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Stina Nordenstam is a singer-songwriter.
Nordenstam’s distinctive, breathy voice lead to early comparisons with artists such as Rickie Lee Jones and Björk. In 1991 she played at the Swedish parliament as part of the Year of Jazz. Her early albums, Memories of a Color and And She Closed Her Eyes, were 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 (but still highly distinctive) feel; ex-Suede vocalist Brett Anderson featured on two tracks. In 2003 she appeared on a duet with Jonas Bjerre from Mew on Mew’s third album ‘Frengers’ with a song titled ‘Her Voice is Beyond Her Years’. Somewhere between 2003-2004 she made the Swedish radio-theater series called the Fears of the ice. It’s 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 realized sound and acknowledges her earlier jazz influences more.
In addition to being a musician, Nordenstam is also an accomplished artist in other fields, such as photography and music video directing.
Slightly reclusive, she gives very few interviews, rarely performs live and even alters her appearance using wigs and make-up for album covers and magazines.
Nordenstam’s distinctive, breathy voice lead to early comparisons with artists such as Rickie Lee Jones and Björk. In 1991 she played at the Swedish parliament as part of the Year of Jazz. Her early albums, Memories of a Color and And She Closed Her Eyes, were 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 (but still highly distinctive) feel; ex-Suede vocalist Brett Anderson featured on two tracks. In 2003 she appeared on a duet with Jonas Bjerre from Mew on Mew’s third album ‘Frengers’ with a song titled ‘Her Voice is Beyond Her Years’. Somewhere between 2003-2004 she made the Swedish radio-theater series called the Fears of the ice. It’s 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 realized sound and acknowledges her earlier jazz influences more.
In addition to being a musician, Nordenstam is also an accomplished artist in other fields, such as photography and music video directing.
Slightly reclusive, she gives very few interviews, rarely performs live and even alters her appearance using wigs and make-up for album covers and magazines.
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spiacci wrote:
I hope she is. Her music has been very alive in my ears these days. <3
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morkwa wrote:
hope she's going to release something in the future... guess it took her so much to record "the world is saved", such a brilliant album, so many beautiful songs in it.
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raise_it_up wrote:
Best IDM I've heard in my life
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luke_suspicious wrote:
I hope she is. Her music has been very alive in my ears these days. <3
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swallowstrings wrote:
is stina nordenstam alive?
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origamicreature wrote:
Are we ever gonna hear from her again?
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EvilMolen wrote:
Stina Nordenstam shit shit shit
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luke_suspicious wrote:
Dynamite is THE shit. Her best record ever.
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Alec_Trevelyan wrote:
Why did this take me this long to get some Stina? SRSLY. PEOPLE ARE STRANGE REMIXED BY UNKLE AND TECHNO ANIMAL.
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catachresistant wrote:
Dude I think that avatar might scare her off for life.
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pechorkinname wrote:
Stina, come back, please!
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afro19girl wrote:
people are strange <3
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all_for_nothing wrote:
when im listenin her i feel like a baby
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clinteastw00d wrote:
purple rain ......
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AndresAnkh wrote:
New group http://www.last.fm/group/Silje+Nes Please Join!
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darkblack_ice wrote:
is there going to be any new releases..!?
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firstandhope wrote:
the production killed the listening experience for me... i'm getting into it and then all of a sudden all of this funky overproduction with string sections, brass and horns and reed instruments, operatic singers comes charging through the mix.... too bad she didn't just record "and she closed..." by herself.
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gorgeousao wrote:
is there someone who knows the name of stina's song used by mira calix for a dj set performed in may 2007 for SamuraiFM?
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cliquott wrote:
'Memories Of A Color' is a huge masterpiece.
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