Chansonoir is an Ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, Minimalist

Minimalist music

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 band formed in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

Sweden

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 by composer Fredrik Klingwall

Fredrik Klingwall

Fredrik Klingwall is a Swedish composer, musician and producer.-Biography:In 1995 Fredrik started writing instrumental music which became the foundation for Rising Shadows, a Neoclassical project that was started by Fredrik in 1996. With no real focus the project was put to rest and Fredrik...

 and Elena La Vie in 2008.

Biography

A duo formed by Swedish composer Fredrik Klingwall

Fredrik Klingwall

Fredrik Klingwall is a Swedish composer, musician and producer.-Biography:In 1995 Fredrik started writing instrumental music which became the foundation for Rising Shadows, a Neoclassical project that was started by Fredrik in 1996. With no real focus the project was put to rest and Fredrik...

 (of Loch Vostok

Loch Vostok

Loch Vostok is a progressive metal band from Uppsala, Sweden. Named after a subterranean lake in Antarctica, rose out of the collapse of progressive metal band Mayadome in 2001.-Biography:...

, Rising Shadows

Rising Shadows

Rising Shadows is a Neoclassical band formed in Stockholm, Sweden by composer Fredrik Klingwall in 1996.-Biography:Rising Shadows was originally started by Fredrik Klingwall as a one-man project under the name 'Shadow of the Concealed'....

 etc.) and vocalist Elena La vie. Released a single on Last Entertainment in 2008 called Count Von Cosels Obsession

Count Von Cosels Obsession

"Count Von Cosels Obsession" is the first single by Swedish group ChansoNoir featuring composer Fredrik Klingwall. The story about the track "Count Von Cosels Obsession" is based on the true case of Carl Tanzler who developed a morbid obsession for one of his patients...

 which also is featured in Andrey Iskanov's movie Ingression. The second single called Ligeia was released in 2010. This track was also featured in the Musea/Colossus compilation Tales of Edgar Allan Poe - A SyNphonic Collection.

Current members

• Elena La Vie - vocals
  Singing
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• Fredrik Klingwall
  Fredrik Klingwall
  Fredrik Klingwall is a Swedish composer, musician and producer.-Biography:In 1995 Fredrik started writing instrumental music which became the foundation for Rising Shadows, a Neoclassical project that was started by Fredrik in 1996. With no real focus the project was put to rest and Fredrik...
  
   - keyboard
  Keyboardist
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External links

• ChansoNoir at MySpace
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• ChansoNoir at Last.fm
  Last.fm
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• ChansoNoir at the Internet Movie Database
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