Ja Ja Ja Release November Mixtape, Celebrates Third Birthday
Ja Ja Ja Release November Mixtape, Celebrates Third Birthday 29th Nov With Mø, Sin Cos Tan + HighasaKite
Ja Ja Ja turns three this month! Following on from two recent jam-packed events, London’s foremost Nordic music night Ja Ja Ja is proud to be sharing the third birthday celebrations on Thursday 29th November at The Lexington with three more exciting up-and-coming acts. These are post-r n b starlet Mø (Denmark), electronic duo Sin Cos Tan (Finland) and the powerful pop of HighasaKite (Norway). Tickets are £5 in advance (£6 on the door), on sale now from We Got Tickets.
To further celebrate, Ja Ja Ja have made a mixtape featuring all three acts performing on Thursday, including recommended tracks from the bands by their favourite current Nordic acts alongside choices by Ja Ja Ja Music. Stream this lively eleven track compilation, featuring Mø, Sin Cos Tan and HIghasaKite plus songs from Casiokids, Albert Swarm, Burning Hearts and more:
About Mø:
Hotly tipped Danish songstress MØ aka Karen Marie Ørsted is stirring up a buzz throughout the global blogosphere these days. Tastemaker media such as Pitchfork, The Guardian and NME wrote about her and she recently returned home from CMJ after playing some widely praised shows.
With no albums out and only 2 tracks online, the 23-year-old from Copenhagen recently faced a bidding war, which ultimately led to signing with Sony for the Scandinavian territory. Now MØ is being pursued by some of the most respectable labels in the UK and US. Scandinavia, it seems, has done it again!
MØ is spending the fall in the studio, wrapping up her highly anticipated debut album
with Ronni Vindahl of Danish production entity No Wav. Listeners can expect a lush, warm and soulful production, however MØ brings the Scandinavian cold/cool and a street vibe edge to the songs, which makes for a sonic juxtaposition.
Watch the recent video for single ‘Pilgrim’ here:
Her unique mix of indie, pop, hip-hop, electro and soul is hella fresh sounding and it genuinely sounds like MØ is fighting an internal battle of mixed emotions. The Guardian featured MØ in their ’new band of the day’ column, hailing her as ’the next Grimes’ and having played alongside Purity Ring, it seems like MØ might just be the next indie act to break through to the mainstream masses. There is not much info out there on MØ who tends to let her music do the talking, but her facebook biography reveals a glimpse of her current state of mind: ”The snow nation is eating your brain and your young heart – dark as the apocalypse. So just go perish in the snøw. mø mø mø MØ MØ MØ”
Watch ‘Maiden’:
About Sin Cos Tan:
Sin Cos Tan is the new band from legendary producer/DJ Jori Hulkkonen and Villa Nah’s Juho Paalosmaa. Having worked together previously on Villa Nah’s superb debut album ‘Origin’ and on the track ‘Re: Last Year’ from Hulkkonen’s own ‘Man From Earth’ solo record, a further artistic union was almost inevitable. They made their live debut at Helsinki’s Flow Festival this summer and the big festival tent came instantly full crowded.
Their first video offering from the album ‘In Binary’ is not be a complete surprise to anyone who has loved either Villa Nah or Processory, Hulkkonen’s project with Jerry Valuri. With a stylish video, the track is an atmospheric amalgam of the two although probably biased more towards the futurist space ballads of the latter’s ‘Change Is Gradual’ album.
Watch ‘In Binary’ here, which takes the viewer on a stylish, futuristic midnight drive:
The superbly pulsating debut single ‘Trust’ showcases the pairs manifesto to be “a synthesized duo of great promise, broken dreams, and long nights”. Add in sweeping drifts, sharp widescreen cimbalom, subtle beats and emotive vocals tinged with sadness from Paalosmaa, what more could you want?
Watch the noirish ‘Trust’ here:
Whilst Villa Nah take a sabbatical and Jori Hulkkonen wears yet another hat (other monikers have included Tiga & Zyntherius, Acid Symphony Orchestra, Drumman, Stop Modernists and The Tania & Jori Continents!), Sin Cos Tan are now here with their superb debut! ‘Sin Cos Tan’ was released last week (22nd Nov) on Solina Records in Europe/Sugarcane Recordings outside Europe. It’s a timeless take on romance, synthesizers and melancholy.
Listen to three tracks from ‘Sin Cos Tan’ here:
The new synth pop duo have put together a live show which will grace clubs across the world. There’s sure to be a few tears on the dancefloor.
About HighasaKite:
HighasaKite make songs unlike most acts yet to come out of Norway. Pop music with a twist. Let’s start in Brooklyn. Via Monrovia to Piraeus and Norwegian mountaintops on to Stockholm.
Irresistible soundscapes full of tasty hooks and mysterious stories, musicians from some of Norway’s best young bands and then some – HighasaKite is undoubtably one of the most original and exciting indie bands you’ve come across in a while. Keyboards, zither, pounding drums and the occasional noisey guitar together with Ingrid Helene’s distinctive voice makes a delicious blend of exciting indie pop inspired by artists such as Lykke Li and the movie ‘Where The Wild Things Are’.
HighasaKite played many of Norway’s biggest and most important festivals this summer in support of their debut album ‘All That Floats Will Rain’, released earlier this year on Norwegian indie label Riot Factory. Pitchfork hailed Highasakite as ‘One of the best Norwegian bands discovered at Øyafestivalen’, the band were also picked to play at Berlin Festival, Berlin Music Week and Iceland Airwaves 2012.
Highasakite’s latest EP ‘Indian Summer’ is out worldwide as of the 20th August 2012. The debut album will follow early 2013.
Listen to the emotive EP title track here, described as “a quintessential heartbreak gem that’ll knock the air from your lungs, note by note” by RCRDLBL:
Watch the video to ‘Indian Summer’ here:
Founded in 2009, Ja Ja Ja has since become a credible destination for fans of new Nordic music, uncovering an array of up-and-coming talent from all over the culturally-rich region. Ja Ja Ja is brought to you in association with The Line of Best Fit and Record of the Day.
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