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Swedish Sounds, vol 2
| Swedish Sounds, vol 2 | |
| Created by: | Calaveth |
| Tracks: | 16 |
| Length: | 00:58:02 |
| Keywords |
1. Sweden 2. Indie 3. Compilation |
| Created on | 10/25/08 05:58am |
| Level | 2 |
| Points | 1262 |
| Total visitors | 16 |
| Unique visitors | 11 |
description:
Not quite how to best label this...it's mostly indie I suppose, so that should work.
It's a sample of Swedish music, mostly indie, mostly recent (though not all), for a mix trade partner. Vol 2 means just that - I've done exactly the same concept once before.
It's a sample of Swedish music, mostly indie, mostly recent (though not all), for a mix trade partner. Vol 2 means just that - I've done exactly the same concept once before.
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| 1 | Detektivbyrån : Hemvägen |
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Instrumental band from Karlstad, Detektivbyrån make music with a folky, often eery vibe using instruments l [...]
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Track 2 from Hemvägen EP
Length: 00:03:49 Year: 2006 |
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Instrumental band from Karlstad, Detektivbyrån make music with a folky, often eery vibe using instruments like accordions, trumpets - and hedge scissors. Someone called it cirkus music, which I don't know about exactly, but I can sort of understand what he meant, too. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Broder Daniel : Luke Skywalker |
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During the mid-nineties Broder Daniel captivated Swedish teenagers to a point that was almost scary. Teenage b [...]
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Track 3 from Singles
Length: 00:03:28 Year: 2000 |
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During the mid-nineties Broder Daniel captivated Swedish teenagers to a point that was almost scary. Teenage boys learned how to apply mascara and started pasting stars and shit in their faces, because that's what singer Henrik Berggren did. Berggren himself was a divisive front figure - either you hated his shrill singing, or you loved him. There wasn't much room in between. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Hästpojken : Shane MacGowan |
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Band from Gothenburg, Hästpojken had a hit on Swedish radio with this song about one drug and alchohol indu [...]
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Track 3 from Caligula
Length: 00:02:38 Year: 2008 |
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Band from Gothenburg, Hästpojken had a hit on Swedish radio with this song about one drug and alchohol induced adventure of Shane MacGowan in Sweden... SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Honey is Cool : If I Go |
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Broder Daniel above had a bass player named Håkan Hellström. In Honey is Cool, he sat behind the drums i [...]
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Track 3 from Crazy Love
Length: 00:04:49 Year: 1997 |
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Broder Daniel above had a bass player named Håkan Hellström. In Honey is Cool, he sat behind the drums instead, and later became a huge national pop idol. His music is very lyrics based (and in Swedish), so I'll skip on putting any of his own music here. Honey is Cool was Karin Dreijer's first band, before the Knife. I wanted to put something with her new project Fever Ray here, but it's not going to be out until next year. A bit inspired by the wave of shoegaze during the mid-nineties, I'd say. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Timo Räisänen : Fear No Darkness, Promised Child |
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A former member of Håkan Hellström's band, and before that a boy's choir singer, Timo started out on a s [...]
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Track 3 from I'm Indian
Length: 00:03:30 Year: 2006 |
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A former member of Håkan Hellström's band, and before that a boy's choir singer, Timo started out on a solo career a couple of years ago. Fear No Darkness...was the first song that got some serious radio play. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Pelle Carlberg : Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls |
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Known for his quirky lyrics, Carlberg got perhaps most attention for another song - "Go to Hell, Miss Rydell", [...]
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Track 8 from In A Nutshell
Length: 00:04:31 Year: 2007 |
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Known for his quirky lyrics, Carlberg got perhaps most attention for another song - "Go to Hell, Miss Rydell", a true story of a petty reaction to a negative music critic. Clever Girls...is catchier though. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Montt Mardié : Highschool Drama |
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This is getting into cheese land. I'm *not* a fan of "telephone songs", but this one is pretty nice. And I wan [...]
