I went in to the studio yesterday. It was one of those magical early summer evenings.
The air filled with scents of fresh grass and honeysuckle.
A blackbird singing endless melodies to the pale and waning light.
A new song was born I think.
Simple chords to catch the moment.
Life at it’s best.
We ventured out into nature the other day to shoot some video. A few shoots to talk a bit about the songs on the EP.
I think it went well, but the editing is not done yet. But it was cold, cold, cold. And then it started raining.
Helena had a lot of things to say or was she just frozen stiff?
Lasse dreamt of drinks in the shadow of a palmtree.
So we went for a pizza!
Last Sunday we had a long talk with Michael Angel who is the host of the Michael Angel’s Cosmic Grab Bag.
He is really the sweetest of guys and it ended up as a 30 minute interview covering topics from Helenas misstreatment of her guitars, over how Lasse and Helena actually met, to not so guarded secrets about some of the songs on the EP. And a few other derailed thoughts on top of that
We’ve put together the interview part of the show so that you can listen to it directly.
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Music och mer (Music and more in English) is a Swedish music blog with a selection of some really good music. Both more known acts and more unknown pearls. Well worth a browse through in my opinion.
And with the very good taste to include us today. Read the post here.
Thanks, all happy faces here.
Either if you like to listen to a podcast regularly or if you never had the chance yet we think that Michael Angel’s Cosmic Grab Bag is worth your attention. A good mix of independant artist well presented. And also with the good taste to include us a couple of weeks back. Big smiles here in the assembly
Thanks Michael.
No dark studios and no music today, it’s all to lovely outside. Sun is shining and it’s warm enough for having a coffee outside.
Closing my eyes towards the sun. Wintery soul is slowly thawing.
Someone is humming a distant melody inside my head.
Miriam Clancy
The Sitting Duck Collection is the new podcasting launch from New Zeelander Alister Jenks. He is trying to bring us some lengthy samples of his musical preferences in a more timeless manner than the usual podcasting format.
We are of course much honoured to be picked as one of the first offerings in his musical smorgasbord (see it here).
Listen to i here:
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And there are other artist presented that shouldn’t be missed if you never heard them before. Miriam Clancy is one of those. Singer-songwriting at the core but extended into a dreamy soundscape that it’s hard not to like and love.
Not to be missed.
At last we are pleased to announce that the EP is available.
It has maybe taken longer that we hoped, but we think the result was worth the wait.
You can listen to it directly in the player below and you can download it for free or whatever you think it’s worth by going to our download page. It’s available in both mp3 and uncompressed CD quality (for that full audio experience).
And we put in some extras in the download. Three short videos from the making of the EP and a copy of the beautiful handwritten score for the song Emotional. Not to be missed.
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Enjoy, hope you like it!
Here is the final version of Come Together
The studio computer went bad on me tonight, with only one mix to got. So I just let it rest until tomorrow. Maybe it’s in better mood then.
For want of better things to do I dreamt up a new invention. The greatest invention of all times. The grand unified most fabulous Love-o-Meter. Sort of like a metal detector only that it measures the amount of love floating around. Only two controls, a sensitivity dial for trimming to your current needs and mood, and then a three way selector for close, mid and far detection, letting you specify how far away you want love detected or not.
Well, wouldn’t you want one!
And it would probably sell much better than music.
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