ANNELI DRECKER
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Biography
With her new album Revelation for Personal Use, Anneli Drecker again has returned home to Tromsø, Northern Norway and the Arctic. The launch of her acclaimed previous album Rocks & Straws led to three Grammy nominations, a long series of gigs and international releases culminating in a support gig for a-ha in the O2 Arena in London in front of 10,000 people. The songs of Revelation for Personal Use … are again based on texts by Arvid Hanssen, the beloved northern Norwegian cult poet.
The poems have been translated into English by Roy-Frode Løvland, a poet and musician who also live on Hanssens home island, Dyrøy. Where the last album dealt with man’s encounter with nature in the North, Revelation increasingly touches an inner landscape. During recording, Anneli experienced a career highlight tour with a-ha, but also serious illness and death within her family and circle of friends, and these contrasts have characterized the process and the themes of the album. The poems of the album depicts life during polar nights and life under the midnight sun, both concretely and metaphorically.
«Breathtakingly beautiful», «magical», «epic», «magnificent» and «instantly memorable» were among the words used in international reviews of her much applauded comeback album «Rocks & Straws» from 2015, her first in 10 years. Brimming with memorable melodies, subtle arrangements, evocative lyrics, strong musicianship and a vital album production, it showed a mature and confident artist moving in a somewhat surprising direction, given her background in electronic music with Bel Canto, Röyksopp and her first solo efforts.
Tromsø sits deep in the Arctic but still has a very vivid cultural life and is home to many of the great artists from Norway. The long, arctic winters have no sun, but there is still light – the glassy blue of the dusk-like midday glow in the south, and the flickering green and red aurora that can be seen across the horizon on many days. In 2016 Anneli joined A-ha for their «final» european tour, performing as support and singing back up with the band. Bel Canto reunited with Geir «Biosphere» Jenssen for an exclusive concert in 2010, and in 2022 the band has announced a new album. Geir Jenssen will contribute to some of the songs.
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