Missed a Week but dont Worry now its Double the Playlist

My apologies on missing a week, things got in the way, but regardless, our last two shows marked the end of our country special shows. First with Denmark and this last week with Sweden. Denmark showed us some wonderful folktronica if you will, and really let us showcase some music that rarely is heard outside of the region. While this lasts weeks show featuring Sweden was filled with some of the most amazing cutesy pop including the Acid House Kings and the always wonderful Jens Lekman. Let me make note that this was Rachel's last show and that she will be deeply missed. But the show must go on and next week will be the last week of Skandinavi for this quarter and possibly forever. So you should all definitely listen in and give some requests , next week will be a Skandinavi free for all. Listen in next tues 5-6pm kcpr.org

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Artist: Album - Track (Country)

[Week of 5/26/09]
Acid House Kings: Sing Along with the Acid House Kings - This Heart is a Stone (Sweden)
Studio: West Coast - West Side (Sweden)
Jens Lekman: Night falls Over Kortedala - Postcard to Nina (Sweden)
Fever Ray: Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Sweden)Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir - I am John (Sweden)
Pacific: Reveries - Disappear (Sweden)
Norpolen:Pa Nordpolen - Skimret (Sweden)
The Tough Alliance: A New Chance - Neo Violence (Sweden)
Taken By Trees: Open Field - Julia (Sweden)
Billy Vision & the Dancers: I Was So Unpopular in School - Summercat (Sweden)
Club 8: Club 8 - Love in December (Sweden)
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names: #3 - Funeral Face (Sweden)
Au Revoir Simone: The Bird of Music - The Lucky One (Sweden)
Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala - Shirin (Sweden)

Jens Lekman

[Week of 5/19/09]
Trentemøller: The Last Resort - Vamp(Danish)
Jone Massage: From Where No One belongs, I sing... - Opposite Nothing(Danish)
Under Byen: Samme Stof Som Stof - Samme Stof Som Stof(Danish)
Efterklang: Tripper - Chapter 6 (Danish)
Death Valley Sleepers: Untitled Album - White Noise (Danish)
Figurines: Skeleton - The Wonder (Danish)
Kashmir: No Balance Palace - Kalifornia (Danish)
Jong Pang: Bright White Light - A House in Heartbeats (Danish)
Niepoort: Serpentine - The Bloom of a Dying Day (Danish)
Slaraffenland: Sunshine EP - I'm a Machine (Danish)
Lily Electric: Lovelite EP - Screams (Danish)
Lampshade: Because Trees Can Fly - Clean (Danish)
Jens Lekman: Oh your so Silent, Jens - Pocketful of Money (Danish)

Norwegian Featured Artist: Rockettothesky

Hello All,
Choosing a featured artist from Norway proved to be pretty difficult, but are finally choosing to feature Rockettothesky! We included a video from her a couple weeks back, and I can't seem to get enough... So here's some more info!
Jenny Hval makes up the band for the most part, with occasional guests and backup instrumentals. Her latest album, Medea is by far one of my favorite albums of the year. This album gives off somewhat of an ethereal/atmospheric sort of vibe, paired with her amazing vocals which never cease to amaze me. Absolutely gorgeous and eerie, it's a great combination.

A little self-description:
"Rockettothesky, AKA Jenny Hval, AKA me, is a one-woman band. It is also an invocation of the voices of the dead. What began as a secret project of spontaneous monologues for my dead dog, Inka, slowly became a string of musical recordings of improvised melodies.

I read, and I read by reading books and writing at the same time. It makes me a bad reader, but a great dreamer. And so I stitch and dream together other people's words and my own with the freedom of pop music - or perhaps more and more a free-form kind of pop music." -Jenny Hval

Also, some secret anthologies!! CLICK

Norwegain Sussurus

On this the sixth Skandinavi show we traveled to Norway figuratively speaking of course. The first thought going into many people's head when they hear Norwegain music is death metal and electronica, but we attempted to stay away from for the most part. With artist like Hanne Hukkelberg and Sondre Lerche, we took a look at another very interesting but less recognized style of music from norway which relies on its jazz roots. Also included were artist like Silje Nes and Ane Brun that exemplified some wonderful women vocals on top of some excellent folkish music. Hopefully this has been a helpful in showing the many different facets of the norwegian music scene and also remember to tune in next week from 5-6 pm on Tuesday for more exciting Scandinavian music.

