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• Music Trends

The latest music trend in Scandinavia is soul-inspired electronica and rock. Just like Kraftwerk once adopted James Brown's beat, there's a soul sensation on the latest album of Danish band Tiger Tunes (V2) and Swedish group CDOASS (Playground Music); both combine machines with humor, bringing Devo to mind. Moneybrother, actually just one person, Anders Wendin, plays adult rock with 70s soul feeling and rock with dance rhythms, best sounding like Thin Lizzy. Two years ago, Moneybrother walked straight into the Swedish people's heart with the gold-selling debut album "Blood Panic." This spring, he released his second album "To Die Alone," along with performances in the USA. This year's comeback star is 26-year-old Robyn, who, in 1997, made it to the American top ten with "Do You Know (Wh...

...Jenny Wilson grew up in southern Sweden's hard rock stronghold Söalvesborg, Blekinge, but...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 13, Septembre 2005
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