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Danish Band Signs Contract after Eurosonic Performance
Envelope is now being released in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.
This week-end at the big show case festival, Eurosonic, the new Danish band, Envelope, succeeded in signing a contract with the Dutch record label AG Music. Their first deal is to release the double single ”Morning Girl/Stay” from their debut, ”Stay”, which was put out in Denmark in October 2001.
So far, the new label, AG Music, has had great success with national bands and soloists, perhaps due to their focus on Indie pop/rock and singer/songwriter. The company first heard Envelope’s album at the German show case festival, Popkomm, and subsequently invited them to play at the Eurosonic festival to experience them live on stage.
Behind Envelope is the Swedish record label, Turmic Records, which up till now has released Envelope’s music in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Korea. Now also including the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.
Currently, Envelope is working on their second album which is to be produced by Mark Berry, former assistant to Sir George Martin. Among others, Berry has been working with David Bowie, Duran Duran and Talk Talk.
It was also at last year’s Popkomm mess that Mark Berry got hold of the ”Stay” album. Later that same year, he was in Stockholm to produce an album. ”On the way back he calls asking if we can meet. Of course we can. So he shows up in Copenhagen on his way back to the U.S.”, explains drummer, Jesper Valentin Holm who has been the band’s drummer ever since the original drummer, Morten Steenhold, was tragically killed in a car accident on New Year’s Eve 1998/99.
Jesper continues:
Mark Berry is extremely thrilled with ”Stay” – thinks the songs are fantastic and wants to produce our next album. Since we met him he has helped us getting in contact with a Canadian/American label with whom we are presently negotiating about recordings. Moreover, Mark has released our two songs ”Stay” and ”Morning Girl” on a compilation CD released by his own label, Attack Records, to college radios and radio stations all over USA and Canada.
In April 2002, Envelope won the Indie Band Search 2002 contest, arranged by the American label Mod Music. Envelope is number 1 on the 16 song compilation CD, ”Indie Choice”, just recently released in America. After listening to it, the legendary music magazine Billboard wrote: ”If you are an A&R exec in a shopping mood, Indie Choice is a must hear.”
- Gaffa (the leading Danish music magazine.
Danish Band Signs Contract after Eurosonic Performance
Envelope is now being released in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.
This week-end at the big show case festival, Eurosonic, the new Danish band, Envelope, succeeded in signing a contract with the Dutch record label AG Music. Their first deal is to release the double single ”Morning Girl/Stay” from their debut, ”Stay”, which was put out in Denmark in October 2001.
So far, the new label, AG Music, has had great success with national bands and soloists, perhaps due to their focus on Indie pop/rock and singer/songwriter. The company first heard Envelope’s album at the German show case festival, Popkomm, and subsequently invited them to play at the Eurosonic festival to experience them live on stage.
Behind Envelope is the Swedish record label, Turmic Records, which up till now has released Envelope’s music in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Korea. Now also including the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg.
Currently, Envelope is working on their second album which is to be produced by Mark Berry, former assistant to Sir George Martin. Among others, Berry has been working with David Bowie, Duran Duran and Talk Talk.
It was also at last year’s Popkomm mess that Mark Berry got hold of the ”Stay” album. Later that same year, he was in Stockholm to produce an album. ”On the way back he calls asking if we can meet. Of course we can. So he shows up in Copenhagen on his way back to the U.S.”, explains drummer, Jesper Valentin Holm who has been the band’s drummer ever since the original drummer, Morten Steenhold, was tragically killed in a car accident on New Year’s Eve 1998/99.
Jesper continues:
Mark Berry is extremely thrilled with ”Stay” – thinks the songs are fantastic and wants to produce our next album. Since we met him he has helped us getting in contact with a Canadian/American label with whom we are presently negotiating about recordings. Moreover, Mark has released our two songs ”Stay” and ”Morning Girl” on a compilation CD released by his own label, Attack Records, to college radios and radio stations all over USA and Canada.
In April 2002, Envelope won the Indie Band Search 2002 contest, arranged by the American label Mod Music. Envelope is number 1 on the 16 song compilation CD, ”Indie Choice”, just recently released in America. After listening to it, the legendary music magazine Billboard wrote: ”If you are an A&R exec in a shopping mood, Indie Choice is a must hear.”
- Gaffa (the leading Danish music magazine.
