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Kate Havnevik

WORKING ON ALBUM 2!!!

About Me


Melankton also available on iTunes NOW!
www.katehavnevik.com
"Melankton takes your breath away..." – NEW YORK TIMES

"a remarkably accomplished debut" Recommended Album! – Q MAGAZINE

"Lush and intoxicating... great album" – THE SUNDAY TIMES

"Kate is the missing link between Björk, Goldfrapp and Air" – WHAT'S ON LONDON

"irresistible music" – MUSIC WEEK

“gorgeous, melodic voice with an ear for both beats and orchestration” Album of the week!! – URB

“a solid amount of challenging individuality” - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“a glowing, mostly electronic set…moving swiftly from gorgeous strings that wail like sirens to Havnevik's breathy, meditative melisma” – SPIN

“captivating, euphoric Nordic sound” – FILTER

“Weedy boys and dreamy girls will melt at these soaring epics and potential Bond themes” - THE LONDON PAPER

“Gorgeous” - NEW YORK POST

“impressive album with a fresh sound …what a debut this is!” - HEARD

“a breathtaking sonic landscape” - ARJAN WRITES

"advanced piece of music" – Nic Harcourt, KCRW

“…overseas favorite Kate Havnevik will prove that she has staying power here in the States with Melankton. The Scandinavian beauty's debut album is more fearless than it is dark – a bold assembly of dramatic musical elements…” – ZINK

“Melankton would be an impressive achievement for an artist in mid-career form, but as a debut, it stands as just one more amazing accomplishment that Kate Havnevik will have to try to surpass…” – AMPLIFIER

“Kate's angelic voice compliments the full sound of her piano, guitar and programmed electronica, creating emotional, sweeping tunes” – VOGUE

“a raven-coiffed flower housing an otherworldly voice that soars with a loveliness that cannot be contained” – SENTIMENTALIST

“Havnevik wraps herself in otherworldly fashions and send audience into meditative states with her whirling-dervish vocals” – MP3.COM

“emotionally charged mood album that resonates with a subtle sonic beauty” – GLIDE

“I haven't heard an album this lyrically inspiring since Björk's Medulla release” – ELECTRO PLANKTON

“Washed in a sultriness that could launch a dozen Bond films, Kate's luxurious voice floats over Icelandic jazz symphonies lit by lavish strings and subtle trip-hop beats. Slowly roasting dance-floor torch songs, Melankton whips existential speculation into alluring propositions for a sensual banquet whose angelic delivery is graced with devilish metaphysics” – MAXIMUM INK

“Kate Havnevik has a unique voice, which explores both the very deep and high reaches of her extraordinary vocal range. Her music is melodic, occasionally dramatic, but always very cool. With a touch of programming mixed with conventionally recorded instruments she creates the perfect soundscape to dress her songs and voice.” – SF STATION

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Member Since: 9/29/2005
Band Website: katehavnevik.com
Band Members: KATE HAVNEVIK RINGTONES!!!

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My Blog

Unlike Me Video MVPA nomination :-)

hey my UNLIKE ME video is nominated for the MVPA awards in the Adult Contemporary categori...... kinda nice.2008 MVPA Nominees have been announced for the 17th annual Music Video Production Awards Ass...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:43:00 PST

Video Diary 6 Harmonic Whirlies and studio life in Krakow...

Hiya So here is my Video Diary 6! watch it on ...www.youtube.com/katehavnevikIts been a good week with bad weather... so nice to be inside playing and working...!Guy's cat Ravi Shankar went missing, s...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Sun, 25 May 2008 12:09:00 PST

Oh Dear! :-)

Oh dear...oh dear...it's been another couple of months...where have I been??? I think I have been to the darkest, deepest oceans and the highest, most glorious mountain peaks.....back and forth...so...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Fri, 09 May 2008 05:38:00 PST

BACK FROM THE HOTEL CAFE TOUR

Hi allWow it’s been a while!!! :-)I have been caught up in s much stuff the last few months.&And& yesterday I just came back from my trip to the US doing the first week of the Hotel Cafe tour!I ...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:02:00 PST

HOTEL CAFE TOUR 2008! and babble...

hi hoAs you might have noticed on my page I have put up some new gig dates! They will all be with the Hotel Cafe Tour which starts the 6th of March! I am so excited to be part of the tour this year an...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:58:00 PST

Video Diary 5, Part 2, xmas play, iceskating and sami joik.

HEY I AM SO SORRY THERE IS NO PICTURE THIS TIME!!!!BUMMER ! I WILL UPLOAD THE VIDEO AGAIN... AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS....Hiya folks!So here is the second part of my Video Diary 5. I couldn't fit it ...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:17:00 PST

VIDEO DIARY 5, PART 1, Happy New Year !!!

Hiya everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! and THANK YOU for the old one! :-) YOU have been amazing!I guess I have had a little x-mas break from doing the video-diary's but now I am back! :-)I just uploaded Vi...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:12:00 PST

UPDATED Video Diary 4 - Tenori-On, Cake & Brad!

Hey again!!! So there was no sound on my video !!!!??? Terrible terrible terrible!!!Well it has been fixed now so go have have a look and a listen!kate xxx Hey, I just uploaded my Video Diary nr.4....
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:52:00 PST

Video Diary 3 London, Extreme makeover and Jim Bianco!

hi folks so i have a new Video Diary up ! :-)www.youtube.com/katehavnevikphew! I am so busy making these diary's!!!:-)Well, I am busy doing the album too.......!I have Brad with me in the studio righ...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:20:00 PST

Video Diary 2 - Kate in Krakow 2

Hello!So I have made my VIDEO DIARY 2 and its up on my youtube page !!!www.youtube.com/katehavneviksubscribe and leave a comment for me! ?I am back in London now and its nice to be back in my own flat...
Posted by Kate Havnevik on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST