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JUNE
18 2003
ONLINE
CHAT WITH ANNELI - JUNE 8 2003
On
Sunday June 8 Anneli met her fans live here
at annelidrecker.com. If
you missed it, you can now read this edited
transcript of the chat. Tierre Obletz,
the collaboration with a-ha, and
her new songs was some of the topics discussed.
Anneli did also reveal some great news about
a forthcoming US launch of Bel Canto's latest
album, and going on tour with Röyksopp
this summer!
Anneli
is marked in green,
and the moderators, Danny
and Thomas,
is marked in yellow.
THOMAS
OLSEN & DANNY MAACK
Danny
Here we are. Welcome everybody. Thomas and Danny
like to welcome Anneli in the chat ...
Mandy: Hello Anneli!
:o)
anneli:
thanx, gee!
inmono: hi Anneli
:oD
Mandy: Yeay!!!
*fanfare*
dorothea: Hello
Anneli!!!! ;o)
dreamer: welcome
anneli! sunny regards from sitzerland to you
sensoria: good
evening anneli
Katja: God eve
Anneli!
Mandy: Greetings
from the UK
Jojo: Hi from
Manchester Anneli!!
Mandy: Hope you
are keeping well
Karla: Hei from
Hamburg
martin: and from
sweden too...!
pfox: hi from
Poland
Cliff: hilsen
fra Washington DC
Andreas: my location
Frankfurt/Germany
Petra: How is
the weather there? Have you enjoyed the sun
during the day?
anneli:
have been inside programming a new song all
day...
Petra: Oh. Sounds
like work! ;o)
anneli:
fun work :o)
Mandy: how is
the song going?
anneli:
It is fast, trashy, rocjy... crazy, fun..
Petra: That´s
good to hear! :o)
Mandy: sounds
exciting
martin: sounds
like a mix of Glassmaker and Freelunch..?
Jojo: Any idea
when it will be released??
Petra: Do you
think you will ever tour in Europe?
Mandy: I hope
so....only saw you sing solo at Vallhall
Mandy: you were
great....went out and bought your solo cd the
next day
anneli:
I hope so. we have before. but not me solo.
only liverpool...
Mandy: liverpool?
Jojo: Liverpool????
anneli:
with Röyksopp as my backing band four years
ago...
Mandy: ahhh right
Jojo: ah!!
anneli:
before they got famous, at the caven
Jojo: they've
done alright for themselvs haven't they?..bless...lol
anneli:
i will tour with them this summer, Torbjørn
phoned me yesterday and asked
inmono: Royksopp
is one great band for sure! I'm glad they released
Spark as a single - best track on their album!
;o)
anneli:
i sung it at home on my dictaphone, under the
kitchenfan and I had a flue
Mandy: awww did
you? :o)
dorothea: I hope
you will maybe tour one day solo!
anneli:
yes, that would be brill but right now i do
not have time, have to make a new album first
Karla: Where will
you be with Röyksopp?
Mandy: Will you
be travelling to the UK with them?
anneli:
i do not know for sur! have to plan my summerholidays
a.s.o. but i will try the most...
Karla: I'd love
to see you again in Germany. Only saw you with
Grace in Hamburg. But not Bel Canto
anneli:
bel canto has played many times in germany
tbro: What is
your next project, Anneli? A solo album, or
a Bel Canto album?
anneli:
solo
Andreas: do you
programming the new song with your apple and
reason2 ?
anneli:
reason yes, and cubase. i hate the fact that
they don´t sync!!!
Mandy: cubase....wow...brings
back memories...used that in University
anneli:
i will switch to logic. worked with protools
before
Andreas: I read
an interview in a german mac magzine about that
pfox: Is any chance
to hear your captiving voice from a stage in
Poland someday ?
anneli:
i will play in poland with ketil bjørnsta
late autumn. thomas will let you know the live-dates
of Röksopp etc. when i have made my schedule
anneli:
sorry about the mis-spellings...it is the tierre
obletz in me taking over or tooo much cofeee
Mandy: Do you
plan to sing on more a-ha tracks? You were great
on the last tour :o)
anneli:
i am not sure what will happen with a-ha. don´t
think they will tour this year. paul is releasing
savoy and mortn is working on some solo-stuff,
magne is working with his art....
Petra: Arent´t
you afraid that the cooperation with a-ha could
influence your career in a negative way? That
people maybe reduce you on the background singer
of a-ha? I´m just wondering how you feel
about that...
Jojo: we haven't
'reduced' you...have to say this..but I think
many A-ha fans see you as the 4th member, you
have revitalised the band for sure :oD
Mandy: Personally,
I saw the solo performance at Vallhall....and
that interested me enough to get the cd....and
thought it was great that you were getting your
face so well known with a-ha....that made me
look into Bel Canto's work too.
Karla: But Anneli
has won some new fans through a-ha. Me for example...
Mandy: and me!
anneli:
i love working with a-ha but it is not up to
me to decide what plans they have in the future
and now i am concentrating on other things
tbro: What did
you learn from your work with a-ha? Would you
ask Morten to sing with you on a solo album
or with Bel Canto to return the favor?
anneli:
it is hard to say with morten. but i would like
to have guest-singers on my solo.album, yes!!!
maybe female singers.
sensoria: Aha
and Anneli is a great alchemy...
anneli:
thanx! we still
hang out some times.
Karla: Same with
me. And I think you (and Nils of course) are
a great songwirter!
dorothea: What
does it feel like to sing in the background
for a-ha? You have your own band and you are
quite successful as a solo artist... Doesn't
it feel strange?
anneli:
strange, no.... it is more a challenge, an experience
for life, something i can tell my grandchildren
abut.. this sort of thing....
tbro: Your voice
with Morten's is a wonderful combination. Like
the harmonies of Agnetha and Frida in Abba,
if I may say so...
Jojo: so the A-ha
collaboration has given your solo career promotion..got
to be a good thing :oD
sensoria: I think
that anneli don't need A ha to a career promotion...
tbro: Who would
you like to work with on that solo album? Do
you have most of the songs ready for it?
anneli:
i have up to 40 songs, not all of them ready..
tooo many songs...
dreamer: Anneli,
you play together with a lot of musican. I find
this really intressting! How is this for you,
has this some input for your (for new songs
as example?)
inmono: I'd love
to hear you do a duet with Anne Marie Almedal
from Velvet Belly! Your voices would sound great
together :o)
Cliff: I'd love
to hear a duet with Simone from D'Sound :-)
anneli:
I need to get me a cup of coffee . one sec...
Petra: With milk
and sugar or pure? I recommand with milk, anneli!
*yummie*
anneli:
i was thinking of the two of them!!
Mandy: where do
you get your inspiration from when writing songs?
anneli:
from my computer, sampling beats, loaing beats
and making basslines or from being in the shower
or just out walking. it is a habbit. can not
change it.
Mandy: fantastic
dorothea: How
would you designate the kind of music you make?
I would say it is very experimental, not really
mainstream...
anneli:
do you mean bel canto?
dorothea: for
example yes!
anneli:
this last one and a half years i have made all
kinds of music, that´s why it is hard
to choose wether i should go for pop or more
experimental...
dorothea: but
I think your solo is very experimentally and
freshly too ;o)
anneli:
what can i say, it is some jazzy house tunes,
some more native and aggro, some innocent fluffy
ones, some straight pop...
anneli:
thanx, i can have thomas put some of the tracks
out and maybe you all could say what you mean?
inmono: that would be awesome!
Karla: That'd
be great!
tbro: That would
be excellent to hear! I hope you will go experimental.
With plenty of cool mixes!
Mandy: yeah!
ysabella: Yes
please!
dreamer: Anneli,
I think you should not choice between pop or
experimental or something else. The mix, is
for me the "typical anneli" song :-)
Jojo: Anneli..I
have to go now to put my kids to bed..but its
been great to 'meet' you..good luck with the
new album, I'll keep a look out for it..Goodnight!!!!
anneli:
good night
jojo!!
