swedish

There are at least 5 artists called Kin: 1. Sara Hedin from Stockholm, Sweden
2. Daniel from Gothenburg, Sweden
3. A female hip hop duo from US
4. An alternative rock trio from Northboro, MA
5. A female singer and musician based in Manchester, UK 1. kiN is the alias of Sara Hedin from Stockholm, Sweden. She is one of those artists who can never be taught - her music is just an extension of herself. Her sometimes bizarre, sometimes charming music can be heard on the debut album The Zombic Hunch, an eclectic blend of pop and experimentation.

Vomitous first saw light in the deep Scandinavian woods of Orsa, in the year 2001. Founding members were Mike (guitar) and Matti (ex-vocals). Their dream was to create the most retardedly heavy slam ever to be witnessed. The name of the band was taken from the song Festering Vomitous Mass by the undisputed kings of unparalleled perversion, Devourment. They started rehearsing with only vocals and guitar.

The story that leads to Junip’s 2010 release is one of patience and perfectionism, frustration and persistence, sheer bloody-mindedness, inspiration and success.

The place to which it takes you, however, is one of pastoral contemplation, autumnal grace and inscrutable, haunting serenity. A cosmopolitan three piece from Gothenburg, Sweden – featuring Tobias Winterkorn (keyboards), Elias Araya (drums) and Jose González (vocals & guitar), the latter of whom you’ll be familiar with from his solo work – Junip have existed since 1999, maybe even 1998. It’s so long, frankly, that none of them are quite sure. FIELDS, however, is the album that they’ve been itching to make ever since.

Hazy, organic, melodic and hypnotic, Junip lean on an unconventional blend of influences – from John Martyn’s folk-jazz to Richie Haven’s psychadelic soul to elements of krautrock and Afro-beat, modestly belying its attention to detail as well as its defiantly not-of this-time & not-of-this-world atmosphere.

Loney Dear is the moniker currently used by multi-instrumentalist and home-recording phenomenon, Emil Svanängen from Jönköping, Sweden. Until 2009, Svanängen recorded and released four records as Loney, dear. In 2009 he slightly changed this name, skipping the comma in Loney, dear. He is now recording and releasing music as Loney Dear. Both names exist on Last.fm, so (for as long as the two are not merged) please try to get this right: it differs per album!