Anja Garbarek
{{Short description|Norwegian singer-songwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Anja Garbarek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|24|df=yes}}
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| origin = Oslo, Norway
| genre = Electronica, trip hop, experimental
| occupation = musician
| years_active = 1992–present
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| website = {{URL|www.anjagarbarek.com}}
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Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway){{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni%5Ckontakt.nsf/pub/per2000082112041624194552 |title=Anja Garbarek: Artist |language=Norwegian |publisher=Bransjeregister MIC.no |accessdate=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315145500/http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2000082112041624194552 |archivedate=15 March 2016 }} is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_p2/1.6710245 |title=Anja Garbarek: mørk lyrikk |language=Norwegian |last=Molnes |first=Svein Jarle |publisher=NRK P2 |date=2 July 2009|accessdate=9 April 2010}}
Career
Garbarek's debut album, Velkommen Inn (1992), is sung in Norwegian.{{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2006051212315284198672 |title=Garbarek, Anja |work=Biography |language=Norwegian |publisher=Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no |date=6 August 2006 |accessdate=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227121349/http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2006051212315284198672 |archivedate=27 December 2014 }} 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)."Anja Garbarek." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 79. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2014. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 27 May 2017. 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
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.
Discography
= 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 =
- 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)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.anjagarbarek.com}}
- [http://radio.nrk.no/serie/radiodokumentaren/MDUP01004614/23-08-2014 Radiodokumentaren: " – så smeller det" 23.08.2014] on NRK (in Norwegian)
- [https://www.innerviews.org/inner/anja-garbarek 2019 interview with Innerviews (In English)]
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{{s-bef | before = Nils Petter Molvær}}
{{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen | years = 2001}}
{{s-aft | after = Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft}}
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Category:Norwegian songwriters
Category:English-language singers from Norway
Category:Spellemannprisen winners
Category:Norwegian people of Polish descent
Category:Norwegian women in electronic music