Slaraffenland is blogging while on tour in the US: https://www.slaraffenland.blogspot.com/

Norwegian jazz artist Solveig Slettahjell will release her new album "Domestic songs" on October 10 via Curling Legs and will be playing a release party that same night at Bare Jazzin Oslo. For more details, go here: https://www.curlinglegs.no/slettahjell

MIC Norway profiles Ida Maria, an artist I'd highly recommend you keep an eye on: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007100416082756417944

Robyn will be releasing "Handle me" as her next single in the UK via her very own label Konichiwa Records. The digital version hits first on October 22 with the CD, 7" and 12" formats to follow on October 29. B-sides include remixes from Björn Yttling, Williams, OrtzRocka and Soul Seekerz plus an acoustic version of "With every heartbeat".

Morningside Records and Labrador are collaborating on a new venture entitled 'Label Me Lucky' which will be releasing the new Sambassadeur album "Migration" in Denmark on November 5. See the label website for more details, though it doesn't offer any info on future plans: https://www.labelmelucky.net/

Christian Kjellvander has posted the first single "Two souls" from his forthcoming album "I saw her from here/I saw here from her" on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/christiankjellvander Look for a Robinovich-directed video to surface online very soon. "I saw her from here/I saw here from her" will be released on November 7 via Startracks/V2.

New releases on the way from Smalltown Superjazzz:

10/22 - Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love - The fat is gone
10/22 - Free Fall (aka Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ken Vandermark and Haavard Wiik) - The point in a line
10/22 - Mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love - Splatter MCD
10/29 - Two Bands and a Legend (aka Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing plus Joe McPhee) - I see you baby EP

More details here: https://www.smalltownsupersound.com/v1/superjazzz/new_releases.php

The latest Music Export Finland newsletter is now online: https://musex.fi/mxf/news?articleId=142

Finland's Black Audio has now migrated to Virb since their myspace account was mysterious erased: https://www.virb.com/blackaudio
Perhaps Blaqk Audio is to blame?

Finnish hardcore act Kolt reports that their new album is delayed, but they've added a new track to myspace to ease the pain: https://www.myspace.com/kolt

Swedish d-beat punks Victims are blogging the recording of their new album "Killer": https://killer.victimsinblood.com/

The new Sambassadeur album "Migration" is officially confirmed for release on October 24 via Labrador Records.

The release of the new Bloodlights (ex-Gluecifer) album is now confirmed for November 16 in Europe, November 19 in Scandinavia. Listen to samples: https://www.myspace.com/bloodlights

Risky Bizniz has now moved on from Blogspot to their own domain: https://riskybizniz.se/

Ultra prolific Finnish act Circle will be releasing a new 7" on Irish label Trensmat Records in the near future. See details: https://www.circlefinland.com/index.php?discography=vaahto
Also look a reissue of their 1994 debut "Meronia", out now via home-label Ektro Records.