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Follow The Light (Molly Nilsson Album)
''Follow the Light'' is the third studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 7 June 2010. Background Regarding ''Follow the Light'', Nilsson said that she was "a little bit disillusioned and confused about what hewas going to do" after her previous album ''Europa'' (2009) had not sold as well as expected. In 2022, Nilsson looked back fondly on the album, saying: "I’m very critical of almost everything I do, but when I look back on that album, I do think it’s a really fun one. I don’t think there’s one bad song on there." Themes Memory has been cited as a central topic on ''Follow the Light'', specifically on the songs "The Closest We'll Ever Get to Heaven" and "I'm Still Wearing His Jacket". Release ''Follow the Light'' was originally self-released through Nilsson's label Dark Skies Association on CD on 7 June 2010. After the start of Nilsson's cooperation with Night School Records, the album was reissued on CD and released on vinyl in January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Nilsson
Molly Lilly Maria Nilsson (born December 14, 1984) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician. She is the owner of an independent record label, Dark Skies Association, founded in 2009. As of 2004, Nilsson resides in Berlin. Early life Nilsson grew up in Stockholm. Both of her parents were communists. She began her creative pursuits in comics and writing. Soon she began experimenting with a friend's keyboard and transitioned from visual media into songwriting. Music Nilsson moved to Berlin to pursue music. She worked in the cloakroom of Berlin nightclub Berghain, while saving money to write songs on weekends. She released her first album in 2008 titled ''These Things Take Time'', which she released on CD-R with just 500 copies. In 2009, she released another self-produced album, ''Europa''. Nilsson gained more visibility in 2011 when her song "Hey Moon" from ''These Things Take Time,'' was covered by John Maus for his album ''We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa (Molly Nilsson Album)
''Europa'' is the second studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 17 June 2009. Background and themes The album marked the formation of Nilsson's self-run label Dark Skies Association. The flag of Europe is used as the logo of the label. In an interview, Nilsson said the following about Europe and the EU: ''Europa'' was conceived against the backdrop of the Great Recession and the then-incoming 2010s decade. The album has been described as idealistic, hopeful, and dealing with the ideas of "having no borders to imprison people" and "people coming together to make things better". Production ''Europa'' was written and recorded in 2009. Nilsson described the album's production as "kind of difficult". It was the first of her releases to be recorded in her own Lighthouse Studios in Berlin. The song "Berlin, Berlin" is notable for being in Nilsson's native Swedish, as opposed to her usual English. She has not written any songs in Swedish since. Release a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History (Molly Nilsson Album)
''History'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson, released on 14 December 2011. It was Nilsson's final album to be entirely self-released, as she started collaborating with Night School Records afterwards. ''History'' has been cited as Nilsson's "breakout" album, including by herself. Background Regarding the album's concept and title, Nilsson explained: Release ''History'' was originally self-released through Nilsson's own label Dark Skies Association. The CD version was released on 14 December 2011 and the vinyl version followed in April 2012. In association with Night School Records, ''History'' was then released as a digital download on 31 January 2019, while reissues of the CD and vinyl versions followed on 29 March 2019. It was again reissued on vinyl on 29 September 2023. Critical reception ''History'' received positive reviews. Emilie Friedlander of ''Pitchfork'', in a positive review, said that the album is "carried by the commanding, alm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
