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Nicolai Dunger is a singer and acoustic songwriter from Piteå in Sweden. He has released eleven EPs and albums, singing primarily in English, and collaborated notably with Will Oldham, Mercury Rev, the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio and Ebbot Lundberg.
Biography
A former football player, Nicolai was signed by the Telegram label of Warner records, releasing two albums that did not sell enough copies to enable him to give up his part-time job as a gardener.
A meeting with Ebbot Lundberg of the Swedish band Soundtrack Of Our Lives led to two further albums, a tour with Emiliana Torrini and the use of one of his songs in an advertisement for an oil company. This small influx of cash enabled the production of a trio of vinyl albums with the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio.
This steady production of somewhat experimental acoustic music attracted the attention of Americana luminaries Will Oldham and Jonathan Donahue, and a contract with the Dolores Recordings branch of Virgin Records followed. The first album on this label, Soul Rush with backing from the Esbjörn Svensson Trio attracted some limited attention in 2001, but the next album, 2003’s Tranquil Isolation, achieved widespread, especially thanks to its input from Will Oldham.
A third album, Here’s My Song, You Can Have It followed in 2004.
He is currently touring the USA with Mercury Rev.
Biography
A former football player, Nicolai was signed by the Telegram label of Warner records, releasing two albums that did not sell enough copies to enable him to give up his part-time job as a gardener.
A meeting with Ebbot Lundberg of the Swedish band Soundtrack Of Our Lives led to two further albums, a tour with Emiliana Torrini and the use of one of his songs in an advertisement for an oil company. This small influx of cash enabled the production of a trio of vinyl albums with the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio.
This steady production of somewhat experimental acoustic music attracted the attention of Americana luminaries Will Oldham and Jonathan Donahue, and a contract with the Dolores Recordings branch of Virgin Records followed. The first album on this label, Soul Rush with backing from the Esbjörn Svensson Trio attracted some limited attention in 2001, but the next album, 2003’s Tranquil Isolation, achieved widespread, especially thanks to its input from Will Oldham.
A third album, Here’s My Song, You Can Have It followed in 2004.
He is currently touring the USA with Mercury Rev.
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falkmark wrote:
The debut album by the swedish psych folk band Valla is out now (www.recordheaven.net). Please visit www.myspace.com/vallamusik for more info and some music.
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yobbfixmeup wrote:
thank you spotify for recommending him to me. he's lovely.
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dememe wrote:
Great! I love it.
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1amity wrote:
Has Andrew Bird's voice
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nekogai555 wrote:
wonderful stuff. <3
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divinemissh wrote:
Anyone have any guitar tabs for this guys stuff?
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krakebonik wrote:
I love his records where he's singing in swedish! Pure Bliss!
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shh_andlisten wrote:
I sell my soul to everyone that makes me happy inside. Yes, I do. <3
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wachris wrote:
I'm glad I found this guy. The Tallest Man on Earth is almost a pretty cool Swedish folk singer. As a folk fan, I can only imagine all of the local talent scattered throughout Europe.
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MusicaCautiva wrote:
Could anyone add any of the brilliant songs in swedish from Dungers cd "Rösten och herren"?
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jebstark wrote:
Good Molly, Miss Golly! Snart kommer Herren och Rösten! Jisses Amalia!
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tigerbalsam wrote:
Lyckoskatt!?! The title is Lyckokatt! Lyckoskatt would be tax on happiness and lyckokatt is cat of happiness (there could be other interpretations, of course)
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tomwaited added Nicolai Dunger to the lineup of Fire! Orchestra at Fylkingen. December 2011
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Alt-Country's Finest.
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