Favourite Nordic acts an' tracks...?
On Thursday I'm 'djing' at the Lexington after the bill I've curated and been asked to play a set made up primarily of Nordic (Scandinavian/Icelandic/etc) artists. Started putting together my set this morning but not got heaps of names coming to the fore of my mind, what would you like/expect me to crank out?
Also going to run a playlist on DiS, so all suggestions welcome. On my playlist thus far: http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/6cFLzaTel8U7o91rniqmrR
The Radio Dept. – Strange Things Will Happen
Erlend Oye – Sudden Rush
Lykke Li – Dance, Dance, Dance
The Knife – Heartbeats
Annie – Heartbeat
Jens Lekman – Sipping On the Sweet Water
Kings Of Convenience – Little Kids (Ladytron Fruits Of The Forest Mix)
Loney, Dear – Airport Surroundings
Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart - Fuck Buttons Remix
Trentemøller – Take Me Into Your Skin - nudisco Edit
Björk – Declare Independence
Refused – New Noise
The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Smash It Up
Sahara Hotnights – Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight ?)
The Hives – Die, All Right!
Those Dancing Days – Those Dancing Days
The Concretes – Seems Fine
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet - Radio Edit
Dntel feat. Erlend Oye – (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chang (Safety Scissors Spilled My Drink Mix)
a-ha – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
Röyksopp – The Girl And The Robot
Annie – I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me
Hanne Hukkelberg – Berlin
Frida Hyvönen – today, tuesday
Mum – We Have A Map Of The Piano
Sigur Rós – Sigur 3 (Untitled)
Jeniferever – Closing In
Magnet – Last Day Of Summer
Nicolai Dunger – I'd Rather Die
Kings Of Convenience – I'd Rather Dance With You
I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
The Lost Patrol – No New Manifesto
Thomas Dybdahl – Cecilia
Dungen – Har Du Vart I Stockholm?
The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Sister Surround
Casiokids – Postcard From Congo
Madrugada – I Don't Fit
Fungus – Astronaut
Division Of Laura Lee – The Truth Is Fucked
Turbonegro – Don`t Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker
Backyard Babies – Made Me Madman
Danko Jones – Code Of The Road
- Relevant artist taggings:
- Múm »[x]
- Sigur Rós »[x]
- Frida Hyvönen »[x]
- The Radio Dept. »[x]
- Múm - Early Birds
- Reykjavík 101 + Five hot bands from the land of ice
- A Reykjavík Retrospective 2000-2005
- ATP My Bloody Valentine: Sunday
- ATP My Bloody Valentine: Friday
- Line-up for ATP's In Between Days announced, featuring APSE, Lightning Bolt and more
- múm, School of Seven Bells and more for My Bloody Valentine ATP
- Múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know
Sigur Rós
Frida Hyvönen
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oh and details about the gig are here
http://drownedinsound.com/news/4138844-win-tickets-to-ja-ja-jas-nordic-night-curated-by-us
Benni Hemm Hemm - Friðþjófur og Ingibjörg
yes!
my band are playing with them in march. Pretty excited.
added
thank you
you've got a lot of bases covered there!
i'd suggest some Randy. Dirty Tricks is a tune :)
...or cheap thrills
Skweee
Skweee is the Skandinavian's take on 8-bit I guess, they took it and made it loads more fun and added buckets of funk.
Randy Barracuda - Ketamine Strut
http://vimeo.com/6573938
Eero Johannes - We Could Be Skweeeroes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XIV5-axhFM
Kotchy - Sing What You Want (Rusko's Skweee Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNBgwna_rXg
Rigas Den Andre - Distordelle (It's So Easy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1okQ6_EXVM4
this is why he needs skweee
its the most fun music around!
bass and insanely addictive toy town keyboard funk
the ladys love a bit of that, Ben UFO & Ramadanman dropped a bit of it in the back room at the last Leeds DMZ I went to and it had loads of ladies wigglin.
indeed
this isn't my dj set, this is a playlist to run on the site for people to listen to on their computers :)
Kaizers Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnkOpxWyjVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxv0LsJ9kvc
What, no Efterklang?
Maybe something off the new album?
Some others....The Field, Ef, Kiasmos, even The Album Leaf can get away with it as a lot of his albums are produced/recorded in Scandinavia.
balls
I love album leaf, no idea how my brain didn't think of them first!
