IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal

Emma Bates - Lovergirl

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:03:22 -0700

New from Emma Bates (Otur), an alternative version of her upcoming single "Last night last time".

Paper Hearts - I want to be you

Tue, 31 May 2011 14:50:29 -0700

Swedish indie/electro/pop act Paper Hearts will release their new single "I want to be you" on June 9, but the whole thing is already up on SoundCloud for streaming along with b-side remixes by Otur and others: http://soundcloud.com/paperhearts/sets/i-want-to-be-you-single

Otur album preview

Mon, 16 May 2011 18:27:26 -0700

Otur is giving away her new album "Twin behavior" as a free download for a limited time: http://www.oturmusic.com/?page_id=401

Otur - Just slow down (video)

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:33:38 -0700

Here's a new video from Otur for the track "Just slow down", featuring guest vox from fellow female Swedish electronic artist Sophie Rimheden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvOvJiWNtII

Otur confirms new album

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:19:05 -0700

The new album from Swedish electro artist Otur will be called "Twin behaviour" and it will be released on April 27. The first official single "Retrigger", was linked here.

Otur - Retrigger

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:39:49 -0800

Otur has a new track up on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/otur/otur-retrigger

Otur giveaway concludes

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:49:20 -0700

The 12th and final free track from Otur's 12-week music giveaway is now posted: http://www.oturmusic.com/?page_id=3/

Otur free music series

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:47:56 -0700

Starting tomorrow and continuing every Friday for the next 11 weeks, Swedish electro artist Otur will be posting a new mp3 for free download in her blog: http://www.oturmusic.com/?p=821

Otur - Up (Rimheden remix)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:07:36 -0700

Otur is giving away the new Sophie Rimheden remix of her latest single "Up": http://www.oturmusic.com/?p=791

Otur - Up

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:14:40 -0700

Swedish electronic artist Otur is streaming a new demo track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/otur

Otur confirms new single, offers preview

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:14:12 -0800

Swedish electro artist Otur will release her new single "And all the rules" on December 14. Preview at her website: http://www.oturmusic.com/

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:53:39 -0700

Swedish electronic artist Otur has a new track on myspace called "A silent promise": http://www.myspace.com/otur

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:43:42 -0700

Download the new Otur single "Sweetness", including remixes from Sophie Rimheden, Håkan Lidbo and more: http://pepperbox.se/2008/07/30/ny-singel/

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

This week's radio show is all women:

01. Hello Saferide - I was definitely made for these times
02. TALK 1
03. Susanne Sundfør - I resign
04. Sahara Hotnights - Drive dead slow
05. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
06. TALK 2
07. Marit Bergman - I will always be your soldier
08. El Perro Del Mar - Party
09. Octavia Sperati - As fire swept clean the earth
10. TALK 3
11. Robyn - Cobrastyle
12. Montys Loco - Man overboard
13. Honey Is Cool - Summer of men
14. TALK 4
15. Those Dancing Days - Hitten (demo version)
16. Christel Alsos - Come on
17. Red Moon - Landslide
18. TALK 5
19. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
20. Sanna Kurki-Suonio - Minne
21. Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Enjoy the silence
22. TALK 6
23. Otur - Overture
24. Midaircondo - Perfect spot
25. Doughnuts - Drowning
26. TALK 7
27. Fe-mail - Jacob's leketøy
28. September - Satellites
29. Gåte - Sjå attende
30. TALK 8
31. Maia Hirasawa - Mattis & Maia (ft. Miss Li)
32. Stina Nordenstam - Parliament square (The Knife remix)
33. Munck//Johnson - Slavesong
34. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
35. TALK 9
36. Säkert! - Sanningsdan
37. Asha Ali - A promise broken
38. The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
39. TALK 10
40. Anja Garbarek - The last trick

In case you missed it, the music summer camp for girls that Marit Bergman helped found is called Popkollo and you can find out more information here: http://www.popkollo.se/
Non-Swedish speakers, check the 'English' link on the bottom left for more details.

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700

A new Otur track? http://www.oturmusic.com/mp3/Otur%20-%20Overture.mp3

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Swedish techno-punks 64revolt have posted their new 4-track EP "Ballads of malice and discontent" for free download: http://www.myspace.com/64revolt
It contains various collaborations with artists such as Otur, Gisela, Steso Songs, The Light Bulb Project, 50hertz and more.

