Anja Garbarek

Norwegian singer-songwriter

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Anja Garbarek

Garbarek in 2007

Background information
Birth name| Anja Garbarek
Born|  (1970-07-24) 24 July 1970 (age 54)
Origin| Oslo, Norway
Genres| Electronica, trip hop, experimental
Occupation| musician
Years active| 1992–present
Labels|

* Virgin/EMI

Website| www.anjagarbarek.com

Musical artist

Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway)[1] is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo.[2]

## Career

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Garbarek's debut album, Velkommen Inn (1992), is sung in Norwegian.[3] She subsequently released three original albums containing English lyrics: Balloon Mood (1996), Smiling and Waving (co-produced by Steven Wilson; 2001), and Briefly Shaking (2006).[4] She received the Spellemannsprisen in 2001 for her album Smiling & Waving in the open class category. She was also responsible for the soundtrack to Luc Besson's 2005 film Angel-A, which included music from her albums as well as several new songs composed specifically for the film.[4]

Garbarek collaborated with Mark Hollis of Talk Talk on two of her tracks for the 2001 album Smiling & Waving.[3]

## Personal life

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Raised in Oslo, Garbarek is the daughter of the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek.[2]

Garbarek is married to John Mallison,[4] with whom she has one daughter,[4] Emily.

## Discography

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### Albums

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* Velkommen inn (RCA, 1992)
* Balloon Mood (RCA, 1996)
* Smiling & Waving (Virgin/EMI, 2001)
* Briefly Shaking (Virgin/EMI, 2005)
* Angel-A (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Virgin/EMI, 2005)
* The Road Is Just a Surface (Drabant, 2018)

### Guest appearances

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* Satyricon: Volcano (2002), voices on "Angstridden", "Mental Mercury" and "Black Lava"
* Rita Marcotulli: Koinè (2002), voice on "Interference"
* Wibutee: Sweet Mental (2006), voice on "The Ball"
* Robert Wyatt: Comicopera (2007), cover of "Stay Tuned" written by Garbarek
* Steve Jansen: Slope (2008), voice on "Cancelled Pieces" (and its remix on 4 Remixes from Slope)

## References

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* Norway portal
* Music portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anja Garbarek.

1. ^ "Anja Garbarek: Artist" (in Norwegian). Bransjeregister MIC.no. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. ^ a b Molnes, Svein Jarle (2 July 2009). "Anja Garbarek: mørk lyrikk" (in Norwegian). NRK P2. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
3. ^ a b "Garbarek, Anja". Biography (in Norwegian). Norsk musikkinformasjon MIC.no. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. ^ a b c d "Anja Garbarek." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 79. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2014. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 27 May 2017.

## External links

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* Official website
* Radiodokumentaren: " – så smeller det" 23.08.2014 on NRK (in Norwegian)
* 2019 interview with Innerviews (In English)

Awards

Preceded by

Nils Petter Molvær

|  Recipient of the Open class Spellemannprisen
2001  | Succeeded by

Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

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