Krister Linder is a Swedish

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musician. Krister started his music career in 1987 as the vocalist of the Swedish band Grace. Under the name Chris Lancelot, he was the

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of the Swedish band Dive from 1990 to 1994. Linder went on to compose and produce experimental electronic music until he released his first solo album as a vocalist, '' Songs from the Silent Years'' in 2006. He is also the lead vocalist in the Swedish heavy metal band Enter the Hunt. Other musical efforts include

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for

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, short movies and feature films. His score in the

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'' Gitmo: The New Rules of War'' (directed by

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and

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) won the first prize in the category Music For TV at the Festival international Musique et Cinéma in

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in 2006. In November 2008 he won first prize in the category Best Music at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his score to the feature film '' Downloading Nancy'' (directed by

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). In 2009, he won the Jameson Film Music Award at the Stockholm International Film Festival for the score to the animated feature film Metropia (directed by

) and that same year, he did co-vocals on the song "Departer" on the album Night Is the New Day by

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. He also did vocals for Omnimotion's remix of the song Tierra Azul, originally by Vibrasphere. His recent credits include the score for the 2013 documentary feature, '' While No One Is Watching''. He composed an exclusive track used for the 2016 Chanel N°5 perfume television advertisement.

Solo albums

*''Alaskanlab Sweden 1995'', 1995 (as Tupilaq) *''Holtkötter'', 1996 (as Yeti) *''First Wave'', 2000 (as Solaroid) *''Songs from the Silent Years'', 2006 *''Metropia'', 2009 *''The Nile Hilton Incident'', 2017 *''Across the never'', 2019

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial Myspace pageOfficial blogOfficial Enter the Hunt website
Swedish electronic musicians Swedish heavy metal singers Swedish songwriters Living people 1970 births Swedish film score composers Male film score composers 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{music-producer-stub