{{short description|Danish musician and record producer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |name = Kenneth Bager |image = Kenneth Bager.jpg |caption = |image_size = 200px |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = Kenneth Bager |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|6|df=y}} |death_date = |origin = Denmark |instrument = |genre = Downtempo, chillout, electronic, dub, pop |occupation = Musician, record producer, DJ |years_active = Late 1980s–present |label = Music for Dreams |website = {{URL|http://www.kennethbager.dk}} }} '''Kenneth Bager''' (born 6 March 1962) is a Danish musician and record producer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b.dk/livsstil/bagerens-bekendelser|title=Bagerens bekendelser|trans-title=Bager's Confessions|last=Morck|first=Tonie Yde|date=September 10, 2008|work=Berlingske Tidende|language=Danish|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/03/new-band-kenneth-bager|title=Kenneth Bager (No 1,077)|last=Lester|first=Paul|date=August 3, 2011|work=The Guardian|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/ECE2305293/kenneth-bager-jeg-vil-bare-gerne-passe-mig-selv-og-udgive-noget-musik/|title=Kenneth Bager: Jeg vil bare gerne passe mig selv og udgive noget musik|trans-title=Kenneth Bager: I'll just take care of myself and make some music|last=Skjodt|first=Sabrina|date=June 1, 2014|work=Politiken|language=Danish|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/dkmusiknyt/article4109309.ece|title=Kenneth Bager: - Kjeld blev anerkendt til sidst|last=Thomsen|trans-title=Kenneth Bager became famous at last|first=Philip|date=March 22, 2011|work=Ekstra Bladet|language=Danish|accessdate=August 6, 2014}}</ref>
==History== Bager started his musical career back in the mid-1980s as a DJ.<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/kennethbager Kenneth Bager's myspace - History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222124242/http://www.myspace.com/kennethbager |date=February 22, 2009 }}</ref> In 1994, he released a compilation called ''Music for Dreams'' featuring, among others, Peter Gabriel and Michael Nyman. Bager received his breakthrough with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ''Fragments from a Space Cadet'' in 2006, for which he received the Danish Statens Kunstfond award.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110719130050/http://www.kunst.dk/musik/om-tilskud/hvem-har-faaet-tilskud/2006/praemieringer-2006-kunsfond/ Statens Kunstfonds præmieringer 2006] </ref> In 2007, Bager was amongst the performers at the annual Roskilde Festival.<ref>[http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/history/2007/band_schedule/date/1183908600/ Roskilde Festival 2007: Performance Schedule] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616100039/http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/history/2007/band_schedule/date/1183908600/ |date=June 16, 2009 }}</ref> From 2010 onwards, he released his work under the moniker "The Kenneth Bager Experience".
==Discography== *1994 - ''Music for Dreams'' *2006 - ''Fragments from a Space Cadet'' *2010 - ''Fragments from a Space Cadet 2'' *2010 - ''Naked Music Remix EP'' (5 different versions) *2010 - ''Fragment 14 - Naked Music Remix EP'' (incl. remixes by Peter Zohdy, Kottarashky and others) *2010 - ''I Can't Wait Remix EP #1'' *2010 - ''I Can't Wait Remix EP #2'' *2011 - ''The Sound of Swing (Oh Na Na)'' *2012 - ''The Sound Of...''
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== External links == *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591158/bio IMDb] Kenneth Bager - Biography *[https://www.facebook.com/kennethbager Kenneth Bager's Facebook] * {{Official website|http://www.kennethbager.dk/bio.html}}
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