Category:Music
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
My interest in music is diverse and covers most genres (although, there are certainly some genres I do not like). I plan to list information on my favourite artists and bands in this category.
Contents
Worldbeat (unsorted)
- Delerium (official: [1])
- Conjure One (official: [2])
- This Mortal Coil
- Deep Forest (by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez)
- Nitin Sawhney
- Mory Kanté — Guinea vocalist and player of the kora harp (official: [3])
- Wasis Diop — Senegalese musician (fusion of folk with pop and modern jazz)
- Cheb Mami — an Algeria-born raï singer.
- Enzo Avitabile — Italian / "Bottari" artist (official: [4])
- Wes Madiko
- Karunesh
- Pandana
- Trans Atlantic Air Waves
- 3rd Force - "Echoes of a Dream"
- Mike Oldfield - "Let There By Light"
- Kamel Nitrate — British; musical fusion (official: [5])
Modern musical projects based on Gregorian chant and other chants
- Aereda
- Cantara
- Divine Works
- Elbosco — "Nirvana"
- Enigma
- E Nomine (mit Christian Brückner)
- Era — (music project by Eric Levi) "Don't You Forget", "If You Shout"
- E.S. Posthumus
- Gala
- Gregorian
- Industrial Monk
- Lesiëm (mit Sven Meisel, Alex Wende, und Maggie Reilly)
- Libera
- Magna Canta
- Mysteria
- Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus
- Richard Souther (Vision and Illumination)
- Solyma
Trip hop
see also: World of Trip Hop
- Imogen Heap (formerly of Frou Frou) — British
- Massive Attack
- Anja Garbarek — Norwegian ("Stay Tuned", "Can I Keep Him?")
- Mandalay (with vocals by Nicola Hitchcock)
- Frou Frou / Imogen Heap
- Sigur Rós — Icelandic
- Lunascape — Belgian (w/Kyoko Baertsoen and Walter Hilhorst; see: Hooverphonic) ("Lane Navachi") (official: [6])
- Lamb — (w/Lou Rhodes and Andy Barlow) ("Gabriel", "Gorecki", etc.)
- Halou — (w/Rebecca Coseboom / Ryan Coseboom / Mikael Eldridge)
- Emilíana Torrini — Icelandic ("Love in the Time of Science") (vocalist: Thievery Corporation)
- Jem (aka Jemma Griffiths) — Welsh
- Under Byen — Danish [7]
- Efterklang — Danish [8]
- Moloko — (w/Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon) ("Forever More")
- Esthero (aka Jen-Bea Englishman) — Canadian
- Sia (aka Sia Furler) — Australian (see: Zero 7)
- Morcheeba — British (w/Paul Godfrey and Ross Godfrey; previously Skye Edwards)
- Second Person — British (w/Julia Johnson, Mark Maclaine, and Alvaro Lopez)
- Kosheen — British (w/Markee Substance, Darren Decoder, and Sian Evans)
- Karmacoda — American (w/Heather Pierce, B., Rafael Acevedo, and Eric Matsuno) (official: [9])
- Velure — Australian (w/Lynnelle Moran, Dan West, Roy John, Chris Hale, and Lachlan Carrick) (official: [10])
- Aria — Iclandic ("Ariella") (see: [11])
- Badmarsh & Shri — British
- Antenne — Danish (w/Kim G. Hansen and Marie-Louise Munck) (see: [12])
- Bang Gang — Icelandic (founded by Barði Jóhannson and Henrik Baldvin Björnsson; vocalists: Esther Talia Casey and Védís Hervör Árnadóttir)
- Greetings From Tuskan — (official: [13])
Dream pop
- Cocteau Twins (with Elizabeth Fraser as lead singer) [14]
- Dead Can Dance (with Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry) [15]
Ethereal Wave
- Kristy Thirsk — (official: Kristy Thirsk) Canadian (worked with Delerium)
- Love Spirals Downwards — Scottish
- This Mortal Coil
- Lycia
Electronica
- Hooverphonic (official: [16]) (w/Kyoko Baertsoen; see: Lunascape)
- Café del Mar (official: [17])
- Balligomingo (an electronic music project by Garrett Schwarz and Vic Levak; Kristy Thirsk as vocalist)
- Miss Kittin — "Dub About Me" (see: [18])
- Underworld — by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith.
