Anette Askvik
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Anette Askvik
| image =
| caption = Askvik, Oslo, 2011.
| image_size = 260px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|05|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stavanger, Norway
| death_date =
| death_place =
| instrument = Vocals, piano
| genre = pop, art pop
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, composer
| years_active = 2011–present
| label = Bird
| website = {{URL|www.anetteaskvik.com}}
}}Anette Askvik (born 7 May 1983 in Stavanger, Norway) is a Norwegian songwriter, composer, pianist, and vocalist. She released her first album in 2011 and her second in 2016. She lives in Oslo, Norway, where she writes, records, and runs her record label, Bird.
Early years
After growing up in Stavanger, Norway, she moved to Australia and spent the next three years studying music in Brisbane (2006–2009) [.[https://www.sonicbids.com/band/anetteaskvik/ About Annette Askvik]{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
Works
Askvik recorded her debut album, Liberty, in Oslo with producer Øystein Sevåg. It was released in 2011 on her own label, Bird, which she had formed in 2010.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}. After releasing Liberty, she toured Germany,[https://www.songkick.com/artists/817981-anette-askvik/gigography Songkick] Concerts.[http://gvents.de/dresden-anette-askvik-amp-band-norwegen-deutschland/155390 Dresden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101450/http://gvents.de/dresden-anette-askvik-amp-band-norwegen-deutschland/155390 |date=December 22, 2015 }} Dreikönigskirche. England, France and the United States.[https://www.facebook.com/AnetteAskvik/posts/184647461586176 Norway.org] New York tour.
Since 2011, Askvik worked on her next album. Her first single "Supernova"{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR5XV9nFVk |title=Supernova |publisher=Bird | year=2015 |accessdate=12 November 2015}} was released in November 2015, along with a music video.
She composed music for several documentaries for the Norwegian broadcasting corporation channel NRK, including the prize-winning documentary 22.07.[http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2013/Pdf/Prix_Italia_Winners_2013.pdf Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019145211/http://www.prixitalia.rai.it/2013/Pdf/Prix_Italia_Winners_2013.pdf |date=2013-10-19 }} Date 26. sep 2013. prixitalia.rai.it Visited 13. dec 2015.
Askivik worked with musicians such as Audun Erlien (bass), Rune Arnesen (drums) og Petter Wettre (saxophone).[http://www.discogs.com/Anette-Askvik-Liberty/release/4901612 ANETTE ASKVIK: LIBERTY; BIRD (2011)] Discogs' visited 13. Dec 2015. Askvik's music is a mix of pop and jazz.[http://www.sevag.com/ArticleNO.php?identity=123 Effektiv uke med Anette Askvik] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004201542/http://www.sevag.com/ArticleNO.php?identity=123 |date=October 4, 2014 }} Date 10. sep 2009. Sevag.com Visited 14. apr 2011.
Reception
The Norwegian outlet "Musikknyheter.no" wrote that Askvik's music sounds like "a mix between Ane Brun and Beth Gibbons".[http://www.musikknyheter.no/song/11773 Musikknyheter.no] Supernova.
Nordic Spotlight, another online publicist focusing on Nordic music, wrote that "There’s a touch of Björk in the vocal mannerisms of Norwegian singer/songwriter Anette Askvik".[https://nordicspotlight.com/anette-askvik-norway-birdsong-soundcloud/ Nordic Spotlight] Birdsong.
Discography
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Anette Askvik
| Studio = 5
| Music videos = 1
| Singles = 1
}}
=Albums=
- 2006: Roses (Self Release)
- 2011: Liberty (Bird Records)
- 2016: Multiverse (Bird Records)
- 2023: With Every Cell (Bird Records)
- 2023: Lyden Av Snø (Bird Records){{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2710359-Anette-Askvik |title=Anette Askvik |work=Discography |publisher=Discogs.com | accessdate=26 December 2016}}
=Singles=
References
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External links
- [http://www.anetteaskvik.com/ Official website]
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Category:Musicians from Stavanger
Category:Norwegian women singer-songwriters
Category:Norwegian singer-songwriters
Category:English-language singers from Norway
Category:Norwegian expatriates in Australia