Gry (band)
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Gry is an indie
/electronic music
band featuring Danish
female singer Gry Bagøien
and German
musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten
).
The music of Gry can be described as electronic
with elements of trip hop
, live instruments, lots of loops
and sample
s (also orchestral samples) with a female voice.
Their debut album The Touch Of E! was released in 1998, followed by spectacular live shows in Europe
and America
.
Their second album Public Recording was made in 2000 in the Marstall Theater in Munich
during a public performance with numerous special guests: Alexander Hacke
, Caspar Brötzmann
, Æter
, Anatol Baginsky, Terranova, Pan Sonic
, Funkstörung
, Meret Becker
, Chrislo Haas, and Sebastian Hess. The song "Summer Wine
" from this album, sung by Gry Bagøien
and Alexander Hacke
, is a cover-version of a Lee Hazlewood
/Nancy Sinatra
song.
In 2002, Gry Bagøien
left the band and Gry disbanded.
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
/electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
band featuring Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
female singer Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien is a female singer from Denmark. She was a member of the band Gry, which is a collaboration with German industrial and electronic musician F. M. Einheit, and was formerly a member of now-defunct Æter, along with Jacob Kirkegaard, a Dane living in Germany...
and German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
).
The music of Gry can be described as electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
with elements of trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
, live instruments, lots of loops
Music loop
In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
and sample
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
s (also orchestral samples) with a female voice.
Their debut album The Touch Of E! was released in 1998, followed by spectacular live shows in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Their second album Public Recording was made in 2000 in the Marstall Theater in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
during a public performance with numerous special guests: Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....
, Caspar Brötzmann
Caspar Brötzmann
Caspar Brötzmann is an electric guitar player.While Brötzmann typically performs with the power trio lineup of Caspar Brötzmann Massaker , with guitar, bass guitar and drum set, he only uses rock and roll and heavy metal music as a basis for his music...
, Æter
Æter
Æter is an electronic music band from Denmark with a female singer Gry Bagøien. The band existed from 1995 till 2001.The band released one CD - "Luftantænder" - and several CD-Rs, toured a lot in Europe, created installation art....
, Anatol Baginsky, Terranova, Pan Sonic
Pan sonic
Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
, Funkstörung
Funkstörung
Funkstörung is Christian de Luca and Michael Fakesch , a duo of IDM musicians hailing from Rosenheim, Germany...
, Meret Becker
Meret Becker
- Life and career :Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker. She is the sister of Ben Becker, stepdaughter of Otto Sander and granddaughter of Claire Schlichting....
, Chrislo Haas, and Sebastian Hess. The song "Summer Wine
Summer Wine
"Summer Wine" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood. It was originally sung by Suzi Jane Hokom and Lee Hazlewood in 1966, but it was made famous by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in 1967. This version was originally released as the B-side of "Sugar Town" the previous year, before featuring on the...
" from this album, sung by Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien is a female singer from Denmark. She was a member of the band Gry, which is a collaboration with German industrial and electronic musician F. M. Einheit, and was formerly a member of now-defunct Æter, along with Jacob Kirkegaard, a Dane living in Germany...
and Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....
, is a cover-version of a Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...
/Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"....
song.
In 2002, Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien
Gry Bagøien is a female singer from Denmark. She was a member of the band Gry, which is a collaboration with German industrial and electronic musician F. M. Einheit, and was formerly a member of now-defunct Æter, along with Jacob Kirkegaard, a Dane living in Germany...
left the band and Gry disbanded.
Band members
- FM Einheit: electro, percussiv & non percussiv instruments
- Gry BagøienGry BagøienGry Bagøien is a female singer from Denmark. She was a member of the band Gry, which is a collaboration with German industrial and electronic musician F. M. Einheit, and was formerly a member of now-defunct Æter, along with Jacob Kirkegaard, a Dane living in Germany...
: vocals - Sjang Coenen: bass
- Saskia von Klitzing: drums
Singles, MCDs
- 1998 Touch of Me
- 1998 Remixes
- 1998 Everything Or All
- 1998 I Never Asked
- 1999 Poles Apart
- 2000 Rocket
- 2000 Summer Wine
- 2000 Princess Crocodile
Other full-length releases
- 2000 Frost 79° 40 (AmmerAmmerAmmer can refer to:*the upper course of the river Amper in Bavaria, Germany*Ammer , a small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, tributary of the Neckar...
/ F.M. Einheit / Pan SonicPan sonicPan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
/ GryGryThe Gry Puzzle is a popular puzzle that asks for the third English word, other than "angry" and "hungry," that ends with the letters "-gry." Aside from words derived from "angry" and "hungry," there is no stand-alone word ending in "-gry" that is in current usage.This puzzle has no good answer, yet...
) — (Recorded live at the Stadttheater OberhausenOberhausenOberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...
on 28 August 1998.)