Melissa Horn

I just realised that I have never blogged about Melissa Horn, even though I have loved her with a passion this year. I have had the great priviledge of experiencing her live twice, and she is so captivating. She can with her little fragile voice silence a huge audience, and you can almost hear a needle drop. Being just 23, her lyrics shows increadible depth, and you honestly feel like she had a therapy session with you and then wrote your story afterwards. Melissa Horn is one of the artists who sprung out of the Scandinavian Spotify generation, generating popularity through free streaming.  Here are some of her songs.

Hang with me - Robyn vs. Paola

Robyn gave us a little appetizer of Hang with me on Body Talk pt 1 in an acoutic version followed by the full electronic one in Body Talk pt. 2. And I think she did a great job.  Hang with me is actually a cover version of Swedish Paola who released it in 2002. And at that time it was a really nice little song, but I think Robyn managed to take to song up a notch into appropriatly the sound of 2010.

Here are the two version:

Robyn:



Paola:

This is Head

On Thursday Swedish This is Head released a downloadable Adam Lundberg remix of 0011 on their website. This is a tune that is made of dreamers and imagination, and is not a mainstream crowd pleaser. However it is a very beautiful. This is Head's website is full of great gems and remix downloads, and I can especially recommend the sassy dancegroove Kasper Bjorke Remix found here.

Great dancetunes for this summer

I have been doing a little pop-digging, and found some great dancetunes to play this summer.

1. Lady Gaga Vs Ace Of Base & Kalomira - Return Of Alejandro (Robin Skouteris Mix)
This is one of the more succesfull mash-ups I have heard in a while. It contains a mash-up between Lady Gaga, Ace of Base and Kalomira.



2. Madonna: Dance 2Night [Bray's back 85 remix]
This is rather a fun remix project. Experimenting with Madonna's album "Hard Candy", the remix project tried to get a tune back resembling an 80's sound. I think this song in particular did a good job, meshing the two decades.



3. M.I.A: Xxxo
M.I.A. is releasing her new album in July and I can't wait. This is an album to anticipate and look forward to this summer. She is one of the more interesting artists out there, and I love how it always take time and many listens to really get into her music. Her first single from the upcoming album is "Xxxo". It took me a couple of listens to get hooked. By then, I was hooked.



4. Robyn: Fembot
Swedish Robyn is also releasing a new album, "Body talk pt. 1" a little week from now. Fembots have feelings too....



5. Rox: I don't believe
In an entirely different genre than the previously more electronic bits, Rox is bringing retro on the dancefloor, from her upcoming album: Memoirs.

Jonathan Johansson

The smooth Swedish Jonathan Johansson, is slowly taking Denmark by storm. And I love, love his album.
From Tears for Fears cover "Everybody wants to rule the world" to upbeat and slow, and I have to use the word smooth again, sounds. Seeing him live is a very interesting experience and to be recommended. Otherwise just pop his album in the player and cruise the city.
Here is a few of my faves:

Miike Snow

This weekend a friend of mine drew my attention to Swedish band Miike Snow. Already getting airplay with their soon-to-be smashhit "Animal", Miike Snow has the similar sound of a soft Hot Chip. For me it was love at first listen, especially the song: "Song of no one". Listen to it here

Miike Snow consist of Andrew Wyatt and the guys behind producing team Bloodshy & Avant who has produced smashhits like Britney Spears' "Piece of me" and "Toxic" and songs from Madonnas "Confessions on a dancefloor".

Jump on the "Animal" train with the video below:



Get free downloads of Miike Snow remixes and Miike Snow mash-ups with Vampire Weekend and Passion Pit from their recordlabel here