Testbild! - My brother The Submariner
Mari Persen - I'm Gonna Get You
Sondre Lerche - Don't Look Now
Three excellent tunes from last year...
or gorgoroth
exactly
I'll pretend that list is in order of greatness too. DARKTHRONE NUMBA WAN BABEH
Needs more Black Metal
and Meshuggah. Could do with stuff from the Rune Grammofon label too. And some Mats Gustafsson. And if Denmark counts as Nordic some Mew wouldn't go amiss either
I was thrown off by the dj set thing too, but if it's one of the ol' spotify playlist jobbies, maybe have a gander at this comp:
http://open.spotify.com/album/7zudtHd92B9NaBOMjKhlqo
(Best of Rune Grammofon, basically)
Jagga Jazzist and Spunk might go down well, methinks.
denmark are part of scandinavia so they are very much nordic. however, mew are fucking abysmal
Thought it would be
Mew aren't my favourite band, but they're far from abysmal. There's a fair few great songs on 'Frengers' (although they've never released anything as good as that album since)
take it from a scandinavian, yeah
jakobínarína - his lyrics are disastrous/this is an advertisement
ida maria - oh my god
animal alpha - bundy
the cardigans - i need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
bob hund - nu är det väl revolution på gång
briskeby - wide awake
my little pony - macgyver blues
jokke & valentinerne - hvis jeg var deg
kent - dom andra/kärleken väntar
love is all - agein had never been his friend
mugison - i want you
pelle carlberg - i love you, you imbecile
the raveonettes - attack of the ghost riders
röyksopp
timbuktu - det löser sig
turbonegro - fuck the world/get it on/i got erection
oh and maybe some marit larsen? idk
Oh yep Pelle Carlberg is very good.
Surburban Kids with Biblical Names?
Anything on Labrador records. Here's a spotify playlist someone else made: http://open.spotify.com/user/tomb242/playlist/225LTeiVyK0Imt6JzdmSHT
How the fuck has no-one, not even jimi and his skwee-referencing post,
mentioned Slagsmålsklubben? Sponsored By Destiny is a must-play.
They're amazing.
Other than that, I'd go for Annie, Robyn (and the other kleerup stuff), Jakobínarína and lo-fi fnk.
my skweee knowldge is really lame
Its something I'm gonna adress this year.
I only have a few records really, I'm hoping tp pick more up soon.
Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored By Destiny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y54ABqSOScQ
pretty damn cool, not funky enough to be skweee though, I'm enjoying it mind.
annie and robyn are good choices
second for love is all above, also
the shout out louds
Lo-Fi-Fnk
islaja
Slagsmålsklubben (segway from indie to skwee?)
ef (maybe not so appropriate)
Jeniferever (ditto)
Paavoharju
The Dø
El Perro Del Mar
Robyn
jj
lake heartbeat
Then please, or embarass, depending on how drunk they are, any ex pats with Roxette, a-ha, Ace of Base and Whigfield.
nothing from Finland.
NOTHING.
depressing. my cold finnish dick is crying. get some Joensuu 1685, Cosmobile, Rubik or yeah Skweee.
Mimas ('Cats on Fire' or 'Mac, Get Your Gear')
The Tough Alliance
The Embassy
Boat Club
jj
i would add
the lionheart brothers
serena maneesh
singapore sling
speedmarket avenue
good call on the first two
also,
Danko Jones is canadian
boring
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal
oh yeah:
kaizer's orchestra - kontroll på kontinentet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNozTHSQH_o
My offerings
Slaraffenland - Long gone
Sin Fang Bous - Advent in Ives Garden
Hjaltalín - Suitcase man
Figurines - The Wonder
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
Abba. Surely someone has mentioned
The Whitest Boy Alive aren't completely Danish.
I mean Norwegian.
goddamn
no-one ever mentions Now We've Got Members.
'Then is just a kind of now' or 'discard delete erase' by them dammit
Nordic lovelies
Some suggestions for Nordic lovelies:
Datarock
Hjaltalin
Love Is All
Lykke Li
Sigur Ros
FM Belfast
Bloodgroup
Wish I could come along to this night, sounds amazing!
and....
Efterklang
um...
sin fang bous + fm belfast would be on my list as well as lay low + bob justman + seabear + parachutes
i cant stop the nordic invasion
every week there is something else that has been brought to my limited attention. This week I stumbled upon Proviant Audio, who are sending out some laid back electro soul.
