Hanne Hukkelberg

Hanne Hukkelberg (* April 1979 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist with jazz, electric folk, indie rock and experimental music forms.

Life

During her youth and jazz music studies was Hanne Hukkelberg singer in eleven band formations, ranging from jazz, free jazz, folk to rock music, Heavy Metal. In Norway, in addition to the study of classical music, there is also the jazz studies. For the latter, she decided. Their instruments are in addition to the voice, the piano, the drums and the guitar. After completing her master's degree at the National Academy Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo she teaches and is still musically active with many projects.

Hukkelberg has started composing music for theater and film productions.

For her first solo album, Little Things, released in original language Norwegian version in March 2004, she gained two years of city and nature sounds. These built it into their compositions, which she recorded with fellow musicians and instruments in the normal propeller Studio in Oslo. The album met with much praise, especially in the English-speaking world.

In 2006, a scholarship allowed her a six-month stay in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood art scene. There, gathered and formed them the song and music material for her published in the September 2006 second solo album. It is named after its supposed former address in Berlin, Rykestr. 68 The album brought her fame in Oslo and the Norwegian Grammy award Spellemannprisen 2006. Single release A Cheater 's Armoury has since been filmed by a film animators in bizarre ways and available on YouTube.

In April 2007, Hanne Hukkelberg went with four friends accompanying musicians on a European tour through Germany, Italy, France and the Benelux countries. The cast consisted of drums, bass, keyboards, accordion, electric guitar and various special sound tools.

Music and lyrics

While the Guardian reviewer Album Rykestr. 68 of " unclassifiable " talks, calls it the TAZ -Schreiber elegant astringent a " Folkindietronik " plate, " laptop -pop with a sprinkling of jazz, a lot of the Electronic and some folk ." The Pixies cover Break My Body (the only cover on the disc ), is highlighted by the reviewers unanimously as everything known übertrumpfend.

The music - relaxed, varied songs too dark and melancholic lyrics - is melodious, full of allusions and images.

" When I make music, I have images in my head. The images that rise from the music belong to. I spin it stories. "

Discography

  • Herb Feat Rain, Album, February 2012
  • Blood From A Stone, Album, April 2009
  • Rykestr.68, Album, Norwegian version of September 2006, English-language version of March 2007
  • Little Things, Album, Norwegian release in March 2004, English version in June 2005 Propeller Recordings
  • Cast Anchor, EP, Norwegian version of November 2003 English version in May 2005

Awards

  • Norwegian Grammy Award Spellemannprisen 2006 for the album Rykestrasse 68
  • Top Ten of 2005, the British Sunday Times for Little Things
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