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Track 2 from Drama
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 2005 |
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This is getting into cheese land. I'm *not* a fan of "telephone songs", but this one is pretty nice. And I wanted to offer a little variety from the indie guitars. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | The Lancaster Orchestra : Bad Horse |
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One of my personal secret treasures. Not a lot of people in Sweden has heard of the Lancaster Orchestra even t [...]
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Track 7 from With Help From Absent Friends
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 2005 |
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One of my personal secret treasures. Not a lot of people in Sweden has heard of the Lancaster Orchestra even though they make this brilliant, introspective alt-country. I guess I answered myself why they're not more successful, at least here at home...no market for good Americana. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Dungen : Bortglömd |
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(- Forgotten) Stockholm-based Dungen has also struggled to find success in Sweden, but all the more outsi [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 8 from Ta Det Lugnt
Length: 00:04:27 Year: 2004 |
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(- Forgotten) Stockholm-based Dungen has also struggled to find success in Sweden, but all the more outside the country. The psychedelic rock seems to appeal more to American fans than Swedish, for whatever reason. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | The Social Services : The Baltic Sea |
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Ok, the Social Services are 2/3 Scottish, but also 1/3 Swedish, so I feel at least somewhat justified putting [...]
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Track 1 from It's Nothing Personal, It's National Security
Length: 00:03:43 Year: 2008 |
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Ok, the Social Services are 2/3 Scottish, but also 1/3 Swedish, so I feel at least somewhat justified putting this fresh new single here, especially since it's a song *about* SWeden. See? Even though we're so darn great, we can be self-critical too. And humble. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Little Dragon : Forever |
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More Gothenburg, what's up with half my mix being from the west coast? From one of my favorite albums of 2007, [...]
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Track 6 from Little Dragon
Length: 00:04:31 Year: 2007 |
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More Gothenburg, what's up with half my mix being from the west coast? From one of my favorite albums of 2007, Forever is a trippy, flirty jazz ditty, sung by Yukimi Nagano. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | David & The Citizens : Big Chill (feat. Mattias Alkberg) |
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Alkberg had deserved a song of his own on this mix, but at least he gets to sing on this track by David & the [...]
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Track 1 from Big Chill
Length: 00:03:36 Year: 2004 |
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Alkberg had deserved a song of his own on this mix, but at least he gets to sing on this track by David & the Citizens. Very British, if you ask me. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Boris & The Jeltsins : Lyckliga Dagar |
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(- Happy Days) They paint themselves as angry revolutionarys, but they don't sound so mad... Post-punk? Someth [...]
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Track 1 from Newpostindiewave
Length: 00:02:37 Year: 2007 |
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(- Happy Days) They paint themselves as angry revolutionarys, but they don't sound so mad... Post-punk? Something like that. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Loney, Dear : Saturday Waits |
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Loney, Dear is Emil Svanängen who make layered, mellow singer-songwriter pieces that he records at home and [...]
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Track 3 from Loney, Noir
Length: 00:03:39 Year: 0000 |
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Loney, Dear is Emil Svanängen who make layered, mellow singer-songwriter pieces that he records at home and sell on CD-R's - or at least that's what he did until he found an audience. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Stina Nordenstam : Parliament Square |
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Reclusive like Greta Garbo, Stina Nordenstam is probably Sweden's most secretive pop star. So very twee, she s [...]
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Track 4 from The World Is Saved
Length: 00:03:58 Year: 2004 |
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Reclusive like Greta Garbo, Stina Nordenstam is probably Sweden's most secretive pop star. So very twee, she sound so fragile you barely dare listen for fear she'll break. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Hajen : Scapegoat |
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Hajen (The Shark) is a girl from the outskirts of my hometown who make piano pop and sound vaguely like Tori A [...]
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Track 1 from El Tiburón
Length: 00:02:52 Year: 2008 |
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Hajen (The Shark) is a girl from the outskirts of my hometown who make piano pop and sound vaguely like Tori Amos, Regina Spektor and such. This song showed up on blogs just a few days ago, I had never heard of her before that. It's a beautiful and mellow end to the mix. SHOW LESS
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