Jonas Bjerre
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Jonas Bjerre Terkelsbøl is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish
rock-trio Mew
. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows.
He has an unusually high voice that makes Mew very recognizable, and earned him a Danish Music Award
for Danish Male Singer in 2006. He went to school at the international school of Bernadotteskolen and was a student of Aurehøj Amtsgymnasium.
Jonas is also in a band called Apparatjik
consisting of himself, Guy Berryman
of Coldplay
, Magne Furuholmen
of A-ha
and Martin Terefe. Apparatjik was originally formed to write and record a song for a charity album called 'Songs for Survival' linked with the BBC Documentary called "Amazon with Bruce Parry." Their contribution to the album became the main theme for the television series. Since then, Apparatjik have expanded into the field of art, exhibiting visual arts and performing inside a glass cube at various galleries and art festivals. In 2010 they released the album We Are Here
via their official website, and later, in June 2010, through iTunes.
Outside of band constellations, Jonas has also recorded songs and written scores for films. In 2011, Bjerre-composed the soundtrack for the movie Skyscraper by Rune Schjøtt. The music was released on the album Songs and Music from the Movie Skyscraper.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
rock-trio Mew
Mew (band)
Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...
. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows.
He has an unusually high voice that makes Mew very recognizable, and earned him a Danish Music Award
Danish Music Awards
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy . The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards took copyright on the name Grammy....
for Danish Male Singer in 2006. He went to school at the international school of Bernadotteskolen and was a student of Aurehøj Amtsgymnasium.
Jonas is also in a band called Apparatjik
Apparatjik
Apparatjik is a group formed in 2008. The band is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman from Coldplay, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen from A-ha, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre of Mew and producer Martin Terefe. The band's name literal translation is "agent of the apparatus"...
consisting of himself, Guy Berryman
Guy Berryman
Guy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play the bass right-handed.-Coldplay:...
of Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, Magne Furuholmen
Magne Furuholmen
Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...
of A-ha
A-ha
A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...
and Martin Terefe. Apparatjik was originally formed to write and record a song for a charity album called 'Songs for Survival' linked with the BBC Documentary called "Amazon with Bruce Parry." Their contribution to the album became the main theme for the television series. Since then, Apparatjik have expanded into the field of art, exhibiting visual arts and performing inside a glass cube at various galleries and art festivals. In 2010 they released the album We Are Here
We Are Here (Apparatjik album)
"We Are Here" is the debut studio album by rock supergroup Apparatjik and was released first on February 1, 2010 for digital download via their official website...
via their official website, and later, in June 2010, through iTunes.
Outside of band constellations, Jonas has also recorded songs and written scores for films. In 2011, Bjerre-composed the soundtrack for the movie Skyscraper by Rune Schjøtt. The music was released on the album Songs and Music from the Movie Skyscraper.