Karla: Are you
performing The Nest with Björnstad?
anneli:
we haven´t rehearsed on the nest song
yet, but we will have two gigs this summer so
i guess we will perform some of those songs
then...
Petra: Which music
do you listen to, anneli?
anneli:
wow, rythm & sound reggae, daniel lanois,
adrian sherwood, radiohead (have to buy the
new one..), johnny cash...
Thomas:
Two exerpts of new demo tracks is available
on the same page as the new videos, what did
everyone think of them?
ysabella: The
exerpts just made me want to hear more, really.
inmono: ditto
ysabella ;o)
Petra: Quite a
mix of different stuff, cool. :)
anneli:
hmmm... i cannot have longer bits... i am afraid
someone might steal the whole song before it
is even out, you see?
Petra: Yes, that´s
true...
inmono: understandable..
ysabella: Well,
you should always leave the audience wanting
more, anyway. ;^)
tbro: Did you
hear Roni Size's mix of Sparks yet? It's a breakneck
breakbeat edit. Really cool!
anneli:
no, i didn´t!! i will ask torbjørn
to send me the mixes. cannot wait to hear them!
martin: how about
making a live-DVD of Bel Canto, or a videocollection?
martin: well,
couldn't you release some kind of fans-only-cd
with the half-finished songs, I mean, I would
like to hear even if it's not "market-perfect-made"!e
Mandy: great idea
inmono: indeed!
tbro: Or perhaps
a fan-ep with old live tracks? :-D
anneli:
we will try
to do this one time. everybody is doing this
nowadays...
cameron: Hello
to All. I hope this message find everyone well.
Anneli coule you please give any insight into
the song "Paradise"?
anneli:
paradise is a song about a lost girl named mary...
inmono: Paradise
is such a beautiful and haunting song. Definitely
one of my faves!
Danny:
I agree ....
anneli:
it all stared with nilses guitar-riff. he played
it to me over the phone and i bicycled across
town with the melody in my head and then we
recorded it at night
Cliff: any plans
to come to the U.S.?
anneli:
hm.... bel canto will distribut dorothy in the
us under the name "wide awake dreaming"
(the title)If the sales go well, i expect they
will invite us over..
tbro: You did
sing When The Music's High with Simone, didn't
you? Will we get to hear any older songs like
that and Bittersweet Paradise that you played
live as bonus tracks on singles or something?
I assume you won't record them since you have
40 new songs?
anneli:
How do you know this song+ i haven´t finished
it yet. something is lacking in the choruses
but I will try to include this song, since Torbjørn
did some great programming on it
tbro: I heard
you play it live in Oslo, Tjøme and Drammen...
Thomas:
You did also play a "break beat" version
of All I Know live.....
anneli:
all the wrong spellings... it is fantastic!
anneli: did we??
there is a german trance techno mix of it too,
that never got released....
tbro: Please!!!
Release!!! :-)
tbro: Perhaps
here on this site?
anneli:
okey, i will put a trumpet-solo in the choruses...
anneli: has anyone
heard "Loveless"?
tbro: Loveless
is beautiful!
Thomas:
Loveless and Bittersweet Paradise would be very
good EP-material ;-)
anneli:
do you think I should include this track aswell?
anneli: hello
zoe!
zoe: hello~~@.@
anneli:
where are you from?
zoe: hong kong~
Petra: Hong Kong?!?
anneli:
what time is it there now?!
zoe: 2:57am~@.@
anneli:
it is late for you zoe, do you have any questions
you might want to ask before you tug in?
zoe: well.......not
really late for me~
dorothea: Compliment
for the video to "Rock My World To Night"
I have seen it here for the first time... ;o)
anneli:
Do you like the video? Gooood!
