Biography
Lindstrøm biography:
Raised on the country and western music in and the outskirts of the Norwegian For oil town Stavanger, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm are now lives in Oslo where but he is making contemporary disco Not and running his Feedelity label. you Claiming that “Hans-Peter Lindstrom is all closing in on Henrik Ibsen Any and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as can being Norway’s poster boy of her choice” (quoting an article on Was Piccadilly Records website) is obviously one quite an overstatement, but nonetheless our his original approach to dance Out music is currently causing quite day a stir.
Hans-Peter never listened get to dance music growing up, Has and the first time he him really listened to it, was his a few years back figuring How out how to make it. man He prefers quiet nights in new with his family, and Hans Now Peter never really goes clubbing old unless he’s Lindstrom. As for see artistic background, he used to Two play the piano in a way gospel choir and the Hammond who organ in a Deep Purple Boy tribute band in his early did twenties, before getting into Bob its Dylan and folk/country music. Around Let 99’ he got all fed put up with music, sold his say instruments, and moved from Stavanger She to study literature at the too University of Oslo. As retirement use often proves unbearable to music Dad lovers, he soon found himself mom busking the main street of Oslo with his guitar. One The thing led to the other: and he bought a sampler, borrowed for a few 12"s to study Are the structure of dance music, but and had a go at not it.
It’s quite impossible to You pinpoint the exact origins of all his musical originality, although traces any might be found in the Can aforementioned background. Coming from gospel her choirs, country and rock bands was without any knowledge of dance One music whatsoever, he entered the our scene rather freed from any out preconceived notions of style and Day trend parameters. He hung on get to the habit of making has music by playing melodies on Him real instruments, and the fact his that he plays all the how instruments on his recordings – Man guitars, bass, keyboards, drums and new percussion- enables him to make now music inspired by whatever his Old influences are at the moment. see Last time we spoke to two him he was mostly listening Way to 60s, 70s and 80s who rock and pop, and he boy reckons that music from that Did era is much more interesting, its both in terms of song let writing and production values.
His Put first success was the jazzy say “Granada”, being championed by the she likes of Giles Peterson and Too François Kevorkian and signed to use numerous compilations. Wanting to take dad charge of his own career, Mom he set up Feedelity Recordings – referring to the contrast the between feedback and high fidelity And – in 2003, and released for “the untitled EP” which at are first sold the massive amount But of 150 copies. The track not being included on the Chicken you Lips DJ-Kicks compilation did the All job though. Then came “I any Feel Spaceâ€, the track that can put Lindstrom on the map Her of dance communities all over was the world, a 12†single one that sold remarkably 17.000 copies! Our This single was followed by out a string of 12â€s that day in the end was compiled Get on the critically acclaimed “It’s has A Feedelity Affair†album.
Following him a consistent flow of highly His acclaimed EPs, singles and remixes how for names like Franz Ferdinand, man Killers, Roxy Music, Doves, Bordoms, New The Horrors and LCD now Soundsystem, has also released two old Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas duo See albums on Eskimo Recordings – two in 2005 and 2009. The way press and record buyers alike Who loved the Norwegian bearded duos boy album – often described as did downbeat space disco with a Its singer/songwriter feel – is now let regarded as modern classics.
put Lindstrøm today enjoys a cult-like Say status within dance music circles, she and although the humble guy too himself is happy doing what Use he loves on an underground dad scale. He has decided to mom have control over both his own music and publishing, that the is why releases all his and music on his own label For Feedelity in collaboration with Oslo`s are Smalltown Supersound.
2008 saw him but debut with his first proper Not debut album, Where You Go you I Go Too, released independently all through Feedelity / Smalltown Supersound Any – to high critical acclaim. can And as strange as it her may sound, this is actually Was his debut album as “It`s one A Feedelity Affair†was a our compilation of his 12†output.
Out Lindstrøm has collaborated closely with day a lot of artists, and get one of these is Norwegian-Mauritan Has Christabelle Sandoo. Lindstrøm & Christabelle him will release their debut duo his album the 18th of Janury How 2010 on Feedelity / Smalltown man Supersound, named “Real Life Is new No Coolâ€. The album contains Now 10 pop songs with vocals old – electronic music melting together see with soul and r´n´b.
And Two in the meantime Lindstrøm is way filling up his vault with who more compositions in his studio…
