Anabel Englund

Anabel Englund
Background information
Born (1992-09-01) September 1, 1992
New York City, United States
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • model
Years active 2011–present
Labels Defected
Associated acts
Website anabel-englund.com

Anabel Englund (born September 1, 1992)[1] is an American singer and songwriter from Southern California. She is best known for her collaborative work with electronic music group Hot Natured and producer Marc Kinchen.[2]

Early life

Born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles[3] to a musical family, her father is American actor and singer Morgan Englund, her grandfather is the director-producer George Englund and her grandmother, Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman. Leachman inspired her granddaughter to become a singer. "My grandmother would make me sing in front of her actor friends but I'd be so shy, I'd have to face away," she recalls.[4] Englund regularly cites her major influence as being Madonna.[5]

Career

She made her first foray as a performer at the Christian youth group she attended aged 16, and became a singer-songwriter at Disney-owned US TV network ABC Family supplying theme songs and other material for television shows.[2] During 2010 and 2011, she wrote and performed largely piano-driven ballads both on her own and as part of a duo named Suburban Nightlife.[5] In late 2012, she met producers Lee Foss and Jamie Jones,[4] and, together with Mark Kinchen (MK), she collaborated on the song "Electricity," released through Hot Creations. The house track was lauded in the electronic music community and added to rotation on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix playlist in January 2013.[6][7][8]

The success of the track raised Englund's profile and she took part in the sessions that would become the 2013 album Different Sides of the Sun by British-American electronic/house group Hot Natured. She featured on three tracks: "Reverse Skydiving," "Mercury Rising" and "Emerald City."[9] Remixes of these songs also highlighted Englund's contribution,[10][11] while "Reverse Skydiving" reached number fifty-six on the Official UK Singles Chart.[12] Englund then performed with Hot Natured at major music festivals around the world and also collaborated with Kinchen and Foss to form the Pleasure State project.[2][13] Their debut EP Ghost In the System was released by Hot Creations on December 1, 2014.[14] Earlier that year, Englund revealed she had signed a record deal with Three Six Zero, in partnership with Warner Bros. and Warner/Chappell Music, and was working on her debut solo album.[2][15] She also signed a modeling contract with Britain's leading agency Models 1.[16]

In October 2016, Defected Records announced they would be releasing Englund's debut solo single, "London Headache," on November 14, 2016, described as a "piece of alternative pop/house, with elements of disco running throughout [...] coupled with her deeply personal lyrics".[17] Englund also begun her own event that same year titled Gari Safari, consisting in a series of live shows.[18][19]

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected details
Title Album details
Anabel Englund[upper-alpha 1]
Ghost In the System
(as part of Pleasure State)

Singles

Promotional singles

Guest appearances

Music videos

List of music videos, with selected details
Title Year Director(s)
"Hard To Forget"
(with Tyler Blackburn)
2012 Hannah Lux Davis[33]
"Reverse Skydiving"
(Hot Natured featuring Anabel Englund)
2013 Chloe Hayward[34]
"Ghost In the System"
(Pleasure State)
2014 Stephen Garnett[35]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Released through ABC Family for television shows theme music purposes.

References

  1. "About". Anabel Englund. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ralston, William (June 4, 2014). "Time Spent With – Anabel Englund". Abouttimemagazine.co.uk.
  3. Caruso, Chris (August 20, 2014). "Anabel Englund Talks New Hot Natured Sessions, Solo Album, & Favorite DJs". DJ Times.
  4. 1 2 "Hello: Anabel Englund". Mixmag.net. March 24, 2014. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Anabel Englund – Biography – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  6. "Lee Foss & MK feat. Anabel Englund – Electricity EP". Globetronica. November 29, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  7. Kurtz, Troy (November 19, 2012). "[Review] Lee Foss & Mk Feat. Anabel Englund – Electricity EP". Gotta Dance Dirty. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  8. Worthy, Stephen (December 4, 2012). "Lee Foss & MK feat. Anabel Englund – Electricity EP". Resident Advisor. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Different Sides of the Sun by Hot Natured on iTunes". Apple Inc. August 30, 2013.
  10. Fitzmaurice, Larry (May 6, 2013). "Hot Natured "Reverse Skydiving (Benoit & Sergio Remix)" [ft. Anabel Englund]". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  11. "iTunes – Music – Reverse Skydiving (feat. Anabel Englund) [Remixes] – EP by Hot Natured". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  12. "Hot Natured - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. 18 November 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  13. Caruso, Chris (June 17, 2014). "Triple The Pleasure: Lee Foss, MK, & Anabel Englund on Pleasure State". DJ Times.
  14. 1 2 "Hot Creations introduce Pleasure State". Resident Advisor. October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  15. "Three Six Zero Teams with Warner on New Record Label, Music Publishing Division". Billboard. July 29, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  16. "Models 1: Anabel Englund - Portfolio". Models 1. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014.
  17. "London Headache by Anabel Englund". Evlear. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  18. 1 2 "Defected - Anabel Englund - London Headache". Defected Records. October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  19. "Gari Safari: Anabel Englund, Human Life, Taches, & More". Resident Advisor. February 20, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  20. "Anabel Englund - EP by Anabel Englund on iTunes". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  21. "Hard to Forget - Single by Tyler Blackburn & Anabel Englund on iTunes". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  22. "Once a Year - Single by Anabel Englund on iTunes". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  23. "Be With Me – Single by Anabel Englund on iTunes". Apple Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  24. "Gone feat. Anabel Englund". Bandcamp.com. The Good Boys. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  25. "In Time Featuring Anabel Englund by PeaceTreaty on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  26. "PatrickReza – Come Alive (Featuring Anabel Englund) (Free Download)". SoundCloud. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  27. EDM Network. "Dubstep Music: Here to remind you why it's cool to have ears". Dubstep.net. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012.
  28. "Electricity Feat. Anabel Englund (Original Mix) by MK, Lee Foss on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  29. "Falling (Original Mix) by Human Life, Anabel Englund on Beatport". Beatport.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  30. "VIBE Premiere: Jez Dior 'Scarlett Sage'". Vibe.com. June 12, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  31. "Human Life and Anabel Englund Work Together on 'El Diablo'". Mixmag. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  32. "Human Life and Anabel Englund – Talk To Me". Humanlifemusic.com. December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  33. "Tyler Blackburn & Anabel Englund - Hard To Forget (2012)". IMVDb. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  34. "Hot Natured - 'Reverse Skydiving'". Thefourohfive.com. April 26, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  35. "Lee Foss, MK, & Anabel Englund Debut Pleasure State 'Ghost In The System' Video". DJ Times. November 18, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2016.

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