Euphoria is a pop song by Swedish singer Loreen which was performed in Melodifestivalen 2012 where it reached the final. On March 10, Euphoria won the national final after receiving the highest points from both the international juries and the televoting. The song will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan on May 24 in the second semi-final.

Katie Goes To Tokyo，是来自瑞典的女创作歌手Kathrine Bergstrom的艺名。《Katie Goes To Tokyo》是她个人的第一张专辑，声音极度清新甜蜜，像极了早期的The Cardigans，清馨略显慵懒的歌声轻而易举地打动人，不知不觉已经喜欢上她。
Katie曾和几位好友组成了庞克乐队Backfish，并担任主唱，几经辗转出了第一张专辑《It's Emilys》，不久后解散。后来又和M?rten Tromm组了The Wilson Hospital，于02年在瑞典和日本发行专辑《Medication for a lost generation》。单曲“Call me a.s.a.p”在瑞典成为大热曲目。遗憾的是，发行公司破产，致使绝大部分CD未曾上市。(这张专辑在网络上有试听过，风格跟现在有些差异，也还是不错的一张。)后来的新写的歌，却不十分适合The Wilson Hospital，和搭档协商后，Katie开始了单飞之旅，艺名Katie goes to Tokyo。至于为什么偏偏要goes to tokyo，不为人知。东京这个时尚之都，现代大都会，对于歌手来讲，不容否认，是很有诱惑力的吧。
现在这张是Katie的首张同名专辑，在04年5月的时候，录制于三个不同的录音室，包括前搭档在内的一堆牛人，帮助完成了这张专辑。细听下来，今年夏天听过的专辑中，如果说之前澳洲帅哥tamas wells那张是清新男声的典范，那女声则当推Katie了。忘记是哪个网站对专辑介绍了，大意是，宛若早期The Cardigans和Suzanne Vega混合而成的美妙天籁，完美诠释瑞典忧郁流行歌曲。有点缥缈了，却也反映了嗓音的特点。

Gidge - the Swedish duo consisting of Ludvig Stolterman and Jonatan Nilsson - return with their new album “New Light” on November 6. Marking their 5th release on Atomnation, this LP can be seen as their second full-length album to date, following up 2014’s mythical “Autumn Bells” LP.
“New Light” features 9 new tracks, a project Gidge has worked on for about 3 years. With this release, Ludvig and Jonatan crossed the seas to find new inspiration in the massive landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, USA. This environment – a place where great mountains, ancient forests, and never-ending oceans meet - helped shape an album that is signature for people that are familiar with the music from Gidge, yet, can be seen as their most eclectic work to date. They refined the production technique on their new album by intensifying the sound palette with analog synthesis and crispy hi-hats. The track “Perimeter” might be the perfect example of this - spanning over exactly 10 minutes, the intensity of the synths in combination with the sharp hats throughout are absolutely fire.
Gidge has a history of making electronic music that is shaped by recordings of Swedish nature, both comfortable on the dance floor and in a more relaxing environment. Each and every Gidge track creates its own sense of atmosphere and emotion, whether that is nostalgia, rest, or epicness. Their work evolves naturally, often building to powerful peaks from a silent break that is tweaked with vocal samples, crackles of field recordings, and neo-classical influences.
While often being adored for the inspiration that is drawn from the forest, nature, and the north of Sweden (and rightly so), the music of Gidge has actually been of an absolute international caliber and is listened to by people from all over the world. Gidge sold out club-tour shows in London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Stockholm, and played their live-set to crowds on festivals in Mexico, Georgia, Turkey and Thailand. Blogs such as Pigeons & Planes, A Closer Listen, and Ransom Note wrote about their music - Pitchfork staffers chose Gidge amongst their favorite artists to listen to on snowy days - XLR8R readers voted Gidge to the #1 spot of ‘best new electronic act’ in 2015 - Bandcamp highlighted “LNLNN” as ‘album of the day’ in 2017. The list goes on…
Rooted in the city of Umeå, Sweden, Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman became friends at 15 through a shared love of electronic music. Their discography includes the album “Autumn Bells”, short-film “Lulin” (in collaboration with Lampray), mini-album “LNLNN”, and debut EP “For Seoul”. Ludvig and Jonatan have both lived (and travelled) all over Europe, including cities such as Paris, Oslo, Berlin, and Den Haag. At this moment, Jonatan resides in Oslo and Ludvig in Umeå - the place where they finished the last bits of “New Light” and run arts platform “NORR arts” together with Vilma Larsson.
“New Light” is out on 2LP vinyl & digital on November 6th through Atomnation / NORR arts.
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releases November 6, 2020