Karin Maria Erika Park (born 6 September 1978) is a Swedish-Norwegian singer-songwriter.

Career

Karin Park made her debut in 2003 with the single ''Superworldunknown'' (also album title). She was nominated "Newcomer of the Year" and "Best Female Pop Artist" at

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2004 and was awarded the Alarmprisen 2004, ''Lydverketprisen'' for Newcomer of the Year. The single ''Superworldunknown'' was also nominated for "Norway's Best Song of all Times", by the journal Spirit and Norway's biggest radio station P3. After the release of her second album ''Change Your Mind'' (2006), the music developed in a new, darker and more synth-based direction. The third album, ''Ashes to Gold'' (2009), was produced by Fredrik Saroea, frontman of the Norwegian band

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. Following this record, Karin has continued to develop a more experimental, beat-oriented sound. Karin Park is also an eminent producer, who has done remixes for other bands and co-produced the latest Årabrot record "Who do you love" with her husband Kjetil Nernes, frontman in Årabrot. Together with her brother David Park, Portsmouth based producer Barry Barnet and the Swedish producer Christoffer Berg (known for his work with The Knife,

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and

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), she made her fourth album, ''Highwire Poetry'' (2012). In 2013, Karin Park wrote

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's " I Feed You My Love" together with Macho Psycho, Norway's entry to the

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. The song provided Norway's best result in the contest since their win in 2009, placing fourth out of twenty-six competitors in the final, and scoring a total of 191 points. Karin Park, live on stage, Munich 2013-01-05

Karin Park, live on stage, Munich 2013-01-05

Also released in 2013,

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' song "Everything" features Karin Park on guest vocals. 2014, Axtone released

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s remix of "Tokyo by Night" with

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and Karin Park and it went straight to no.1 on

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. In 2015, she released her fifth studio album ''Apocalypse Pop'', further expanding her sonic research while dealing with personal themes and summoning many different atmospheres. 2017–2018, Karin Park was playing the role as

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in Oslo, Norway. The show sold over a 150 000 tickets and is the most popular musical in Norwegian history. Her new band project Pandora Drive is London based and released their first EP "Albino Heart" in 2018. Aside from her musical career, Karin Park occasionally works as a model and an actress. She starred in the Norwegian horror film ''Hidden (2009)'' and her song ''Out of the Cage'' was the theme track to the film.

Music

The music has been described as variously "electro-goth" and "industrial-pop". Karin Park's current musical style has been compared to

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(whom she also has toured with),

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and The Knife. Her distinctive voice has also been compared with

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and

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. She has portrayed herself as a white

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in interviews.

Personal life

Karin Park currently lives in Djura (Sweden), together with her husband Kjetil Nernes; songwriter and frontman of the band Årabrot. Karin also plays keyboards in the band.

Discography

Albums

*''Superworldunknown'' (Waterfall Records/Universal, 2003) NO #11 *''Change Your Mind'' (Superworldmusic, 2006) *''Ashes To Gold'' (Young Aspiring Professionals, 2009) NO #32 *''Highwire Poetry'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2012) *''Apocalypse Pop'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2015) *''Church of Imagination'' (Djura Missionshus, 2020) *''ALTER'' (collaborative album with

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) (Pelagic Records, 2021) *''Private Collection'' (Pelagic Records, 2022)

Singles

* ''Superworldunknown'' (Waterfall Records, 2003) * ''Fill It Up'' (Waterfall Records, 2003) * ''Change Your Mind'' (Superworldmusic, 2006) * ''Masterpiece'' (Superworldmusic, 2006) * ''The Bachelorette'' (Superworldmusic, 2006) * ''Can't Stop Now'' (Young Aspiring Professionals, 2009) * ''Ashes'' (Young Aspiring Professionals, 2009) * ''Tiger Dreams'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2011) * ''Fryngies'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2012) * ''Wildchild'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2012) * ''Restless'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2012) * ''Thousand Loaded Guns'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2012) * ''Shine'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 2014) * ''Look What You've Done'' (State of the Eye Recordings/Cosmos Music Group, 15 March 2014) * ''Life is Just a Dream/Human Beings'' (15 April 2015) * ''Stick to the Lie'' (State of the Eye Recordings, 30 October 2015) * ''Blue Roses'' EP (Djura Missionshus, 31 August 2018) * ''Give (Lustmord Remix)'' (Djura Missionshus, 2020) * ''The Rest of Your Life (feat. Aspyer)'' (

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, 2021)

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Karin 1978 births Living people Swedish singer-songwriters Swedish electronic musicians English-language singers from Sweden Norwegian women singers Norwegian singer-songwriters Norwegian electronic musicians English-language singers from Norway Swedish expatriates in Norway People from Dalarna County Musicians from Bergen Norwegian people of Swedish descent Melodi Grand Prix composers Melodi Grand Prix contestants Swedish women in electronic music 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Swedish women singers