Petra: Anneli,
one thing that really interests me (sorry for
coming back onto a-ha again...): What does it
feel like to travel with a band that is as famous
as a-ha on the international music market? Is
it impessing or shocking to take a look into
that huge popstar life, fans all around and
all that?
anneli:
Yes Petra, it is like a movie. I see everything
from the outside and I quite enjoy it too because
i am not the one in the spot-lights all the
time so I can relax.... but sometimes I feel
a bit sorry for the guys and all the hassel
and work but not tooooo sorry! Afterall, they
are making money on this!
Petra: Yes, you
are right, but still I can imagine that it is
an impressive experience!
anneli:
both sound familiar, yes, of course..
Petra: Thanks
for answering, anneli. :o)
anneli:
like i said, something to tell your grandchildren
about...
Petra: Yes, right!
:o)
Thomas:
When I made an interview with you right after
the breaking news of you going on tour with
a.ha the first time I asked you what your favourite
a-ha song was... but you couldnt remember any
of them, hehe. So I'll ask again, what's your
favourite a-ha track in 2003? ;-)
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The interview
is still available here.
It's a "real audio" interview,
so you need Real Player to listen
to Anneli's answers.
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anneli:
he, he, he to you too :o) hunting high and low,
stay on these roads , the swing of things...
summer moved on...
Petra: So many
favourites! :o)
anneli:
wow, I miss doing concerts with them now!
spajo: it's strange
for me to hear so much about aha when i have
never been able to enjoy them the same as anneli
and bel canto...
Petra: Isn´t
it kind of hard to have duets with Morten Harket
on stage? He´s forgetting his lyrics so
often... ;o)
Cliff: I'd forget
the lyrics too if I was onstage with Anneli
;-)
Karla: Norway
seems to be a small country where every artists
knows each other. Is there any artist you have
not spoken to yet and would like to work with?
anneli:
hello karla, tricky question, that one. turbonegro?
Beady Belle, Sidsel Endresen.. Morten Abel...Equicez
anneli: And i
would love to work with Sondre Brattland ANd
Kurt from Idol...
tbro: Sondre and
Anneli would kick some serious butt! In elvish?
anneli:
in norwegian, i guess.. with lots of reverb,
he, he
Thomas:
One of my absolute favourite songs is "Little
Fuglen" with Åsne Valland Nordli
and Sondre Brattland, so if you'll work with
him that would be very very interesting.
anneli:
Åsne is wicked good!
Thomas:
Back to the very good news of Dorothy's Victory
beeing released in the US. Is this 100% confirmed?
anneli:
Yes, Nils told me yesterday on the phone. All
in all I had many good news yesterday...
dorothea: you
used so many different languages in your songs,
englisch, german (I don't know what kind I#M
best'n Beihs is ;o)...
anneli:
Hello Dorothea! i sing in many languages because
it seems natural in some cases and it gives
the songs a new blend. I like it... do you use
it to express something... or is it only fun?
martin: Have you
heard the song of Chandeen, "Firewalker",
the guitar is almost like Paradise... (speaking
of stealing music...)
anneli:
I will check this out... or maybe not... Music
is like air, it is for everybody, I guess
anneli: everyone
who works with music, is a good thief, he, he
dreamer: Is it
difficult to finish a song for you? I think,
I must be hard to find the right point, when
the song is finish, before the songs come in
a "wrong" way with to much work
anneli:
dreamer, Yes, it is, bur the recording budget
always put a limit to this and it is good to
give oneself "deadlines". It is as
hard as finishing a painting, i guess...
Karla: What about
singing in Norwegian? You have almost never
done that...
anneli:
singing in norwegian, perhaps but i don´t
think i could write the lyrics, though... I
used to write poems when i was younger but i
blush when i read them noe .o)
syren: do u think
lyrics is so important? Will u try to release
an whole album with no lyrics at all?
Petra: You just
said "Music is like air". That impresses
me. What does music mean to you?
anneli:
Music meas allemannseie to me, something we
all own and are obliged to share. if I possess
a song, it is my instinct and perhaps my duty
to share this wit everybody!
Petra: But what
is allemannseie? (???)
