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Christer

About Me


Performing to thousands at Groovin The Moo in Townsville, Australia
02.08.09 | March Tour & Canadian Music Week showcase
02.02.09 | Australian Festival Dates Announced!
She totes a tiny MacBook and massive talent, destined to vivify Canada's electropop music scene; Christer has arrived! The Vancouver-based laptop princess is humble, describing her songs as uncomplicated and accessible, which were originally laid down in a one-room music studio and sampled from basic beat software. At the beginning of 2008 Christer took her laptop and stormed Vertical Studios with producer Tom Dobrzanski (Hey Ocean!, Said The Whale). Their combined talent layered the beats and elevated Christer’s vocals in all the right places, giving birth to Techna, an imaginative album of deeply addictive dance hits.
To read more, download Christer's one sheet
Christer - "How You Like It"
Christer - "Trees and Rockets"
Feature in Scene Magazine - Australia (05/06/2009)
Feature in Art of Influence Magazine
Feature in The Georgia Straight (03/26/09)
Interview in The Georgia Straight (03/26/09)
Feature in Vancouver Sun (03/25/09)
Video Interview on Space TV's The Circuit (03/09)
Interview in E! Online (03/10/09)
Techna review in Vancouver Province (03/10/09)
"an electronic, synthetic sound that invites a comparison to early Goldfrapp"
Interview in Townsville Bulletin - Australia (02/26/09)
Techna review in The Reflector (02/11/09)
"If you are a techno freak or just like to dance around your living room to some kickin’ beats, Techna is your kind of album."
Techna review in Vue Weekly (02/05/09)
"Her ability as an electronic artist to inhabit so many soundscapes is admirable, and when she’s working in the quieter regions of electro she really nails it."
Techna review in The Spill magazine
"Mixing equal parts ambient, trip hop and synth rock, Christer’s Techna spans several electronic genres but at the heart of it all, contains tunes fit for the dance floors."
Interview in One Cool Word magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/04/2006
Band Website: www.christer.ca
Band Members: : :
"Beat machine, beat machine, beat machine."

URL: http://www.christer.ca

Women and men of the tronic genre, i.e. Miss Kittin, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Peaches, The Knife, Imogen Heap, Ellen Allien. Planningtorock, Portishead, Lykke Li, Missy Elliot, MIA, Santogold, Yelle, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, Muscles and The Presets, to name a few.

Dancy glam-rock synth-jazz pop thunder.

CHRISTER's Live Band
Christer - vocals
McNo - guitar, keys, percussion, vocal effects/sampling
Col. "Spruce" Angus - drums

TECHNA | February 24, 2009

Record Label (CAN):

File Under: Music

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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

March tour + Canadian Music Week showcase

I'm very excited to announce my first tour and my first time performing at Canadian Music Week!8 Mar 2009The Media Club, VancouverSupporting Pop Levi *Tour Kickoff!*11 Mar 2009Van Goghs Ear, GuelphS...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:12:00 GMT

Australian Festival Dates Announced!

Christer has been confirmed for three festival dates in Australia in May:2 May, 2009Groovin the Moo TownsvilleLou Litster Park, Boundary St, Railway Estate Townsville QLD 48109 May, 2009Groovin the Mo...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Album is COMPLETE!

This has been such an exciting year, watching all my little songs slowly blossom and conglomerate into their own mini-masterpiece. I am so proud of Techna and really hope that the fans enjoy this mus...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:18:00 GMT

Good news!

Ok, so I posted the new How You Like It (couldn't resist) Also, great news! How You Like It has been approved for Maneuvers 2, a Vancouver electronic music compilation due out in the new year! Chec...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:35:00 GMT

Album evolution

The album is officially happening!!!This weekend was predominantly spent in Vertical Studios with musical genius Tom Dobrzanski, where "How You Like It" was magically transformed from the cute cool to...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:59:00 GMT

About "Cadaver"

Cadaver was the first electro track I ever made back in 2005.  I've recently rediscovered it and am excited to share it again today, with the fans : )More importantly, Halifax-native DnB guru Loc...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:29:00 GMT

"adieu" sunbiz remix

As you all may have heard, Christer is in the process of recording a full length album, due out late this year (possibly early 2008)  With the help of local hip hop producer Sunbiz, Christer's th...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:42:00 GMT

Big news

Christer has just won a $1500 grant from the lovely Canadian government which will be used towards the recording and production of her very first full-length album!  She plans to recruit many loc...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:44:00 GMT

Thank you

Hey all,Christer had her busiest month this July with three shows and a new song under her belt entitled "So Alive" to be posted on MySpace shortly. This is a sincere thank you to all the people that ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:51:00 GMT

About "adieu"

Adieu was written in an effort to focus on lyrics.  So here they are:"adieu"by Christer ..[if !supportEmptyParas]--> ..[endif]-->sticking to you like a piece of gumon the sole...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:14:00 GMT