Blast off with "Cold Generation" (after the countdown) by vastly intriguing Swedish / French artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer Sibille Attar and you will surely feel transported to other worlds. After the kind of broad indie pop keys (I thought of an amped up "Clocks") I am stunned, take aback by Sibille's vocal aesthetic. She has a powerful strident almost childlike quality full of whimsy but full of closed fist guts too. To me it is wildly theatrical, like off off and off again Broadway musically. As the song expands with big bass walks, chill drums and ascensions of sound it feels like performance art that tugs at your heart but also blows up in your brain in an array of dazzling colors, a sprint down the yellow brick road.
"Cold Generation" first came out in 2017 and is part of a compendium to celebrate Sibille's decade of music and dream making. The EP is called "Lost Tracks 2012 - 2022" and I can't wait to escape into it.
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Swedish-French Sibille Attar is the artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer who has made a lasting impression – with an audience as wide as the repertoire. She has been compared to a young Patti Smith, but like her predecessor, Attar has created a musical world that is her own, where she has given herself space to create freely without compromise.
Since her entry on the music scene in the early 00’s, she has played in several well-regarded indie bands; Tourettes, Speedmarket Avenue, Ingenting and Little Red Corvette. But the big recognition would come when she made her solo debut in 2012 with the self-produced EP “The Flower’s Bed”, and was Grammy nominated in Sweden as “Newcomer of the Year”.
The following year, the debut album “Sleepyhead” was released, which was hailed in unison in the media and nominated for “Pop of the Year” (Swedish Radio P3), as well as in 4 categories at the GAFFA Prize (biggest music magazine in Sweden). But then it became quiet. The fatigue that came from trying to adapt to the opinions of others led to a long break until she in 2018 released the mini album “Paloma’s Hand”. Which again cemented the image of an artist whose expression is as mysterious as direct, with the voice as the supporting element, where the music is allowed to develop at its own space.
In 2019, Attar chose to resign from her extra job to live on music to the fullest – which would result in a productive year 2020. In addition to completing her second album, she initiated a call against unfair restrictions in cultural industry, produced songs for Therese Lithner and Ludwig Bell, and wrote music for Håkan Hellström. Also, she wrote music for the acclaimed author Sara Stridsbergs play “Heart Angel” for the Royal Theatre in Sweden.
In 2021, her second full-length album “A History of Silence” was released – written, recorded, and produced by Attar – an album that reflects events from the past, and a new, more confident Sibille Attar. It contains powerful drama, characteristic singing and an innovative soundscape that is as full as it is stripped down. Clearly, an album that marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter.
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Swedish-French Sibille Attar is the artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer who has made a lasting impression – with an audience as wide as the repertoire. She has been compared to a young Patti Smith, but like her predecessor, Attar has created a musical world that is her own, where she has given herself space to create freely without compromise.
Since her entry on the music scene in the early 00’s, she has played in several well-regarded indie bands; Tourettes, Speedmarket Avenue, Ingenting and Little Red Corvette. But the big recognition would come when she made her solo debut in 2012 with the self-produced EP “The Flower’s Bed”, and was Grammy nominated in Sweden as “Newcomer of the Year”.
The following year, the debut album “Sleepyhead” was released, which was hailed in unison in the media and nominated for “Pop of the Year” (Swedish Radio P3), as well as in 4 categories at the GAFFA Prize (biggest music magazine in Sweden). But then it became quiet. The fatigue that came from trying to adapt to the opinions of others led to a long break until she in 2018 released the mini album “Paloma’s Hand”. Which again cemented the image of an artist whose expression is as mysterious as direct, with the voice as the supporting element, where the music is allowed to develop at its own space.
In 2019, Attar chose to resign from her extra job to live on music to the fullest – which would result in a productive year 2020. In addition to completing her second album, she initiated a call against unfair restrictions in cultural industry, produced songs for Therese Lithner and Ludwig Bell, and wrote music for Håkan Hellström. Also, she wrote music for the acclaimed author Sara Stridsbergs play “Heart Angel” for the Royal Theatre in Sweden.
In 2021, her second full-length album “A History of Silence” was released – written, recorded, and produced by Attar – an album that reflects events from the past, and a new, more confident Sibille Attar. It contains powerful drama, characteristic singing and an innovative soundscape that is as full as it is stripped down. Clearly, an album that marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter.
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