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In conversation with the remarkable Johanna Brun (Sweden)

Reading time: 11 minutes Nordic Music Central welcomes, to the first interview session we’ve had in quite a while, the highly talented and dynamic young Swede Johanna Brun, who …

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GLIMTVIS (Denmark) – Weren’t we just dancing (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes I like intelligent, thought-provoking pop. That’s why I featured GLIMTVIS’ previous single back in June and why they’re here again now. Last time out GLIMTVIS …

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Mildfire (Norway/Germany) – Drinking salt water (single/track from forthcoming EP)

Reading time: < 1 minutes I rambled on last time, when they released their debut single, about the secrecy surrounding the ‘Norwegian/German producer collective’, Mildfire, likening them to a team …

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Nordic Music Central Spotify Playlist #15, June – September 2023

Reading time: 3 minutes Cripes! As Billy Bunter used to say, we haven’t had a Spotify Playlist since May. Playing catch-up, here is one covering songs reviewed between June …

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Elin Lyth & Daniel Östersjö (Sweden) – Love comes along (single/track from Nordic Source Vol.2)

Reading time: 2 minutes It’s Saturday night and time for a touch of class, allied to nostalgia. We’ve featured the Nordic Source project previously, a collaboration between the music …

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Tiergarten (Norway) – Lulu (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 minutes After running the rule over Tiergarten’s second album ‘Bluemass’ last year I reached the conclusion that musically they are one of Norway’s best-kept secrets. I …

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Echo Ladies (Sweden) – Fabrik (sample track from recent album Lilies)

Reading time: 3 minutes Naming themselves partly after the drum machine from one of their favourite bands, Echo & the Bunnymen, Echo Ladies have been on the scene since …

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Birds are Better (Norway) – The Loop (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal) is dropping one song a month from his forthcoming album ‘The Island – Part II’ and while we won’t be …

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A Catalogue of the Universe & LAD (Sweden) – Strange Goodbyes (single)

Reading time: 3 minutes Hm. A very topical band name, what with the Webb telescope doing its thing, Moon shots left, right and centre, solar storms, evil aliens threatening …

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Jacob Bellens (Denmark) – Glad you came (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes I had intended to feature some EBM tonight (Electronic Body Music), a genre that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with dance music. But …

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ELBA (Denmark) – You do you (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes An unusual title and one that marks ELBA’s (Ellen Bathum) statement of intent that she will not be held down or back, that she believes …

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Marte Eberson (Norway) – Can’t get enough (single/ultimate track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 minutes It was in May of last year that Marte Eberson released her first solo single for six years, ‘This will blow’, which is also the …

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KÅRP (Sweden) – Zero Heatbeat (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Since they are unashamed practitioners of what they call ‘Death Disco’ one is tempted to conclude that someone just flatlined after a night of non-stop …

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Alf Carlsson (Sweden) – Where’s the party at? (Sample track from album Lights)

Reading time: 2 minutes The latest in the weird and wonderful series of ‘reasons why I selected this artist/band’ takes us into the jazz world of Alf Carlsson. We’ve …

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PIKES (Sweden) – Yuppie Love (title track from album)

Reading time: 2 minutes PIKES (Christopher Ling) is, as we’ve reported previously, influenced by artists such as Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa and Kate Bush but none of them feature …

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Gunnar Ingi Guðmundsson (Iceland) – Eyðibýli (Abandoned farm) (title track from album)

Reading time: 3 minutes Gunnar Ingi as he prefers to be known is an Icelandic film composer. I see he studied Music Composition for Film and TV at Berklee …

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Weekend Intermission: Dirty Slippers (Hungary) – Wide Open (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes It is rare for any artist or band to appear twice in this occasional weekend series but the more I listen to Dirty Slippers the …

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Vincent Ryder (Denmark) – F*** You (debut single/future album track)

Reading time: 3 minutes I have to admire the boldness of young Vincent Ryder. Some people can get away with what at face value appears to be a direct …

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eee gee (Denmark) – Promise to pick up the phone (track from album) + video

Reading time: 3 minutes No, eee gee, not the Bee Gees, although the vocal range is similar. She’s Danish, real name Emma Grankvist, and she inhabits, according to previous …

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MYRKUR (Denmark) – Like Humans (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes MYRKUR (Amalie Bruun) translates weirdly as ‘Dark Current’ in Mr Google. Perhaps it should be ‘blackcurrant’ as she’s possibly the first artist I’ve come who …

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Tonbruket (Sweden) – Hermetic Boogey (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 minutes How time flies. It must be seven years ago now since I saw Tonbruket performing live, at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester. They opened for …

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