Artist: Adam Tensta

Country: Sweden
Genre: Hip-hop/Soul/Skweee
http://www.myspace.com/adamtensta
Reviews: It's a Tensta thing
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Swedish Grammis 2010 best video nominees

The nominees for the Swedish Grammis/MTV award in the category of best music video have been announced:

Adam Tensta, Eboi, Infinite Mass - Area turns red 09 (dir. Marcus Lundin)
Adiam Dymott - Miss you (dir. Senay & Kolacz)
Air France - No excuses (dir. Marcus Söderlund)
Amanda Jensen - Happyland (dir. Jerker Josefsson)
Bob Hund - Bli aldrig som oss bli värre! (dir. Johan Söderberg)
BWO - Right here right now (dir. Josef Andersson)
El Perro Del Mar - Change of heart (dir. Filip Nilsson)
Elin Lanto - Love made me stupid (dir. Robinovich)
Fever Ray - When I grow up (dir. Martin de Thurrah)
Jenny Wilson - Like a fading rainbow (dir. Marcus Söderlund)
Pato Pooh feat. Adam Tensta - Follow me (dir. Maceo Frost)
Peter Bjorn and John - It don't move me (dir. Filip Nilsson)
Promoe - Svennebanan (dir. Magnus Härdner)
Taken By Trees - My boys (dir. Marcus Söderlund)
The Sound Of Arrows - Into the clouds (dir. The Sound Of Arrows)
Timbuktu - Välj mej (dir. Daniel Wirtberg & Jonas Rudström)
Promoe - Mammas Gata (dir. Magnus Härdner)
Moneybrother - Born under a bad sign (dir. Kalle Haglund)
Mando Diao - Gloria (dir. Jörn Heitmann)
Melody Club - The only ones (dir. Peder Bergstrand)

View/vote here: http://grammis.mtv.se/

Festival report: CMJ 2009

Pato Pooh + Adam Tensta - Follow me (video)

Aftonbladet has the new Pato Pooh video "Follow me" (feat. Adam Tensta) which is done up in full 8-bit videogame style: http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/musikvideor/article5961294.ab

New DJ Rooftop mixtape for download

The new DJ Rooftop "The yellow and blue print 3" featuring Swedish hip-hop stars rapping over Jay-Z beats is out now as a free download: http://djrooftop.blogspot.com/2009/09/blue-and-yellow-print-3.html
A few of the featured artists include Pato Pooh, Adam Tensta, Paragon and Promoe.

Adam Tensta at House of Sweden

Swedish rap artist Adam Tensta will perform at the House of Sweden in Washington DC on September 19.

Infinite Mass - Area turns red 09

Swedish dance act Infinite Mass have released a brand new version of their single "Area turns red", now with guestspots from Adam Tensta and Eboi -- get it via DJ Silence: http://djsilenceblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/infinite-mass-feat-adam-tensta-eboi_4697.html

The Local interviews Adam Tensta

The Local talks to rising rap star Adam Tensta about where he came from and his international prospects: http://www.thelocal.se/19388/20090513/

Sophie Rimheden to collaborate with Anthony Mills

Swedish electronic artist Sophie Rimheden is apparently working on a collaboration with American soul singer Anthony Mills, a connection made via Adam Tensta's producers. Read more: http://www.nsk.se/article/20090428/NOJE/296269027 (in Swedish)

MBFIMG hangs with Tensta in LA

MyBestFriendIsMyGrind will be hanging out with Swedish rapper Adam Tensta in LA next week: http://www.mybestfriendismygrind.com/mybestfriendismygrindcom-in-los-angeles-pt1/

MP3: Fronda - Andas

So much free music out there, yet so little is worth hearing. As with yesterday's post on the High Hats, I'm here to help you cut through the muck as best I can. I suspect a lot of people overlooked my notice that Swedish hip-hop artist Fronda was offering up a full album for download and that's a shame because it's one of those rare exceptions where the music is actually worth hearing. Fuck all those endless Christmas singles/EPs/whatever; I'm sick of that shit before we even get to December. This is far more interesting, especially since it's been somewhat of a weak year for Swedish hip-hop. Obviously I'm not up on every release, but if Adam Tensta and Lazee are the best of the best, that's sad. Besides, the best Swedish hip-hop is almost always på Svenska. Now I can't say that this particular track ("Andas") breaks new ground or will blow minds, but it's 100% solid and that's all that matters. Hopefully it's enough to convince you to download the rest at the very least, or even make a donation. Good music deserves to be heard.

Fronda - Andas

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Theresa Andersson - Birds fly away
02. TALK 1
03. Nitad - Pengaproblem
04. Parken - Jar har varit vilsen, Lisa
05. Hello Saferide - Anna
06. Alouatta - Animal
07. TALK 2
08. Bloodbath - At the behest of their death
09. Anders Teglund - I whisper, he lives
10. Familjen - Huvudet i sanden (ft. Adam Tensta)
11. TALK 3
12. Mikko Singh - Laodi majra
13. They Live - My favorite color is gold
14. Massgrav - Vuxenliv
15. Snøras - Lucid river
16. TALK 4
17. Lassus - Tummen upp
18. BJ Nielsen - Tummen upp
19. Ass - Tummen upp
20. The LK - Tummen upp
21. TALK 5
22. Quagmire - I've got a gun and I'm... afraid to use it

Reminder: My show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday at the same time.

Check out the new Adam Tensta video for "Dope boy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpm1dEHVPjQ

Sophie Rimheden's new single "Stay the night" (ft. Adam Tensta) will be released on August 27 with eight b-side remixes. Tracklist details: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70440842&blogID=425237710

Festival report: Hultsfred 08 (pt. II)

MP3: Sophie Rimheden - Happy

The tracks on the new Sophie Rimheden album with all the guest spots from Sweden's current crop of "hot" rappers (Adam Tensta, Form One, Aaron Phiri, etc.) only serve to distract from the better tracks on the album that are all her own. Actually, that's not 100% true as the lead single "Go away" is dece, but I really do like her own solo tracks best. Case in point: "Happy". Fun like a carnival, sharp like cheddar and, uh, infectious like a cold. Or something like that. Anyhow, it does what it needs to do which is attempt to reinforce Rimheden's place as Sweden's reigning electropop queen. A couple years ago she had that honor down solid, these days competition is fierce - Firefox AK and Karin Ström ain't no slouches. Watch your back!

Sophie Rimheden - Happy