Bel Canto: Biography

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• Dead Can Dance
• Minimal Compact
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Delerium
• Virginia Astley
• Enigma
• Shelleyan Orphan

• Cocteau Twins

• Frolic
• Ballistic Edna

• Biosphere

• Anneli Marian Drecker
• Nils Johansen
• Geir Jenssen

Formed:

Jan 1, 1986 in Tromso, Norway

Genres:

Ambient Music, Pop Music, Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music

Decades Active:

1980's|1990's

Artistic Quality

Low

Cultural Impact

Low

Popularity

Low

Ratings Guide

The atmospheric, melancholy, somewhat medieval soundscapes of Bel Canto (Italian for "beautiful song") mix an essentially synthbased, chamberrock sound with a wide range of orchestral and folk instruments and have been compared to the Cocteau Twins. The group hails from Norway and consists of ethereal vocalist Anneli Marian Drecker, plus Nils Johansen and Geir Jenssen. The group claims to draw its inspiration from powerful energy fields, including those of the female and the earth's gravitational pull; additionally, their compositions sometimes draw on world music and the ambient experiments of Brian Eno. Bel Canto released its first album, WhiteOut Conditions, in 1987. After 1989's Birds of Passage, they recorded 1992's Shimmering, Warm and Bright and 1996's Magic Box. Steve Huey, All Music Guide