Krister Linder
| Krister Linder | |
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 Krister Linder - Self Portrait "Good Intentions" | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Krister Roger Linder |
| Also known as | Chris Lancelot Yeti Solaroid K Tupilaq |
| Born | 9 February 1970 |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Electronica, trip hop, downtempo, heavy metal, film score |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, producer |
| Years active | 1987 - |
| Labels | Sony BMG, |
| Associated acts | Dive, , Katatonia |
| Website | Official website |
Krister Linder is a New York-based Swedish electronic musician.
Krister started his music career in 1987 as the vocalist of the Swedish band Grace. Under the name Chris Lancelot, he was the vocalist of the Swedish band Dive from 1990 to 1994.
Linder went on to compose and produce experimental electronic music until he released his first solo album as a vocalist, in 2006. He is also the lead vocalist in the Swedish heavy metal band . Other musical efforts include scoring for TV commercials, short movies and feature films. His score in the documentary film Gitmo: The New Rules of War (directed by Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh) won the first prize in the category Music For TV at the in Auxerre, France in 2006. In November 2008 he won first prize in the category Best Music at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his score to the feature film Downloading Nancy (directed by Johan Renck). In 2009, he won the Jameson Film Music Award at the Stockholm International Film Festival for the score to the animated feature film Metropia (directed by Tarik Saleh) and that same year, he did co-vocals on the song "Departer" on the album Night Is the New Day by Katatonia. He also did vocals for Omnimotion's remix of the song Tierra Azul, originally by Vibrasphere. His recent credits include the score for the 2013 documentary feature, While No One Is Watching.[1] He composed an exclusive track used for the 2016 Chanel N°5 perfume television advertisement.[2]
Solo albums[]
- Alaskanlab Sweden 1995, 1995 (as Tupilaq)
- Holtkötter, 1996 (as Yeti)
- First Wave, 2000 (as Solaroid)
- Songs from the Silent Years, 2006
- Metropia, 2009
- The Nile Hilton Incident, 2017
- Across the never, 2019
References[]
- ^ "While No One Is Watching". Official website. Momento Films. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Krister Linder. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
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