Meet AGNES OBEL
Né Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel in Gentofte, Denmark on October 28th, 1980, this gem of a composer is destined for greatness (I call it!) Raised in a musical family, Obel began performing at a young age, joining her first band by the time she was seven years old. She attended an alternative education school that gave her room to develop her craft, after which she formed the band Sohio. She turned solo and released the album Philharmonics in 2010, in which she wrote, played and recorded all of the twelve tracks. Currently living in Berlin, Germany, Obel is working on her second album, which she has hinted will be more instrumental-based than her debut. Citing figures such as Claude Debussy and Alfred Hitchcock as her influences, Obel's music is best described as simple. That's not to say that her music is uncomplicated or shallow, it is anything but. I mean to say that her songs come off as pure and effortless. Her music focuses first and foremost on sounds and moods. It doesn't insist upon itself, unlike a lot of popular music right now. It is poetic, like the lightness of a musical box melody. It is comparable to touching the surface of still water, and hearing it move beneath your hands.
In other words, I love her to pieces and though she is still fairly new to the music scene, I think she creates some of the most beautiful music in the world. Agnes Obel is a composer at heart, and a magical one at that.
Visit her at http://www.agnesobel.com/
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