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Agnes Obel Biography

Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28 October 1980 in Gentofte, Copenhagen) is a Danish singer, songwriter and musician. Her first album, Philharmonics, was released by PIAS Recordings on 4 October 2010 and was certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) for sales of 10,000 Copies. At the Danish Music Awards in November 2011, Agnes Obel won five prizes including : Best Album and Best Debut Artist. Citizen of Glass, her third album, received IMPALA Album of the Year Award 2016. Agnes Obel’s song "Riverside" was featured on an episode of the Spike TV series The Mist Season 1, Episode 2, “Withdrawal“. "Riverside" has also been featured on Grey's Anatomy, Ringer, the British TV show Lovesick, and in the Australian comedy-drama Offspring, the song "Familiar" was featured on an episode of the German TV series Dark and is the theme song to the Canadian TV series Cardinal.

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The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.

Interested, Music, Orchestral, Symphonic

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

Accumulated, Creature, Littles, Piano, Playing, Sometimes

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there arent really any rules.

Express, Express Yourself, Fun, Music, Way

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.

Escapism, Music Is, Private Things, Though, Travel

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

Inseparable, Piano, Things, Two, Voice, Voices

When I'm flying, I really like to listen to piano music. Something impressionistic, loud and beautiful. Flying can be such a claustrophobic experience, it's nice to open that up a bit with music.

Beautiful, Nice, Piano Music, Listen, Flying, Open

There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued. It was more from my own relationship with the instruments at this time, figuring out the instrument and then having to learn different pieces that I really got into music. I really discovered the almost transcending power of music. And I think that is why I am so into it.

Band, Class, Having, Teenager, Thinking

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

Berlin, Ideas, People, Pursue, Thing

On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if I was able to create images with words, with the sound of words. (. . . ) I think that’s a good thing when the one who is listening, is feeling it in a different way that the one who creates. We are all listening with different perspectives. (. . . ) I don’t want to impose my subjectivity to the listener.

Feelings, Images, Perspective, Subjectivity, Thinking, Time

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

Revenge, Frustration, Feelings, Motivated, Feeling

I love the conversation between film and music.

Conversation, Film, Film And Music, Love, Music