# Kenneth Bager

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{{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](/source/Downtempo), [chillout](/source/Chill-out_music), [electronic](/source/Electronic_music), [dub](/source/Dub_music), [pop](/source/Pop_music)
|occupation = [Musician](/source/Musician), [record producer](/source/record_producer), [DJ](/source/DJ)
|years_active = Late 1980s&ndash;present
|label = Music for Dreams
|website = {{URL|http://www.kennethbager.dk}}
}}
'''Kenneth Bager''' (born 6 March 1962) is a Danish [musician](/source/musician) and [record producer](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Peter_Gabriel) and [Michael Nyman](/source/Michael_Nyman). Bager received his breakthrough with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ''[Fragments from a Space Cadet](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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...''

==References==
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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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