Swedish
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musical group consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (
Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings are a Swedish indie pop band. They were founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård (Club 8, The Legends, Poprace).
Histo ...
, Poprace).
History
Formed in 1995, Club 8 were signed to the Spanish
record label
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Siesta. They released a single called "Me Too" and an album called ''Nouvelle'' with an
twee pop
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sound.
In 1998, their second album, ''The Friend I Once Had'', and the single "Missing You" were released. "Missing You" became a club and radio hit in Spain and somewhat of a college radio favorite in the US. The band started playing live. Their first gig was in
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at a March Records
CMJ
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event in 1999. Their sound had by now developed into a more
bossa nova
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and
dance
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-oriented one.
In 2001, Club 8's sound moved toward
chill-out
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and
trip hop
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on their third, self-titled album. In the autumn of 2001, the duo used Stockholm's Summersound Studios, writing songs and experimenting with dub,
trip hop
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,
chillout
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, 1980s, and
bossa nova
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sounds. The resulting album, released in 2002, is named ''Spring Came, Rain Fell''.
The 2003 follow-up album, '' Strangely Beautiful'', peaked at number 18 on the CMJ charts in the US. For the first time since 1999, the band released a single from the album and a corresponding video. Backed by five exclusive tracks, the song "Saturday Night Engine" was released as a single in the spring of 2003. The video made it to number 16 on the '' Up North'' chart on
MTV Nordic
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.
Afterward, Angergård formed a band called The Legends, which recorded three albums between 2004 and 2006. He also made an
Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings are a Swedish indie pop band. They were founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård (Club 8, The Legends, Poprace).
Histo ...
Labrador Records
Labrador Records is a Sweden-based record label, specializing in indie pop and the twee subgenre.
History
Labrador was founded by Bengt Rahm in 1997 in Malmö, modeled on niche British record companies and Swedish fanzines like A Zero One and B ...
.
Club 8's album '' The People's Record'', was released on 18 May 2010, and was produced by
Jari Haapalainen
Jari Haapalainen (born 1971) is a Finnish-Swedish musician, songwriter and producer.Above the City'', came out on 21 May 2013.
Club 8 has since released two further studio albums: 2015's ''
Pleasure
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'', and their latest, ''Golden Island'', which came out in 2018.
Pleasure
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