Karla: @Petra:
Jedermannsrecht
anneli:
everyman´s
owning...
Petra: YES, that
is cool. Really, music is so undescribable...
I couldn´t live without it! :o)
anneli:
in africa musicians don´t get payed for
playing music becausethsi is a natural thing,
it is like throwing garbage or cleaning.. but
that is Africa, folks!
tbro: Did you
have many unfinished songs from the sessions
for Dorothy's Victory?
anneli:
oh, yes, we did! four or five or more...
Thomas:
Will some of
the leftovers for DV be included on the US release?
anneli:
No, they won`t
. But new cover and new title and perhaps new
order...
tbro: Did you
not finish those songs because of the deadline,
or because you prefered those that you released?
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We met
Anneli and Nils in the studio while
mixing Dorothy's Victory. Check
out the article here. |
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anneli:
we had a deadline. Nils and me definately need
deadlines but we worked day and night around
for the last two weeks..
Andreas: do you
appear on the new savoy album? like the last
one
anneli:
no, I don´t but i will ask Lauren to sing
on mine, like she did las time. Her voice is
wicked!
dorothea: Yes!
trinitron is a very good song ;o)
[Bluesky enters]
anneli:
Bluesky? I have a song called that!!
Danny:
Blue is a state of mind, btw ...
anneli:
I have a song going like this ; How does it
feel to live a life surreal, in the blue sky,
behind barbed wires...
bluesky: i got
it from a-ha s first release
anneli:
oh!!! That song is absolutely one of my faves!
We never rehersed this one, I wonder why not...
spajo: is tundra
written with any one in mind?
anneli:
when I was in Kautokeino, the lad of the sami
people , I saw some wicked snow-scooter riding
and I got this song to my head...
Thomas:
Why did you record the title track from Tundra
on both sami and spanish?
anneli:
On sami because it is about and for thesami
people and my sami friends, in spanish because
people in Mexico and the south of America are
so occupied with the sami people and because
I wanted to show them the simularity, especially
in Lawran`s joik. It is funny, but in the spanish
version, it sounds like an indian singing this,
don´t you think? So, I was prooven right,
I guess!
inmono: like Bombay
in English and Spanish!? And Mornixuur in English
and norwegian..
tbro: Which is
your favorite un-released bel canto song? Tierre
Obletz?
Karla: Now please
- someone explain Tierre Obletz for me! It has
been mentioned for at least three times until
now!
Karla: ;-)
Thomas:
There is for
sure enough material for a second bonus disc
with rarities....
anneli:
Tierre Obletz is a song we never released but
sometimes play live.
tbro: I remember
Frode Alnes at P3 when you played the whole
20 minutes of Tierre Obletz. He said it absolutely
had to be released. I agree with him. :-)
Karla: Where can
I listen to Tierre Obletz. I am curious now!
;-9
anneli:
hello tbro.
I guess it would be the next one we make, until
it is released, he, he. It is always the last
song which is thebest.
Thomas:
Everyone keeps asking for or about Tier Obletz,
wouldnt it be a good idea to release it?
anneli:
Okey, we will
see what we can do about Tierre Obletz guys!
Thomas:
thanks Anneli :-D
tbro: Yay!! You're
the best!
martin: About
old material: I would like to have Beyond the
Within on cd too...! Please!:)
tbro: Would you
consider "Tree" as a single with a
nice set of remixes? A song like that might
be a surprise hit...
tbro: Have you
considered recording a trance song? A club anthem...
tbro: You Rock
My World Tonight sounds like a perfect track
for American Radio. Single?
Thomas:
wow tbro!
tbro: Hehe, Danny
sends out all my old questions at once! :-D
Danny:
Sorry, I switched with my buttons, sorry tbro!!
tbro: Wow, Danny!
:-) You're doing a fine job!
