Mette Marie Cecilia Nordlund (born 13 September 1973 in
Östersund,
Jämtland
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) is a Swedish songwriter, singer, composer and guitarist from
Malmö. She has been part of the bands Souls, Monkeystrikes and Sunshine Rabbits, and has released solo work under the stage name Cilihili.
Biography
Nordlund joined the band Souls in
Helsingborg in 1991 with Johan Karlsson (bass), Andreas Danielsson (guitar) and Tony Fideke (drums). They released two albums, both produced by
Steve Albini, and opened for
Bush
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and
Veruca Salt in the US.
After Souls disbanded, Nordlund founded the band Monkeystrikes with
Christoffer Lundquist
Carl Christoffer Lundquist (born 1970) is a Swedish musician and producer. He was once in the band Brainpool, where he started as a bass player and backing vocalist, but moved to play both the bass and the guitar. Brainpool won a Swedish Gram ...
of
Brainpool. They released one album, ''You Hate My Beautiful Love'', in 2005.
Nordlund released a solo album, ''Not Listening'', in 2009 under the stage name Cilihili.
Nordlund has directed music videos for
Marit Bergman,
Fever Ray
Karin Elisabeth Dreijer (born 7 April 1975) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and record producer. Dreijer was one half of the electronic music duo the Knife, formed with their brother Olof Dreijer. Dreijer released their debut solo album under ...
and
Helena Josefsson
Helena Marianne Josefsson (born 23 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist in the band Sandy Mouche and has collaborated with Per Gessle, Roxette, Arash Labaf, The Ark and various other Swedish musical projects ...
. She sings on Bergman's "Adios Amigos" and Fever Ray's "Keep the Streets Empty for Me."
She also composed the soundtracks for ''The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower'' (2005).
Nordlund appears, with Josefsson,
Gudrún Hauksdóttir,
The Cardigans'
Nina Persson and
Lotta Wenglen, in the 2011 documentary ''I Am My Own Dolly Parton'', directed by
Jessica Nettelbladt
Jessica Maria Nettelbladt (born 7 August 1972, in Malmö) is a Swedish director and documentary filmmaker, specializing in personal interviews.
Biography
Nettelbladt attended the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and received her master's degree ...
, which premiered at the Tempo documentary film festival.
She is active with Sweden's Popkollo series of music camps for girls
Discography
* ''Not Listening'' – 2009
References
External links
Official site
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Living people
1973 births
Swedish women musicians