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Artist: Album - Track (all tracks from Norwegian artist)

Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas: Reinterpretations - Turkish Delights
Sondre Lerche: Faces Down - Modern Nature
Silje Nes: Ames Room - Ames Room
Nebular Spool: Exposery - The Great Coffee Escape
Savoy: Mountains of Time - Star
Lukestar: Lake Toba - White Shade
Hanne Hukkelberg: Little Things - Do not as I Do
Rockettothesky: Medea - The Dead, Dead Water Lilly Thin
National Bank: National Bank- Tolerate
Ane Brun: A Temporary Dive (US) - To Let Myself Go
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra: List of Lights and Bouys - Believer
Dag og Sivilarbeiderne: Livet, havet og kjærligheten - Et Slags Requiem
Katzenjammer: Le Pop - Play My Darling, Play
Hopalong Knut: Evolusjonens trøst: Ut Gjennom Vinduet
Real Ones: Home With the Girls In the Morning - Oh My

Featured Artist : Kemialliset Ystävät

Kemialliset Ystävät is psychedelic folk band from Finland. Following the Finish theme of the week Kemialliset Ystävät represents the general style of the Finish music scene, somewhat enjoyable and at the same time delirious noise interpretations that still hold folk styling at their root. The end result is a very enigmatic music genre that Finland is famous for. Kemialliset Ystävät has released several albums since they formed in 1995, each particular album defining its own style of experimentation. The band itself is somewhat ambiguous because the group members are ever changing many are parts of the Fonal Label, which itself is the label for Kemialliset Ystävät. Their collaborations include work with Islaja and Avarisl, which are other bands played for our Finish show this week. For the band website, which is actually just a bunch of strange collage like pictures visit this site: http://www.kemiallisetystavat.com/

FINLANDIA

This week Djorik and I covered the region of Finland. Most of the artists were on a great record label called Fonal Records.


Finland's best known for their 'New Weird Finland' psych-folk scene and it definitely brings a lot to the Scandinavian region. We also threw in some electronic from the area, some songs Djorik likes to call glorified video games tracks... I think that describes them well. Very dramatic and building... like a lot of the music we played, just with extra beeps thrown in. Anywayss, here's what you heard tonight:


Artist - Album: Track (COUNTRY)


ES (Sami Sänpäkkilä) - Kaikkeuden kauneus ja käsittämättömyys: Sadepaivat
Islaja - Ulual yyy:Pete P
Paavoharju - Laulu laakson kukista:Kevatrumpu
Pekka Streng - Kesämaa:Putarhassa
Keijo - Palla, Blown From Here :In the Fields
Maailma - Noitalauluja (tjärnen lp):1st Track
Kemialliset Ystävät - Alkuhärkä:Kamelin Hikea
Desert Planet - Asteroid Hopper:Asteroid Hopper
Trio Tetris - Heavy Elevator:Tattarmosshen
TV Resistori - unknown:Innkari
Regina - Puutarhatrilogia :Tapan Minot Aamulla
Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vainajan muotokuva:maailmanloppu
Avarus - Jättiläisrotta :Herra Ykkmen

