Alanïa

Alanïa is a former Norwegian electronic music group from Tromsø, composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge of Röyksopp, Rune Lindbæk and Gaute Barlindhaug.

History

Lindbæk and Brundtland were officially the main members of the group, but Berge and Barlindhaug were notable contributors. Almost all music was made by Brundtland, Berge and Barlindhaug. They have released the albums Instinctive Travels (1996) on Parlophone and Skyjuice (1997) on Drum Island Records. The group dissolved in 1997, and Berge and Brundtland started Röyksopp in 1998.

Critics have said that the music has a "unique, polar mood" and that the skill level of the productions "makes it very nice to be Norwegian, and make you wish that Tromsø was your hometown".

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Alan A.

Alan A. (born Alan Audrain on 8 January), is a London-based French singer-songwriter. He released in 2009 his first album Ambiguity, followed by an advent calendar album called Advent in 2012. He is currently working on his third album Astray, due end 2014, from which he will be releasing singles beforehand.

Early life

Alan A. was born in Nantes, France and was raised in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, by his father Christian and mother Marie-Madeleine along with sisters Chrystèle and Nathalie. His whole family, apart from his father who died in 2001, still lives there.

He studied in nearby town Blain, Loire-Atlantique and started taking singing lessons when he was 16. After completing his Baccalauréat, he moved to the nearby city of Nantes, where he studied English and American Language and Literature for a year. He then moved first to Paris and then to London, UK in 2004, working in department store Selfridges, and several restaurants and bars.

Music career