Helén Eriksen
Helén Eriksen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 October 1971 Dale, Vaksdal, Hordaland |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, jazz musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone |
| Labels | Blue Note Curling Legs |
| Website | Helén Eriksen on Myspace |
Helén Eriksen (born 19 October 1971 in Dale, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and vocals), songwriter and music arranger.[1]
Career[]
In the period 1993 to 1995 she was a member of the Bergen-based pop group Animal Farm.[1] In 1996 she released her first solo album Standards on the jazz record label Blue Note Records.[1] The album was produced by hip-hop producer Tommy Tee and gave her the award as newcomer at Spellemannprisen 1996. Also her next album was released on Blue Note and produced by Tommy Tee,[2] until in 2000 she released the album City Dust on the Norwegian label Curling Legs.[3] City Dust was recorded with Jørgen Træen as producer and was a cleaner jazz album than her first and second. Her fourth album, Small Hall Classic, was released in 2006 with produced by and as producers, also known as "The Sensible Twins".[4] She is the first and only Norwegian artist that have released two albums on Blue Note Records.[1]
Eriksen has created her own distinctive style, and has participated as a guest artist on numerous albums, for artists like DumDum Boys, Pogo Pops, Sondre Lerche, Tommy Tee, , and . She collaborated in 1999 with jazz legend and saxophonist Alf Kjellman.
Honors[]
- 1996: Spellemannprisen in the class Newcomer for the album Standards
Discography (in selection)[]
Solo albums[]
- 1996: Standards (Blue Note)
- 1998: Lovevirgin (Blue Note)[2]
- 2000: City Dust (Curling Legs)[3]
- 2006: Small Hall Classic (New Records)[4]
Collaborations[]
- Within Disorient
- 1996: Terra Morte (Shrike Records)
- With DumDum Boys,
- 1998: Totem (Oh Yeah!)
- With Sondre Lerche
- 2001: Faces Down (Virgin Records)
- Within The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band
- 2009: Smorgasbord (Tinnitus Recordings)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Eriksen, Helén Biography" (in Norwegian). 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rønsen, Arild (4 May 1998). "Helén Eriksen, del to" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nossum, Beate (23 May 2000). "Helén Eriksen: Eriksen er blitt betydelig bedre teknisk, noe som gir henne langt større spillerom" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Johansen, Carl Kristian (20 March 2006). "Helen Eriksen: Fra Blue Note til New Records" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2013.
External links[]
- Helén Eriksen Biography on the Norwegian pop and rock lexicon
- New Voices, New Directions on Discogs.com
- Helén Eriksen Discography on Discogs.com
- 20th-century Norwegian singers
- 21st-century Norwegian singers
- Norwegian female jazz singers
- Norwegian jazz singers
- Norwegian jazz saxophonists
- Norwegian composers
- Spellemannprisen winners
- Musicians from Dale, Vaksdal
- 1971 births
- Living people
- 20th-century saxophonists
- 21st-century saxophonists
- 20th-century Norwegian women singers
- Women jazz saxophonists
- 21st-century Norwegian women singers
- 20th-century Norwegian women