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - "Like a Pen"
02. (04) Jet - "Bring It on Back"
03. (02) The Lost Patrol Band - "Automatic Kids"
04. (NY) The Streets - "Prangin' Out"
05. (11) The Mary Onettes - "Lost"
06. (05) Depeche Mode - "Martyr"
07. (13) Supersci - "Move On"
08. (07) The Plan - "Walk for Gold"
09. (NY) Fat Joe - "Make It Rain"
10. (15) Deportees - "Missing You, Missing Me"
11. (19) Melody Club - "Destiny Calling"
12. (NY) Tingsek - "World of It's Own"
13. (NY) Wolfmother - "The Joker and the Thief"
14. (03) Peter, Bjorn & John - "Let's Call It Off"
15. (09) Universal Poplab - "Heart Apart"
16. (14) The Long Winters - "Rich Wife"
17. (12) David & the Citizens - "A Heart and a Hand and the Love for the Band"
18. (18) [ingenting] - "Punkdrömmar"
19. (NY) Asha Ali - "Fire Fire"
20. (08) Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out of This Country"

Leaving the chart:
(06) Mates of State - "Fraud in the 80's"
(09) Psapp - "Hi"
(10) The Magic Numbers - "Take a Chance"
(16) Dukes Special - "Last Night I Nearly Died"
(17) Otur - "Enough"
(20) Shareefa - "Need a boss"

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) The Knife - Like a pen
02. (05) The Lost Patrol Band - Automatic kids
03. (15) Peter, Bjorn & John - Let's call it off
04. (NY) Jet - Bring it on
05. (NY) Depeche Mode - Martyr
06. (06) Mates Of State - Fraud in the 80's
07. (19) The Plan - Walk for gold
08. (10) Camera Obscura - Let's get out of this country
09. (17) Psapp - Hi
10. (03) The Magic Numbers - Take a chance
11. (NY) The Mary Onettes - Lost
12. (04) David & the Citizens - A heart and a hand and the love for the band
13. (NY) Supersci - Move on
14. (NY) The Long Winters - Rich wife
15. (02) Deportees - Missing you, missing me
16. (12) Dukes Special - Last night I nearly died
17. (NY) Otur - Enough
18. (13) [ingenting] – Punkdrömmar
19. (14) Melody Club - Destiny calling
20. (20) Shareefa - Need a boss

Leaving the chart:
The Pipettes - Pull shapes
Timo Räisänen - Let's kill ourselves a son
Gnarls Barkley - Smiley faces
Tingsek - I love you (part 1)
Jet - Put you money where your mouth is
M Ward - Tog go home

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Otur's new single "Enough" will be out September 8.

Otur Pepperbox hill Vapen & Godis

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700

I openly admit to being a pop princess, but even I need to shake my corduroy-clad booty every once in awhile. And this is just the sort of thing that will have me shimmying across the kitchen floor, waving my pot scrubber as if it were one of those goofy glo sticks. "Apart" is especially fantastic. Slip it into the stereo at the next family get-together, and you might even convince your 13-year-old niece that you've got a bit of cool in you yet. Play her "Enough" and you can also feel smug in the knowledge that you're being a good influence by contributing to her sense of female empowerment. You may already know Otur as Emma Bates, one-third of The Lightbulb Project. Her former bandmates Christina Roos and Hanna Göransson went on to form Swedish girl group Cat5, and unsurprisingly the two projects share a similar sound. But there seems to be more substance here than the Cat5 hits of the moment, "Sexy" and "Stretch and bend". A bit too much substance at the end, actually, as she tried to take me somewhere I wasn't prepared to go, at least not without a good hefty supply of chemical stimulants. Overall though, it's a winning blend of DIY electro-pop and ethereal vocals that will not only appeal to the closet dance diva – I suspect the boys will also appreciate the sweet innocence of Emma's honey voice.

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Swedish electropop artist Otur will be releasing "Enough" as her next single in August.

Various Artists This is love Dig Your Own Grave

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700

I love covers, I really do. I wish there were more albums like this, were lots of artists interpret one song. It's of course even better when my relationship to the song is similar to the artists'. The original song "Is this love", by Dutch artist Haddaway came out in 1993, and even though I've stopped listening to this sort of music (Eurodance, Eurodisco, or whatever you may call it) by then (I was more into skate punk), it was impossible to go out to any club/disco/bar/restaurant without being subjected to its horrible beat. There, I said it - I don't like the original at all. Therefore, I think it's quite impressive how Dig Your Own Grave has managed to get together so many great and different renditions of the song. There are songs that sound like similar, updated versions of the original (e.g. Komon, Otur, and The Mexicos), but there are also adaptations that are very original, such as Tommy Eld singing in Swedish, and lo-fi versions by All My Brother's Girlfriends and Bare Knee (the latter even featuring an accordion). It's only a shame that this wasn't "properly" released and distributed, I'm sure lots of people would like it.

