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Choir Of Young Believers is a new Danish act, with great international potential. The man behind this band is the 24 year old, Danish, Greek and Indonesian Jannis Noya Makrigiannis. For many years, Jannis has moved in the underground circles of the Danish indie scene and been a part of the legendary band, Lake Placid. Since 2006 he has been working on his solo material, which has now resulted in the debut EP from Choir Of Young believers, called “Burn The Flag“.

The songs for the EP were written in Berlin, Copenhagen and in a small town on the Greek island Samos, where Jannis lived for a while. The acoustic demos has then been evolved and arranged with producer Anders Rhedin, who has played a big part in creating the unique sound on the EP. Musically, Choir Of Young Believers is located somewhere between low key folk and grandiose indie pop, ambitiously combining a cool Nordic distance with a true presence and vitality.

In spite of his young age, Jannis writes mature intelligent songs. The melodies are simple and beautiful while the arrangements surprises and overwhelms the listener. There are references to Roy Orbinson, The Beach Boys, Pixies and Hank Williams, but Choir Of Young Believers stands out as a bright example of alternative pop music with depth and quality.

Live, Choir of Young believers can take many different shapes and sizes.

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indie, danish, roskilde 08, folk, roskilde 2007
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JoshCIVM wrote:
9 hours ago

Now here is some fantastic music that needs to be recognized.

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Steve0154 wrote:
13 days ago

saw you guys on wed when i seen mew in glasgow. like your style may invest in your new album ill need to keep my eye out to see if you are coming to scotland again:)

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figure5ingold wrote:
17 days ago

Hey CYOB fans, should hopefully be interviewing them (Jannis maybe/probs) on Saturday, if anyone has a question they want to ask, shoutbox me xx

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OllyBanham wrote:
17 days ago

I can't for the life of me think which singer the main singer's vocals remind me of. Driving me nuts!

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Aalborg wrote:
last month

Live session from radio KCRW http://www.soundvenue.com/blog/2009/10/25/lyt-til-spritny-choir-of-young-sang

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nachtaktiv wrote:
last month

intriguing

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droguedemusique wrote:
last month

not emo.

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bkelleher wrote:
last month

soothing stuff

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davidoa wrote:
September 2009

emo.

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mishamaruseev wrote:
September 2009

very interesting

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cbui wrote:
June 2009

Check out our feature on COYB in our current issue www.titlemagazine.net

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Granovetter wrote:
March 2009

COYB as Duo on tour in the US!

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Peace-Please wrote:
February 2009

I LOVE this band! <3

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mickkeli wrote:
December 2008

obsessed with "apart"

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phreebusy wrote:
October 2008

love love the new album again..specially action/reaction is such a great poppy song...feel the band is my own

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phreebusy wrote:
October 2008

hello to all COYB fans...they're the first band i see at Roskilde '07, being my first festival ever. So happy that they finally released an album..respect to Denmark =)

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Marshallmaddnes wrote:
September 2008

nice

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InASafePlace wrote:
September 2008

well its on every torrent site ....

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J0ERG wrote:
July 2008

wow, fantastic gig at roskilde 08.. also liked JONG PANG, seems to be a side project of jannis..

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life_insurance wrote:
April 2008

lovely

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