Ingrid Olava
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Ingrid Olava Brænd Eriksen (known as Ingrid Olava, born 18 March 1981) is a Norwegian
musician and singer and musician
, best known for her debut single "Only Just Begun" from 2007 and as a backup singer for Madrugada. After hearing her live performance, EMI Music Norway invited her to play in a studio, and later signed her.
, where she began to play on a piano in the neighbor's basement, eventually teaching herself the song "Do-Re-Mi
" from The Sound of Music
. She names Trond-Viggo Torgersen and Billy Joel
as some of her first musical influences. She went on to play with the local Ten Sing
, and became a regular performer at the Felix rock cafe in Lillehammer, where she was subjected to alternative rock
and punk
. At 21, she landed a major role in the NRK television drama series Det Tredje Tegnet.
, at a youth camp, but the first breakthrough was at a concert at the John Dee Live Club & Pub, in November 2004, where she warmed up for Vidar Vang
. "I'm pretty shy, have never asked to be booked, always invited. Vidar asked me if I could play some tunes, but I did not have many. "How many do you want me to play?" "Five or six pieces," was the reply. It was about what I had, so I went home and wrote the sixth just before the concert", Brænd Eriksen said.
In the summer of 2006 Ingrid Olava played on several festivals, including the Quart Festival
, the Slottsfjell Festival, Træna and KlubbØya, and was praised for several of her concerts. In the fall of 2006 Sivert Høyem
and Frode Jacobsen attended one of her concerts in Oslo, the result of which was that she joined a two-month tour as supporting artist for Sivert Høyem
.
Brænd Eriksen was also a member of the Lillehammer-based band Shit City, but left them in the 2007. In the summer of 2008, she played on the Hove Festival
, Træna, and Øyafestivalen
where she surprised with her interpretation of Leonard Cohen
's classic "Take This Waltz
". She has also accompanied several other Norwegian artists, such as El Cuero
.
-nominations for the album, Newcomer of the Year and Best Pop Composition, for the song "Back to Love". The single "Only Just Begun" was first played at by:Larm
in 2007, and received acclaim from both audiences and critics. According to herself, the song is inspired by "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
".
In 2008, she recorded a version of "Her kommer vinteren" ("Here Comes the Winter"), originally written by Joachim Nielsen
and performed by Jokke & Valentinerne
. The song was an unexpected success, and was put into heavy rotation on NRK P3
. Brænd Eriksen subsequently made an agreement with Christopher Nielsen
that all proceeds from the sales of the song would go to the Rainforest Foundation Fund.
Brænd Eriksen's second album, The Guest, produced by Frode Jacobsen and Alexander Kloster-Jensen, will be released in February 2010.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
musician and singer and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, best known for her debut single "Only Just Begun" from 2007 and as a backup singer for Madrugada. After hearing her live performance, EMI Music Norway invited her to play in a studio, and later signed her.
Early life
Brænd Eriksen grew up in LillehammerLillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
, where she began to play on a piano in the neighbor's basement, eventually teaching herself the song "Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi
"Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the notes of the major musical scale to the Von Trapp children who learn to sing for the first time, even though their father has disallowed frivolity after...
" from The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
. She names Trond-Viggo Torgersen and Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
as some of her first musical influences. She went on to play with the local Ten Sing
Ten Sing
TEN SING is a youth work method within the YWCA and YMCA.It organizes groups of young people from 11 years and up , ranging in size from a handful to several tens of members...
, and became a regular performer at the Felix rock cafe in Lillehammer, where she was subjected to alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
and punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
. At 21, she landed a major role in the NRK television drama series Det Tredje Tegnet.
Music career
Brænd Eriksen was 20 years old before she began singing seriously. Her first gig was at UtøyaUtøya
Utøya is a small island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Hole municipality, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The island is , situated off the shore, by the E16 road, driving distance north-west of Oslo city centre.-Overview:...
, at a youth camp, but the first breakthrough was at a concert at the John Dee Live Club & Pub, in November 2004, where she warmed up for Vidar Vang
Vidar Vang
Vidar Andre Vang is a Norwegian songwriter and musician. He has recorded five full length albums.-Early life:Vidar Vang began his musical career by singing lead vocals in various local bands as a teenager. By the age of 17 he was writing his own songs...
. "I'm pretty shy, have never asked to be booked, always invited. Vidar asked me if I could play some tunes, but I did not have many. "How many do you want me to play?" "Five or six pieces," was the reply. It was about what I had, so I went home and wrote the sixth just before the concert", Brænd Eriksen said.
In the summer of 2006 Ingrid Olava played on several festivals, including the Quart Festival
Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
, the Slottsfjell Festival, Træna and KlubbØya, and was praised for several of her concerts. In the fall of 2006 Sivert Høyem
Sivert Høyem
Sivert Høyem is a Norwegian singer, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up due to the death of Robert Burås in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a member of The Volunteers with whom he released the album Exiles in 2006.-With...
and Frode Jacobsen attended one of her concerts in Oslo, the result of which was that she joined a two-month tour as supporting artist for Sivert Høyem
Sivert Høyem
Sivert Høyem is a Norwegian singer, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up due to the death of Robert Burås in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a member of The Volunteers with whom he released the album Exiles in 2006.-With...
