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Consisting of youth close friends Henning Fürst and Eric Berglund, Göthenburg duo the Rough Alliance — often described simply seeing that TTA — honed their particular mixture of pop, electronica, dub, and Caribbean affects through some EP and record releases in the locally based Program label (also house to Jens …

Jonathan Johansson creates his lyrics in Swedish, and provides them in a dreamy croon (frequently doubling himself in falsetto) that’s designated by the highlight of his native Scania area in the country’s southern tip. But his lush, extremely melodic pop can be both stunning and familiar plenty of to quickly …

Finnish indie pop stalwarts Jessika Rapo (vocalist for Le Futur Pompiste) and Henry Ojala (drummer for Pet cats burning) teamed up to create the shambly, synthy duo Burning up Hearts in 2004. Sounding something similar to a warm, wispy mixture of Le Futur Pompiste and Pet cats on Fire, Burning …

David Olof Peter Pagmar (better referred to as Montt Mardié) is really a Swedish singer/songwriter whose ethereal, soulful falsetto and genre-bending sensibilities nod to likeminded Scandinavians like Jens Lekman, Tobias Fröberg, and Loney, Dear. His debut record, Drama, premiered on Hybris in 2005. An EP, Research, was released twelve months …

Swedish synth pop duo the Embassy shaped in Gothenburg in the first 2000s throughout the abilities of guitarist/vocalist Fredrik and keyboardist/programmer Torbjörn. The group’s personal mixture of breezy digital pop and New Order-inspired dance-rock initial made an appearance in 2002 on its debut record, Futile Crimes, accompanied by some singles …

Sweden’s Adiam weaves lush R&B-inflected spirit and atmospheric pop using a wink to punk and rap. Blessed Adiam Dymott, the little girl of Eritrean emigrants who fulfilled in Italy and transferred to Uppsala, she was raised on hip-hop and alt-rock, but didn’t highly look at a musical profession for herself …