Christian Kjellvander

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Christian Kjellvander is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Before going solo, he played in the alt country band Loosegoats. He has also recorded and played with his brother Gustaf Kjellvander. Their project went under the name Songs of Soil.

In January 2006 Kjellvander performed on tour in Germany with Lloyd Cole and Dirk Darmstaedter .

[edit] Biography

CHRISTIAN KJELLVANDER "FAYA" (Startracks / V2 / BAMD) release 19 October, 2005

"Faya" is the second solo album from Sweden's leading alt-country singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander and follows the 2002 breakthrough début "Songs From A Two-Room Chapel".

After a number of albums with his band Loosegoats and an acclaimed album made together with his brother Gustaf under the project name Songs of Soil, the début was released in the fall of 2002. The success that followed was not immediate but steadily grew after Grammy nominations, various TV appearances and a tour that seemingly never ended. He returned to the same towns more than just a few times and each time the venues were larger and new faces joined in the enthralled audiences. The Songs tour finally ended in the fall of 2003 with a string of concert hall shows with a full band including a string section.

Then there was silence…Christian spent this period travelling - he went back to the US where he lived for a good part of his childhood. Here, writing parts of the new album, playing the odd solo shows as well as opening up for The Cardigans. During this time many parts of the world discovered his astonishing début and the album was released in the UK, France, Germany - and upon his return from the US he returned for live work….and all of a sudden three years had already passed.

The wait is finally over….!

The new album is recorded in an old school in Skåne in Sweden's South. It has been mixed by Craig Schumacher (Giant Sand, Calexico etc) who came to the Skåne to polish the rough diamond.

In Christian's own words:

"Hey peoples,

Well last night I finally finished the new album. We started with a bunch of songs, a couple of guys, a couple of gals and a lot of food - after about two months of sleepless nights and good times it's finished. "Faya" as I dubbed her was recorded in an old school house on a hill (appropriately named "a house on the hill") and we basically moved a complete 24 track studio into this beautiful abode.

The atmosphere of the room was seductive and I am truly grateful to the people who put their souls, or something like it, into this project....Anders Tingsek, Per Nordmark, Daniel Frank, Dan Englund, Peter Anderson, Lotta Wenglén, Nina Persson, Tomas Ebrelius, Carl Granberg, Craig Schumacher, David Carlson, Johan Hansson, Kerstin o Anna Grevelius, Tias Carlson etc etc.

I think she'll be out on the 19th of October and within a couple of weeks I will once again be hitting the roads....and I will see you there. christian"

http://www.christiankjellvander.com http://www.startracks.se http://www.luger.se

[edit] Albums

• Songs From A Two-Room Chapel (2002)
• Introducing the past (2003)
• Faya (2005)

Albums/eps with Loosegoats:

• EP Small Lesbian Baseball Players (1995)
• EP mule habit (1996)
• EP Country Crock (1996)
• For Sale By Owner (1997)
• A Mexican Car In The Southern Field (Ep-collection 1997)
• EP Disdialogic (1997)
• Plains, Plateaus and Mountains. Rivers, Lakes and Seas. (1999)
• Her, the City, Et Al. (2001)

[edit] External link

• http://www.christiankjellvander.com/