.
Brænd Eriksen was also a member of the Lillehammer-based band Shit City, but left them in the 2007. In the summer of 2008, she played on the Hove Festival
Hove Festival
The Hove Festival is a music festival held on the island Tromøy outside of Arendal in southern Norway. It was held for the first time from 26–30 June 2007. Since 2007 Hove festival has been the largest music festival in Norway....
, Træna, and Øyafestivalen
Øyafestivalen
Øyafestivalen is an annual Norwegian music festival held in Middelalderparken , Oslo. It has grown quickly since its modest start in 1999 with an audience of 1000 people in one day, and has now become one of Norway's biggest festivals....
where she surprised with her interpretation of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
's classic "Take This Waltz
Take This Waltz
"Take This Waltz" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, originally released as part of his 1988 studio album I'm Your Man....
". She has also accompanied several other Norwegian artists, such as El Cuero
El Cuero
El Cuero is a Norwegian rock group formed in 2005 in Kristiansund. As of September 2011, theu have released three studio albums, the last of which was released on May 27th, 2011. The first single from the new album, "Footprints", was released on March 18, 2011....
.
Record contract
After the record company EMI Music Norway heard her at a concert, they invited her to a studio with a giant grand piano, and told her to play. "At first, I played several of my own [songs]. Then I asked if they wanted to hear more. Which they did, so I continued with both my own and others' [songs]." The session resulted in a record contract and the debut album Juliet's Wishes, produced among others by Frode Jacobsen of Madrugada. Brænd Eriksen received two SpellemannprisenSpellemannprisen
Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
-nominations for the album, Newcomer of the Year and Best Pop Composition, for the song "Back to Love". The single "Only Just Begun" was first played at by:Larm
By:Larm
by:Larm is a music festival and conference held annually at different locations in Norway since 1998. Since 2008 the festival has been held in Oslo....
in 2007, and received acclaim from both audiences and critics. According to herself, the song is inspired by "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is a song recorded by the English R&B singer Georgie Fame. Released as a single, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 24 January 1968, remaining for one week...
".
In 2008, she recorded a version of "Her kommer vinteren" ("Here Comes the Winter"), originally written by Joachim Nielsen
Joachim Nielsen
Joachim Nielsen , better known as Jokke, was a Norwegian rock musician and poet. He was the frontman of Norwegian rock band Jokke & Valentinerne, the brother of cartoonist Christopher Nielsen, and son of the artist John David Nielsen...
and performed by Jokke & Valentinerne
Jokke & Valentinerne
Jokke & Valentinerne were a Norwegian rock band. The late Joachim "Jokke" Nielsen was their frontman, songwriter and lead singer. Unlike many other Norwegian bands at the time, Jokke & Valentinerne wrote their lyrics in Norwegian....
. The song was an unexpected success, and was put into heavy rotation on NRK P3
NRK P3
NRK P3 is one of three nation-wide analogue radio channels operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established as NRK's third radio channel in 1993, and focuses on youth culture: principally music, together with humour, entertainment, and health education.Over the years NRK P3...
. Brænd Eriksen subsequently made an agreement with Christopher Nielsen
Christopher Nielsen
Christopher Nielsen is a Norwegian comics artist. He is especially known for his subcultural depictions. Nielsen got his first comics printed in 1980 after entering a competition in the Norwegian anarchist magazine, Gateavisa. Only three years later he got his first album published...
that all proceeds from the sales of the song would go to the Rainforest Foundation Fund.
Brænd Eriksen's second album, The Guest, produced by Frode Jacobsen and Alexander Kloster-Jensen, will be released in February 2010.
Singles
- "Only Just Begun" - 2007, on sale from 4 February 2008
- "Warrior Song" - 2009, on sale from 5 October 2009
Other
Ingrid Olava has collaborated with other artists in these albums:- Stand Up Straight- Vidar VangVidar VangVidar Andre Vang is a Norwegian songwriter and musician. He has recorded five full length albums.-Early life:Vidar Vang began his musical career by singing lead vocals in various local bands as a teenager. By the age of 17 he was writing his own songs...
& The Northern However, 2004 (vocals, choirs) - In Glorious Mono- Various Artists - 2006 (also wrote the texts in which)
- Exiles- Sivert HøyemSivert HøyemSivert Høyem is a Norwegian singer, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up due to the death of Robert Burås in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a member of The Volunteers with whom he released the album Exiles in 2006.-With...
2006 (chorus) - Animated People's Republic- Lukas Kasha 2007 (vocals)
- El Cuero- El CueroEl CueroEl Cuero is a Norwegian rock group formed in 2005 in Kristiansund. As of September 2011, theu have released three studio albums, the last of which was released on May 27th, 2011. The first single from the new album, "Footprints", was released on March 18, 2011....
2007 (vocals) - Madrugada- Madrugada 2007 (chorus)
- El Cuero- A Glimmer of Hope 2008 (vocals)
External links
- Ingrid Olava at Goldstar Music