- Single Gun Theory
- Asian Dub Foundation
- The Engine Room — "A Perfect Lie" (Nip/Tuck theme song; Gabriel & Dresden remix)
- Poloroid — "So Damn Beautiful"
- Syntax — "Pride"
- Sarah McLachlan ("Bloom Remix Album"; see: [19])
- Division Kent — ("Monsterproof")
- Goldfrapp — (w/Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory)
- Röyksopp — "Poor Leno", "Only This Moment"
- Air — (w/Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel)
- Sleepthief — electronic/vocal musical project of producer/composer Justin Elswick and co-producer Israel Curtis
- Thievery Corporation (see also: ESL Music)
- Tosca — music project of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber
- Planet Funk — Anglo-Italian ("All Man's Land" (aka "Call Me Mother")) (official: [20])
- The Postal Service — Seattle-based electronic indie pop band
- Émilie Simon — Montpellier, France
- Flunk — Norwegian (w/Ulf Nygaard, Jo Bakke, Erik Ruud, and Anja Øyen Vister) ("Blind My Mind")
- Offer Nissim — (w/vocalist Maya Simantov)
- Schiller — German; project of Christopher von Deylen
Ethnic Electronica
- Banco de Gaia (w/Toby Marks) — British
- Amethystium (aka Øystein Ramfjord) — Norwegian
- Touch and Go — British
Dance
- Therese Grankvist (formerly of Drömhus) — Swedish
- DJ Tatana (aka Tatana Sterba) — "Neon Lights" (with Jaël)
- Groove Coverage — German
Trance
- Tiësto (aka DJ Tiësto or Tijs Verwest) — Dutch
- Paul Oakenfold — British
- Gabriel & Dresden — "Let Go" (feat. Molly Bancroft)
- Andain — "Beautiful Things" (Andain is Josh Gabriel, Mavie Marcos, and David Penner)
- Adam Nickey (aka Kai Del Noi) — (e.g., "Letting Go feat. Tiff Lacey")
- Headstrong — (e.g., "Truth feat. Tiff Lacey")
Synth-rock
- IAMX — the solo project of Sneaker Pimps singer/instrumentalist Chris Corner
Rock
- Aerosmith
- Dire Straits
- Forty Foot Echo — "Brand New Day"
Alternative rock
- Snow Patrol (official: [21])
- Keane
- OneRepublic (official: [22])
- Coldplay
- U2
- JYNXT — British (official: [23])
- Dishwalla
- Deftones
- Antimatter
- Thirteen Senses — British ("Into the Fire"; official: [24])
- Death Cab for Cutie — Seattle-based indie rock band
Indie Rock
- The Slip — Boston ("Even Rats")
- The Frames / Glen Hansard / Markéta Irglová — on OST Once
Symphonic metal
- Within Temptation - "Stand My Ground", "Memories", "Pale", "Forsaken", "In Perfect Harmony", etc.
Pop
- Keren Ann — ("Nolita")
- Lene Marlin (aka Lene Marlin Pedersen) — Norwegian [25]
- Venke Knutson — Norwegian [26]
- Margaret Berger — Norwegian [27]
- Unni Wilhelmsen — Norwegian [28]
- Marie Serneholt — Swedish
- "Oxygen" at YouTube
- Cecilia Vennersten — Swedish ("Det Vackraste", "Var Mig Nara", etc.)
- September (aka Petra Marklund) — Swedish ("Looking For Love")
- Jill Johnson — Swedish
- Emilia Rydberg — Swedish
- Lisa Ekdahl — Swedish
- Marie Fredriksson — Swedish (from Roxette; e.g., "Tro")
- Laleh — Iranian [29]
- Meja (aka Anna Pernilla Bäckman) — Swedish; did "Private Emotion" duet with Ricky Martin (offcial: [30])
- Espen Lind — Norwegian
- Kurt Nilsen — Norwegian
- Askil Holm — Norwegian
- Carola Häggkvist — Swedish
- September (aka Petra Marklund) — Swedish ("Cry for You")
Other
- Garou (aka Pierre Garand) — Canadian
- Bond (band) — an Australian/British classical crossover string quartet.
