When we first introduced you to the decadent pop world of Kim Cesarion, we found ourselves swooning over his stark, almost hymnal, session take of his debut single, ‘Undressed’. Well, now the prodigal Swede has returned, and he’s turned the pressure up to bursting point on the track’s full …
Having already sold more than 50,000 units in over 25 territories worldwide, it’s hard to believe Unit Portables has only been around for two years. The Stockholm-based bag brand has secured a formidable reputation for itself since its inception in 2011, when founder Andreas Ehde spotted a niche in the market; …
Finding himself in a gossamer hinterland somewhere between The Weeknd and Jeff Buckley, 22 year-old Swedish (via Guadeloupe) vocalist Kim Cesarion produces charming, soul-imbued R&B with a serious electronic edge, formed from a myriad of nascent influences. Having already achieved a great deal of notoriety in his native Scandinavia, …
Listening back-to-back to the two albums that bookend the career to date of Canada’s Young Galaxy – their self-titled 2007 debut, and this year’s Ultramarine, their fourth full-length – feels like being in the presence of two entirely separate musical entities. However, while the spacey indie-pop of the …
With their glorious fourth album, Ultramarine – a hugely visceral, romantic re-imagining of modern synth-pop – due out on Paper Bag next week, Canadian five-piece Young Galaxy gave us an insight into the record’s Swedish production, their attempts to mix up the songwriting process this time around, and why it’s …
When Young Galaxy‘s Catherine McCandless belts out “I don’t care if the disbelievers don’t understand” on ‘Pretty Boy‘ – the opening track from the Canadian five-piece’s latest album, Ultramarine – you can’t help but believe her. Across their four full-lengths to date, McCandless and co. have been …
With the release of their forthcoming eighth album, Above the City, creeping ever closer, we’re delighted to be able to bring you a UK exclusive first look at the video for Swedish synth-pop duo Club 8‘s latest single ‘Stop Taking My Time‘. Full of boisterous synth …
Dreamy Australian-Swedish electro twins Miranda and Elektra Kilbey – aka Say Lou Lou (NB the name change) - make pop music that is both dark and light, ethereal and euphoric. Following the release of their second single, ‘Julian’ and ahead of a European tour supporting synthpoppers Hurts, we wangled …
With a UK debut album finally nearing completion and a rambunctious 2013 laying ahead, Alex Cull caught up with Swedish electro-pop duo Icona Pop for a rant and a rave about their globetrotting lifestyle, unique vocal chemistry and the music that makes them both laugh and cry.
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Here at PlanetNotion, we always dig a downright sensual, love-making oriented dance tune; so, when we heard that legendary Jazzanova man Alex Barck‘s new track – the indicatively titled ‘Don’t Hold Back’ – celebrates “the coitus interruptus until it hurts”, we knew we just had to share it with …
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