Anneli Drecker

Anneli Marian Drecker (born 12 February 1969) is a Norwegian singer and actor from the city of Tromsø. She is the vocalist in the track "Sparks" by Röyksopp, appearing on the album "Melody A.M.". She is also the vocalist for Bel Canto. She appeared with countrymen a-ha on their "Minor Earth, Major Sky" Tour and appeared on the live DVD "Live from Vallhall" and the following album from their European Tour, "How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head".

In 2003 she was a jury-member in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol.

She has been the lead singer of the Norwegian alternative pop band Bel Canto from the start in 1985 and to date, as Bel Canto has never officially disbanded despite the band not being active for a few years. In the fall of 2006 Bel Canto celebrated the 20 years since the first album with several concerts and Bel Canto is rumoured to be working on yet another album.

Anneli Drecker has also worked with various "world pop music" personalities like Jah Wobble and Hector Zazou.

In a newsbit in [http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=10847_0_2_0_C/ Side-Line Magazine] she recently said she added a Morten Harket song to her new solo album "Frolic".

Discography

Albums

* "Frolic" (2005)
* "How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head" (live album with a-ha) (2002)
* "Tundra" (2000)

ingles

From "Frolic":
* "Stop This" (2005)
* "You Don't Have To Change" (2005)From "Tundra":
* "It's All Here" (2000)
* "Sexy Love" (2000)
* "All I Know" (2000)

Collaborations

* "Song Of Joy" by Tsunematsu Matsui featuring Anneli Marian Drecker (1989)
* "I'll Strangle You" by Hector Zazou featuring Anneli Drecker & Gérard Depardieu from the album "Sahara Blue" (1992)
* "Becoming More Like God" by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart featuring Anneli Drecker from the album "Take Me To God" (1994)
* "the Golden Core" by Motorpsycho from the album Timothy's Monster (1994)
* "Monsoon Baby" by Inoran featuring Anneli Drecker from the album Sou (1997)
* "Morning Glory" with Simon Raymonde for the tribute to Tim Buckley "Sing a Song for You" (2000)
* "Sparks" by Röyksopp from the album "Melody A.M." (2001)
* "Turn the Lights Down" by a-ha from the album Lifelines (2002)
* "The Nest" by Ketil Bjørnstad (featured vocalist on a number of songs) (2003)

External links

* [http://www.annelidrecker.com Anneli Drecker Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/annelidrecker Anneli Drecker's official MySpace profile]
* [http://www.belcanto.no Bel canto official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/belcantonorway Bel Canto's official MySpace profile]