Gisli is an Icelandic solo musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist now operating in London, UK. His brand of

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has been likened to, amongst others,

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

. He had some degree of chart success in the United Kingdom with his debut album 'How About That?' (2004) and appeared at

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/r2hj/ Comment about his appearance at Glastonbury. in 2004. His second album, Build-Ups And Break-Downs, was recently released on

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

. Gisli has also produced and written songs for other artists, including Norwegian artist

Anja Garbarek Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo. Career Garbarek's debut album, ''Velkommen Inn'' (1992), is sung in Norwegian. She subsequently released three original albums contai ...

. Her album '' Briefly shaking'' was co-written/produced by Gisli and later picked up by French director

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for use in his movie '' Angel-A''. In addition to his solo and production career, Gisli is also a full-time member of the group Half Tiger.

References

External links

Gisli official website

Gisli on Myspace music

Gisli on Myspace music
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