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| Club 8 Biography | |||
Club 8 was formed in 1995 by Karolina
Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House
Kings, Poprace). The idea was to make gentler and softer music that would fit in
even better with the music they were listening to at the time. They immediately released
a single called « Me too » and an album called « Nouvelle
». Their sound at this point could almost be categorised as « anorak
pop » with influences ranging from Sarah bands, Jim Ruiz,
and The Smiths. They were sometimes described as Astrud Gilberto goes indiepop. However, at the time they had never even heard her. The jazzier side of the music found on this record was a result of their listening to Blueboy and The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group. Later they felt obliged to give Astrud a chance. They liked what they heard and discovered Joâo Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim as well. These influences did not affect the making of their first album Nouvelle dramatically. Though Nouvelle was coloured by bossa nova and jazzy pop, Karolina and Johan's anorak background shone through... In 1998/1999 their 2nd album - « The friend I once had » - and single - « Missing you » - were released. « Missing you » became a club and radio hit in Spain and a college radio fave in North America. The band started playing live, their first gig was in New York at 1998 CMJ event. Their sound had developed into a more bossa nova and dance oriented one. Striving for constant change and improvements, the band once again changed musical direction on their 3rd album in 2001. « Club 8 » is a beautifully laidback - almost a chill out - album, though it was often compared to Portishead, Air, and called triphop upon release.  Club 8 did not rest after the release of « Club
8 ». In the autumn of 2001 the band locked themselves in the famous Summersound
Studios; writing songs and experimenting with different sounds and songs. Dub, C-86,
triphop, chill out, 80's and bossa nova were mixed-up here, without ever losing focus
on those wonderfully Scandinavian and melancholic pop melodies. The album was named
« Spring came, rain fell » and was released in 2002.Later in 2002, Club 8 started working on a follow up for « Spring came, rain fell ». This time Club 8 crept closer to the listener with a more focused sound theme. It's warmer, possibly more acoustic, and definitely more sensitive. The result is « Strangely Beautiful » - and yes, it is their best album so far. The album peaked at #18 on the CMJ charts. For the first time since 1999 the band released a single and video from the album. Backed by 5 exclusive tracks, the song « Saturday night engine » was released as a single in the spring of 2003 and the video made it to #16 on the Up North chart on MTV Nordic. After having released 3 albums and 2 EPs in two years, Club 8 is now slowing down the tempo. This means you will probably have to wait until 2005, or even early 2006, before the next album is released. . . |
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