Elvira Nikolaisen

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Close To The Water

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Released: Mar 11, 2011

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Close To The Water
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Rendezvous
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Love I can't defend
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Egypt Song
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Won't You Come Closer
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Genre: Pop
Location Oslo, No
Profile Views: 110886
Last Login: 4/6/2011
Member Since 4/7/2006
Record Label Sony Music / Columbia
Type of Label Major
Bio
As beautiful to the eye as she is to the ear, Norwegian singer/songwriter Elvira Nikolaisen is a thoughtful vocalist with a bent toward melodic, adult-alternative rock. Born in Moi, Norway in 1980, Elvira grew up in a family of seven children. Nurtured on music from an early age, the Nikolaisen dynasty includes Emil and Hilma of Serena Maneesh, and Ivar (Blanco) from the rock-band Silver. Her debut album Quiet Exit was released on Sony BMG (Columbia) in 2006 and spent more than 20 weeks at top 10 (peaking at no. 2), making it the most successful Norwegian album of the year. Produced by Knut Schreiner (Turbonegro and Euroboys) Quiet Exit included no less than 3 major hit singles, all of whom got heavy rotation on national and local radio. Through 2006 and spring 2007, Elvira toured the country extensively, and by mid 2007 she is considered one of Norway's biggest female stars. Elvira released Indian Summer in April 2008, again with critical and radio-success. She built a small studio in her basement, and started working on the third album, a process that took over 2 years, but lead to her collaboration with her brother Emil, who produced her latest album Lighthouse. Lighthouse was released on the 11th of March 2011 by Sony Music. Elvira has pushed her musical-limits, and it's apparent that she has been on a good place during the writing process. Lighthouse has become an album which explores the highest high, and the lowest low, a soulful pop record full of ambition and passion. She is again touring and already started working on her new album, investigating new collaborators and songwriters, moving on from her trilogy and into new fields of making music.
Members
Elvira Nikolaisen - vocals/piano. Live band: Trond Mjøen - guitar Ole Kristian Wetten - bass Jo Schumann - guitar Erik Holm - drums
Influences
Fleetwood Mac, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, David Crosby, Dungen, The High Llamas, Phil Collins, Elvis Costello, Janet Jackson, Carly Simon, Stereolab, Christopher Cross, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Webb, Prince, Sade!!, Garness(best Norwegian act in years), Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Syreeta
Sounds Like
Pianobased singer-songwriter. Jackson Browne. Joni Mitchell. Sade.

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Jan 18

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Egypt Song

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Sweet, Sweet

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Jan 17

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Love I Can't Defend

Music video by Elvira Nikolaisen performing Love I Can't Defend. (C) 2005 SBME Norway as - Columbia

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Mar 29

Elvira Nikolaisen

spiller på Parkteatret i Oslo på torsdag! Kom kom

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Mar 25
Elvira Nikolaisen
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