Tuesday, October 6, 2009

New Lindstrom project..

From Smalltown Supersound:

LINDSTRØM TEAMS UP WITH CHRISTABELLE FOR JANUARY 19, 2010 SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND RELEASE, REAL LIFE IS NO COOL

After the release of Lindstrøms critically acclaimed solo album "Where You Go I Go Too", in 2008, and 2009s collaborative album with Prins Thomas, II, Norways maestro of disco returns once again. This time he teams up with sultry vocalist Christabelle, to bring us "Real Life Is No Cool", an edgy pop album of structured chaos and hypnotic beats. Smalltown Supersound will release this album on January 19, 2010.

Christabelle (also known as Solale to Lindstrøm followers) has been working on and off with Hans-Peter Lindstrøm since 2001. Their relationship began when she immediately fell in love with his sound after hearing her brother, a friend of Hans-Peters, play some of his tracks at home. Upon listening, she proceeded to lay down vocals on some of his tracks, and her brother then delivered them to Lindstrøm, who was instantly impressed. Initially they bonded over their shared loved of Motown, Grace Jones, 80s soul, and Vanity 6, which lead to them collaborating on two 12s 2003s Music Is My Mind and 2005s Lets Practise (then under the name Lindstrøm and Solale). They had no intention of creating an album together, however, over time, the collaboration slowly evolved into a collection of songs that are now being released as Real Life Is No Cool. (The title is a line taken from the album track Keep It Up -- a track about violence in relationships.)

Lindstrøm actually began work on Real Life Is No Cool before Where You Go I Go Too, it just so happened WYGIGT was finished first. It was his work on this new album, containing 10 short pop songs with vocals, which became the impetus behind creating the epic, Where You Go I Go Too. When WYGIGT began making waves around the world, Lindstrøm went back into his studio to complete Real Life Is No Cool.

Lindstrøm calls their collaboration structured chaos, him being the structure and Christabelle bringing the chaos. This chaos is also very much a part of Christabelles personal life. Christabelle Silje Isabelle Birgitta Sandoo was born in 1981 to a Norwegian mother and a father from Mauritius (an island in the Indian ocean) in Oslo, Norway. Her father is a musician and music teacher, her mother a vocalist, and her brother a drummer. She has always been a nomad -- impulsive and restless, shes a self-described on-the-road girl. She moved to London when she was 16, and, since then, has lived in Paris, Marseille, Mauritius, and Stockholm. She now lives in Oslo. Christabelle is, in many ways, the total opposite of Lindstrøm, who lives a quiet family life and creates disco nine to five, Monday to Friday, traveling to play one gig a month so that he can have time with his family.

Real Life Is No Cool is a meeting of these two different personalities.

Cool, I'm sure this will kick a$$..

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