Discography
"It All Looks Different When You're Leaving" - the second single of second Envelope album, in rotation on the biggest Danish National Radio.
"Open Window", the first single of second Envelope album, in rotation on Danish National Radio P3.
"Open Window", synchronized to American TV show "One Tree Hill", produced by Warner Bros. and airing world-wide.
"Open Window", featured by American magazine "New Music Weekly" (NMW) as well as released to radio stations on compilation album, "Future Hits 21".
Debut album: "Stay" (Available in most download stores)
Single, "Stay", rotation on 26 radio stations in Sweden - A-lsited on 10.
Single, "Morning Girl", heavy rotation on Danish P3.
Single "Stay" released in the US by New York based Indie label, Mod Music, on the compilation album, "Indie Pop 2002".
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Bio
CHRISTOFFER HØYER
Christoffer is a writer/performer/producer who has been writing and playing songs since he was a little boy.
He has been involved in the music industry for many years and is collaborating with major writers in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan.
Chris’s song, “In the Money”, has just been translated into Finnish and recorded by Finland’s fourth best selling artist, Simo Silmu. Simo’s album, “In The Red House” (Warner Music), is currently (Sept. 2008) #5 on the Finnish album chart.
The song, “Everything You Do”, just got signed by All Around the World Records. Chris wrote the song with British producers Danny Kirsch and Mark Breeze.
The song “All I Need To Know” has been signed for released by Big Star Records. Chris wrote the song with British producer team, “Saturn”.
Chris’ songs, “Open Window”, placed on American TV show, “One Tree Hill”. The show is produced by Warner Bros. and broadcast all over the world.
Christoffer also have song placements on American TV show, “Good Girls Don’t”. The show aired on Oprah Winfrey’s channel “The Oxygen Network”.
In October 2008, the second Envelope album, “Open Roads Lonely Trains” got released in Denmark. Envelope is Chris’ solo project/band.
The new album contains 12 songs, written by Chris as well as a few co-written tracks with British Adam Argyle, Japanese Hiroaki Serizawa, Danish Boe Larsen and American Maurice Hawkesworth.
The album is produced by Chris and producer, Boe Larsen (Michael Learns to Rock, Hanne Boel, Søren Sko…).
Envelope’s debut album, “Stay”, was released in the autumn of 2001. The album contained eleven songs all written by Christoffer, and the singles were in heavy A- rotation on the national radio stations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
2001-2003, Chris spent touring with Envelope.
In 2001, he performed at the biggest Scandinavian festival, “Roskilde Festival”.
In 2002, he played the second biggest, “Midtfyns Festival”.
He also performed twice on the Danish, National TV show, “Good Morning Denmark” as well as played to two million viewers on the “Snurre Snups Søndagsklub Show”.
Apart from Scandinavia, Envelope has also toured the U.K., the U.S.A. and Belgium.
Among many others, Christoffer is regularly working with writers such as:
- Rick Garcia (L.A.) – song placements in films like “Brokeback Mountain”, “Collateral”,
“Next”…
- Hiroaki Serizawa (Japan) – his works have sold in excess of 15 million units in Asia
- Adam Argyle (U.K./L.A.) – wrote the single “Next Best Superstar” for Melanie C.
- Danny Kirsch (U.K.) – many top ten hits in the U.K. Among many others: Jurgen Vries ft. Charlotte Church, “The Opera Song” (Brave New World), UK chart # 3…
- Pamela O-Land (L.A.) – lyricist for Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Selena, Frank Sinatra, The Jacksons, Gladys Knight…
- Helene Muddiman (U.K./L.A.) – composed many scores for film and TV as well as songs for artists such as Emma Bunton, Elvis Costello, Gary Numan, King, Alison Limerick. Wrote Emma Bunton’s single “Free Me” which reached # 5 in the U.K. charts.
- Michael Jay (L.A.) –writer for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Celine Dion, Eminem, Jon Secada, Mandy Moore, Lara Fabian, Peter Allen and many more…
- Johnny Jam (Denmark) – produced the album “Aquarium” for Danish band “Aqua” (28 million units sold).
Christoffer continues to work hard as a songwriter, writing his own material as well as material for other artists. He keeps a focus on his own songs by performing regularly with his band, Envelope - as well as on his own with a guitar or a piano.
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