Orange Red is the solo project of the musician Jonas Love Williamsson, hailing from Göteborg. In October he released his debut EP “Ocean” through the French label Scandinavian Crush. Inspired by shoegaze from the 90’s and ambient music from the likes of Brian Eno and Angelo Badalamenti he has created beautiful soundscapes with songs that walk the line between melodic synthpop and moodsetting musical landscapes. Clean guitar figures and dreamy, distanced vocals are embedded in glittering, sweet and retro-sounding layers of synths accompanied by electronic beats. It’s quite a varied album, though, and there are plenty of diversions from this theme. Here are a couple of songs from the EP.
Natten are on their way with a new album called ”Dolce Vita”. As a first taste of the album they have released the single “Vuela Vuela”, along with a music video. If you’ve heard Natten before, you will recognize the special atmosphere in their music as they take us along on late night escapades moving between reality and surrealism, between well-known lands and exotic places and between the visible and the unseen, into the soundscape of Natten.
Today Duvchi is releasing his awaited debut album “With the World”. And it was really worth waiting for. Just as much as it is a record with a number of obvious pop hits with sweet melodies, it’s an ambient creation, beautifully framed by some instrumental tracks. Carefully he paints a special, pleasantly melancholic atmostphere, creating his own soundscape of longing, dreams and warm humility. His unique, bright voice is of course something extra and the way he uses it in the production is interesting as well. The vocals can appear close, distanced, dubbed, autotuned, in different registers, every time in a way that fits the song, and still the pieces fit together into a beautiful album image. Here below is a wonderful taste in the shape of the song “Sleep”.
Raindear, aka Rebecca Bergcrantz, has released a couple of more singles since I last wrote about her. The latest one is called “Prison Bed” and was released last month. She continues to grow her sensual blend of western electropop and asian influences, which becomes something quite unique and special. For this song she mentions Japanese traditions as an inspiration, which I can recognize, and I also get the sensation of Indian melodies and rhythms, both in this song and the previous one, “Museum”. Listen for yourself here below.
Behind the artist name FYR we find the songwriter and producer Martin Grådal, hailing from Göteborg. Earlier this week he released his debut single “Submissia” together with the singer Linnea Sundemo. It’s a powerful and beautiful creation, which for me paints grand, undulating and dark landscapes where Linneas sweet, special voice flows like a crystal clear stream in the middle of the image.
He writes that the song is exploring the balance between control and ultimate surrender. The inspiration came from an article in ESPN Magazine, a portrait of the freediver Herbert Nitsch and how he defies the limits of the human body.
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