From: vidarh@cs.uit.no (Vidar Hanssen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.alternative,alt.music.alternative,rec.music.misc
Subject: Bel Canto discography
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:18:20 GMT
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway


				BEL CANTO DISCOGRAPHY
					  by
				    Vidar Hanssen

				    v1.0 (14.12.92)

				      thanx to:

  David Bodoh, Kjetil Torgrim Homme, Geir Jenssen, Jon-Erik Berg Johannessen, 
     Klaus Kluge, Gilles Lesventes, Stein Roervik, Ethan Douglas Straffin

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                                BRIEF HISTORY

Bel Canto is Nils Johansen and Anneli Marian Drecker. They was formed in 
Tromsoe, Norway in 1986 with third member Geir Jenssen. After half a year of 
composing and recording demos in Nils' bedroom, they went on Interrail with 
demo tapes in their baggage. After being turned down by 4AD and other labels, 
they finally got a deal with Crammed Disques, and moved to Brussels. The
first two albums (and associated singles) was released under the name Bel 
Kanto in Norway, since a norwegian choire also was called Bel Canto. 

After Birds Of Passage, Geir left to concentrate on his house project Bleep, 
later Biosphere. Anneli and Nils now live in Oslo, and Geir has moved back to 
Tromsoe. Precussionist Andreas Eriksen is recruited as a third associated 
member, helping out on live shows. In 1992 they where choosen as oficcial 
musicians for the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. They might make
music and jingles for the olympics, but nothing is decided yet. Geir is 
currently working on music for a short film based on a short story by Knut
Hamsun to be shot in Tromsoe in jan 93. A single by Biosphere is sheduled for 
january release on R&S/Apollo (Baby Satellite). Bel Canto will start recording 
new material in the winter/spring 93, and the next album is planned for late 
autumn release.

Anneli has also had a small acting carreer in Norway. She played the lead in 
'Sosken pa Guds jord' (85?), had a small part in a film in 87 - 88, and had a 
leading role in Svarte Pantere (92).

Bel Canto means 'beautiful song' in Italian...

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                                    DISCOGRAPHY

WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS 
	LP		1987	Crammed Discs 		CRAM 057	BE
	CD 		1987	Crammed Discs		CRAMCD 057	BE
	CD		1988 	Nettwerk/Crammed Discs 	W2-51		US/CA
	LP		1988 	Crammed Discs/Tokuma 	28CRL-3007	JA

	Blank Sheets / Dreaming Girl / Without You* / Capio / Agassiz / 
	Kloeberdanz / White-Out Conditions / Baltic Ice-Breaker / Upland /
	Chadeinoi**

* actually called Without Me, but a typo from Crammed renamed the track!
** extra track on CD re-issues


WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS PROMO 
	7"		1987 	Crammed/Sonet 		BEL-1		NO

	White-Out Conditions / Without You / Blank Sheets / Dreaming Girl


BLANK SHEETS
	7"		1988	Crammed Discs		CRAM 15457	BE

	Blank Sheets / Shaideinoi


WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS
	7"		1988	Crammed Discs 		CRAM 19457	BE

	White-Out Conditions / Maaligaabidaa


DREAMING GIRL
	12"		1989	Nettwerk		WI 3031		CA

	Dreaming Girl (noise funk mix) / Dreaming Girl (album mix) / Dreaming 
	Girl (martial mix)


BIRDS OF PASSAGE
	LP		1990	Crammed Discs		CRAM 065	BE
	CD		1990	Crammed Discs		CRAMCD 065	BE
	CD**		1990	Crammed Discs/CBS 	466556-2 	FR
	CD		1990 	IRS/Nettwerk 		IRSD-8663	US

	Look 3 / Dewy Fields / Continuum / The Suffering / The Glassmaker / 
	Picnic On The Moon* / Intravenous / Oyster / Birds Of Passage / A 
	Shoulder To The Wheel / Time Without End 

* CD only
** also as limited edition CD-box incl 3" CD-single: Oskorei / Maaligaabidaa


BIRDS OF PASSAGE
	LP/CD		1990	Nettwerk 		X2-13031	CA

	Intravenous / Birds of Passage / The Glassmaker / A Shoulder To The 
	Wheel / Time Without End / Oyster / Continuum / Dewy Fields / The 
	Suffering / Picnic On The Moon / Look 3*