SPRINGTIMESKANDINAVIHAPPYLOVESADHALLUCINATE

Upon my return this week Djorik and I decided this show should be Springtime themed. We're in the midst of May, the weather is confused and realizing it should wean itself into these hot summer days to come. We separated our show into 4 sets to summarize a typical Spring season. First, we started out with Happy go lucky sort of songs, mainly Swedish pop for those of you who like to run through OPEN FIELDS (hence our first song). Then, we moved on to the Springtime Lovers set. Spring is a great time to fall in love, so why not play some love songs. Then we sped up to those of you who found your love was a little overrated, and played some sad, rainy day tracks. Finally, we ended the hour with Springtime Hallucinations. People are all over the world are in a rollercoaster of emotions, the weather is hot, then it's cold, and then you realize you haven't slept or eaten in days because either you're studying for finals or because you're having your midlife crisis since you lost your job *eek*, this is getting intense. Either way, the hallucination set would've been a great way to distract you, calm you, and take you into another world. I'd like to share that we actually received a call from an older gentlemen doing just this during the first song by Eleanoora Rosenholm. He was definitely experiencing some otherworldly phenomenons in his mind, and I couldn't have asked for a better phone call during the first song of the hallucination set. It was so strange, haha, I can't get over it. He really was on something, but he started out whispering very quietly, then finally just exclaiming loudly and slowly about how amazing the song was and how I need to "keep doin' what you're doin' girl." Amazing. You guys should give me more calls like that. ANYWAYS, here's the playlist from Tuesday evening:

Artist - Album: Track (COUNTRY)

HAPPYTIMES
Taken by Trees - Open Field: Open Field (SWEDEN)
Billie the Vision and the Dancers - The World According to Pablo:A Man from Argentina (SWEDEN)
Silje Nes - Ames Room:Dizzy Street (NORWAY)

LOOOOVE
Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive:The Fight Song (NORWAY)
First Floor Power - Nerves:Take Your Pants Off (SWEDEN)
Pacific! - :ReveriesHold Me (SWEDEN)

SADRAINS
Hanne Hukkelberg - Rkyestraße 68:The Northwind (NORWAY)
Kuupuu - Unilintu:Myrskylaulu (FINLAND)
Kira kira - Our Map to the Monster Olympics:BLESS (ICELAND)
Therese Aune - :I'll be Fine in my TreeI Tend To (NORWAY)

AHHHALLUCINATIONS
Eleanoora Rosenholm - Älä Kysy Kuolleilta, He Sanoivat:Tammen varjossa (FINLAND)
Rockettothesky - :MedeaGrizzly Man (NORWAY)


SUPER COOL VIDEOS!
Eleanoora Rosenholm (Tammen varjossa):


Rockettothesky (Grizzly Man):



The featured artist will be posted shortly, I am very torn at the moment since we had some really great and interesting finds this week. Perhaps you will see some of these names again in the near future. Keep posted!

Icelandic Escapade

This past Tuesday, April 21st 2009, marked the third week of me and Raakel's show, Skandinavi, on the college radio station kcpr in San Luis Obispo. For this particular show we featured the country of Iceland. Iceland is generally classified by their unique and beautiful collection of ambience, pop, and experimental musical genres most noted by artists like Sigur Rós and Bjork. I think those ideas were well exhibited in this installment of the Skandinavi, ranging from the ambience of parachutes cleverly titled track "Tree Roots Turn to Forts," to the fun upbeat melodies of Lay Low. With this said you should tune in next week where we will be featuring a new theme and new awesome music. Also tune in for the long awaited return of Raakel's angelic voice to the airwaves of san luis obispo. So make sure to tune in next Tuesday from 5:00 - 6:00 pm on the radio at 91.3 fm in san luis obispo or online at KCPR.ORG

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Below is the playlist for the Icelandic show (all bands are icelandic). Week of 4/21/09

Artist: Album - Track

Bjork (ft. Thom Yorke): from movie "Dancer in the Dark" - I've Seen it All
Lay Low: Farewell Good Night's Sleep - By and By
Mugison: Mugiboogie - The Pathetic Anthem
Pornopop: And the Slow Songs About the Dead Calm in Your Arms - Centre
Stafrænn Hákon: Gummi - Glussi
Seabear: The Ghost that Carried Us Away - Arms
Ampop: Made for the Market - Made For the Market
Bloodgroup: Sticky Situations - Red Egypt
Apparat Organ Quartet: Screaming Masterpiece - Romantica
Bark Cat Bark: Iceland - Iceland
Lay Low: Farewell Good Night's Sleep - Days Have Been
Múm: Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy - Marmalade Fires
Worm is Green: Automagic - Shine
Benni Hemm Hemm: Kajak - Skvavars
Parachutes: Two by Two - Tree Roots Turn To Forts