"Breathtakingly beautiful", "magical", "epic", "magnificent" and "instantly memorable" were among the words used in international reviews of her much applauded comeback album " Rocks & Straws " from 2015, her first in 10 years. Brimming with memorable melodies, subtle arrangements, evocative lyrics, strong musicianship and a vital album production, it showed a mature and confident artist moving in a somewhat surprising direction, given her background in electronic music with Bel Canto , Röyksopp and her fir
It would be no mean feat to follow up the huge artistic success of "Rocks & Straws", but to our ears "Revelation For Personal Use" is an improvement on all accounts. It is also very much a follow-up, an ode to her native town and region, and again with all the songs being based on lyrics by local cult poet Arvid Hanssen and translated to English by artist and writer Roy-Frode Løvland . Anneli has written the album's eight lovely songs, plays piano and keyboards and has produced the album. It largely moves i
Anneli Drecker's magical voice first became known through the music of her band, Bel Canto back in the 80s. At age 17, Anneli left her Arctic hometown of Tromsø with band members Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) and Nils Johansen , for the pulsating indie scene in Bruxelles. Signed to the legendary Belgian label Crammed Discs , Bel Canto captured the Zeitgeist of European electronic music in the late eighties. Their two first albums, " White Out Conditions " and " Birds Of Passage " were released internationall