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Artist
Nikolaj Grandjean
12+ albums
alternativeloungedelicattessenindiedanish
about
Nikolaj Grandjean was born in 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Discovering his music talent early on, he started with writing songs for birthdays as a child. At early age he learned to play drums and was writing rap-lyrics, before moving on to playing guitar as a teen. Unlike his peers, Nikolaj instantly began writing his own material, instead of learning how to play known songs. At the beginning of his career Grandjean played in various rock bands, never really enjoying having to share the song writing with others. In collaboration with Danish singer Tanja Thulau and producer Per Vibskov he signed contract with Sony. After working on an album for 3 years, however, it was dropped by the label. Grandjean went on to write songs for various top 10 Danish artists and in the beginning of the millennium was nominated for a Danish Grammy. In collaboration with Tanja Thulau and young jazz musicians he forms bandLuke, making rather dreamy electronic sounds. Being a songwriter, guitarist and co-lead singer really puts Grandjean to work. Luke releases three albums, “Luke” (2003), “Nurse and Amaze” (2005), and “Guaratiba” (2006), and achieves another Grammy nomination for best Danish new act in 2003. During recordings with Luke on a mountainside in Brazil, Grandjean gets quite handy with the recording devices and with close friend, opera singer Mikkel Lomborg by his side, he decides to start recording his material himself as a proclaimed singer. This partnership defines a radical change i
