Helene Hørlyck - Biography

Helene Hørlyck is a highly acclaimed classical crossover vocalist. Her powerful, yet breathtakingly ethereal voice is complemented by a stunning range which allows her to travel effortlessly from opera to stylish ambient grooves.

Helene was honoured to sing the Danish national anthem at the Denmark versus Australia football match in 2008 in front of a crowd of 20,000.

She is not just a stunning voice. An accomplished songwriter, Helene wrote and recorded the haunting Achillea album with Jens Gad of the multi-million-selling ambient group Enigma. Released in 2005, this ambitious, eclectic project shot to number one in iTunes' Canadian crossover chart within two weeks and went on to achieve international success with critics and listeners alike. Achillea songs have since been chosen for numerous compilations including the very successful Buddha lounge series.

Jens Gad's album "Le Spa Sonique", featuring Helene, was voted runner up for the Calmscape.com Best Album of 2006 and has been nominated twice in the New age reporter's lifestyle music awards 2007. Grammy award winning producers David & Steve Gordon featured 6 of Helene's vocal performances on their Christmas 2007 US release 'Angel's Voices'.

Buoyed by the immense success of Achillea, Helene spent 2007 writing and recording her first progressive ambient album, A Nordic Room. Kaliber,one of the bonus tracks on this album was released on Celtic lounge III in august 2008 all across the US on Sequoia Records. Official release date for A Nordic room was January 16th 2009 on Prudence/BSC Germany.

Three Men in a Dub's "Dub at the Opera" featuring Helene Horlyck was released November 2009 on amazon and iTunes. Currently planning her next release, there is much more exciting news to follow!