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Bliss is a
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electronic music project.


Biography

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pop band based in Denmark. Anchored by Steffen Aaskoven and Marc-George Anderson, and including vocalists Alexandra Hamnede and co-writer Tchando, they have released several albums since 2001. Their tracks have appeared in international compilations and on television programs like
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purchased the rights to it and began using the song in some of their promotional videos, primarily for
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was featured as a guest singer on the ''Quiet Letters'' album of 2002, and she collaborated again on the album ''No One Built This Moment'' of 2009. "Breathe," from ''Quiet Letters'', was featured in the
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and in ''Buddha Bar Volume Seven'' by DJ Ravin and David Visan.


Members

* Steffen Aaskoven - producer & composer * Alexandra Hamnede - singer * Marc-George Anderson - composer * Tchando - composer & singer


Discography


Albums

* ''Afterlife'', (Only Denmark 2001) * ''Quiet Letters'', (released 2003) * ''Quiet Letters (u.s. edition)'', (released 2003) * ''Afterlife'', (Re-released 2005) * ''They Made History'', (released 2005) * ''Quiet Letters/Quiet Reconstructions'', (released 2006) * ''No One Built This Moment'', (released 2009) * ''Greatest Hits'', (only Digital release 2011) * ''So Many of Us'', (released May 2013)


Singles

* ''Long Life To You My Friend'', (Single promo released 2001) * ''Kissing'', (Single promo released 2001) * ''If Heaven Closes'', (Single promo released 2001) * ''Kissing'', (Single released 2004) * ''Kissing (From Sex And The City Soundtrack)'', (Single released 2008) * ''American Heart Feat. Boy George EP'', (Single released 2009) * ''American Heart Feat. Boy George (Remixes by The Revenge & OOFT)'', (Single released 2008) * ''Trust In Your Love Feat. Ane Brun (Remixes by Charles Webster)'', (Single released 2010) * ''Desert Sun Feat. Jeanette Olsson'', (Single released 2013)


References


External links

* {{Authority control Danish musical groups Ambient music groups Musical groups established in 2001