MP3: Otur - Travels right through

Wed, 24 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Electropop with big house beats is oh-so-hot right now and I'm really not feeling it at all. It's the kind of music that's tailor-made for the dancefloor, not active listening at home. Likewise, it's also very focused on the single, not the album. There's been quite a lot of huge hype tracks, but very few of the artists have been able to follow up with satisfying full-length albums. No surprise really - that's the way this sort of stuff has always been. Proper songwriting skills aren't necessary to heat up the dancefloor. Of course there are exceptions (aren't there always?). Firefox AK is easily my favorite, but after spending a couple weeks with Otur's new album "Pepperbox hill", I can recommend her as well. The record suffers a bit for being a touch too long, but there's enough genuinely good songwriting to make up for it. The song I've posted today is surely just as strong as the first two singles and there's more where that came from. Now let's just wait and see if Otur's (aka Emma Bates) old bandmates Christina Roos and Hanna Göransson from Light Bulb Project will fair as well with the new Cat5 album.

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Nomethod has revealed that besides from new full-length albums and digital singles from both Mixtapes & Cellmates and Aerial, they'll be doing a comp this winter featuring a large cast of exciting Scandinavian artists. Names confirmed so far include Bobby Baby, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Kuryakin, Most Valuable Players, Aerial, Tar...Feathers, Echo Is Your Love, Cat Burglar, Penny Century, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns, Otur, Audrey and KVLR. More details to come!

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Download the Otur "Summer twist" remix of the Unarmed Enemies song "Missing out": http://rmx.unarmedenemies.se/Unarmed%20Enemies%20-%20Missing%20Out%20(Otur%20Summer%20Twist%20Rmx).mp3

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Wanna try your hand at remixing Otur? Go here to download all the tracks as separate wav files and get to it: http://www.discobelle.net/2006/04/25/reeeeemix/

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Vapen & Godis has announced that Otur's debut album "Pepperbox Hill" will be released on May 5. Otur is the electro/synthpop solo project of Emma Bates from The Light Bulb Project. The single "Apart" comes out April 21 and features remixes by Mr. Suitcase and Carl-H Hallén (Kompis) along with a video treatment by director Sofie Traav.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Otur's first single from his forthcoming album "Pepperbox hill" will be for the song "Apart". It comes out April 21 via Vapen & Godis and will be accompanied by two remix b-sides, one by Mr. Suitcase and one from Carl-H Hallén of Kompis. The full-length album will follow on May 5.

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800

The Swedish mp3 blog Kiss And Make Up has posted a Memoplay remix track made by Emma Bates of Otur/Light Bulb Project: http://kissmakeup.blogspot.com/2006/03/memoplay-song-for-no-ears-otur-song.html
Memoplay is the duo of Adam Svanell from Johnny Bråttom Records and singer/songwriter/IAT favorite Björn Kleinhenz.

Top 10s for 2005: Leonel Jäderberg (Vapen & Godis)

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Seven Brilliant things and three Amazingly Stupid:

Brilliant:

01. Sibiria singing that Christian Olsson cheats with taxes. (And the letters from fans of Christian Olsson that followed, telling him not to care about what those jingle-jangle-communists say).

02. Kanye West telling George Bush that he's a racist prick. (And the look on Mike Myers face!)

03. IFK Göteborg – Assyriska 0-3 (The cheers on our side. And the silence on theirs...)

04. Milky live at Nya Varvet (they did "Be My World" twice)

05. Flyktingamnesti 2005 (political campaign. Hey, I think it actually made some difference!)

06. "FC Z" (reality-tv destabilizing masculinity with a feel good twist)

07. Sudoku (Helps me fall asleep)

Amazingly Stupid 1: The new French law obliging schools to emphazise the good sides of French colonialism.

Amazingly Stupid 2: Gunilla Carlsson, member of European Parliament for Moderaterna (Swedish conservative party) saying "Arbete ger frihet". Which in English means "Working sets you free". Hm, wonder what that means in German...

Amazingly Stupid 3: Claes af Geijerstam (59) of the "Idol"-jury, telling Agnes (17) that she should look more "like she had been at least with one boy". BTW, change that to Amazingly Gross.

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Leonel Jäderberg runs Gothenburg based label Vapen & Godis. Artists on the label include My Enemy, Tokyo Eye and the recently signed Otur.
www.vapengodis.com

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800

Adventurous Swedish indie label Vapen & Godis has signed Otur and will be releasing their debut album and single next year.