Covenant (band)

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Covenant
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Covenant at the "Call The Ship To Port" event as part of the Amphi-Festival 2018, Cologne
Covenant at the "Call The Ship To Port" event as part of the Amphi-Festival 2018, Cologne
General information
origin Helsingborg , Sweden
Genre (s) Electro , future pop
founding 1986
Website www.covenant.se
Founding members
singing
Eskil Simonsson
programming
Joakim Montelius
Keyboard
Clas Nachmanson
Current occupation
singing
Eskil Simonsson
programming
Joakim Montelius
Keyboard, vocoder
Daniel Jonasson
Keyboard, guitar
Andreas Catjar
Keyboard, vocals
Daniel Myer
former members
Keyboard
Clas Nachmanson
Eskil Simonsson

Covenant is a band from Helsingborg , Sweden , formed on April 26, 1986 . Originally at home in the electro environment, the band's most recently published works tended towards future pop , with borrowings from trip-hop , ambient , dance and drum and bass .

history

Her first album, Dreams of a Cryotank , was successfully marketed in 1994 in the mainly German electronic scene . The three founders Joakim Montelius, Clas Nachmanson and Eskil Simonsson chose their project name, which comes from the Bible and means ' solemn alliance ', to represent their deep bond and friendship to the outside world. With their second album Sequencer , which was released in 1996, they finally conquered the clubs in Europe and even in America they won fans who convinced them with a small US tour in 1997.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
United States of Mind
  DE 83 02/21/2000 (1 week)
Northern Light
  DE 43 10/14/2002 (3 weeks)
Skyshaper
  DE 44 03/17/2006 (2 weeks)
Modern ruin
  SE 31 01/21/2011 (2 weeks)
  DE 44 28/01/2011 (1 week)
Leaving Babylon
  DE 27 09/20/2013 (1 week)
The Blinding Dark
  DE 33 10/11/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Call the Ships to Port
  DE 93 08/26/2002 (1 week)
Ritual noise
  SE 42 01/26/2006 (2 weeks)
  DE 64 02/03/2006 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1994: Dreams of a Cryotank
  • 1996: Sequencer
  • 1996: Sequencer (US version, contains the songs of the Stalker -EP as a bonus)
  • 1996: Sequencer (Picture Disc) (similar to Sequencer Beta , LP)
  • 1997: Sequencer (Beta) (new release with a bonus song)
  • 1998: Europe
  • 2000: United States of Mind (limited edition including bonus MCD)
  • 2000: Synergy - Live in Europe (Live, limited edition including bonus VHS)
  • 2002: Northern Light
  • 2002: Northern Light (double LP)
  • 2006: The Singles (online album, contains all singles from the United States of Mind era)
  • 2006: Skyshaper (limited edition including bonus MCD)
  • 2007: In Transit (Live)
  • 2011: Modern ruin
  • 2013: Leaving Babylon (limited edition including bonus track 'Jag är fullständigt tung')
  • 2016: The Blinding Dark

Singles / EPs

  • 1995: Figurehead
  • 1996: Stalker
  • 1997: Theremin EP
  • 1998: Final Man
  • 1998: Euro EP
  • 1999: It's Alright (record)
  • 1999: Tour de Force
  • 2000: Dead Stars (released only in Scandinavia)
  • 2000: Der Leiermann (only published in Germany)
  • 2002: Call the Ships to Port
  • 2002: Call the Ships to Port Remixes
  • 2003: Bullet (also released as a DVD single)
  • 2006: Ritual Noise
  • 2006: Brave New World
  • 2010: Lightbringer (feat. Necro Facility)
  • 2013: Last Dance EP
  • 2016: Sound Mirrors
  • 2019: Fieldworks excursion EP

Soundtrack

Track 03: We are the night

Video albums

  • 2007: In Transit (Live, 2DVD + CD)

Limited editions of some albums were also released with additional songs, video cassettes and other additions.

Web links

Commons : Covenant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. a b Chart sources: Sweden - Germany