Fever Ray
| Karin Dreijer Andersson | |
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Andersson performing as Fever Ray in October 2009
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| Birth name | Karin Elisabeth Dreijer |
| Also known as | Fever Ray |
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7 April 1975 Nacka, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Website | feverray |
Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson (born 7 April 1975 in Nacka, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She was one half of the electronic music duo The Knife, formed with her brother Olof Dreijer. Andersson was previously the vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Honey Is Cool. Andersson released her debut solo album under the name Fever Ray in 2009.
Her vocal style is notable for both shrill and deep tones, and also the use of multitracked vocals, with different uses of pitch-shifting technology on each track, creating an intricate and mysterious effect. Visually, Andersson employs the use of masks, face and body paint, intricate costumes, and other theatrical elements in photo shoots, videos and live performances, during which she often performs behind a gauze screen that partially obscures her from view.
While The Knife was on hiatus, Andersson released her self-titled solo debut album Fever Ray digitally on 12 January 2009 and physically on 18 March 2009 via Rabid Records, preceded by its lead single If I Had a Heart, released digitally on 15 December 2008. The song was used at the end of episode 15 of the first season of Person of Interest (TV series), an American Television series on February 16, 2012. The song was later used the 31 July 2011 episode of American television series Breaking Bad, as well as becoming the main title music for the Canadian-Irish historical drama television series Vikings, which premiered on 3 March 2013. The song was also used in Season 3, Episode 3 of the Australian women's prison drama Wentworth.
In 2009, Andersson composed the soundtrack to Dirty Diaries, a collection of feminist pornographic short films. In a review of the collection, Swedish newspaper Smålandsposten described the soundtrack as appropriate to the film, though repetitive.
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