Anne Marie Almedal
Country of origin:
Norway
Type of music generally:
First album experimental; subsequent albums soft, folky alternative pop
Status:
Most recent release, Lightshadow (2018)
See also:
Anne Marie Almedal's Facebook pageAnne Marie Almedal's MySpace page
Wikipedia's entry for Anne Marie Almedal
The Ectophiles' Guide page for Velvet Belly, her former band
Comparisons:
First album somewhat like Anna Homler; subsequent albums like a softer Velvet Belly
Covers/own material:
Own, co-written, and occasional covers
General comments:
Anne Marie Almedal has one of the most beautiful voices ever. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)
Recommended first album:
going nine ways from wednesday if you like experimental music; otherwise one of the others
Recordings:
- going nine ways from wednesday (2001)
- The Siren And The Sage (2007)
- Blue Sky Blue (2010)
- Memory Lane (2012)
- Lightshadow (2018)
going nine ways from wednesday
with Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad
Release info:
2001—pan m records—pnm 2
Availability:
Norway
Ecto priority:
Recommended for fans of experimental music
Group members:
Anne Marie Almedal—vocals
Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad—words
Jan Bang—live sampling
Erik Honoré—live treatments
Produced by:
Jan Bang and Erik Honoré
Comments:
"this is a live, improvised studio recording. voice is the only sound source"It is really Anne Marie Almedal from a live performance last year where Erik Honoré sampled it and made a background sound of it following her voice. It is really wonderfully done. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)
The Siren And The Sage
Release info:
2007—Warner (Norway)
Availability:
Norway
Ecto priority:
Recommended for fans of folky altpop
Group members:
Anne Marie Almedal—vocals, piano, harmonica, drums, glockenspiel, recorder
Guest artists:
Nicholas Sillitoe—guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), 10; backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 9); percussion (2, 9); synthesizer (2, 4, 7, 8); Ibook (2); organ (3, 8); piano (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); mellotron (4; harmonium (6); glockenspiel (8)
Paulin Skoglund Voss—cello (1, 10, 11)
Øystein Aamodt—guitar (1, 4, 7, 10, 11); backing vocals (4)
Gunnar Sœter—drums (4, 7, 8) Sigrun Tara Øverland—backing vocals, autoharp, lyre (5)
Ana Marinkovic—cello (5)
Ken Theodorsen—vocal treatments (6)
Eirik Dørsdal—trumpet (8) Henrik Eurenius—oboe (9)
Tom Rudi Torjussen—percussion (11)
Produced by:
Nicholas Sillitoe
Comments:
This is her first album solo and what an album it is. For those into Velvet Belly it is a must have. It has been played quite a bit around here since I bought it. Amazing and beautiful album and so her voice is as wonderful as always for those who remember her in her Velvet Belly days. (onealien@mo.himolde.no)
Blue Sky Blue
Release info:
2010—+47 (Norway)
Availability:
Norway
Ecto priority:
Recommended for fans of folky altpop
Group members:
Anne Marie Almedal—vocals, piano, autoharp, recorder, glockenspiel, percussion, melodica, singing bowls, organ, sounds
Guest artists:
Nicholas Sillitoe—nylon guitar (1, 4, 9, 10); guitar (5, 12); sounds (1); piano (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12); organ (3); vibraphone (4), whistle (4); quint steel string guitar (6); xylophone (6); drums (6); backing vocals (6, 7)
Øystein Aamodt—steel string guitar (5, 12); backing vocals (6, 7, 10, 11); guitar, percussion (6); mellotron (8, 9); lute guitar (9, 11)
Nemanja Marković—cello (1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11); backing vocals (10)
Danny Thompson—double bass (1, 4, 9)
Rolf Kristensen—steel guitar (1); electric guitar (1); steel string guitar (2, 9); Irish bouzouki, zither (2)
Stein Roger Sordal—bass (2, 6, 8)
Elisabeth Nesset—drums, percussion (2, 7, 8, 10)
Sebastian Gruchot—violin (2, 5, 10, 12); saxophone (5, 10, 12)
Katharine Blake—recorder, backing vocals (3)
Steven A William—percussion (9)
Sigrun Tara Øverland—backing vocals (11)
Produced by:
Nicholas Sillitoe
Comments:
One of the best albums of 2010. (gordodo@optonline.net, Marion)
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