Thomas:
Anneli; Pick the best one ;-)
anneli:
Gosh, what shall I answer now? Tree.. it goes
in 5/8 rythm... tricky one! We will possibly
make a re-mix album oneda. Just want to get
a bit more famous first so that we can afford
to ask the really hot and good remixers, you
see?
anneli:
I will writw some lyrics about Danny switching
buttons, he, he
Danny:
Haa ..... I had too much snus!
anneli:
Do you also
snus? but can you find this in Germany or are
you in Oslo? If so, let´s go for a drink
after this chat!
Danny:
No, I tried once in hotel bar in Lillehammer.
Danny: btw. snus
is tobacco without smoke.
anneli:
Okey Danny, I remember, I remember, he, he.
You almost fell over, poor you!
tbro: Couldn't
you trade with the good mixers? You appear on
one of their songs in return for their mix?
anneli:
good idea!
anneli: tbro and
all of you. please give me a list of whom we
should contact..
pfox: I have heard
that Tromso is a "musik-basin of a north
Europe", is it truth ?
anneli:
oh yes! indeed! but far from all of us live
there now...
anneli: and, by
the way, i was "blubba" in the lobby
before .o)
Petra: You were
blubba on the lobby????
dorothea: ;o))))))))
Petra: Cool! *looooooool*
anneli:
Yes!!!!
Petra: :o))))))))))))))))))))))
martin: remember
blubbas question: "but can she really sing??"
anneli:
Yes, can she??? :o)
martin: sure "she"
can!!!:)
anneli:
Sorry, if you find this crul but I had a big
laugh myself :o)
Petra: I can imagine,
haha! ;o)
syren: do u wish
to work with Liz Fraser?
anneli:
I wish to work with Liz fraser as much as I
wish to hang out with Jeff Buckley, Billy McKenzie
and River Phoenix in the garden pf Eden. That
is a yes!
bluesky: does
bel canto ever tour the uk ?
Dennis: Anneli,
will you ever tour the US anytime soon?
Dennis: Anneli,
first of all it is an honor to be able to communicate
with you in this way and second I have some
questions pertaining to touring in the states...
anneli:
touring, touring... whenever, wherever. Let´s
hope all for the best in the future!
spajo: will you
come to nashville someday and play at the corner
coffeehouse without warning
anneli:
no warning, i promise!
Thomas:
Ok, folks, time is running out....
anneli:
I have three minutes left
dreamer: anneli,
I was at the phone with my best friend. She
yould not go to the internet at the moment,
but I should give you a big hug from Ilaria
:-)
anneli:
Give her a big hug back and let´s do this
another tme again, soon, nicht war?
spajo: i luv your
beautiful song...
Karla: Anneli,
thank you very much for spending your time with
us!!!
dorothea: Thank
you, that you spend so many time for us! It
was a fantastic evening! Go on with your fantastic
work! Greetings !!! ;o)
Dennis: We LOVE
you Anneli!! You have a beautiful spirit!
dorothea: more
then a fantastic evening ;o)
iceman: Keep singing!
tbro: Thanks for
chatting with us for so long, Anneli! And thanks
for the answers!
Karla: Thank you
for your music!
anneli:
Ha det bra! :o)))))
Andreas: Tusen
takk :-))
inmono: hadet
Anneli! :oD
Dennis: Please
do this again soon Anneli
Karla: Ha det
godt!
pfox: Do not stop
singing !!!
anneli:
I sing, threfore I am, he, he!
dorothea: TUSEN,
TUSEN TAKK ANNELI!
Katja: Ha det
fint Anneli
ysabella: Thanks
Anneli! Hope to see you in Seattle some day.
Petra: Bye anneli!
dreamer: bye anneli,
and tusen takk for all your ansers and your
time!
zib: THX Anneli:)
goodbay
anneli:
baybay!
Danny:
I would say THANK YOU to everone tonight!
dorothea: I thank
you!!! It was fantastic"
Dennis: Thank
you Danny and Thomas for arranging this wonderful
way of communicating with someone who has ingluenced
us in such a positive way!!
martin: Thank
you Anneli & crew, just tell us when, and
we will come back for more for sure!:)
Thomas:
Thank you everyone for joining us tonight!
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