After two sold out Ja Ja Ja events we are going into the third and therefore last round of this Ja Ja Ja season, before we will be back after the summer. On the 11th May the Swedish musician Firefox AK, the Icelandic Jófríður Ákadóttir with her new project JFDR and the Norwegian Psych-Pop-Duo Misty Coast will hit the stage at FluxBau for you. Farao from Norway will be DJing.
Get your tickets here! And if you register yourself as a Ja Ja Ja-member you’ll get a lovely discount on the entry.
Musically Firefox AK, or Andrea Kellerman as she calls herself in everyday life, makes melancholic and electronic pop music that works perfectly with lyrics that are more anxious than anything she has released in the past. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why she never felt as secure about a recording as she does this time. Producer Claes Björklund, known from Iamamiwhoami, has without any doubt also played an important role. With great intuition he gives the songs a sound that perfectly captures the mood of the sad yet hopeful lyrics.
For a while she was also the guitarist of Hello Saferide and her voice can be heard on the duet “Long lost penpal” from Hello Saferide’s debut ”Introducing: Hello Saferide”. After that her career took off and, among other things, she was nominated for a Swedish Grammy for the album ”If I Were a Melody”.
The follow-up, “Color the Trees”, was released on a major label in Germany and the single “Boom Boom Boom” became a big radio hit. At around the same time Firefox AK got the prestigious assignment to be the opening act for mega-band The Hurts on their European tour.
JFDR
‘I got obsessed with her band Samaris a few years ago,” says Björk, “and then it was amazing to see her do her own stuff. She’s surrounded herself with a really authentic community of friends.’ - Björk
JFDR, the latest project from Iceland’s Jófríður Ákadóttir (Samaris, Pascal Pinon, Gangly), is a blend of cyclical guitar parts, soft minimal soundscapes, and poetic wonderings of a journey that ends where it began. Drawing from classical, folk, and electronic backgrounds, JFDR amalgamates the sounds of changing seasons, her voice a current that moves through rough seas to smooth waters. But perhaps JFDR shines the most in her capacity as a wordsmith, employing rich imagery to evoke the subtle emotions embedded in each song. Her first full length album Brazil, co-produced by legendary multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, was released in March.
Misty Coast is the side project of Linn Frøkedal and Richard Myklebust from the Megaphonic Thrift. Located on the foggy coast of Bergen, Norway, they play minimalistic and dreamy psych-pop. Inspired by the widespread western climate the duo find their sound in the contrasts. The simple encounters the bizarre and the grim becomes the beautiful. Misty Coast are challenging the less-is-more principle and they seek the interesting in the
obvious. This is pop music on acid, with one foot on the pedal board and the other one placed steady on the ground. The result is a strange and poignant escapism. Their self-titled debut album is due September 15, and will be released worldwide by Brilliance/Club AC30/Old Flames records/Moorworks. The album is recorded both in the duo’s home studio, and in Skogen Studio at Bergen Kjøtt with producer Matias Tellez (Young Dreams). The album is mixed by Tellez and mastered by Jørgen Træen (Jaga Jazzist, Susanne Sundfør). Kim Åge Furuhaug (Bloody Beach) participates on drums, and he is also joining the duo for most of their live shows.
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