Numerous Shades of Pop
Corny electro pop, sparkling pop, art pop, pop noir and eerie dream pop. SPOT opens the goodie bag and lets out plenty of pop!
In just a couple of years Danish/Rumanian singer and songwriter Maria Apetri aka Fallulah has made it to the top of the pop heaven. With massive airplay, the title song of a popular TV series on national television and the major award at P3 Gold she has definitely got everybody’s attention. And rightly so, one might add, because she makes ambitious and captivating pop with that extra sparkle, versatility and plenty of heart. You just can’t help falling in love
The Disco Prince and Wistful Women
If Fallulah is the princess of Danish pop, Vinnie Who is definitely the disco Prince of Denmark. The multi talent uses his alter ego to kick-start a shameless disco party and presses all the most hedonistic keys of disco pop. Not least live where the six-strong orchestra deliver highly energetic and irresistible shows in Denmark – and abroad as they have proved on several occasions most recently in front of a Vienna crowd at the boiling point in February as part of the SPOT On Denmark campaign.
In a different and more subdued vain, Marie Fisker takes her dream pop to the bluish corners of country. This has led to an extensive German tour and a Danish Critics’ Award as Best New Hope in 2009
Giana Factory excels in a somber style, but the three women add cool club beats, slide guitar and soaring synths to the wistful mood. The trio creates compelling pop noir for gloaming times.
California sun and corny electro pop
With 4 Guys From The Future the listener is in the company of an uncompromising and experimental band. The dusty and semi-distorted art pop bears the mark of the psychedelic Californian sun of the 60s with lush vocals and sand between the toes, but still the four guys also manage to create music for the future in the very own and dizzying way.
A more clean-cut electronic sound is what characterizes Thomas Høffing from WhoMadeWho in 2010 unfolded as a solo artist under the name Bon Homme. Høfding loves condensed electro pop and really explores just that on his eponymous album, on which he takes electronic pop to the edge of corniness – and that is meant as a compliment
