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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 (What It Takes)." She was thought to take on the image record execs later gave to Britney Spears. Robyn's subsequent albums were clean R&B, but on the new, self-titled album "Robyn" (Konichiwa/Bonnier Amigo), she adopts soul and electronica sounds. When she sings ballads, however, it's still all R&B. The album has been partly produced by Swedish electronica sibling duo the Knife, who also worked on Jenny Wilson's debut album "Love and Youth" (Rabid Records), which blends soul, gospel, and electronica.
Jenny Wilson grew up in southern Sweden's hard rock stronghold Söalvesborg, Blekinge, but didn't fit in. Wilson, who previously sang in First Floor Power, one of Sweden's best and worst pop bands, has released her first solo album.. Titled "Love and Youth," the album has been released on Swedens's foremost electronica duo the Knife's record label, Rabid. The songs are like twelve short stories from the teenager's school yard, about bullying, love, and youth. Wilson's album is well produced, a pop sound created by guitar and synth with a little "utflippade" trick that brings [Kate Bush] and Laurie Anderson to mind. You hear a lot of soul and gospel influences, similar to Nina Simone. "Love Ain't Just a Four Letter Word" begins like a pop ballad but ends with something that sounds like 80s Prince. It's an unpredictable album from an artist that has everything she needs to succeed in the long run. www.jennywilson.netSee the full content of this document
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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 feeli...
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