Nordic pop... get into it.

[DrRingDing]

There is a great Kashmir remix album out there.

Ah just the man, Dav!

Have you got any other Danish recomendations?

 

[twistedAM]

come on ianw - sort out this thread

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Try Husky Rescue from Finland ( ). Their Country Falls album is one of my favourites of the past couple of years. Think Magnet is from Norway - his first album is fucking ace too.

 

[stavros]

Junior Senior can represent Denmark, and perhaps we could put in first album Britney Spears as it was more or less all constructed by top Swedish genius Max Martin.

I fully back up Annie and do we include Bjork there too? Is Iceland Nordic?

Finally, I'm not sure where exactly their from but they sound Scandanavian, so I'll nominate Surferosa. Their "Saturday Night" has an incredibly catchy hook. (Whigfield can go in, although Surferosadidn't cover her song.)

 

[ChrisFilter]

The Knife
Covenant
Bergheim 34
Safety Scissors
Mount Sims
The Presets
Exzakt

I feel all cool now, been listening to these for ages

 

[ChrisFilter]

Husky Rescue

and these..

 

[pk]

Bumped, some good suggestions, keep 'em coming folks!

 

[StuPC]

Acid House Kings - great name for a band, and although a little bit twee their last album (Sing Along With...) was just gorgeous...
It even came with a free Karaoke DVD!

 

[g force]

Not exactly pop...but you can't beat a little dose of Dungen every now and then

 

[mitochondria]

bumped

one add:

[Denmark] Kasper Bjørke. Here's the last single . Sweet

Husky Rescue have a new album out: Ship of Light. Sound of Love is the single and it is defo something I will play a lot.

Nordic pop is full of win!

 

[clandestino]

come on ianw - sort out this thread

sorry, got caught up in traffic.

 

[soulfulofsoul]

Err... Germany isn't that far from being Nordic, but The Presets are Australian. Not so close.

Norway has some nice nu-jazz (dodgy genre name). I like Bugge Wesseltofte, Bobby Hughes Experience, Jaga Jazzist and Nils Peter Molvaer.

 

[Pickman's model]

for one glorious moment i thought the epsom arsonist was back

 

[Reno]

Have I'm From Barcelona been mentioned yet ? They make some of the catchiest pop music I've ever heard.

Love Stina Nordenstam whose And She Closed her Eyes is one of my all time favourite albums.

There are also The Concretes, A Camp and Komeda. The last one made only one album but that one was great. The were a bit like a more up tempo Stereolab.

Probably a bit too chilled and ambient to be pop, but I'm a big fan of Johann Johannsson, especially Englaboern, IBM 1401 - A Users Manual and his soundtrack for a Scandinavian film called Dis.

 

[mitochondria]

Probably a bit too chilled and ambient to be pop, but I'm a big fan of Johann Johannsson, especially Englaboern, IBM 1401 - A Users Manual and his soundtrack for a Scandinavian film called Dis.

Fordlandia is beautiful.

 

[Reno]

Fordlandia is beautiful.

Yes, that one is great too. There is only one of his I'm not so keen on which consists of one continuous track.

 

[Callie]

for one glorious moment i thought the epsom arsonist was back

maybe he never left

Taxi taxi! are playing in london soon, saw them supporting Kings of Convenience last year, they sounds very, very pretty live but wasn't so keen on their recorded tracks

 

[Boycey]

(not strictly Nordic but well worth a mention anyway)

Exzakt

not strictly pop either

 

[stavros]

Annie's new album is superb, apart from "The Breakfast Song" which is awful. Still, an album well worth waiting for.

 

[killer b]

i was listening to the annie dj-kicks today, which is splendid. you should all buy it, on account of it ruling.

 

[Diamond]

jj and their mates on the 'yours sincerely' label from Gothenburg are recommended.

 

[stavros]

i was listening to the annie dj-kicks today, which is splendid. you should all buy it, on account of it ruling.

Oh it's definitely on "the list", but I never seem to find it.

 

[killer b]

rapidshare here

password 'Annie'

here's the tracklist btw - i especially commend the bumblebee unlimited track...

01. Toy Rabbit - Pushing Mover
02. La Bionda - I wanna be your Lover
03. Alan Vega - Jukebox Babe
04. Le Tigre - Nanny Nanny Boo Boo [Junior Senior Mix]
05. Zongamin - Bongo Song
06. Liquid Liquid - Flextone [JD Twitch's Optimo Edit]
07. Annie - Wedding [Live Mix]
08. Death from above 1979 - Black History Month [Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix]
09. Motiivi Tuntematon - 1939
10. Brundtland & Therson - Geared up
11. Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (I just wanna be your)
12. Annie - Gimme your Money
13. Bow Wow Wow - I want Candy
14. ESG - My Love for you
15. Gucci Crew II - Sally 'That Girl'
16. Mu - Paris Hilton
17. Datarock - Fa Fa Fa

 

[ericjarvis]

Got pointed at Mando Diao by my 17yo niece recently. They've got some pretty good tunes, if nothing earth shakingly innovative.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

My 2 cents (with some videos) of some Nordic artists I like.

Cody - Comfort and rage - Denmark
Suburban Kids with Biblical names - Rent a wreck . Sweden
Alcoholic Faith Mission - Escapism - Denmark
Shout out louds - Walls - Sweden -
Þórir - My home isn't me - Iceland -
Goodnight Monsters - 20 fingers 20 toes - Finland -
Fagget Fairies - Feed the horse - Denmark -
Sort Sol - Let your fingers do the walking - Denmark - (amazing anthem.).
Here's another of his songs remixed by Trentemøller for a fashion film, Sort Sol/Trentemøller - Copenhagen -
Pernille Rosendahl - Laugh and a half - Denmark -
Mew - Am I wry, no? - Denmark -

Will post some more later.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Love Shop - Love goes on forever - Denmark -
Natasja - Op med ho'det - Denmark -
Medina - Kun for mig - Denmark -
Kent - Saker man ser - Sweden -
Raveonettes - Love in a trashcan - Denmark -
Teitur - I was just thinking - Faroe Islands -
Malk De Koijn - Ørkenstorm i Aberdeen - Denmark - (filmed in Aberdeen, they just like the place apparently)
Albertslund Terror Corps - Hustler Hele dagen - Denmark -
Trentemøller - Moan - Denmark -

Obviously I'm a bit biased to Dk cos I hear alot more....

 

[matt m]

My favourite Swedish band is Komeda. From Malmo.

No idea if they are still going. What Makes It Go? and The Genius of Komeda were two of the best albums of the 1990s.

A bit Stereolab, a bit early Cardigans, a bit Can, a bit Vampyros Lesbos soundtrack. A bit great.

http://www.myspace.com/thegeniusofkomeda
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=1649093

 

[dweller]

all I can think of is
Norma http://www.myspace.com/theamazingnorma

and The Field http://www.myspace.com/thefieldsthlm

both from Sweden

 

[Spandex]

I've been lsitening to more Scandinavian music than British lately. Here's some:

Mungolian Jetset:

Lindstrom & Christabelle:

Prins Thomas:

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas:

Todd Terje:

Sally Shapiro:

 

[killer b]

incidentally, the erlend oye dj kicks is also splendid - features him singing over loads of the tracks, including a great rendition of 'there is a light that never goes out' over a royksopp remix...