Anja Garbarek
Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo.
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- Born
- 1970. · Oslo.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- singer, singer-songwriter, musician and composer.
- Fields
- music and jazz.
- Honours
- Spellemann Award open category.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo.
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Anja Garbarek (born 1970) is a composer, musician and recording artist, among other activities, of Norwegian nationality. The composer was born in Oslo. Activity centred on jazz and music.
The work spans trip hop. Languages used include Norwegian. Honours include Spellemann Award open category.
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Garbarek's debut album, Velkommen Inn (1992), is sung in Norwegian. She subsequently released three original albums containing English lyrics: Balloon Mood (1996), Smiling and Waving (co-produced by Steven Wilson; 2001), and Briefly Shaking (2006). She received the Spellemannsprisen in 2001 for her album Smiling & Waving in the open class category. She was also responsible for the soundtrack to Luc Besson's 2005 film Angel-A, which included music from her albums as well as several new songs composed specifically for the film. Garbarek collaborated with Mark Hollis of Talk Talk on two of her tracks for the 2001 album Smiling & Waving.
Personal life
Personal life
Raised in Oslo, Garbarek is the daughter of the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek. Garbarek is married to John Mallison, with whom she has one daughter, Emily.
Albums
Albums
Velkommen inn (RCA, 1992) Balloon Mood (RCA, 1996) Smiling & Waving (Virgin/EMI, 2001) Briefly Shaking (Virgin/EMI, 2005) Angel-A (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Virgin/EMI, 2005) The Road Is Just a Surface (Drabant, 2018)
Guest appearances
Guest appearances
Satyricon: Volcano (2002), voices on "Angstridden", "Mental Mercury" and "Black Lava" Rita Marcotulli: Koinè (2002), voice on "Interference" Wibutee: Sweet Mental (2006), voice on "The Ball" Robert Wyatt: Comicopera (2007), cover of "Stay Tuned" written by Garbarek Steve Jansen: Slope (2008), voice on "Cancelled Pieces" (and its remix on 4 Remixes from Slope)
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- 1.Bransjeregister MIC.no. Anja Garbarek: Artist.
- 2.Molnes, Svein Jarle. Anja Garbarek: mørk lyrikk. NRK P2. 2 July 2009.
- 3.Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no. Garbarek, Anja. Biography. 6 August 2006.
- 4."Anja Garbarek." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 79. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2014. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 27 May 2017.
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