Johan Agebjörn continues to show us songs from his forthcoming album “Notes” (release 10/2). Today he’s releasing the single “You Passed Through” where he have collaborated with the Canadian band Young Galaxy. From the start it’s the same retro-seventies’ vibe as in the earlier “The Boy Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Cry“, but which heads off in a different direction with the beautiful, dreamy vocals from Young Galaxy. The somg is being released together with an interesting remix from Memoryhouse.

Furthermore, a few days ago he uploaded “Careful”, also taken from the “Notes” record, this time a song collaboration together with Sally Shapiro. “The vocals were recorded in 140 bpm but were slowed down to 70 bpm to get a draggy feeling” he writes.

Johan Agebjörn’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp

Johan Agebjörn, hailing from Lund, is best known for his collaboration with Sally Shapiro, as a songwriter and a producer. He has also released music under his own name, often focused on either nu-disco or ambient music. On the upcoming album “Notes” he’s exploring some new routes, though. The starting point for each song has been the electric piano sound from a Casio MT52 keyboard, a simpler keyboard which was manufactured in the early eighties.

A week ago he released the single “The Boy Who Thought It Was a Good Idea to Cry”, which is taken from the album. It’s a beautifully melancholic song which makes me think of old TV series from the seventies or the eighties, like a theme to some thriller series or some detective story. There are also a couple of other sample songs from the record, released in the Autumn, “The Right to Play” and “The Leftovers”, where the last song includes vocals from Loney Dear. On “Notes”, scheduled for release on the 10th of February, you’ll also hear collaborations with Sally Shapiro, Young Galaxy and Brain Machine.

Johan Agebjörn’s site – on Facebook – on Spotify – on Wimp