MP3: Thomas Denver Jonsson - The light of love
It's Wednesday so that means it's time again for more Björn Kleinhenz cover tunes as we count down to the release of his new album "Quietly happy and deep inside". Seeing as how one of this week's featured artists is Thomas Denver Jonsson, an artist I'm frequently in contact with, I figured I'd track him down for a short Q&A session:
How did you get involved with the cover project? Have you known Björn for awhile or what?
Me and Björn must've known each other since 2001 when we started to appear on the same compilations and was reviewed in the same magazines. We also had a band, The Topeka Twins and we released a record 2003 [how soon I forget! -ed.]. We quitted the duo though since we looked too much like a Swedish version of Simon & Garfunkel. The situation was unbearable. Both wanted to be Art.
Did you get to pick the song or was it assigned to you? How did you approach doing your own version?
Björn handpicked "The light of love" for me, he said 'cause it was a country song. I wanted to take away the country pop element and do something more introspective with it. I was very cautious to not listen to the original version while starting to work with the song and recording it.
So how do you think it turned out? Were successful in what you set out to accomplish?
Yeah, I'm quite happy about it and it was fun dubbing the vocals. I had a nice evening doing it.
Have you heard any of the other contributions to the project? Any favorites?
I've only heard what has been revealed and I think all have been fantastic this far. Love Susanna's [Susanna Brandin aka Winter Took His Life -ed.] choir arrangement of "At night we die". It's a great tribute to one of Sweden's best pop artists.
Download more Björn Kleinhenz covers here: http://www.tomtrecordings.se/thelight
Also, be sure to check out Thomas while he's on tour - dates at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thomasdenverjonsson
As for me, I'm heading to SF for the next few days so expect updates to be slow. Mom, if you're reading this, I'll call you when I figure out my schedule - don't worry!
Thomas Denver Jonsson - The light of love