Daniel "Fagge" Fagerström (The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, ) has assembled a new 65m mixtape featuring a selection of his favorite Swedish experimental/noise cassette tracks, mostly from the last few years but also throwing in a few pre-millennium cuts. Featured artists include Alvars Orkester, Skeppet, Sewer Election, Joachim Nordwall and Altar of Flies, among many others.
Newly posted sounds from Tight Silk aka Josefine Fagerström from The Je Ne Sais Quoi.
Tight Silk is the brand new electro/pop solo project of Josefine Fagerström from The Je Ne Sais Quoi/Jenny Wilson and "Like a feather" is her debut single. No word on any sort of physical release yet, but expect more tracks to come down the line in the not-so-distant future.
A new 3-song EP from The Wild Shore, the current band of Jimmy Ottosson (ex-Torpedo/The Je Ne Sais Quoi/Will Gambola Sing) and Arvid Engström (ex-Wired for Mono).
Swedish funk-punks The Je Ne Sais Quoi will reportedly be back with a new EP soon: http://www.tjnsq.net/?p=289
CMG, the solo pop alias of Calle Malmgren from The Je Ne Sais Quoi, has a new album out this week via called "Homecoming". Preview at the label's website along with lead single "A love 4-ever": http://moptacodics.com/ (scroll down)
Recommended!
The Je Ne Sais Quoi are giving away their new single "Waste my beauty" as a free download via Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/the_je_ne_sais_quoi/waste-my-beauty
Join The Je Ne Sais Quoi's dance party! Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4mxqK4NtKM
Optic Nest, the solo project of Daniel "Fagge" Fagerström (The Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi), now has a video for the song "Asphalt": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbNmiuDbfu0
Check out The Wild Shore, a brand new Stockholm 4-piece featuring Jimmy Ottosson (ex-Torpedo/The Je Ne Sais Quoi/Will Gambola Sing/etc) on guitar, Arvid Engström (ex-Wired for Mono) on vox, Robert Klaesson (Hari & Aino) on drums and Krister Sund on bass: http://www.thewildshore.com/
Jenny Wilson and Daniel Fagge Fagerström (Skull Defekts, The Je Ne Sais Quoi, Optic Nest) have collaborated with choreographer Helena Franzén on a new project called "I'm not looking back" which will premiere at Dansens Hus in Stockholm on November 4. More here: http://www.dansenshus.se/In_English/Pa-scenen1/Helena-Franzen--Jenny-Wilson/
Careful, you're veering awfully close to funky jamband territory there and I doubt it'd take much to send y'all careening over the edge. Definitely picking up some early Red Hot Chili Peppers punk-funk vibes too, which I must admit, give me pause. Can't deny there's a proper time and place to bust out those sorta jams, though I'm not so sure that location exists in my life anymore. Still, despite "Protection" being merely a so-so track, I do actually like The Je Ne Sais Quoi's new record "Transparent for you all". Definitely rougher than 2007's "Rhythm" which I liked a lot; sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not. I'd say it's a transitional work.
The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Protection
reports that they'll be releasing the new Optic Nest LP "Entertainment" this summer along with the debut 7" "Distractions" from "funk-falsetto boyscout" CMG (also in The Je Ne Sais Quoi) plus a cassette from Evil Moisture. Samples via myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moptacodics
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Masshysteri - Dom kan inte höra musiken
02. TALK 1
03. David Sandström Overdrive - How the story feels
04. Ludwig Bell - Jag är en idiot
05. Faster Katt - Strange candy
06. TALK 2
07. Zombiekrig - Döden
08. Vorum - Eyes burning red
09. Okkultokrati - No light for mass
10. TALK 3
11. Björn Kleinhenz - Dackes drabanter
12. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Transparent for you all
13. EL-SD - Sösjö
14. Robert Svensson - Beat
15. TALK 4
16. The Aches - Something to die for
17. Meleeh - Trauma
18. Grande Roses - Hell's own trial
19. Underachiever - Keep an eye
20. TALK 5
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. TALK 1
02. Robyn - Fembot
03. Monty - Orden
04. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Bye bye pianotie
05. Palpitation - What if
06. TALK 2
07. The Tallest Man on Earth - Burden of tomorrow
08. Dyno - Don't speak love
09. Margaret Berger - Will you remember me tomorrow?
10. Holiday for Strings - Shelter Island
11. TALK 3
12. Tutankamon - Have you ever been in love?
13. Kråkesølv - Skredder
14. The Tiny - Last weekend
15. Asha Ali - The time is now
16. TALK 4
17. Monzano - Yes, we can't
18. Donkeyboy - Ambitions
19. Kite - Ways to dance
20. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
21. TALK 5
22. Makthaverskan - German boy
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.