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Biography

Velvet Belly's history dates back to Kristiansand in 1989, a period when the three gentlemen Sundgot (now changed his name to Leh), Aanensen and Rasmussen were searching for a female voice to accompany their little combo. This appeared in the magnificent voice of Anne Marie Almedal, who paradoxically proved to be the right one they were looking for, by not sounding like the vocal references they had imagined. The band who took their name from the repertoire of the 4AD-band, This Mortal Coil, started their search for a musical sound whe re all their personalities and ideas form a common expression.   Tor Henning Leh Anne Marie Almedal Pål Aanensen   Vidar Ersfjord   Kay Rune Rasmussen

History 2003 24th March 2003, The Velvet Belly's album called 'Velvet Belly', is released , (distributed by Playground) 27th February, Playground arranged a closed gig for Velvet Belly in Fabrikkan and invited people to this closed gig. This was the first gig in two years,and the first without Pål Aanensen.The gig was a live presentation of Velvet Belly's new album. 2002 June , Information was given that it was produced by Erik Honore (who's produced all Velvet Belly's other albums) and Jan Bang (DJ / producer). The new album was to be mixed in Kristiansand in June, and then they were hoping to release it in the autumn of 2002. January 9th , Erik Honore to say that Velvet Belly were working that weekend on recording their next album. 2001 april 23rd. The release of the album "Going Nine Ways From Wednesday" by Anne Marie Almedal, Jan Bang, Erik Honori and Nils Christian Moe-Repstad January 28th Concert at Kristiansand Museum of Art for Going Nine Ways From Wednesday" featuring Anne Marie Almedal, Jan Bang and Erik Honori 2000 july 1st Ruisrock festival , Turku, Finland (also, in connection with the Ruisrock festival, there was an interview with Anne-Marie in both the Helsingin Sanomat (the weekend before) and Rumba magazine. However The Unofficial Velvet Belly Page has no access to this) april 25th  London - Camden - The Monarch (up stairs in the Barfly Club) The gig at the Camden Monarch was recorded for broadcasting at two later dates over the internet, firstly on the Student Broadcast Network (www.sbn.co.uk) and then on ChannelFly (www.channelfly.com) , however these dates never seemed to come to the surface. april 24th  La Botanique, Bruxelles (supporting Gomez) april 23rd  Schjindel Paaspop Festival april 21st  AMSTERDAM - PARADISO (London Calling) april 20th  TILBURG - 013 ( overdag RADIO 3 FM live bij HENK WESTBROEK ) april 19th   GRONINGEN - VERA march 31st Vidar Ersfjord is playing keyboards for "Claudia Scott", at the Kafe Kurth march 20th Lucia(international import version) releasedin the UK, only one copy appears to hit the shelf in the central London record shops in Virgin Picadilly, the rest have all mysteriously dissappeared presumed lost or stolen, maybe the pixies had taken them away, could this have been a sign of divine intervention pointing towards good fortune. (Lucia soon makes it's way onto the shelves of the other central London shops soon and sells out at Tower Records pretty soon.) february 28th <<Lucia>>(featuring the boilerhouse remix of 'easy', and the Kate Bush cover, the man with the child in his eyes) was released on sale in Scandinavia and several other countries, also available in the US at Virgin Megastores and Tower Records on import from Norway (via. Lightning Export) january 7th Troubadour Groningen, Netherlands Eurosonic & Noordeslag Music Festivals   1999 december 11th Paradiso in Amsterdam , Netherlands december 10th Stairway To Heaven in Utrecht ,Netherlands june, Dazed and Confused publish an article on Velvet Belly 'Belly Up" may 20th John Dee 1998 november 12th VELVET BELLY & BIOSPHERE Det Akademiske Kvarter, Bergen 1997 october 9th Union Rockeklub october 22nd Wednesday Subsirkus in Tromsø This year saw the release of the original version of Lucia, released in Norway. 1996 June 29 - 30 Kalvöya,(Sandvika outside Oslo) June 15th Kloppstockfestivalen Viubråtan, by Harestua (about 40km north of Oslo) may 15th Sentrum Scene march 1st. Ås, Halvors Hybel, Studentersamfundet march 2nd.Trondheim, Storsalen, Studentersamfundet march 5th.Amsterdam, Paradiso march 7th.Bergen, Det Akademiske Kvarter march 8th.Stavanger, Folken march 11th.Bø i Telemark, Studenterkroa, "Viko 96, 8-17 march march 12th.Tønsberg, Studentene (tbc) march 13th.Kongsvinger (tbc) march 15th.Molde, DH-kroa march 16th.Volda, Brygga, Studentersamfundet march 18th.Oslo, Høyskolen på Bislet (lukket konsert) (VIP only) march 20th.Haugesund, Flytten (tbc) march 22th.Kristiansand, Vaskeriet march 23th.Oslo, Rockefeller march 27th.Stockholm, Studion, Trastokfestivalen 96 march 28th.Vaxsjø, STV march 29th.Gøteborg, Underground (tbc)= listed when the listwas released as 'to be confirmed' on Anders haavies Hompage february 12th Release of the album "The Landing" 1995 october 12th,Thursday,Åpne Dager august 12th Hultsfred Festival 95, Sweden juli 05. - 09. Quart-festivalen 95. Kristiansand june 29-30 & July 1-2 (On one of these days played at) ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 95 The Polar Music Festival in Tromsø (date??) 1994 july 21nd -24th QUART FESTIVAL KRISTIANSAND-NORWAY june 22nd TAMPERE 1992 march 20th-24th The album colours is recorded in Oslo 1991 february, Tracks 1,2,7 and 8 of the album Colours are recorded (More dates of note will be added later)