Obel's first album was also a commercial success. She's a fey siren, with a dusky, near-whispered vocal that speaks to Ane Brun or Eva Cassidy." French journalists have called her "A revelation to follow". In the French cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles, Johanna Seban spoke about a "disarming purity" and stated, "There is, in these deeply melancholic ballads, the clearness and reassuring nobility of bedside discs." In Musicomh, Ben Edgell wrote that Obel "sings with a hushed and tender grace that waxes wistful and serene over yearning cello, harp, and piano vignettes. are slow, sombre, sepulchral even, but not without a sense of occasionally singular beauty". Philharmonics has garnered generally positive reviews with, for example, James Skinner from the BBC saying that "the compositions. Obel at the Cirque Royal, Brussels (2011) Furthermore, Obel did a duet with Editors singer Tom Smith, performing "The Christmas Song" by Mel Tormé – to be found on the Smith & Burrows album Funny Looking Angels (released in November 2011). In Live à Paris, released on 11 April 2011 on iTunes, she sings a cover of Elliott Smith's "Between The Bars". You can say they are like two equal voices." She has said that, "The music is the most obvious means to express what I am, where I am." Īll of the songs on Philharmonics are original work except "Close Watch" ("I Keep A Close Watch" by John Cale) & " Katie Cruel" (a folk traditional as the iTunes bonus track of the album). I always was attracted by simple melodies, almost childish.(…) I put a long time before writing texts because the music seems to tell already a story, to project images." According to Obel, her piano is much more than an instrument: "The piano and the singing are two equal things to me – maybe not inseparable but very connected. "The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me. She wrote, played, sang, recorded, and produced all the material herself. Obel debuted as a solo singer with her first album Philharmonics (2010). I gave up quickly my musical studies to learn sound techniques."Ĭareer 2008–2010: Philharmonics
"At seventeen,(.) I met a man who was running a studio. However, she quickly dropped out of school.
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She attended high school at Det frie Gymnasium, a free school where she was able to play a good deal of music. She plays a pupil who shares her table with the new student Andreas (Holger Thaarup). Credited as Agnes Obel, she appears in two scenes. Her brother, Holger Thaarup, played the main character in the movie. In 1994, she had a small part in the short film The Boy Who Walked Backwards / Drengen der gik baglæns by Thomas Vinterberg. The group appeared at a festival and recorded some tunes. In 1990, she joined a small band as a singer and bass guitar player. Johansson's songs, European folk tunes done in a jazzy style, have been a strong influence on her musically. I was never forced to play anything else." During her childhood, she found inspiration in Jan Johansson's work. About her learning, she said: "I had a classical piano teacher who told me that I shouldn't play what I didn't like. Obel learned to play the piano at a very young age. Her mother, Katja Obel, a civil servant, used to play Bartók and Chopin on the piano at home. He loved to collect strange objects and instruments. She and her younger brother, Holger, grew up in an unconventional environment, with a father who had three children from another marriage. Her fourth album, Myopia was released in February 2020.Īgnes Caroline Thaarup Obel was born in Gentofte, Copenhagen on 28 October 1980, the elder of two siblings. It features artists such as Nina Simone, Henry Mancini, Ray Davies, Michelle Gurevich, Can, and Yello.
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In 2018, she curated and performed a compilation album for Late Night Tales series titled Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel. Obel's third album Citizen of Glass (2016) received acclaim from music critics and the IMPALA Album of the Year Award 2016. Her second album Aventine (2013) received positive reviews and charted inside the top 40 of the charts in nine countries. At the Danish Music Awards in November 2011, Obel won five prizes, including Best Album and Best Debut Artist. Her debut album, Philharmonics (2010), was released by PIAS Recordings, and was certified gold in June 2011 by the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA) after selling 10,000 units. Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel (born 28 October 1980) is a Danish singer, songwriter, and musician based in Berlin.
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