Also this week on my blog www.cliveonionpresents.co.uk i did a bit about Seabear who are about to release an album of pure joy.
Jaga Jazzist
What WE Must
IMMORTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have Turbonegro,
So you are already ok.
Minus as well?
The Sounds?
Well I like them.
updated playlist for those not on Spotify
now 90 songs long. thank you for all your suggestions (especially those who suggested stuff i really like and forgot, and to those who suggested stuff that i hadn't heard before, found some great stuff - keep it coming!)
The Raveonettes – You Want The Candy
Mew – Am I Wry? No
The Kissaway Trail – Smother + Evil = Hurt
The Radio Dept. – Strange Things Will Happen
Erlend Oye – Sudden Rush
Lykke Li – Dance, Dance, Dance
Peter Bjorn And John – Nothing To Worry About
The Knife – Heartbeats
Annie – Heartbeat
Jens Lekman – Sipping On the Sweet Water
Kings Of Convenience – Little Kids (Ladytron Fruits Of The Forest Mix)
Lindstrøm – Breakfast In Heaven
Loney, Dear – Airport Surroundings
Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart - Fuck Buttons Remix
JJ – Ecstacy
Karin Ström – Silent Night - Pacific! Remake
Name The Pet – American Boys
Trentemøller – Take Me Into Your Skin - nudisco Edit
Björk – Declare Independence
Refused – New Noise
The Hives – Die, All Right!
The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Smash It Up
Sahara Hotnights – Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight ?)
Sudden Weather Change – St. Peter's Day
Love Is All – Talk Talk Talk Talk
Those Dancing Days – Those Dancing Days
The Concretes – Seems Fine
Shout Out Louds – The Comeback (Big Slippa Mix By Ratatat)
Kotchy – Sing What You Want (Rusko's Skwee Remix)
Junior Senior – Move Your Feet - Radio Edit
Datarock – Fa-fa-fa - Radio Edit
Dntel feat. Erlend Oye – (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chang (Safety Scissors Spilled My Drink Mix)
The Wannadies – You And Me Song
a-ha – The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
The Cardigans – Hanging Around
120 Days – Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone
Röyksopp – The Girl And The Robot
Annie – I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me
Hanne Hukkelberg – Berlin
Frida Hyvönen – today, tuesday
Diskjokke – Folk I Farta
Mum – We Have A Map Of The Piano
Sigur Rós – Sigur 3 (Untitled)
Ólafur Arnalds – 3055
Taken By Trees – Sweet Child O' Mine
Jeniferever – Closing In
The Album Leaf – On Your Way
Diefenbach – Make Your Mind
Efterklang – Mirador
ef – He Came, He Stayed, Fe Fell
Johann Johannsson – Fordlândia
Serena-Maneesh – Candelelighted
Magnet – Last Day Of Summer
Nicolai Dunger – I'd Rather Die
Kings Of Convenience – I'd Rather Dance With You
First Aid Kit – Hard Believer
The Embassy – It Pays To Belong
I'm From Barcelona – We're From Barcelona
The Lost Patrol – No New Manifesto
Mari Persen – I'm Gonna Get You
Sondre Lerche – Don't Look Now
Thomas Dybdahl – Cecilia
Dungen – Har Du Vart I Stockholm?
Simon Says No! – Sleeping Heart
Benni Hemm Hemm – Fridthofur & Ingibjorg - Feat. Róbert Sturla Reynisson, Sturlaugur Björnsson, Kári Hólmar Ragnarsson, Elsa Kristín Sigurðardóttir
The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Sister Surround
Envelopes – Party
Kent – Nålens Öga
Casiokids – Postcard From Congo
Alphabeat – Fascination
The Sounds – Rock n Roll - single version
Randy – Punk Rock High
Disco Ensemble – Drop Dead, Casanova - Old Version
Madrugada – I Don't Fit
Burzum – Lost Wisdom
Gorgoroth – Teeth Grinding
Noxagt – Gravy & Blood
Jakobinarina – His Lyrics Are Disastrous
Fungus – Astronaut
Division Of Laura Lee – The Truth Is Fucked
Turbonegro – Don`t Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker
Backyard Babies – Made Me Madman
Danko Jones – Code Of The Road
Kaizers Orchestra – Maestro - Album Edit
Kleerup – Until We Bleed (Feat. Lykke Li)
Yello – To The Sea
Lo-Fi-Fnk – Steppin' Out
Air France – No Excuses
WhoMadeWho – Delirium Tremolo
Kiasmos – 65
ok
added 12 more. keep the requests coming. might chop this down a touch before running it on the site or maybe break it up into separate flavours (/genres)
OH NO ONO
That new one mentioned in the weeks best singles 18/01/10 is really good!
