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Praise be to all things holy that we've Rich Thane, of course for offering up The Line Of Best Fit but primarily for establishing Ja Ja Ja , a club night established in order to extravagantly celebrate the best ear candy Scandinavia and its neighbouring isles and distant outreaches have to unleash upon the unsuspecting clientele of North London. As such, certain cries of rejoice should also be reserved for all things both musical and Nordic of which tonight, at The Lexington, we're treated to three: much has rightly been made of Copenhagen headliners Battlekat , [...]

C-Berg = Christoffer Berg (of Swedish group Hird ), who co-produced the Fever Ray album (together with techno duo Van Rivers & Subliminal Kid ) delivers this remix for the upcoming Florence And The Machine single "Heavy In Your Arms" (due to be released November 15th). The Swedish producer puts together a track that sounds more Fever Ray than Florence, dark and brooding with a mesmerizing synthline. Florence And The Machine - Heavy In Your Arms (C-Berg remix) (drop.io)

Fascinatingly skilled, Christoffer Berg (aka Hird) takes you through a wonderful journey in this track "Keep You Kimi". For me, it's one of those songs where just everything works; every decision that Berg takes is effortlessly appealing. If you like this song, then you might also be interested in the slightly more ambient Art Bleek or the similarly Scandinavian Nuspirit Helsinki . The latter moving very slightly more towards dub. On an almost unrelated note, I stumbled across a sound blog named 'La Tuerie' which, if nothing else, will confront you with the French [...]

Karin Dreijer Andersson The debut album by Karin Dreijer Andersson - playing under the name Fever Ray - has a particularly unhinged, woozy sound to it - a fact that should surprise no one who is familiar with Andersson's work as a member of The Knife. Both outfits lean their electronic-based sounds towards elusive, yet enrapturing [...]

When Saints Go Machine kender mange fra deres selvbetitlede EP, som de udsendte sidste år. Siden da er det gået godt for bandet, som snart er klar med et debutalbum. Et par uger i et isoleret sommerhus og en omgang mastering hos svenske Christoffer Berg , der før har arbejdet sammen med Fever Ray og The Knife , har affødt det kommende album, som bliver udgivet på EMI engang i maj. Første-singlen fra albummet er nummeret Fail Forever , som byder på en skæv Antony Hegarty -lignende vokal, i samspil med [...]

• When Saints Go Machine - Fail Forever

Fever Ray , the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife , has revealed that her debut album will be released on March 18 via Rabid Records in Sweden, Mute in the US, Co-op in Europe and Etc Etc in Australia/NZ. The album was produced with assistance from Christoffer Berg and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid and will include a guest appearance from Cecilia Nordlund ( Souls , Monkeystrikes , Cilihili ). The first single "If I had a heart" will be officially released [...]