Amandine Beyer | id
Adam Beyer's music is synonymous with all that is exciting about techno. Having emerged as the figurehead of the hugely prolific Swedish techno scene, Beyer's focused and considered approach to his craft has worked to confirm his position as a globally recognized DJ and producer who headlines the worlds cutting edge clubs and festivals week-in-week-out. However life in music began for Beyer down in the grassroots; making the most of Stockholm's blossoming techno scene and working in the city's renowned Planet Rhythm record store. It was here that Adam hooked up with the triumvirate of Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull and...
Amandine Bourgeois is the winner of the 6th edition of the talent show "Nouvelle Star" (French version of "Pop Idol"). Born June 12th 1979, Amandine competed against Benjamin Siksou in the season finale that took place June 11th 2008. She ended up at the top spot. A nice birthday gift from her fans.
Throughout the whole season, Amandine impressed the judges and the audience with her bold and unexpected choices of song. She covered, amongst others, "Bring Me To Life" (Evanescence), "Hey You" (Pink Floyd), "River Deep Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner), "Nothing Compares 2U" (Prince / Sinead O'Connor)...
The story of Amandine starts in a small Swedish town called Sandviken. A place known mostly for its Iron works and its vicinity to slightly larger city Gävle. It is also the birthplace of Olof Gidlöf and John Andersson, who together with two friends crafted country-inspired pop songs for their own amusement and inbetween commitments to other groups. University studies had the two relocated to Umeå, further north and known as a music city in Sweden. There they met two friends, both named Andreas, who joined the band in 2003 after illness and family commitments forced a change in the...
Johanna Magdalena Beyer Born in 1888 in Leipzig, Germany. Died 1944 in New York. A composer, musicologist, pianist and pedagogue.The German-American artist, was initially trained in Germany, studied after emigration to the U.S., where she worked until the day she died as a piano teacher and composer.
Johanna Beyer was a composer who defies all too solid description. The musicologist Larry Polansky she believes is a composer of high rank. They have belonged to the first American composers to experiment with electronic music and written for percussion ensemble. On the whole it was based heavily on that atonal style as...
