Cuemix magazine interviews Danish minimalist electronic artist Karsten Pflum: mix-magazine.com/cuemix/php/gallery_left.php?image=383" target=_blank>https://www.cuemix-magazine.com/cuemix/php/gallery_left.php?image=383

melody Club on tour in the UK:

03/16 - Academy, Newcastle
03/17 - Engine Rooms, Scotland
03/19 - Little Civic, Wolverhampton
03/20 - Engine Rooms, Brighton
03/21 - Water Rats, London

Go here to download a free compilation album from Norwegian electronic act Origami Republika: mi/republika/3.3-kk200.html" target=_blank>https://www.kunst.no/origami/republika/3.3-kk200.html

Jester Records has set February 26 as the release date of When's new album "Trippy happy".

music Export Finland has selected Disco Ensemble, Lodger, 22-Pistepirkko and KTU to represent them at this year's SXSW and a few extra showcase dates. Read more: mic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/news/DE2B80B05D40C8DDC22572730047A5AF!opendocument" target=_blank>https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/news/DE2B80B05D40C8DDC22572730047A5AF!opendocument

AA/Nosordo have folded their 'Famous for 15mb' concept back into their main website: m/" target=_blank>https://www.nosordo.com/
Go there to download a bunch of tracks from a brand new batch of promising international artists such as Det Svenska Folket (NOR), Homeland (SWE) and Josef Efraim Hudson (DK).

The Candy mind netlabel has posted a new release from bitpop artist Goto80: mind.com/" target=_blank>https://www.candymind.com/

The Knife have swept the Swedish Grammis, taking home six prizes! Here's the winners in all of the major categories:

Best artist: The Knife
Best song: martin Stenmarck - "7milakliv" (Universal)
Best album: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best pop group: The Knife - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best production: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best composition: Karin Drejer Andersson/Olof Drejer - "Silent shout" (Rabid)
Best music DVD: The Knife- "Silent shout - an audio visual experience" (Rabid)
Best rock group: mando Diao - "Ode to ochrasy" (majesty)
Best jazz: Esbjörn Svensson Trio - "Tuesday Wonderland" (ACT)
Best club/dance: Christian Falk - "People say" (Bonnier)
Best hard-rock/metal: In Flames - "Come clarity" (Nuclear Blast)
Best pop/rock female: Anna Ternheim - "Separation road" (Universal)
Best hip-hop/soul: Snook - "Är" (P.O.P.E)
Best newcomer: Veronica maggio - "Vatten och bröd" (Stockholm Records)
Best pop/rock male: Håkan Hellström - "Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått" (Dolores)
Export prize: José González
Best lyrics: Anna Ternheim - "Separation road" (Universal)
Open category: Evert Taube - "Samtliga grammofoninspelningar 1921-1970" (HmV)
Hederspris: Peps Persson
Telia's prize for the best ringtone: Basshunter - "Boten Anna"

Read more: mmis.se/" target=_blank>https://www.grammis.se/

Some new, somewhat random, tourdates for José González:

03/11 - Concert Hall (mosaic music Festival), Singapore
04/26 - marfa Ballroom, marfa, TX
04/29 - Coachella, Indio, CA
05/02 - Courtyard Café, Urbana, IL

In celebration of the release of her new album "Street of dreams", Swedish singer/songwriter Sofia Talvik is giving away an entire remix album as a free download: m/streetofdreamix" target=_blank>https://www.sofiatalvik.com/streetofdreamix
Contributing artists include Tobiah, Sophie Rimheden, Chuck Dread, Johan Sigerud and more.

UTUstudio reports that Finnish singer/songwriter marja mattlar's fifth album "Polku" ("Path") is ready for release on February 15. The record was produced and arranged with help from Ilmari Issakainen and Tyko Saarikko of Finnish neofolk act Tenhi and you can hear some (older) samples here: marja/" target=_blank>https://www.vuorenk.pp.fi/marja/

Fluxblog reports on having seen Peter Bjorn and John in NYC: my-middle-finger.html" target=_blank>https://www.fluxblog.org/2007/01/paint-ring-on-my-middle-finger.html

Not only will The Sound O.E have a new album out on UK-based label Rocinante this spring, they'll also be doing a split record with Norwegian act Desperado. That record will contain tracks from TSOE's "Am I off or on" EP and Desperado's "Low crust sessions" and is to be coreleased by German labels Heckspoiler music and Daredevil Records.

Joakim Thåström, known both his solo career as well as his work with bands such as Ebba Grön and Imperiet, now has a new full-band project called Sällskapet. Look for their debut album in march.

Swedish hip-hop artist Jae Won has posted two new tracks on myspace: myspace.com/faejaewon" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/faejaewon