PSL has the premiere of a new collaboration track featuring Per Egland and Kicki Halmos (Masquer): http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2012/02/22/extra-peregland/
Said tune is from Per's new album "Allt för din skuld" (due out March 7) and will also be released as a split single with Masquer covering Per's old song "Franco för mig" on the flip.
Via PSL: "It's the early 90s and the new E4 highway must be fed through the small community Utansjö, north of Härnösand (Northern Sweden). Fifteen houses must be demolished. In one of the houses lives factory worker Lars Engström and his wife Doris. Lars decides to document the life-changing event. First he films the houses neighboring families have left, for the last time. On the day when the excavators will level the houses to the ground, he is there with his VHS camera. Lars films the moment when the house that he and Doris lived, becomes scrap.
The depressing memory has been stored in a drawer at the home of Lars since then, but now it has gained new life as a music video to the PSL favorite Per Egland's (new album coming up soon, Per?) fine pop song "No tomorrow no today". Cutting and editing by Tommy Olsson and Marcus Storm."
The excellent Swedish indie duo Masquer (featuring Kicki Halmos, also in Lowood) will be releasing their official debut single "Happiness" on May 4. Said single was produced by Per Egland and will also include a b-side remix from The Field. A full-length album will follow in fall, to be distributed via /.
I don't mean to be one of those sites who leaves you bereft of fresh content during the holidays, at least not yet, but the truth of the matter is that I've actually been working too damn much. As in dayjob work; the stuff that pays the bills. So while I have a rather large backlog of news item waiting to be posted that will still have to wait until another day, let me share with you a new solo track from Martin Senter called "Elak". It's got the bounce of his Per Egland remix, but it's also got the same sort of indie/electronic quirk as that other solo track of his I posted awhile back. Either way, it's good stuff and it'll be interesting to see what he does with a full album and I do believe one is coming. Whether it'll beat EL-SD to the punch, I dunno, but I'm looking forward to both.
Martin Senter - Elak
Masquer has enlisted Per Egland to produce their upcoming full-length debut which they hope to complete this fall.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Johan Heltne - Din alkoholism är ingen alkoholism
02. TALK 1
03. Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
04. Gösta Berlings Saga - Bergslagen
05. TALK 2
06. Moses - Warning
07. Repoman - Flock of jackdaws
08. Darkthrone - I am the graves of the 80s
09. TALK 3
10. Pallers - The kiss
11. Ikons - Slow light (Pistol Disco remix)
12. TALK 4
13. Herätys - Pelkkää pahoinvointia
14. Love Is All - Bigger bolder
15. Susanne Sundfør - The brothel
16. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
9 out of 10 times I delete every remix track that hits my inbox before listening because they are almost always invariably: 1) worthless 2) boring 3) awful or 4) all of the above. I can't be bothered; I already spend way too much time listening to music I don't like and I honestly would rather listen to something that's obviously terrible than some mediocre retread of a song I didn't care about in the first place. At least then I have the good sense to turn it off 30 seconds in rather than wait fruitless in hopes it might get good. There are always exceptions though and this reworking of Per Egland's "Merkurius brinner" ("Mercury is burning") as done by Martin Senter (Seven Feet Four, EL-SD, Talking to Drake, etc.) works quite well because it completely reinvents the tune. Honestly, the original (listen at myspace) isn't all that; a fine, but ultimately unfulfilling upbeat dirge. Senter's take kicks the tempo way way up and turns it into something far closer to Gbg-style indiepop than I thought was possible. From bummer to summer, this is the way to do it.
Per Egland - Merkurius brinner (Martin Senter remix)
has put together a short video documentary on their artist Per Egland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZqLF9XZ03g (in Swedish)
Per Egland is responsible for the soundtrack of the upcoming Josef Fares movie "Farsan", due out in February. See the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxOm0PGczqA&NR=1
(I'm a big fan of his older films "Jalla! Jalla!" and "Kopps")
Here's the video for the new Per Egland single "Merkurius brinner": http://www.vimeo.com/8034391
Per Egland will release the new single "Merkurius brinner" on December 2. His debut album "Slut dina ögon och dröm om" comes out February 17 via I Made This.
Tomorrow! Debaser Malmö! It's time once again for It's a Trap! Clubnights and this time out we've got singer/songwriter Per Egland plus Umeå punkrockers Industri Royal! You're going, right? Further enticement is provided below...
Per Egland - Lust och hägring
Lots of great site news today! In addition to the awesome new netrelease from Hearts No Static (see here and here), I've also just received our confirmed schedule for the rest of 2009's It's a Trap! Clubnights at Debaser Malmö! And OMG, it's gonna be great because we've got some amazing bands coming -- check it:
09/26 - Pixie Carnation, Rolf Fabian & the Industry of Cool
10/17 - Per Egland, Industri Royal
11/14 - Kristofer Åström
12/19 - Sator
Expect local support acts to be announced for the November and December dates soon. Otherwise, mark your calendars and make sure to be there!
I Made This (Division of Laura Lee) has signed Per Egland and will be releasing his album "Slut dina ögon och dröm om Egland" this coming fall with the lead single "Innan jag var rik" preceding it on May 1. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/peregland
Live music with Per Egland at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/08/25/musik-med-per-egland/