* CD only


OSKOREI PROMO 
	CD-single	1990 	Crammed/CBS 		655761-2	FR

        Oskorei / Maaligaabidaa


BIRDS OF PASSAGE
	7"		1990	Crammed Discs		????		BE

	Birds Of Passage / Manupura


BIRDS OF PASSAGE
	12"		1990	Nettwerk		????		CA

	Birds Of Passage (extended version) / The Glassmaker / Birds of 
	Passage (LP-version)


SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL 
	7"		1991 	Crammed Discs		????		BE

	Shoulder To The Wheel (remix) / Shoulder To The Wheel (lp version)

- the single was mastered a bit too fast!


SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL US PROMO 
	CD-single	1991	IRS/Nettwerk 		IRSD-026	US

	Shoulder To The Wheel (remix radio edit) / Oyster (lp version) / 
	Shoulder To The Wheel (remix) / Shoulder To The Wheel (lp version)


SHIMMERING, WARM & BRIGHT 
	7"		1992	Crammed Discs		????		BE

	Shimering, Warm & Bright / Keena Maareme


SHIMMERING, WARM & BRIGHT
	12"		1992	Crammed Discs/WEA	????		NO

	Shimering, Warm & Bright (alien nation remix) / Shimering, Warm & 
	Bright  (tribal remix) 


SHIMMERING, WARM & BRIGHT
	CD-single	1992	Crammed Discs		CRAM 30455 CDS	BE
	CD-single	1992 	Crammed Discs/WEA 	9031-76507-2	NO

	Shimering, Warm & Bright (album version) / Shimering, Warm & Bright 
	(alien nation remix) / Shimering, Warm & Bright  (tribal remix) / 
	Keena Mareme

- the cover & label lists the album version as track 3, but this is the 
  actual track order. The radio-promo's has a sticker with the correct track 
  listing.


SHIMMERING, WARM & BRIGHT
	CD		1992	Crammed Discs 		CRAM 077 CD	BE
	CD 		1992 	Crammed Discs/WEA 	9031-76489-2	NO
	CD		1992 	Dali/Crammed Discs 	61412-2		US

	Unicorn / Summer / Die Geschichte Einer Mutter / Waking Will /
	Shimering, Warm & Bright / Sleep In Deep / Buthania / Le Temps Degage /
	Spiderdust / Mornixuur


SUMMER PROMO
	CD-single	1992	Crammed/WEA 		PRO-CD-0492	NO

	Summer


UNICORN
	CD-single	1992	Crammed Discs 		CRAM 30455 CDS	BE
	CD-single	1992 	Crammed Discs/EFA  	CD 07604 03	GE

	Unicorn (Steve Forward remix) / Ride The Unicorn / Unicorn 
	(a capella) / Unicorn (alien nation remix) / Keena Mareeme


UNICORN FR PROMO 
	CD-single	1992	Crammed/Sony		SAMP CD 1595	FR

	Keena Maareme / Beyond The Within / The Suffering (remix)


UNICORN
	CD-single	1992	Crammed/Columbia 	COL 657744 2	FR

	Unicorn* / Waking Wild / The suffering (remix)**

* Steve Forward Remix
** actually a 1992 re-recorded version


UNICORN REMIX 
	CD-single	1992	Crammed/Columbia	COL 657744 5	FR

	Unicorn (alien nation remix) / Ride The Unicorn / Unicorn (a cappella)


UNICORN US PROMO
	CD-single	1992	Dali/Crammed 		PRCD-8663	US

	Unicorn (edit) / Unicorn (Steve Forward remix) / Ride The Unicorn / 
	Unicorn (a capella) / Unicorn (alien nation remix) / Unicorn (album 
	version)


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                          TRACKS ON COMPILATIONS:


IT'S A CRAMMED, CRAMMED WORLD VOL 2 LP (1987 Crammed Discs CRAM 053)

	Agassiz


NETTWERK SOUND SAMPLER VOL III (1990? Nettwerk W2-30048)

	Shoulder to The Wheel (remix)


THE GREETINGS COMPACT VOL 2  CD (1990? Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90014) IT

	Maaligaabida


GIFTIGE LOGNER Soundtrack CD/LP (1991?) NO

	A Shoulder To The Wheel


SVARTE PANTERE Soundtrack CD (1992 Urban 517 278-2) NO

	Oskorei

- Sleep In Deep (?) is also featured in the film


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					SOLO:



E-MAN (Geir)

E-MAN 
	MC		1984	Likvider 		LIK V4025	NO

	The Difference / De Du Da Di / The Upland Part 1* / The Upland Part 
	2 / Great Nations / Jeg Er Moderne / Nibsy The Newsboy / Heaven And 
	Hell** / The Mission

* early version of Upland
** early version of Without Me
??? early version of Blank Sheets


----


+ (POSITIVE) (Nils) 

CHANGE THIS CIRCUS
	12"		1989 	SSR			????		BE

	Change This Circus [3 mixes]


----


BLEEP: (Geir)


(as I SAID BLEEP:)
SURE BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
	12"		1989 	SSR			????		BE

	Sure Be Glad When You're Dead* / Cycle 92

* vocals by Anneli


IN YOUR SYSTEM
	12"		1989 	SSR			12SSR94		BE

	In Your System / In Your System (joker mix)  


A BYTE OF AMC
	12"		1990 	SSR			???		BE

	A Byte Of AMC / A Byte Of AMC (chopper mix) 


NORTH POLE BY SUBMARINE 
	LP		1990 	SSR 			SSR 100		BE
	CD		1990 	SSR 			SSR 100 CD	BE

	A Byte Of AMC / The Operator / Mr Barth In The Sahara / A Fading 
	Dream* / The Conway Saddle / The Snake / Cycle 92 / In Your System / 
	Sure Be Glad When Your Dead** / A Byte Of AMC (wrong floppy mix)

- first pressing of the LP/CD had wrong track sequence on cover.
* Contains vocal samples from a early Bel Canto-demo.
** vocal by Anneli


NORSK EPLESLANG compilation
	MC 		1990 	Lillebror Label				NO

	includes Bleep: Lukenia


THE LAUNCHPAD
	12"		1991 	SSR 			12SSR106	BE

	The Launch Pad (asteroid flyby mix) / The Launch Pad (original comet 
	rendez vouz mix) / The Launch Pad (boomerang mix) / Mr. Barth In The 
	Sahara (transmutation mix)


----


BIOSPHERE (Geir)


THE FAIRY TALE PROMO 
	12"		1991 	Origo Sound				NO

	The Fairy Tale (original version) / The Fairy Tale (the faint source 
	version)


NOVA NORVEGIA - (GET) INTO THE ARCTIC GROOVE 
	dbl-12"/CD	1991	Second Hand Records	CSHR 114	NO

	includes:
		BIOSPHERE: Hypnophone
		TIME PROBE: Bite The Force*

* collaboration including Geir Jenssen


MICHROGRAVITY
	CD		1991	Origo Sound 		OCD 9105	NO
	LP/CD		1992 	R&S/Apollo				BE

	Michrogravity / Baby Satellite / Tranquilizer / The Fairy Tale / 
	Cloudwalker II / Chromosphere / Cygnus-A / Baby Interphase / Biosphere


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				CONTRIBUTIONS:


Y.B.U.: Keep It Up 12" (1990 SSR) 
	vocals by Anneli


MANUFACTURE: Running Mad (on 'Voice Of World Control' LP/CD, Nettwerk 1990)
     backing vocals by Anneli


TSUNEMATSU MATSUI: Song Of Joy CD/LP (1989 Crammed Discs CRAN 066 CD)
	In the Maze* / Any of the Man* / All Lined Up* / The Door / Yorokobi 
	No Uta** / On the Hop* / Silvery White Goddess* / Mother Crossing 
	Point* / Halbzeit

* lyrics and vocals by Anneli
** co-vocals by Anneli


SISTER RAIN: Shine 12" (1991 Voice Of Wonder VOW025)
	backing vocals by Anneli


MERCURY MOTORS: Balloons (on 'Abs. Garbage' CD, Sonet 1992) NO
	co-written & co-lead-vocals by Anneli


FAR OUT FISHING: Wipperly Wopperly Eyes 7" (1992 Plate Records) NO
	Backing vocals by Anneli


HECTOR ZAZOU: I'll Strangle You CD-single (1992 Crammed)
                                also on 'Sahara Blue' CD (1992 Crammed)
	vocals by Anneli and Gerard Departieau




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