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姓 名:Agnes Obel艾格妮丝•欧贝尔
国 籍:丹麦
出 生 地:北哥本哈根
出生日期:1980-10-28
职 业:歌手,作曲家
艺人资料
Agnes Obel(艾格尼丝 欧贝尔)生于1980年10月28日,丹麦的歌手/作曲家。她出生在哥本哈根,现住在柏林。
Agnes Obel的创作不仅限于一个音乐风格。在她的音乐中,往往会出现民谣及独立风格音乐的影子。她的歌曲能触及观众的心灵,因为这些歌曲即随性又简单,她的性感和高雅的声乐演奏是音乐整体的核心要素,并且有如梦幻般的诗意。
Agnes Obel,来自丹麦的美人鱼。为什么会这么称呼她?因为在2010年上海世博会丹麦馆的“美人鱼”主题活动中,Agnes Obel作为表演嘉宾之一,带给了我们怦然心动的优雅声音。
不仅如此,Agnes Obel从小就接受了钢琴训练,并且结识了家乡哥本哈根许多当地的乐队以及音乐制作人,对于音乐的态度,自信的Agnes Obel总是会选择独自承担并且去享受音乐过程,编曲,填词,包括后期的混音制作都是一个人去完成,当钢琴声从她轻柔的指尖流动出来的时候,我就知道自己对她的喜爱,悲悯的气氛从Agnes Obel的声音中缓缓流露出来,很安静,很凄美。试想看着她独自一人坐在钢琴前的演绎,或许思绪也会跟着慢慢被吸引,静静的聆听这种感性的音乐。此外,Agnes Obel的专辑“Philarmonics”在2010年10月12日全球发行。另一专辑“Aventine”在2013年9月30日发行。
她曾表示:“非常欣赏那些能创造出属于自己音乐和旋律世界的音乐家和艺术家;能创造出流传性广的和永恒音乐的音乐家和艺术家;能创造简单和优雅旋律的音乐家和艺术家……”
在2015年6月,Agnes Obel创作了她的新专辑。由音乐家Frédérique Labbow, Kristina Koropecki 和John Corban作曲。
Career
Philharmonics
Obel debuted as a solo singer with her first album Philharmonics (2010). She writes, plays, sings, records and produces all her material herself.
All of the songs in Philharmonics are original work except "Close Watch" ("I Keep A Close Watch" by John Cale) & "Katie Cruel" (a folk traditional; as the iTunes bonus track of the album). In Live à Paris, released on 11 April 2011 on iTunes, Obel sings a cover of Elliott Smith's "Between The Bars". Furthermore, Obel did a duet with Editors singer Tom Smith, performing "The Christmas Song" by Mel Tormé – to be found on the Smith & Burrows album Funny Looking Angels (released in November 2011).
Philharmonics has garnered generally positive reviews with for example James Skinner from BBC saying that "the compositions... are slow, sombre, sepulchral even, but not without a sense of occasionally singular beauty".
In June 2011, Philharmonics was certified gold by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) for sales of 10,000 units.In February 2011, Obel's first album was nominated for 'Impala European Independent Album of the Year' and the title Riverside (from the Submarino's soundtrack) won the Robert Award for the Best Song of the year 2011.
In October 2011, Obel won the 2012 European Border Breakers Award. The prize celebrate the top new talents in European pop music who "have all succeeded in reaching out to audiences beyond their home country through their talent and energy."
In November 2011, Obel won five prizes at the Danish Music Awards for her first album Philharmonics. She won Best Album Of The Year, Best Pop Release Of The Year, Best Debut Artist Of The Year, Best Female Artist Of The Year and Best Songwriter Of The Year.
Aventine
In January 2013, Obel finalized her new album with a serial of mixing sessions. On 20 June 2013, Obel revealed that her new album Aventine would be released on 30 September 2013.
On 24 September 2014, Aventine became available on iTunes. Tom Burgel wrote: "The few reactions collected have been very positive and, already, full with love: The elegance of Agnes and the rare grace of her writings will cause, without any doubts, some strong palpitations in the hearts of the amateurs."
In October 2014 a deluxe edition of 'Aventine' was released. This album featured 3 new songs. The deluxe edition also contains a remix of 'Fuel to Fire' by David Lynch. The legendary filmmaker, who is also a musician, has declared about Obel : “I loved doing this remix. I was turned onto Agnes’ music through my record label… I think she has a most beautiful voice and can do things with her voice that are unique and extraordinary.”
In October 2014, Obel played for the first time in the legendary music hall L'Olympia in Paris.
New Album
During her 2014 Tour, Obel began work on her third album : "I’m planning to work less with piano, and more with other kinds of old keyboards (...) I’m trying to find new instruments to work with, so it’s sort of on the research phase and starting to write things."Agnes says also : "I have some clear ideas but I’m not sure it is a good idea to go into specifics on such an early stage. I mainly plan to work with old keyboards like spinet and harpsichord and then see where they take me."
In June 2015, Agnes Obel worked on her new album with a serial of mixing sessions. She recorded strings with new musicians : Frédérique Labbow, Kristina Koropecki and John Corban.