Kristin Asbjørnsen

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Kristin Asbjørnsen (2019)
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Kristin Asbjørnsen (born May 12, 1971 ) is a Norwegian singer and composer .

biography

Kristin Asbjørnsen was trained as a jazz singer at the Trondheim Conservatory . She became known as the singer of the jazz rock band Dadafon , for which she also works as a composer. Initially, Dadafon's albums were not released in German-speaking countries, only the album Lost Love Chords from 2005 came on the market in Germany.

In addition to her work at Dadafon , Asbjørnsen is a member of the Kvitretten and Krøyt formations . In 2004 she sang on the album Seafarer's Song by the Norwegian musician and author Ketil Bjørnstad , which was also released in Germany. With the soundtrack to the film Factotum by Bent Hamer published Asbjørnsen 2006 her first solo album.

Kristin Asbjørnsen, Moers Festival 2004

Projects

Band projects

Dadafon

The band was founded in 1995 under the name Colored Moods (dt. Colored moods ) and renamed Dadafon in 2000. The band's music is a mix of jazz, rock and pop music, often mixed with elements of African music. So far, Dadafon have had little commercial success, but are highly praised by the critics and currently enjoy the status of an “insider tip”. The band's first album, entitled Colored Moods , was released in 1995, the current album Lost Love Chords in 2005. Currently, the band consists of Asbjørnsen, Jostein Ansnes (guitar, vocals), Øyvind Engen (cello, piano), Eirik Øien (bass, Cornet) and Martin Langlie (drums, keyboard).

Display cases

Kristin Asbjørnsen joined the vocal ensemble Kvitretten , founded in 1991 in 1994 , which has consisted of the quartet of singers Kristin Asbjørnsen, Tone Åse , Solveig Slettahjell and Eldbjørg Raknes since 1997 . With their own compositions and contemporary pieces by Norwegian jazz musicians, they performed in many concerts in Scandinavia and Germany until 2002. The first album Voices was released in 1996 and brought the group a nomination for the Norwegian media award Spellemannprisen . In 2002, Kvitretten released their last album for the time being, entitled Kloden er en snurrebass som snurrer oss, in collaboration with the Norwegian poet Torgeir Rebbolledo Pedersen .

Krøyt

Along with Øyvind Brandtsegg and Thomas T. Dahl made Asbjørnsen founded in 1993 Rock Jazz band Krøyt . The band played successfully at festivals in Scandinavia, France , Germany and the USA . In 1997 they released their first album Sub . For the album Low they received the Spellemannprisen in 2000 . In 2001 they released their last album, One Heart is Too Small . Krøyt played with various other formations, including the Swedish Fleshquartet and the Norwegian string quartet Vertavo . In 2005 the band performed with the Swedish cellist Svante Henryson .

Solo projects

In addition to her work with the 3 bands, Asbjørnsen always goes her own way. In 2004 she could be heard alongside Nils Petter Molvær and Eivind Aarset on the album Seafarer's Song by Norwegian author and pianist Ketil Bjørnstad .

Soundtrack

For the film Factotum by Norwegian director Bent Hamer , two titles were initially released on the Dadafon album Lost Love Chords . At the beginning of 2006 Asbjørnsen released the soundtrack for the film under her own name, for which she received the award for the best film music in Norway in 2005.

Spirituals

Growing up as a pastor's daughter, Kristin Asbjørnsen came into contact with religious music as a child. At the age of eleven, her father gave her a music cassette entitled Feelin 'Spirit , on which the Norwegian singer Marit Carlsen performed Afro-American spirituals . Years later, shortly before her death in 1990, she met the Chicago singer Ruth Reese . Reese, who had lived in Norway since 1960, taught her and bequeathed her an extensive songbook of mostly unknown spirituals. For the album Wayfaring Stranger , released in autumn 2006, Asbjørnsen arranged various spirituals from this Reese songbook. The singer performed with this program in 1998 with pianist Tord Gustavsen . For the album she played the tracks with Jostein Ansnes, with whom she also works on Dadafon , Jarle Bernhoft and Anders Engen. The album was also distributed outside of Norway from September 2007.

Kristin Asbjørnsen (after her performance at the St. Ingbert Jazz Festival in 2008)

Discography

Solo recordings:

  • 2006 Factotum ( soundtrack to the film Factotum by Bent Hamer )
  • 2006 Wayfaring Stranger
  • 2009 The Night Shines Like the Day
  • 2013 I'll Meet You in the Morning
  • 2018 Traces Of You

With Dadafon :

  • 1998 Colored Moods (still under the band name Colored Moods )
  • 2001 And I Can't Stand Still
  • 2002 Release Me ( EP )
  • 2002 Visitor
  • 2004 Harbor
  • 2005 Lost Love Chords

With display cases :

  • 1996 Voices
  • 1999 Everything Turns
  • 2002 Kloden er en snurrebass som snurrer oss

With Krøyt :

  • 1997 Sub
  • 1999 Low
  • 2001 Body Electric
  • 2001 One Heart is too Small

With the Tord Gustavsen Ensemble

  • 2009 Restored, Returned (ECM)

Other recordings:

Web links

Commons : Kristin Asbjørnsen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article My first jazz record in the print edition of JAZZECHO (number 4, year 10)
  2. ↑ Review of Wayfaring Stranger . In: All About Jazz . Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Meeting (Nordic Music)
personal data
SURNAME Asbjørnsen, Kristin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian singer and composer, member of the bands Dadafon, Kvitretten and Kroyt
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1971