Stina Nordenstam

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Stina Nordenstam (born Kristina Ulrika Nordenstam on 4 March 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician.

In 1991, the year she released her first album Memories of a Colour, Nordenstam played at the Swedish parliament as part of the Year of Jazz. Her early work, including her second album, And She Closed Her Eyes, released in 1994, was significantly jazz-influenced, with only subtle elements of alternative rock. With 1997’s Dynamite she started down a darker, more experimental path; most of the album was filled with processed, distorted electric guitars and unusual beats, but careful listening revealed her unique song-writing abilities.

An album of covers, People Are Strange, followed before she returned in 2001 with This Is Stina Nordenstam, an album with shorter songs and a more pop-like feel; ex-Suede vocalist Brett Anderson featured on two tracks. In 2003 Nordenstam appeared in a duet with Jonas Bjerre from Mew on Mew’s third album Frengers, with a song called “Her Voice Is beyond Her Years”. Between 2003 and 2004 she made the Swedish radio-theatre series called The Fears of the Ice, about one of the first polar expeditions.

Her 2004 album, The World Is Saved, continues the path set on This Is…, but presents a more realised sound and acknowledges her earlier jazz influences more.

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  • jemly

    adore.

    5 hours ago Reply
  • sakamotocross

    Didn't Stina once say, "I'd like to see you bleed?" I wouldn't take any advice from her, ever.

    16 Apr 6:20pm Reply
  • sonderpatient

    Oh comeooooooooonn Stina! Where are you?

    31 Mar 6:39am Reply
  • daviesr7

    Silly boy. Listen to Stina. Always.

    8 Mar 12:18am Reply
  • Tahula

    Clothe Yourself Well For The Wind, Idiot. I went to school with t-shirt and a thin zipper hoodie today. There was fucking freezing strong wind.

    6 Mar 2:05am Reply
  • origamicreature

    I miss her. I literally MISS her.

    11 Feb 5:35am Reply
  • jemly

    i don't know why it took me so long to delve into her discography. but now i have. and i am a happy girl.

    8 Jan 1:40am Reply
  • freiitag

    The World Is Saved is one of the best things in my life at the moment. really feeling it.

    28 Dec 2012 Reply
  • alwaystraveling

    Stina where are you?

    5 Dec 2012 Reply
  • Afternoise

    I'd like to know where the hell is she and what is she doing, besides those 'Nine Horses' collabs. I hope is a new album; it's been 8 (almost 9) years since 'The World Is Saved' :/

    27 Oct 2012 Reply
  • pechorkinname

    Где она?

    20 Oct 2012 Reply
  • sergioh91

    Dynamite (album) is like a painkiller, except that it doesn't make the pain go away.

    9 Oct 2012 Reply
  • ZhangFei

    WHERE IS SHE?

    28 Aug 2012 Reply
  • Mendeleaf

    i ===<3 stina helps me sleep

    11 Aug 2012 Reply
  • Tahula

    What is she doing nowadays? Does anybody know? Her website is very out-of-date too :(

    1 Aug 2012 Reply
  • mdreamweaver

    I have uploaded a new chillout album called "Mountain Meditation". you will find 14 instrumental tracks for relaxing and enjoy. I would be glad if you will have a listen to my newest album: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Markus+Pitzer/Mountain+Meditation greetings from austria, markus

    1 Aug 2012 Reply
  • dezcoal

    Everyone else in the world: False promises of love... Still promise love. <3!!!

    19 Jul 2012 Reply
  • deathenergies

    keen yellow planet :)

    4 May 2012 Reply
  • sasha90s

    The whole album 'And she closed her eyes' is wonderful.

    16 Apr 2012 Reply
  • ilyAK84

    'little star' is amazing song.

    12 Apr 2012 Reply
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