exact pronunciation of Chaidein- is not certain, but it must have been close to *xaiþin-; that is, Ptolemy's name is close to common Germanic, even though its exact dating is unknown. It likely precedes Ptolemy, as he depended on previous sources. Common Germanic *xaiþ- becomes Hed- in the Scandinavian languages. Possible locations of the Chaideinoi have therefore been pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bel canto is an opera term that literally means "beautiful singing". Bel Canto may also refer to: * ''Bel Canto'' (novel), a novel by Ann Patchett ** ''Bel canto'' (opera), a 2015 opera by Jimmy López, based on Patchett's novel ** ''Bel Canto'' (film), a 2018 hostage drama film based on Patchett's novel *Bel Canto (band), a Norwegian pop/electronica band *Bel Canto (restaurant) Bel Canto is a chain of restaurants, based in Paris, France, where singers perform live opera arias for the diners. Concept Bel Canto employs opera singers as waiters and waitresses. The singers usually work in groups of four, and every 15 minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Debut Albums
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Marc Hollander
Marc Hollander is a Belgian musician, producer and creator of the independent record label, Crammed Discs. Hollander is the leader of the Belgian avant-rock group Aksak Maboul, which he founded in 1977 with Vincent Kenis. Aksak Maboul first released two albums, ''Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine'' (1977) and ''Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits'' (1980), went on a long hiatus, and was revived in 2015. Hollander joined Art Bears for their European tour in 1979, and was a member of The Honeymoon Killers (Belgian band), The Honeymoon Killers and Cos (band), Cos. Hollander has also collaborated with a number of musicians, including Fred Frith and Chris Cutler. In 1980 Hollander founded Crammed Discs, which he still actively runs, while acting as the label's artistic director. With Crammed, he has discovered, launched and/or developed the careers of artists such as Bebel Gilberto, Zap Mama, Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, Cibelle, Taraf de Haïdouks, Tuxedomoon, Bel Canto (band), Bel Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geir Jenssen
Geir Jenssen (born 30 May 1962)Thompson, Dave (2000) ''Alternative Rock'', Miller Freeman, , p.197-198 is a Norwegian electronic musician and composer who records as Biosphere. A resident of Tromsø within the Arctic Circle, Jenssen is well known for ambient and ambient house pieces, often inspired by Arctic or mountain settings, and his use of loops and peculiar samples from science fiction and natural sources. His 1997 album '' Substrata'' was voted by the users of the Hyperreal.org website in 2001 as the best all-time classic ambient album.Se"Classic Ambient Recordings: The 2001 Survey"at Hyperreal.org He has also composed several film scores. History Prior to Biosphere (1962–1991) Jenssen was born on 30 May 1962 in Tromsø, a city within the Arctic Circle in the northernmost portion of Norway. He was inspired by the music of artists such as New Order, Depeche Mode, Wire, and Brian Eno, which he described as "like discovering a new universe—a universe which I wante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Johansen
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general *Nils Dacke (died 1543), Swedish rebel *Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier *Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer *Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer *Nils Frykdahl, American musician * Nils Gründer (born 1997), German politician *Nils Hald (1897–1963), Norwegian actor * Nils Haßfurther (born 1999), German basketball player * Nils-Göran Holmqvist (born 1943), Swedish politician *Nils Kreicbergs (born 1996), Latvian handball player *Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach *Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician * Nils Lorens Sjöberg (1754-1822), Swedish officer and poet *Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneli Drecker
Anneli Marian Drecker (born 12 February 1969, in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the frontwoman for the dream pop band Bel Canto. Life and career Drecker's father Peter, a German from Bielefeld, emigrated in 1960 to Norway. In the fall of 2006 Bel Canto celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the first album with several concerts. She has released three solo albums, and has provided vocals for various artists including Motorpsycho, Jan Bang, Savoy, a-ha, Röyksopp, Jah Wobble, Ketil Bjørnstad, Simon Raymonde, Mental Overdrive, Illumination and Hector Zazou. Drecker contributed as composer and singer in a production of Pär Lagerkvist's ''Bøddelen'' at Det Norske Teatret (2000), and has worked as a freelance actress and composer at Hålogaland Teater from 2009 to 2015. She worked with fellow Norwegians Röyksopp, since 1999-2012 including as the vocalist on the track " Sparks" and as their live vocalist (as heard on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream Pop
Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as reverb, echo, tremolo, and chorus. It often overlaps with the related genre of shoegaze, and the two genre terms have at times been used interchangeably. The genre came into prominence in the 1980s through the work of groups such as Cocteau Twins and A.R. Kane. Subsequently, acts such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Galaxie 500, Julee Cruise, Lush, and Mazzy Star released significant albums in the style. It saw renewed popularity among millennial listeners following the late-'00s success of Beach House. Characteristics The term dream pop is thought to relate to the "immersion" in the music experienced by the listener.Goddard, Michael et al. (2013) ''Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music'', Bloomsbury Academic, ''The AllMusic G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of Passage (album)
''Birds of Passage'' is the second album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto. Track listing #"Intravenous" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen) – 3:18 #"Birds of Passage" (Jenssen, Johansen, Johansen) – 5:26 #"The Glassmaker" (Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:27 #"A Shoulder to the Wheel" (Drecker, Drecker, Johansen) – 4:16 #"Time Without End" (Johansen, Johansen) – 5:01 #"Oyster" (Drecker, Drecker) – 3:04 #"Continuum" (Del Valle, Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:34 #"Dewy Fields" (Drecker, Jenssen, Johansen) – 4:01 #"The Suffering" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen ) – 4:05 #"Picnic on the Moon" (Drecker, Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:39 #"Look 3" (Drecker, Jenssen) – 4:32 Personnel * Bel Canto – Producer * Stefan de Batselier – Photography * Michel Delory – Guitar, drums * Anneli Marian Drecker – Piano, keyboards, vocals * Jeannot Gillis – Violin, viola, string arrangements * Marc Hollander – Clarinet, percussion, keyboards, producer * Geir Jenssen Geir Jenssen (born 30 May 1962)Thompson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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