Anneli Marian Drecker (born 12 February 1969, in

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singer and actress from the city of

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Life and career

Drecker's father Peter, a

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, 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,

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. Drecker contributed as composer and singer in a production of

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's ''Bøddelen'' at

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(2000), and has worked as a freelance actress and composer at Hålogaland Teater from 2009 to 2015. She worked with fellow Norwegians

, since 1999-2012 including as the vocalist on the track " Sparks" and as their live vocalist (as heard on their live album ''Royksopp's Night Out''), on three songs on their album ''

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''. Additionally, she appeared with countrymen

on their ''Minor Earth, Major Sky'' Tour and appeared on the live DVD ''Live from Vallhall'' and the following album from their European Tour, ''How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head''.. In 2004 she was a jury member in the Norwegian version of ''

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''. She continues to occasionally perform live in Norway. In 2012 Drecker took part in the NRK TV-show Stjernekamp, first season. In 2014 she appeared again on TV2 as one of the artists in the famous series "Hver Gang Vi Møtes". On her latest album ''Rocks And Straws'' (2015) we are given the home reversion of a journey that began in 1986 with

. During the journey, it became increasingly clearer to Drecker where she comes from, and the music she creates is the result of this Nordic arctic acoustic landscape, with influences of music from all around the world. She has composed the music with lyrics based on poems by the Northern Norwegian poet Arvid Hanssen. At the

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festival 2015, Drecker performed the tune "Little Tree" from this album, with her daughter Luna (b. 2006).

Honors

*1992:

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in the category Pop, with

for the album ''

Shimmering, Warm and Bright ''Shimmering, Warm and Bright'' is the third album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto. Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4.5 stars. Track listing #"Unicorn" (Drecker, Johansen) – 5:19 #"Summer" (Drecker, Johansen) – 4:47 #"Die Geschicht ...

'' *1996:

in the categories Band and Dance/techno, with Bel Canto for the album ''Magic Box'' *2007:

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*2008: Gammlengprisen in Open class

Filmography

*1983: ''Søsken på Guds jord'' as Margit, by Laila Mikkelsen *1992: '' Svarte pantere'' as Sonia, by

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*2000: ''De 7 dødssyndene'', by Ø. Karlsen, M. Olin, M. Sødahl, F. Mosvold & L. Gud

Theatre

*2000: "Bøddelen"/ "The executioner" (as archangel), from Pär Lagerkvist, directed by Yngve Sundvor at

*2004:" "Peer Gynt" (as Solveig) The North Norwegian Theater Company, directed by Alex Scherpf- Tromsoe, Meieriet 2004 *2009: "Hamsun's Feberr" / "Hamsun's Fever" (as Alvhilde), directed by Jon Tombre- Hålogaland Teater
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*2010: "Vi Hever Våre Hoder I Skam"/ "We Raise Our Heads In Shame", directed by Kristin Eriksen Bjorn and Jon Tombre - Ferske Scener, Tromsoe *2011: "Knutby" (as Åsa Waldau, The Bride of Christ), directed by Kjersti horn - Hålogaland Teater
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*2011: "The Black Rider" (musical with music from Tom Waits), directed by Sigrid Reibo- Hålogaland Teater
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*2012: "Blikktrommen" / "The Tin Drum", (as the mother of Oscar; Agnes) from Günter Grass, directed by Jon Tombre - Hålogaland Teater
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*2014: The Operetta "Kiberg Odyssey" (as Penelope) together with Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra (NOSO), music Composed by Trygve Brøske, directed by Ivar Tindberg
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*2015: "Trollmannen fra Oz" / "The Wizard of Oz", (as Toto, the dog, Dorothy' s best friend) from L. Frank Baum, directed by Jon Tombre, music by Snah Motorpsycho - Hålogaland Teater
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Discography

Solo albums

*2000: ''

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) *2005: '' Frolic'' (

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) *2015: ''Rocks and Straws'' (

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), lyrics by Roy-Frode Løvland, based on poems by Arvid Hanssen *2017: '' Revelation for Personal Use'' (Rune Grammofon)

Singles

;From ''Tundra'' *2000: "It's All Here" *2000: "Sexy Love" *2000: "All I Know" ;From ''Frolic'' *2005: "Stop This" *2005: "You Don't Have To Change" ;From ''Rocks & Straws'' *2015: "Circulating Light" *2015: "Come Summer's Wind" ( radio single )

Music videos

*2005: "You Don´t Have To Change" *2015: "Alone
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*1987: ''

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 Co ...

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) *1989: '' Birds of Passage'' (Crammed Discs) (Nettwerk Productions in North America) *1992: ''

'' (Crammed Discs) (Dali/Chameleon/Elektra Records in North America) (Columbia/SME Records in France) *1996: '' Magic Box'' (Lava/Atlantic) *1998: '' Rush'' (EMI Records) *2001: ''Retrospect'' (

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), compilation album *2002: '' Dorothy's Victory'' (EMI Records)

Collaborations

*1989: ''Song Of Joy'' (

), by Tsunematsu Matsui featuring Anneli Marian Drecker *1989: ''East On Fire'' (Crammed Discs), by Foreign Affair featuring Anneli Drecker & Apoptygma Berzerker on the tracks "Ghosts Can't Run Away", "Diversion", "Misunderstanding", "Keep Me In", "The Same" *1992: '' Sahara Blue'' (Crammed Discs), by Hector Zazou featuring Anneli Drecker and

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on the track "I'll Strangle You" *1994: ''Take Me To God'' (

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), by

's Invaders Of The Heart featuring Anneli Drecker on the tracks "Becoming More Like God", "When The Storm Comes" *1994: ''

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'' (EMI Music), by Motorpsycho on the track "The Golden Core" *1995: ''Mantra For Peace'' (Warner Elektra Atlantic), by Music Channel *1997: ''Sou'' (

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featuring Anneli Drecker on the track "Monsoon Baby" *2000: ''Sing a Song for You'' (

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), with

for the tribute to

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on the track "Morning Glory" *2001: ''

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(Recorded live at

, 2000) (text: John Donne, 1562–1626) *2001: ''

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on the track "Sparks" *2002: ''

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'' (Warner Elektra Atlantic), by

on the track "Turn the Lights Down" *2003: '' The Nest'' (Emarcy), by

(featured vocalist on a number of songs) *2005: ''

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), by Apoptygma Berzerk on the track "Back on Track" *2008: ''Tome 2 1987 - 1995'' (Infrastition Records), by Complot Bronswick (featured vocalist on a number of songs) *2009: ''

'' (Wall of Sound), by

on the tracks "Vision One", "You Don't Have a Clue", "True to Life" *2018: ''A Suite Of Poems'' (ECM records), by

featuring Anneli Drecker

References

External links

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Anneli Drecker official websiteBel Canto official websiteBel Canto's official MySpace profileAnneli Drecker - You Don't Have To Change
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