Anneli Drecker

Anneli Marian Drecker (born 12 February 1969, in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the frontwoman for the dream pop band Bel Canto.

Life and career

Anneli Drecker live with her daughter Luna at Vossajazz 2015.

Drecker's father Peter, a German from Bielefeld, emigrated in 1960 to Norway. Peter Drecker and his son, Per-Arne Drecker are known for their optician business called "Drecker optikk" with up to 14 stores. Drecker Optikk is now one store in Tromso called Drecker Design, as the other stores where sold to a chain in 2010.

In the fall of 2007 Bel Canto celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the first album with several concerts. She has released four solo albums, and has provided vocals for various artists including Motorpsycho, Jan Bang, Savoy, a-ha, Röyksopp, Jah Wobble, Ketil Bjørnstad, Simon Raymonde, Mental Overdrive, Illumination and Hector Zazou.

Drecker contributed as composer and singer in a production of Pär Lagerkvist's Bøddelen at Det Norske Teatret (2000), At the Vossajazz festival 2015, Drecker performed the tune "Little Tree" from this album, with her daughter Luna (b. 2006).

Honors 1992: Spellemannprisen in the category Pop, with Bel Canto for the album Shimmering, Warm and Bright 1996: Spellemannprisen in the categories Band and Dance/techno, with Bel Canto for the album Magic Box 2007: Nordlysprisen 2008: Gammlengprisen in Open class

Filmography 1983: Søsken på Guds jord as Margit, by Laila Mikkelsen 1992: Svarte pantere as Sonia, by Thomas Robsahm 2000: De 7 dødssyndene, by Ø. Karlsen, M. Olin, M. Sødahl, F. Mosvold & L. Gud 2015: "Alone" official video on vimeo

Bel Canto 1987: White-Out Conditions (Crammed Discs) 1989: Birds of Passage (Crammed Discs) (Nettwerk Productions in North America) 1992: Shimmering, Warm and Bright (Crammed Discs) (Dali/Chameleon/Elektra Records in North America) (Columbia/SME Records in France) 1996: Magic Box (Lava/Atlantic) 1998: Rush (EMI Records) 2001: Retrospect (WEA Records), compilation album 2002: Dorothy's Victory (EMI Records)

Collaborations 1989: Song Of Joy (Crammed Discs), by Tsunematsu Matsui featuring Anneli Marian Drecker 1989: East On Fire (Crammed Discs), by Foreign Affair featuring Anneli Drecker & Apoptygma Berzerker on the tracks "Ghosts Can't Run Away", "Diversion", "Misunderstanding", "Keep Me In", "The Same" 1992: Sahara Blue (Crammed Discs), by Hector Zazou featuring Anneli Drecker and Gérard Depardieu on the track "I'll Strangle You" 1994: Take Me To God (Island), by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart featuring Anneli Drecker on the tracks "Becoming More Like God", "When The Storm Comes" 1994: Timothy's Monster (EMI), by Motorpsycho on the track "The Golden Core" 1995: Mantra For Peace (Warner Elektra Atlantic), by Music Channel 1997: Sou (King) by Inoran featuring Anneli Drecker on the track "Monsoon Baby" 2000: Sing a Song for You (Manifesto), with Simon Raymonde for the tribute to Tim Buckley on the track "Morning Glory" 2001: Grace (EmArcy) by Ketil Bjørnstad (Recorded live at Vossajazz, 2000) (text: John Donne, 1562–1626) 2001: Melody A.M. (Wall of Sound), by Röyksopp on the track "Sparks" 2002: Lifelines (Warner Elektra Atlantic), by a-ha on the track "Turn the Lights Down" 2003: The Nest (Emarcy), by Ketil Bjørnstad (featured vocalist on a number of songs) 2005: You and Me Against the World (GUN), by Apoptygma Berzerk on the track "Back on Track" 2008: Tome 2 1987 - 1995 (Infrastition), by Complot Bronswick (featured vocalist on a number of songs) 2009: Junior (Wall of Sound), by Röyksopp on the tracks "Vision One", "You Don't Have a Clue", "True to Life" 2018: A Suite Of Poems (ECM), by Ketil Bjørnstad featuring Anneli Drecker 2022: Between Hotels And Time (Grappa), with Ketil Bjørnstad and Lars Saabye Christensen