Nicolai Dunger

Nicolai Dunger (* October 4, 1968 in Piteå as Claus Wilhelm Nicolai Dunger ) is a Swedish songwriter who grew up in Piteå and now lives in Stockholm.

Biography

His first album Songs Wearing Clothes appeared at Telegram Records Stockholm a sub-label of Warner Music (Sweden). With two songs ( "Nature Child" and " We Left Us" ) Robert Fripp was responsible for the noise. The follow-up album Eventide he played one along with the string quartet Tämmelkvartetten 1997. This album is, inter alia, to a cover version of the Soundgarden song "Black Hole Sun ". As of 1998, published Nicolai Dunger a series of singles and CDs that are created in collaboration with members of the Swedish band The Soundtrack of Our Lives, which he learned to know the Hultfreds Festival. Originally built in White Noise Studio of The Soundtrack of Our Lives album This Is Learning Cloud sold not particularly good, but compared to previous albums produced this the biggest attention in the media.

After a European tour with Nicolai Dunger Emilíana Torrini learned that his record label the song " Something in the Way " was licensed for a commercial on the oil company Statoil. He disliked this, but with the money he could start working on a trilogy of albums that should be sold within the next three years as a limited edition of 500 pieces each on vinyl through small online stores. First he took in the summer of 2000 Blind Blemished Blues in cooperation with the Esbjörn Svensson Trio. The album sounds like the early work of Tim Buckley and Van Morrison. The second part, A Dress Book, he played in 2001 together with trumpeter Goran Jajfes and the ensemble Kroumata one. This largely instrumental album is reminiscent of a mix of French Musette, Finnish tango and Jewish klezmer. In the same year the album Soul Rush, which recorded Nicolai Dunger with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström by Esbjörn Svensson Trio appears. The album was recorded mostly live in the studio, only the strings and horns were added later. For this blue-eyed soul album, which was compared in the press with Astral Weeks by Van Morrison, he was awarded the Swedish Grammy awarded Best Male Artist of the Year. Also in 2001, he contributed the music for the short film The Potter by Lena Dolata. In 2002 he finished the vinyl trilogy with the plate Sweat Her Kiss, the back is full of classic songs compared to the second part. In the same year, the three LPs were released as a CD box The Vinyl Trilogy.

Together with Nicolai Dunger Will Oldham took in 2002 in Louisville / Kentucky his next album Tranquil Isolation on. Within a week they played in Oldham Studio 13 spartan arranged country songs. In March 2003, Nicolai Dunger was as an opener with the American band Calexico tour the U.S.. During the tour they recorded a cover version of Love 's classic " Alone Again Or" Beech House Recordings Studio in Nashville. Then cooperated Nicolai Dunger with the American band Mercury Rev, who he has known since 1998 and for which he disputed the preliminary program of the European tour in 2001. For the album Here's My Song, You Can Have It, I Do not Want It Anymore, Yours Forever, Nicolai Dunger, which was released in March 2004, eleven tracks were recorded.

Between 2005 and 2007, published under the pseudonym Nicolai Dunger A Taste of Ra again an applied as a trilogy CD series. In 2006 his first album with Swedish titles exclusively dedicated to the Finnish- Swedish poet Edith Södergran. The plate with the title Nicolai Dunger Sjunger Edith Södergran contains folkloric music poems of the poet. The album also led to a documentary that was shown on Swedish television. Also for album roasting Och Men, published in 2007, he only accepts songs in his Swedish mother tongue. As part of the fourth Sit Down and Sing- tour, which is organized by Tapete Records, Nicolai Dunger presented in the spring of 2008 his album Nicollide and the Carmic Retribution in Europe. He went on solo with an acoustic guitar and was in several pieces, accompanied by the two other participants in the concert series, Rosie Thomas and Josh Ottum. In July 2008, the Swedish car manufacturer, Volvo put its television advertising for the American market with the song " Something in the Way " from the album This Is Cloud Learning. The song was used for different models, including for the XC90 SUV and the S80.

With the publication ducks in Scandinavia on 14 October 2009 album Play Nicolai returns to more pop - oriented song and music, which is why this album is also known as the actual follow-up album of Here 's My Song to watch. ... Together with pianist Mats Schubert ( Bo Kaspers Orkester ), drummer Federico de Costa ( Qoph ), saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar and the conga player Per Wikström The album was recorded within a few days in the summer house of Mats Schubert. After Nicolai Dunger already appeared as a guest singer at the beginning of 2009, the second album Golden Teeth and Silver Medals from A Camp was heard, are with "Tears in a Child 's Eye " to play again a duet with Nina Persson ( The Cardigans, A Camp ) to hear.

2010 seems Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Vallmo (eg Dt. Poppy), a soundtrack to the film of Pavlov Heinz, the fertilizer co-wrote with Jonas Kullhammar. The film was never officially released, but pointed to private parties. After a long stay in Ireland, among others, at Glen Hansard and the brewery heiress Marina Guinness, produced the album Ballad Of This Land. Inspired by the folk music of Ireland album was recorded at the All Saints Church ( Allhelgonakyrkan ) in Stockholm.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilation

Guest appearances

Videos

Film Music