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中 文 名:凯特.哈勒维克
外 文 名:Kate Havnevik
出 生 地:挪威奥斯陆
出生日期:1975年10月27日
艺人资料
出生于挪威奥斯陆的,在伦敦接受的音乐熏陶,她把音乐生涯的开端很格式化地以单纯成为一名爵士和古典的吉他演奏手为目标,但这一系列计划在她14岁时加入一支朋克乐队后发生了转变。从那时开始Kate Havnevik就确立了宽广气息唱法的个人风格,这种风格大家最熟悉的非Bjork和Kate Moss莫属。Kate Havnevik的音乐配器以吉他、钢琴和口风琴(一种小型管乐器,类似口琴, 但有钢琴一样的键盘)为主。她的一首Demo由于在洛杉矶知名电台KCRW-FM的王牌节目Morning Becomes Eclectic中的热播让她一下子在当地拥有了诸多歌迷,06年Kate Havnevik更是和Moby, Royksopp和Tom Middleton等诸多电子艺人展开密切合作。Kate Havnevik的首张个人专辑《Melankton》在2006年面世,专辑中的多首歌曲都被收入热播剧《Grey's Anatomy》让人叫好的原声中,也正是凭借和影片气氛完美的契合,让我对演唱者Kate Havnevik一下子来了兴趣,加上迷人的声线,让我对Kate Havnevik一见倾心。
2012年11月30日,中国另类原创音乐人歌者森发售首张专辑《森视界》,Kate Havnevik和众多大牌音乐人参与了作品的制作。
2015年发行单曲“Falling”,发行专辑《&i》。9月,2015西安怪兽音乐节Kate Havnevik 助阵音乐节。
2016年与Sultan & Shepard合作发行单曲“The River”。
Music career
Havnevik set about working with producers to help hone her sound, the most famous of whom is Guy Sigsworth, part of Frou Frou, who has also worked with Imogen Heap, Madonna, Jem, Britney Spears, Björk and Alanis Morissette. Havnevik tracked down Sigsworth around in 2000, rang him and left phone messages, until one day he agreed to meet her.The pair have co-written and recorded many songs together, some of which have been featured on Melankton, including "Unlike Me", "Not Fair" and "You Again", and some of which will be included on Havnevik's second album 'You', including "Disobey", which Havnevik premiered on her official web site. She describes Melankton as "dramatic, beautiful and euphoric", and deemed it the perfect introduction to her music, which is why it is being released first.The album title is from a character in a Norwegian book Havnevik was reading, and also translates to "black rose", which she says is very fitting for the album. Melankton was mastered in Devon, partly mixed in Los Angeles, partly mixed and recorded in London, Bratislava, Oslo, Reykjavík and Los Angeles. The album was premiered online on Havnevik's official web site for 48 hours from 11–12 March 2006, and was added to Apple Computer's iTunes music store on 27 March 2006. It was commercially released on CD on 3 April in Norway; a special UK edition, omitting "Someday", and instead including "Travel In Time", was released on 16 October 2006. The US edition, featuring a new song titled "Timeless", was released in the United States on 27 March 2007 exactly one year after its iTunes release.
She co-wrote and provided vocals on the track "Crazy", featured on mono band's 2005 self-titled LP, a solo project of former Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan. Working extensively with Guy Sigsworth, she also provided backing vocals, (as a favor), to a Britney Spears track he produced, which was released in late 2005, entitled "Someday (I Will Understand)."
On December 5, 2006 she made her first ever UK broadcast media appearance, on Janice Long's BBC Radio 2 show, performing "Unlike Me", "I Don't Know You" and "New Day."
A collaboration she recorded with Carmen Rizzo, "Travel In Time", featured on Rizzo's album, The Lost Art Of The Idle Moment. The track was remixed for the UK edition of Melankton and featured on a season 3 episode of the FOX teen drama series "The O.C." and an episode of NBC TV show "Windfall". In 2010, Havnevik again collaborated with Rizzo on the track "This Life" on his "Looking Through Leaves" album.
In February 2012, Havnevik played live on Norwegian radio channel P3, performing "MYYM" from her album You.
Havnevik's vocals are featured on the songs "Don't Go" & " The Fire" from the album "Atemlos" by Schiller, released on March 12, 2010 on iTunes, Germany. Havnevik joined the German concert tour of Schiller in May 2010, which was filmed for the 2 DVD + 1-CD box set 'Lichtblick'. "Atemlos" was made available on USA iTunes and elsewhere over the summer, 2010. "Lichtblick" was released, November 2010, in Germany, and includes a new song "Ghost", recorded by Havnevik and Christopher von Deylen, especially for it. Havnevik also wrote the songs "Velvet Aeroplane", "Hallucinating Beauty" and "Oasis" for his release "Sonne" in 2012, and joined him on his "Sonne" tour, She is performing on the Sonne DVD, recorded in Berlin O2 Arena, Dec. 2012.
In 2010, Havnevik joined the collective "The Dark Flowers" formed by musician/writer/producer Paul Statham who was inspired after reading the "Motel Chronicles" by Sam Shepard and whilst listening to a soundtrack by Bruce Langhorne, from the 70's western film, "The Hired Hand". Brian Eno's "Another Green World" has also played an influence. "The Dark Flowers" collective features, apart from Havnevik's "Fast Forest Rain", songs featuring vocalist's Jim Kerr, Dot Allison, Peter Murphy, Shelly Poole, Catherine A.D, Helicopter Girl and Remi Roughe. As of fall 2010, the project is currently seeking a record deal.
Kate Havnevik wrote, produced and orchestrated 7 songs for the Family Film-musical Mormor og de 8 Ungene in Norway. The film premiered August 16, 2013 and was well received in press. The soundtrack is available in Norway. A subtitled version of the film will be released later. This was Havnevik's first film music project. She recorded the songs with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and the songs are performed by the actors in the film.
Havnevik's Songs include:
"Familiesamba"
"De Skal Få Se"
"Eggedosis"
"Spor for Spor"
"Plan B"
She also produced and arranged and orchestrated 2 songs written by Nils Petter Mørland
"Taxisang"
"Ensomsang"
Other composers who were part of the project included Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen and Eyvind Andreas Skeie, who wrote the rest of the songs. The movie was produced by Paradox and directed by Lisa Marie Gamlem.
Havnevik has written and recorded another solo album, entitled &I, which is scheduled to be released on March 16, 2015. Many of the songs have been co-written and produced by long-time collaborator Guy Sigsworth. There are also some new collaborators featured on the record. Havnevik started a PledgeMusic campaign on November 21 2014 which was run until the release date. The first single "Emperor Of Nowhere" was released November 24 2014. The video for Emperor Of Nowhere shows Havnevik in a black and white darkly animated scene. The video and song was well received and recommended on several UK music blogs, amongst them Q-magazine.
The video of her second single "Falling" was released February 6, 2015.