Gry Bagøien

Gry Bagøien (born 1975), known mononymously as Gry, is a singer from Denmark.

Biography

Gry was born in Denmark in 1975. Until the age of 10 she was raised in Mozambique. with numerous special guests: Caspar Brötzmann, Æter, Anatol Baginsky, Terranova, Pan Sonic, Funkstörung, Meret Becker, Chrislo Haas, and Sebastian Hess. The song "Summer Wine" from this album, a duet with Alexander Hacke, is a cover-version of the Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra song. "Gry" has been regarded as the band name, although the second album was credited to "Gry With FM Einheit And His Orchestra".

Gry also created an opera "Idea" for Resonance FM in London.

In 2006 she was in a band "The Loverz", releasing one album called "Love".

Gry moved to Berlin around 2009 and founded her own label, Present Records. There she released a solo EP "Anima" in 2009.

Gry was studying the art of film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She graduated with the sound art film called "Wiiiu Whit Grrr", in which she was singing and talking with animals.

Gry is featured on the 2012 album "Leland" by Francis Harris, released by the label Scissor and Thread. A solo album is planned for release in 2014 on "Scissor And Thread" label.

Participations and Releases

Solo Gry – All Comes Remix EP – Orphanear 2010 Gry – Anima – Present Records 2010 (EP, part one of Xdent trilogy)

With Æter Æter – Luftantænder – Helicopter Records 1997 Æter – Improvisations – aeter.dk 2002 (download) Æter – Oxygin – Autoproduction 2005 (download)

With F.M. Einheit Gry – Touch Of E! – Rough Trade Records 1998 Gry – Public Recording – FM 4.5.1 2000 Ammer/Einheit / Pan Sonic / Gry – Frost 79° 40' – FM 4.5.1 Records 2000 (Recorded live at the Stadttheater Oberhausen on 28 August 1998)

Singles 1998 Remixes 1998 Everything Or All 1998 I Never Asked 1999 Poles Apart 2000 Rocket 2000 Summer Wine 2000 Princess Crocodile

Guest appearances and other contributions Skole ost (children's punk band) Robot – Robot – Helicopter Records 1999 (guest singer) Pigface – The Best of Pigface – Invisible Records 2001 (guest singer) The Loverz – Love – Noreal Original Records 2006 Francis Harris – Leland – Scissor And Thread 2012 Christian Löffler – Feelharmonia – A Forest 2012 (guest singer) Frank & Tony – You Go Girl – Bring the Sun – Scissor and Thread – 2014 (guest singer)