Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval , formerly known under the stage name Rockettothesky , (born July 11, 1980 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian singer , composer , songwriter and author .
Life
Hval studied at the University of Melbourne in Australia , the subjects Creative Writing and Performance . During her studies in Australia, she performed as a singer from 2003 with the Australian groups iPanic and Folding for Air . After her return to Norway her first EP Cigars came out in 2006 , which was nominated for the category Best Newcomer of the Norwegian Spellemann Prize. Here she was already using the stage name Rockettothesky . In the same year the CD To Sing You Apple Trees followed and in 2008 Medea . In 2010 her novel Perlebryggeriet was nominated for the Sørlandets literaturpris .
Hval has been using her maiden name since 2011 and released the albums Viscera and Innocence Is Kinky on Rune Grammofon . In collaboration with her partner Håvard Volden , the CD was released in 2012 with the title Nude on Sand she had chosen . Together, Hval and Volden, who live in the Oslo district of Grønland , also founded the independent label Meddle Records .
Hval worked with Susanna Wallumrød on sound installations and the joint album Meshes of Voice , which was released in late summer 2014. The album of the two was awarded the Spellemann Prize in the Open Class in the year of publication .
During a six month stay in New York City , Jenny Hval toured the United States and Great Britain with noise rock band Swans in the summer of 2014 .
In addition to her work as a musician, Hval publishes texts in magazines, edited volumes and CDs and is a freelance author and columnist. So far, two books by her have appeared in Norway.
Discography
- Cigars (as Rockettothesky, Trust Me Records 2006)
- To Sing You Apple Trees (as Rockettothesky, Trust Me Records 2006)
- Medea (as Rockettothesky, Trust Me Records 2008)
- Viscera ( Rune Grammofon 2011)
- Nude on Sand (with Håvard Volden, SOFA, 2012)
- Innocence Is Kinky ( Rune Grammofon 2013)
- Meshes of Voice (with Susanna, SusannaSonata, 2014)
- Apocalypse, Girl ( Sacred Bones ( Cargo Records ) 2015)
- Blood Bitch ( Sacred Bones ( Cargo Records ) 2016)
- The Practice of Love (Sacred Bones (Cargo Records) 2019)
Novel publications
- Perlebryggeriet . Kolon, Oslo 2009, ISBN 978-82-05-39375-2 .
- Inn i ansiktet . Forlaget October, Oslo 2012, ISBN 978-82-495-1066-5 .
Web links
- Singer's website
- About the singer as Rockettothesky
- Video portrait of Jenny Hval
- Reviews of her albums on the web magazine Nordic Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pornography? Jenny Hval strengthens the female point of view. In: FAZ . June 7, 2013, p. 37.
- ↑ Meddle Records website ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jenny Hval & Susanna ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hval, Jenny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rockettithesky (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian singer, composer, songwriter and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Kingdom of Norway |