Covenant Fanpage

Biography

Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius and Clas Nachmanson, three school friends from Helsingborg, Sweden, officially founded the band Covenant in 1986.
The name Covenant refers to the Old Testament and means something like "alliance" and "solemn agreement" and is a symbol of the friendship between these three friends who pursue the common goal of making good (electronic) music.

Their music is a mixture of synthpop and electronic body music.

In 1994, Covenant's debut album "Dreams of a Cryotank" was released on the Swedish independent label Memento Materia. The track "Theremin" with its harsh EBM sound quickly became a hit in the electronic scene.

The title track of their EP "Figurehead", which was released in 1995, still fills dance floors today.

Covenant's second album "Sequencer" gave them their breakthrough in the electronic scene in 1996. “Stalker” was the first single release. This became an underground hit even in the USA.

The third album “Europa”, which was Album of the Year at SAMA [Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards], was released in 1998 on the new label SubSpace Communications and Covenant played their first headline tour.

In 2000, the friends presented their fourth album “United States of Mind”, which was also Album of the Year at SAMA.

The singles “Tour de Force” and “Dead Stars” still fill the dance floors today.

Their fifth album “Northern Light”, which was released in 2002 on the new Sony label KA 2, was also Album of the Year at SAMA.

From that point on, all of the three friends’ releases landed straight at the top of the German Alternative Charts (DAC), where they stayed for a very long time.

This made Covenant one of the most successful bands.

To this day, Covenant manages to release one dance floor hit after another.

In March 2007, Covenant announced that Clas Nachmanson would not be touring with the band and that his replacement would be Daniel Myer from Haujobb. In an interview with Side-Line magazine, Joakim Montelius from Covenant said he was not sure if Clas would stay with Covenant.
Unfortunately, Joakim Montelius' statement was confirmed and Clas Nachmanson did not stay with Covenant.

Since 2010, Joakim Montelius has not been seen on stage. However, Joakim still works in the studio and is therefore still part of Covenant.

Today Covenant consists of a total of four members:

Eskil Simonsson
since 1986
(vocals, keyboards, programming, drums)
Daniel Jonasson
since 2011
(keyboards, vocoder)
Daniel Myer
since 2006
(keyboards, backing vocals)
Joakim Montelius
since 1986 & since 2010 only in the studio
(keyboards, backing vocals, programming)

Previous band members:

Andreas Catjar-Danielsson
since 2013 / till 2024
(keyboards, guitars)
Clas Nachmanson
since 1986 / till 2007
(keyboards, backing vocals, programming)

The EP “Fieldworks Exkursion” was released in 2019 on the label Dependent Records.

According to rumors, an album is being worked on. So it remains exciting.

Andreas Catjar-Danielsson

Origin: Snöstorp, Hallands Län / Malmö - Sweden

Keyboards, Guitars

2013 - 2024

This is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to write.
Death as a concept is one thing, the loss of a loved one is something else entirely.

Our beloved friend and colleague Andreas Catjar-Danielsson left this world in the very early morning of July 29, 2024. We knew that he was losing his epic struggle with cancer, but none of us was prepared for the shock we’re in right now.

As we go through life we all run into a lot of people. Most of them make little or no impression. Some do. And a precious few hit us in a way that they make us change our trajectory. Fewer still possess the gravitas to make us spin around them. Andreas was one of those extraordinary souls.

I still have a vivid memory from another time and age. In our hometown of Helsingborg, in the late 80s, there was a small venue with an open stage. We played there a few times before we were Covenant. Andreas was few years younger, just a kid really, but when we saw him play with The Raftsmen it was the coolest thing ever. This scrawny 16-year old just made everyone else seem ordinary and boring. He played his guitar with drum sticks. He made the most heavenly racket ever heard in town. And the amazing thing was the way he didn’t make a show of it. It just came natural to him. Effortless. Like it was just the way it was supposed to be.

That’s the kind of artist he was. Andreas didn’t think like anyone else. He was one of a kind, a painter of sonic worlds, truly unique. But in spite of all that talent and genius, he always stayed with his feet firmly on the ground, never lost in his ego. He listened to everything and everybody and reacted to it. Like no other musician I’ve ever met he had the ability to tune in to the core of whatever went on, pick it up and take it further than anyone else could have done. He didn’t just get it, he inhabited it. He used to say “take care and control” and that’s exactly who he was: kind and considerate and on top of the game.

For more than a decade we were proud to count him as a member of Covenant. His contributions on stage and on record are impossible to overrate. But most importantly, he was our friend.

Andreas. Wherever you may be, whatever you have become, you will never be forgotten. We will miss you dearly.

Forever yours.

/Joakim with Eskil, Daniel and Daniel

Covenant from Helsingborg, Sweden

founded on April 26, 1986 by

Eskil Simonsson,

Joakim Montelius &

Clas Nachmanson

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Biography

Members of Covenant

Eskil Simonsson

1986 - present

Daniel Jonasson

2011 - present

Daniel Myer

2006 - present

Andreas Catjar-Danielsson

2013 - 2024

Joakim Montelius

1986 - present

Clas Nachmanson

1986 - 2007

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