Gry

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Gry
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Genre (s) In the
founding 1998
resolution 2002
Founding members
Electrical instruments
FM unit
Gry Bagøien
Sjang Coenen
Saskia von Klitzing

Gry (aka Gry Bagøien) is an indie / electronic musician from Denmark . A band existed under the same name from 1998 to 2002. The members included the Danish singer Gry Bagøien and the German musician FM Einheit (ex-member of Einstürzende Neubauten ).

Gry's music can be described as electronic music with elements of trip-hop - with lots of loops and samples (including orchestral samples).

history

Gry Bagøien started her musical career in various bands. The most important of these was Æter (1995 to 2001), with whom she released the album Luftantænder and various CD-Rs in 1998.

Gry released her debut album The Touch Of E! in 1998. This was followed by spectacular live shows in Europe and North America .

The second album Public Recording was produced in 2000 in the Marstall Theater in Munich during a public performance. Numerous prominent guests were involved: Alexander Hacke , Caspar Brötzmann , Æter , Anatol Baginsky , Terranova , Pan Sonic , Funkstören , Meret Becker , Chrislo Haas and Sebastian Hess . The song Summer Wine on this album, sung by Gry Bagøien and Alexander Hacke, is a cover version of a song by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra .

In 2002 Gry Bagøien left the band and Gry broke up; since then she has continued to work as a solo artist under the name Gry .

Discography

Albums

  • 1998 The Touch Of E! (as a band)
  • 2000 Public Recording (as a band)
  • 2010 Anima (as a solo artist)

Singles

  • 1998 Touch of Me
  • 1998 remixes
  • 1998 Everything Or All
  • 1998 I Never Asked
  • 1999 Poles Apart
  • 2000 rocket
  • 2000 Summer Wine
  • 2000 Princess Crocodile

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