They are from Copenhagen, right?
Cats on Fire
The Smell Of An Artist
(not sure what that smell is but if the song's anything to go by, it smells awesome).
ABBA. Husker Du?
Ctrl+F Ungdomskulen
What, are you people mental? Modern Drummer from them, obviously.
Some random ones...
Aerial – All Refrain
My Little Pony – Skipping Down The Street
Sad Day For Puppets – Marble Gods
Marching Band – Travel In Time
Harrys Gym – Attic
Rökkurró - Ferðalangurinn
I Got You On Tape – Somersault
FM Belfast – Par Avion
Seabear – Softship
Cold Mailman - The Great Escape
Bloodgroup - My Arms
Tiger Lou - Crushed By A Crowd
Runks – Þörungaspitt
The Megaphonic Thrift – Acid Blues
Boys In A Band – Beyond Communication
Ida Maria – Forgive Me
Flunk – True Faith
Kashmir – Jewel Drop
Our Broken Garden - When Your Blackening Shows
Kimono - Get Ready (For Some Pain To Have)
Motorpsycho – For Free
Adam Heldring - OK Goodbye
Serena Maneesh - Sapphire Eyes
Dag För Dag – Pirate Sea
Dungen – Fredag
Kent – Musik Non Stop
Lukestar – White Shade
Prins Nitram - Swedish Backstage Room
Thomas Dybdahl – Pale Green Eyes
Apoptygma Berzerk – Eclipse
Bodebrixen – Clock Radio
Spleen United – Suburbia
Cliff Clavin – Midnight Getaway
Murmansk - The Surgical Assistant
Ungdomskulen - Surf's Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFf0NhB4X8
Put some
Rumskib
Keith Canisius
Syntaks
Boy Omega
Hearts of Black Science
Leaves
And 'Into the night' by the Motorhomes :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_U8ep_n8Y
fox n wolf
are a must in my opinion...
youth alcoholic
http://open.spotify.com/track/3s284ktNhh9SXM2wusGFVL
or
in yr underwear
http://open.spotify.com/track/11Dn17yaoorkU4rgpkzcWn
minor majority - supergirl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3FGtZrRt8
or dancing in the backyard
Okay- how about
Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band
Slowpho - Hotel Sleep
The Millioners- up to you
some more norwegians...
diskjokke - some signs are good
Sissy Wish - do what they say
120 days - get away
serena maneesh - drain cosmetics
lindstrom & Christabelle - Lovesick
Lars vaular - solbriller paa
lukestar - the shade you hide
captain credible - golden spaceship vs zombie aliens
whitest boy alive - golden cage (fred falke remix)
karin park - cant stop now
lionheart brothers - down at my place
real ones - outlaw
harrys gym - top of the hill
rockettothesky - call medea
ungdomskulen - ordinary son
grand island - love in decay
the new wine - communication
casiokids - fot i hose
datarock - computer camp love
john olav nilsen og gjengen - saanne som oss to
magnus moriarty - warning from the skies
shining - fisheye
atomic - pyramid song
telephones - dig
3 more...they're beauties
Tough Alliance - New Chance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHvrIc8WU8
spotify:track:2sm9t8cq2VjYRqQgj1nans
Seabear - Cat Piano (surely the prettiest song ever)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj6GW2uCfDY
spotify:track:35eiEczdbsC3J9y45Hytgs
It's A Musical - The Music Makes Me Sick (one of them is swedish - does that count?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzVpSkYDjS8
spotify:track:4boIQP40mhS4KRPwN2r4hn
How about something from...
When Saints Go Machine
Mimas
Marvins Revolt
...all from Denmark I believe.
ace Norwegian bands
Monolithic
The Megaphonic Thrift
kent - if you were here
if you're playing The Knife
Heartbeats is really difficult to dance to, the beat is slightly too slow. We Share Our Mothers Health or Like A Pen are great for dancing though :)
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Rent a Wreck
Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone
Tribeca - Solitude
^This this