ELEVENER

Symmetry in Motion (2011)

Elevener came to life as childhood friends Johan Bergquist (vocals, keyboards, bass) and Andreas Brodén (guitar, drums) joined forces in 2005 to make new music sounding as if the 90’s never had existed. The duo released the Elevener debut-album “When Kaleidoscopes Collide” in July 2008 on AOR Heaven. “When Kaleidoscopes Collide” generated rave reviews and was one of the most talked about debut albums on the AOR scene that year.

In January 2010, guitarist Magnus Lindqvist heard the Elevener debut and through a mutual friend.  He and Johan got together and soon realized they shared the same taste and ambitions in music and Lindqvist replaced Brodén who had left the project due to other commitments. As the hunt for the missing pieces began, Johan came to think of drummer Anton Roos (Saffire) whom he had seen playing on the Gothenburg club scene in early 2010.

Thanks to Magnus having played on the cover band circuit with singer Pierre Wensberg (Prisoner, Tommy Denander, Heartbreak Radio) and bass player Robert Garnold (Heartbreak Radio) were asked to join and to Johan’s delight Elevener had now evolved into a full band.

The new line-up started recording in late 2010, and in February 2011 they hooked up with Martin Kronlund at JM Studios (Paul Young, Phenomena, Overland etc.) to put the finishing touches on the new album called “Symmetry in Motion”.

Tracklist: Just As I Thought, Hypnotized, Written In Your Eyes, Dare To Love, Never would I, Heal Me, Cage of Broken Dreams, Tearing Me Down, For The Times We Share, You Got What, It Takes, Modern Times
 

When Kaleidoscopes Collide (2008)

Elevener came to life as childhood friends Johan Bergquist (vocals, keyboards, bass) and Andreas Brodén (guitar, drums) joined forces in 2005 to make new music sounding as if the 90’s never had existed. Johan & Andreas had played in numerous bands together during the mid- & late eighties and then moved on to pursue new musical adventures.
Throughout the nineties Johan developed his love for progressive rock and was the lead singer/keyboardist for Swedish progsters Scenario for five years. During those years Andreas went to USA and came back to Sweden as a slick soul & funk guitarist and earned his stripes doing studio sessions and playing clubs in Stockholm. As a keyboard player, Johan appeared on the Hammerfall album “Crimson Thunder” as well as on Stefan Elmgren’s Full Strike (both released in 2002). In 2002 Johan became the keyboard player for Swedish metal/hardrock band M.ill.ion who released the critically acclaimed “Kingsize” in 2004 and among the gigs that followed was a well received performance at the very first Firefest in 2005 and also a UK tour with MSG. In May 2008 M.ill.ion will release “Thrill of the Chase” (on AOR/Metal Heaven) an album that was recorded by Johan who also was very much involved in the song-writing (as on Kingsize previously).

At the dawn of the new millenium Johan & Andreas got together and soon realised that they both had gone full circle and returned to the music the grew up with; melodic rock/AOR. New songs were written and in 2005 the project known as “Elevener” was born. As the project rolled on it became a more & more serious matter and finally the album “When Kaleidoscopes Collide” was recorded and soon after that a deal was signed with AOR/Metal Heaven who will release the album in July 2008. The Elevener debut-album “When Kaleidoscopes Collide” was mixed by Tobias Lindell at Studio Bohus and mastered by Dragan Tanaskovic, also at Studio Bohus. The album contains 11 tracks of pure AOR, with the unique blend that is the sound of Elevener.

Track list: 1. This Heart Of Mine, 2. Say If You Want, 3. Shooting Star, 4. I Still Remember, 5. A Thousand Girls, 6. All I Did, 7. Her Eyes, 8. All Of My Life, 9.Waking Up Without You, 10.Could It Be You, 11. There She Goes
 

Releases:

Symmtry In Motion (2011)

Line-Up:

Pierre Wensberg - Lead Vocals
Johan Bergquist - Keyboards
Magnus Lindqvist - Guitars
Robert Garnold - Bass
Anton Roos - Drums

When Kaleidoscopes
Collide (2008)

Line-Up:

Johan Bergquist:
Vocals, Keyboards, Bass

Andreas Brodén:
Guitars, Drums

Official website:

www.elevener.com

http://www.myspace.com/elevenelevenagain

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