- Emily Curtis — "What's If For?", GitS:SAC.*
- Bebe (aka Nieves Rebolledo Vila)
- Superbus (w/Jennifer Ayache)
- Jeanette Dimech (aka Jannette) — "Por que te vas"
- Hélène Ségara — French
- Laura Pausini — Italian
- Michael Bublé — Canadian
- Anna Nalick — American
- Mylène Farmer — "L'Amour n'est rien..."
- Arash (aka Arash Labaf) — Iranian; "Temptation" feat. Rebecca Zadig
- Katie Melua (aka Ketevan Melua) — Georgian-born British ("The Flood")
Vocalist
- Jaël (aka Rahel Krebs) — Swiss (worked with Delerium; formerly with Lunik) [Jaël] (see: "Tired", "I Need You")
- Isabel Bayrakdarian
- Camille Henderson
- Emily Haines (of Metric and Broken Social Scene)
- Jes Brieden (aka JES) — ("Ghost" with Deepsky, etc.)
- Ann Danielewski (aka Poe from Conjure One)
- Chemda (aka Chemda Khalili)
- Rachel Fuller (vocals for Delerium)
- Julee Cruise — ("Fate of Faith" by Ror-Shak feat. Julee Cruise)
- Tracey Thorn (vocals for Massive Attack)
- Charlotte Martin — ("Sweet Things" on Tiësto's Elements of Life album)
- Damien Rice — Irish folk singer ("The Blower's Daughter" was featured in the film Closer.)
Celtic
- Mediaeval Baebes
- Lisa Kelly — Irish (Celtic music)
- Chloë Agnew — Irish (Celtic music) (see: [31])
- Meav (aka Méav Ní Mhaolchatha) — Irish (Celtic music) (official: [32])
- Mairead (aka Máiréad Nesbitt) — Irish (violin) (official: [33])
Contemporary Composers
- Howard Shore
- Hans Zimmer
- James Horner
- Gustavo Santaolalla (Argentine)
- Lisa Gerrard
- Ennio Morricone
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Karl Jenkins (of "Adiemus") — Welsh composer
- Asche & Spencer — (e.g., Stay OST)
Classical
- "Clair de lune", Claude Debussy's depiction of the poem in his Suite bergamasque
Baroque
- "Canon in D major (Pachelbel's Canon)", by Johann Pachelbel (c. 1680)
Violinist
- Itzhak Perlman (1945- )
- Isaac Stern (1920-2001)
Misc
- Sofia Jannok — Swedish, mainly sings in Sami (one of my favourites: "Irene"; also "Liekkas")
- Federico Aubele — Argentine
- Rodrigo y Gabriela — Mexican
- La Cabra Mecanica — Spanish
- Carmen Consoli — Italian
- Timoria — Italian
- Afterhours — Italian
- Vasco Rossi (aka "Blasco") (Rewind) — Italian
- Kyo - "Une Derniere Danse"
- Rammstein - "Du hast"
- Scorpions - "Send Me An Angel", "Rock You Like a Hurricane", etc.
- Dela Dela - "Sacred Spirit"
- Mercan Mercan - "Nar-i Mey"
- Lyra - "How Can I Keep From Singing"
- O-Zone - "Dragostea din tei" (Moldovan)
- Freak Power - "Song Number 6"
- Greg Laswell - "Sweet Dreams"
- Diana Krall
Chanson français
Chanteurs
- Raphaël Haroche (aka Raphael) — (e.g. "Schengen", "Caravane", "Sur la route" avec Jean-Louis Aubert)
- AaRON (aka Artificial Animals Riding on Neverland)
- Bénabar (aka Bruno Nicolini)
- Renaud Séchan (aka Renaud)
- Pierre Perret
Chanteuses
- Emily Loizeau — (e.g. "L'autre Bout Du Monde")
Groupe
- Louise Attaque
- Les Cowboys Fringants — Québécois
- Kaolin — "Partons vite"
- Sinsemilia — "Tout Le Bonheur du Monde"
Nouvelle Chanson
- Olivia Ruiz — French
- Keren Ann
- Anna Ternheim — Swedish
External links
- imeem
- Last.fm
- Playlist
- WebJay
- List of electronic music genres
- LyricWiki.org
- Listen to a Movie
- Podiobooks
- Music Map — Find out who is listening to what and where.
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